La Femme (band)

La Femme is a French psych-punk rock band[1] established by guitarist Sacha Got and keyboard player Marlon Magnée in Biarritz. Many members joined in later including bass player Sam Lefevre, drummer Noé Delmas and Lucas Nunez from Paris. The group was named La Femme in 2010. The band aproached Clémence Quélennec on Myspace. Other members include Clara Luciani, Jane Peynot and Marilou Chollet.

La Femme
La Femme performing in 2014
Background information
OriginBiarritz, France
GenresNew wave, cold wave, krautrock, psychedelic punk, psychedelic pop, surf rock, yéyé
Years active2010-present
LabelsLes Disques Pointus
Barclay Records
Born Bad Records
Third Side Records
MembersSacha Got
Marlon Magnée
Sam Lefèvre
Noé Delmas
Clémence Quélennec
Clara Luciani
Jane Peynot
Marilou Chollet
Lucas Nunez Ritter

The band's music is described as synthetic and hypnotic influenced by Velvet Underground, Kraftwerk and mix of coldwave, punk and yéyé.

La Femme released their first EP in 2010 followed by their EP Le podium #1 in 2011 produced during festival des Inrocks. A third EP La Femme was released in February 2013. The debut album Psycho Tropical Berlin was released on 8 April 2013.[2] La Femme earned the French award Victoires de la Musique in the category "Album revelation" in February 2014.[3]

Discography

Albums
Album and details Peak positions
FRA
[4]		 BEL
(Wa)
[5]
Psycho Tropical Berlin
  • Release date: 8 April 2013
  • Record label: Barclay / Born Bad Records
 33 125
Mystère
  • Release date: 2 September 2016
 8
[6]		 38

EPs
Year Album Peak positions
FRA
[4]
2010 La Femme EP  –
2011 Le podium #1 (EP)  –
2013 La Femme 153
2018 Runway (EP)  –

Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album
FRA
[4]
2013 "Sur la planche" 107 Psycho Tropical Berlin
2016 "Sphynx" — Mystère
"Où va le monde ?" 134
[7]		 Mystère
"Septembre" 169
[8]		 Mystère
Others
  • 2011: "From Tchernobyl with Love"
  • 2012: "La Planche"
  • 2012: "Télégraphe"

References
  1. "La Femme a su se laisser désirer". www.20minutes.fr.
  2. "Magic rpm: Psycho Tropical Berlin de La Femme". Archived from the original on April 24, 2013.
  3. "Les Victoires de La Musique : tout sur l'émission, news et vidéos en replay -". FranceTV.
  4. "La Femme discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  5. "La Femme discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  6. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 36, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  7. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 37, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  8. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 35, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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