Wax Tailor

[glitch]

Wax Tailor - anyone heard of him?

He's a French trip-hop artist who samples film scores and soundbites to playfully scatter across his music. Personally I think he sits somewhere between DJ Shadow, UNKLE and Portishead, but with more of a hip-hop slant.

Had an album out this year which although good, isn't a patch on Tales of the Forgotten Melodies. Well written, laid-back tunes that are perfect for lazy Summer Sundays.

[buttgammon]

I've never heard of him, but he sounds just like my kind of thing. Is Tales of the Forgotten Melodies good, then? It sounds interesting. I do like my trip hop and I also have a bit of a soft spot for French hip hop (MC Solaar et al), so I think I might check it out.

[glitch]

Is Tales of the Forgotten Melodies good, then?

Absolutely fantastic. One of those albums that went straight into my very short list of "music I can listen to again and again and again, regardless of mood"

What French hip-hop would you recommend? I've only really heard People Under The Stairs but haven't delved much further.

[buttgammon]

Cinqueme As by MC Solaar is a good album, and Mach 6 is another one of his that I would recommend. Qui Seme le Vent Recolte au Temps by Solaar is very good, too. I also quite like 113, who are a popular hip hop group from France. They did an absolutely amazing collaboration with the Malian singer Oumou Sangare called Voix du Mali, which I would say is one of the best songs in a foreign language I have ever heard.

As for French Hip Hop compilations, you can't really go wrong with the Le Flow series.

[glitch]

Cheers for the recommendations, I'll have to have a look for them.

Here's his YouTube page with a load of little clips on it