Le Sound - Francophone Beats from around the world... Cyril and Marie-Hélène, and Pieter and Fannie as a regular guests, are not just playing French music, but trying to shine a light on the diverse world of contemporary francophone music. From Senegalese hip-hop to Belgian indie, Québécois chanson to Pacific Island fusion, you'll discover the incredible creativity happening across French-speaking communities worldwide.
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Two hosts. One song each. No rules except: top it.
This week Cyril and Marie-Hélène turn Le Sound into a musical duel, one plays a track, the other has to find something that answers it, and explain why.
It kicks off with a song that landed straight in their inbox: Simon Ferrante, raised in Roubaix in a family of Sicilian artists, sent his track "Vrai" through the website himself.
From there it only gets better. Belgian-Congolese artist Nsangu brings a feminist edge that's hard to match, until 4Nouki answers with a hyperpop cover of a 2000s KYO hit.
A Michel Berger classic gets covered twice in one battle, once tender by Vincent Delerm and Voyou, once turned into pure French-Belgian rock joy by NAEVI.
And the final round goes all the way back to 1979, Jacques Higelin, still searching for the song to match it. Thirteen tracks, two very different ears, zero agreement on who wins. You don't need to speak French to pick a side.