{"product_id":"limperatrice-pulsar-lp","title":"L'Imperatrice - Pulsar [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eCat. no: QLIMA040V\u003cbr\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 3700551785667\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 07 Jun 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Indie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith two successful albums and a sold-out world tour under their belt, Paris-based L'Imperatrice have matriculated from a good-times instrumental act created by music critic Charles de Boisseguin to a six-piece powerhouse whose sashaying mixes of funk and French Touch, disco and deep house now include the fetching vocals of singer Flore Benguigui\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir new album Pulsar , is a focused but far- reaching record, the jubilant testament of a band with plenty to say and the skills to say it themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross 10 tracks, L'Imperatrice move freely and authoritatively among the sounds they love, bridging hip- hop, kosmische, and modern pop with their most unabashed embraces of French Touch and international house ever. Benguigui, meanwhile, boldly sings of self- empowerment by shirking beauty standards, ageism, and drab normalcy, with a little help from an exciting set of new friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA longtime fan who had seen the band multiple times, Maggie Rogers few to Paris to lead the svelte and graceful \"Any Way,\" approaching the song with an unabashed vim. They had a similar encounter with Erick the Architect, who was so enthusiastic about the sample- based and panoramic \"Sweet \u0026amp; Sublime\" that Benguigui scrapped one of her own verses to make more room for him. And Italian singer Fabiana Martone (Nu Genea) crafted the melody for \"Danza Marilu\" the moment she heard its disco thump. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout these 10 songs, L'Imperatrice espouses the rare willingness to be real about life and its woes while also sounding like a perfect picture of joy. Pulsar opens like a window being slid open onto an unimagined world. During the title- track fnale, where a casual confession of suffering climbs into a mighty climax rooted in redemption, the band intertwines dubstep, turntablism, and symphonic strings to offer a bracing conclusion: however we are is OK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE TIMES : \"Finally, something to fll that Daft Punk-shaped hole in our lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLINE OF BEST FIT : \"L'Imperatrice are frmly establishing their own unique form of French disco\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNovember 26th 2024 : Headline show at Roundhouse, London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLP Tracks: Cosmogonie \/ Amour Ex Machina \/ Me Da Igual \/ Love From The Other Side \/ Danza Marilu (feat Fabiana Martone) \/ Any Way (feat Maggie Rogers) \/ Deja-vue \/ Girl! \/ Sweet \u0026amp; Sublime (feat Erick the Architect) \/ Pulsar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"MICROQLIMA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43733570486428,"sku":"QLIMA040V","price":27.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/2_4b6eba4d-f890-4224-992c-5507bd6a6dfa.webp?v=1716402584","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/limperatrice-pulsar-lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}