Member Since: 10/11/2005
Band Website: gamine.net
Band Members: Claudia and Ian
Influences: French films noirs, especially if they have 'Rififi' in the title; 'A Bout de Souffle'; 'Daisies'; Jeanne Moreau, Brigitte Bardot, Julie Christie, Greta Garbo and Audrey Hepburn; Cary Grant and Alain Delon; Fred Chopin; Tom Waits; Richard Wagner; Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai, John Barry, Edward Artemyev, Gabriel Yared, Angelo Badalamenti, Michel Legrand, Nino Rota and Zbigniew Preisner; David Goodis and Raymond Chandler; Andrei Tarkovsky, Jean-Pierre Melville, Guy Maddin, Federico Fellini, Krzysztof Kieslowski and Stanley Kubrick; Jerome K. Jerome and Boris Vian; Jorge Ben; Bob Paisley; Kraftwerk and cycling; D.A.F. and Pyrolator; Barry White and the Love Unlimited Orchestra; Isaac Hayes; Michel Polnareff; La Lupe; Astor Piazzolla; Scott Walker and Marc Almond; Chet Baker (singing) and Shirley Horn; Shirley Bassey, Richard Harris, Johnny Harris and Jimmy Webb; Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra; Magazine, Echo and the Bunnymen and The Psychedelic Furs; Pizzicato 5, Akiko Yano and Y.M.O.; Jane Siberry and The Cocteau Twins; Julie London and George Formby (especially their hard to find 'Love Duets' album on 78rpm...), pianos, French chanson...
Sounds Like: Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin, St. Etienne, Goldfrapp, Madeleine Peyroux, Billy MacKenzie, Barbara, Francoise Hardy, Peggy Lee, Julee Cruise, Mazzy Star with a piano, Stina Nordenstam, Antony and the Johnsons with a lady singer.
Record Label: slaughterback
Type of Label: Indie