Brigitte Fontaine - Prohibition
I-Tunes, France, 2009
Polydor
Older, and still beautiful. “Prohibition” is Brigitte Fontaine going forward. She strikes me as total ‘now’ person, and not someone who really looks back. The album has the electronica sound with middle -eastern flourishes but it is still 100% Brigitte. With Grace Jones as well!
It’s funny but i never heard of her till my friend Howard request that I locate a specific CD for him, that was only released in France and Japan. And since I was in Tokyo at the time, his request lead me to discover her music. But one cannot really be exposed to her by one album, you have to suck up and get everything by her. She is an unique artist, and gone through many changes over the years. In that sense she is like Gainsbourg, who was always true to his identity, but changed musically with the times - and in most cases, not getting buried under the weight of change, but rolling with it. Fontaine is superb, and “Prohibition” is a strong ‘pop’ album. Pretty great considering she was around 70 years old during this recording.
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