She reveals how drums ‘tell us what it is to be a society’A Camille concert is an extraordinary experience. In an Anglo-American pop world that has traditionally treated French pop with a mixture of contempt and ridicule, Camille Dalmais might have been invented specifically to puncture this anglophone arrogance. Now her fifth studio album, Ouï (a pun on the French words for “yes” and “hearing”), adds a riotous drum section to this one-woman choir. Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘Drums call for assembly and rebellion and dance’ … physicality is essential to Camille’s touring band. Photograph: Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi for the Guardian for the Guardian“I like to re-digest musical genres in an organic way,” says Camille.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2017 12:00 UTC