| Petite Noir / La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful |
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| Album: | La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Petite Noir | Added: | Jan 2016 | |
| Label: | Domino Recording Company | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2016-03-15 | Pull Date: | 2016-05-15 |
| Week Ending: | May 15 | May 8 | May 1 | Apr 24 | Apr 17 | Apr 10 | Apr 3 | Mar 27 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 13, 2020: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants Freedom | 4. | May 13, 2016: | A Visit From Drum (Friday the 13th) Best | |
| 2. | May 04, 2017: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants Down | 5. | May 11, 2016: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants! Down | |
| 3. | Jun 15, 2016: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants! Down | 6. | May 04, 2016: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants! Best |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Postnatal Reviewed 2016-03-07 | ||
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Wonderful, warm vocals and lyrics over groovy electronica, guitar, and drum beats. Petite Noir, a.k.a. Yannick Ilunga, is a “half-Congolese, half-Angolan, Cape Town-residing” musician with an amazingly smooth, soothing voice. He calls his genre “Noirwave,” which sounds apt to me. The lyrics of the songs on this full-length album are more varied in topic than those on his EP. PLAY! RIYL Hercules and Love Affair, TV on the Radio FCC on track 11! Recommended tracks: 2, 5, 6, 9, 10 1. (2:21) Feels like something from a jungle-themed jazz club. Ends with a drum swell before tapering off. 2. (3:51) Upbeat horns, guitar, and a bachata-esque beat with an emphatic chorus. 3. (4:22) Dark, minor key guitar and synth under singing about freedom, then a French spoken-word break. 4. (7:05) Clapping beat with screaming to “stay there” for the chorus. Ends with a hum and intermittent lyrics. 5. (3:27) Uptempo electric guitar and high hat, encouraging you to “just breeeeathe.” 6. (4:32) All sorts of singing - from falsetto to French rap - over piano and guitar. 7. (4:08) A nod to Grease’s “You’re the One that I Want,” but far less cheesy. 8. (2:57) The people are talkin’ ‘bout change! Light guitar and lovely harmonies. 9. (4:14) Female back-up vocals to a lightly funky “we’re not going down” ballad. Twangy guitar mid-way through with giggles on top. 10. (4:34) Synthy beat with horns, catchy. Ends quietly with spoken word. 11. (6:28) FCC!: “shit.” Gentle electric guitar ballad that builds really nicely. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Intro Noirwave | 6. | La Vie Est Belle / Life Is Beautiful Feat. Baloji | |||
| 2. | Best | 7. | Mdr | |||
| 3. | Freedom | 8. | Colour | |||
| 4. | Seventeen (Stay) | 9. | Down | |||
| 5. | Just Breathe | 10. | Inside | |||
| 11. | Chess | |||||