Watoo Watoo is Pascale
& Michaël
. Michaël
Over 10 years, Watoo Watoo have released 2 albums & 2 E.P.s on various labels throughout the world & have made appearances on an impressive number of compilations.
The music was strictly indiepop in Watoo Watoo's early years, but now other influences have surfaced. "Felt is still an obsession but Serge Gainsbourg also is one. I also discovered a lot of new music in the last few years thanks to the internet, so bossa beats or jazz chords sometimes subconsciously appear when I write a new song", says Michaël.
Watoo Watoo new CD album, 'la fuite', has been released by Letterbox Records in June 2007. Among the new songs are a melancholic waltz, a pop song with 60s orchestral arrangements, an electronic tune, a bossa and even a funk number resembling a 70s movie soundtrack. Pascale's soft voice and the apparent softness of the melodies pull everything together, stamping the Watoo Watoo brand on the entire production.
Short discography:
* La fuite, 11 tracks CD, june 2007 (Letterbox Records/ UK)
* Le fumalin, 13 tracks CD, 2003 (LeS DiSqUeS MaLaDrOiTs / France)
* Le fumalin, 13 tracks CD, 2001 (Clover Records/ Japon)
* Curiosites ?, 13 tracks compilation CD, 2000 (BBPTC/ USA)
* Picture of a Lost Friend, 6 tracks Cdep, 1999 (Radio Khartoum/ USA)
* Un Peu de Moi, 9 tracks Cdep, 1997 (BBPTC/ USA)
* Many appearances on compilations CD.
Although they have played few concerts (this is exhausting), the band played two "Popfests" (New York 1997, Paris 1998) and two concerts (one was radio broadcasted) in San Francisco in 1999. In 2004 the band was invited on TV7 Bordeaux, where 4 songs were recorded live for the TV station. The band had started again making concerts in 2007 -playing live is funny!-.
Some people/music we love:
70s soundtracks & 70s funk (Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, etc.), Astrud Gilberto, the Beatles, Belle & Sebastian, Blur, Brisa Roché, the Buzzcocks, Charles Trenet, the Clash, the Cure, the Damned, David Bowie, the Feelies, Felt, Iggy Pop, Julien Baer, Katerine, Keren Ann, the Kinks, Luna/Galaxie 500, the Pale Saints, Peter Astor, Saint Etienne, Serge Gainsbourg, Sergio Mendes, the Smiths, some jazz (Getz, Coltrane, Jarrett, etc.), Stereolab, the Velvet Underground, the Wedding Present, Young Marble Giants/Weekend...
