Another brand new fine album from Kitsuné, full of inspiration from a child called ‘Yume’. Indeed here is officially the most snuggly, peaceful, motherly Kitsuné compilation until now – soft as cotton. In the midst of one of the worst winters Paris has known for a long time and with so many conflicts all around, there was a need to reach out for a calming and tender nature. As a result this new compilation brings you almost as much comfort as taking a newly born in your arms and giving him a cuddle.

A fully padded compilation that’s rather more candid, innocent and carefree than the norm, and which is still inviting the listener to shake his hips. The kindliness of a home (Maison) forever opened to all kinds of ideas. Suddenly a new transversal approach shapes up with this compilation attractive to ears of all ages. Rested, serene, more contemplative, with a selection that’s probably more geared at Sunday afternoon than Saturday night, more ‘yuzu green tea’ than stupid ‘alcopops’. Sure there are a few hysterical sirens in the Jupiter track, but It sure is something that you’ll have your ears glued to.

Tracklisting

01. Washed Out – Belong
02. Gamble & Burke - Let’s Go Together
03. Penguin Prison - Animal Animal
04. Jamaica – Short and Entertaining
05. Crookers feat. Yelle – Cooler Couleur
06. Jupiter – Vox Populi (Lifelike Treatment)
07. Yuksek – Supermenz (We’re Not)
08. Fenech-Soler - Stop And Stare
09. Two Door Cinema Club - Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix)
10. Logo - La Vie Moderne
11. Silver Columns – Brow Beaten
12. Holy Ghost! - Say My Name
13. Hurts – Wonderful Life (Arthur Baker Remix Kitsuné Edit)

The Kitsuné house is now packed with friends, girls and boys, new and old. Quiet girls, neurotic boys, Kitsuné mobilizes all that is most passionate and exciting.

We won’t list the number of groups and artists discovered on Kitsuné compilations that have since become headliners, we have no time for that. Because we always need resources, and pleasure, and brilliant new music that will change the course of the day when you press play. And new encounters. And from then on also the pleasure of nurturing relationships, having the chance to go deeper in them and dig some grooves, to be surprised by those you thought you already knew.

Two Door Cinema Club and Delphic are the latest additions to the Kitsuné family and their respective forthcoming debut albums will be out soon. Midnight Juggernauts, Beni, Heartsrevolution, Slagsmålsklubben, Chew Lips and Crystal Fighters will soon follow.

It was a two months listening-marathon of sorts in Kitsuné’s Montmartre offices and everywhere else for that matter. This time it’s even more of a world tour: there’s French singing, Japanese singing. There are Finns, Swedes, Germans, Australians…basically everyone’s invited.

Kitsuné Maison Compilation 8 is out now on etcetc.

1. French Horn Rebellion – Up All Night
2. The Drums - Let’s Go Surfing
3. Siriusmo - High Together
4. Le Corps Mince de Françoise – Something Golden
5. Midnight Juggernauts – This New Technology
6. Heartsrevolution – Dance Till Dawn
7. Logo - Junocide
8. Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk (Moulinex Remix)
9. Slagsmålsklubben – Brutal Weapons
10. Beni - Maximus (Harvard Bass Remix)
11. AMWE - Friction Between The Lovers
12. Jolie Cherie - Star
13. Chew Lips - Salt Air (Alex Kapranos Remix)
14. Delphic - This Momentary
15. Memory Tapes - Bicycle
16. Parallels - Find the Fire
17. Nottee - Control
18. ENCORE
19. Crystal Fighters – I Love London
20. My Tiger My Timing - I Am The Sound

As you’d expect from the Parisian label famous for it’s talent spotting, Maison 8 is a crystal ball filled with hauntingly accurate hit-predictions.  With Midnight Juggernauts, Delphic, Beni, Two Door Cinema Club, Heartsrevolution, Memory Tapes, and The Drum, it’s no suprise that this volume has been dubbed “the chic and nice issue”.

Out November 13.

A constantly expanding network of new discoveries, about to blow-up talents, hopes, loves, happiness and hedonism, the Maison is not so much an exclusive world, but a welcoming space open to all winds.

Kitsune Maison Compilation 7 brings together new tracks and exclusive remixes including La Roux’s In For The Kill (Lifelike Remix), Phoenix’s Lisztomania (Classixx Version),  Two Door Cinema Club’s Something Good Can Work, The Golden Filter’s Favourite Things, autoKratz’ Always More (Yuksek Remix), and Men’s Make It Reverse. Plus local Australian talent in the form of Beni’s Fringe Element.

As the Kitsuné sieve keeps on searching for gold and finding it, we hope that these discoveries put you in as good a mood as they did us. Here’s the seventh Kitsune Maison: the lucky one!

Kitsuné Maison Compilation 7 is out now on etcetc. To buy it, click here.

Track Listing
1. Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
2. We Have Band - Time After Time (feat. Yulia)
3. Phoenix - Lisztomania (Classixx Version)
4. Crystal Fighters – Xtatic Truth
5. The Golden Filter - Favourite Things
6. La Roux - In For The Kill (Lifelike Remix)
7. Beni - Fringe Element (Short Like Me Edit)
8. autoKratz – Always More (Yuksek Remix)
9. 80kidz – Miss Mars
10. James Yuill – This Sweet Love (Prins Thomas Sneaky Edit)
11. MEN - Make It Reverse
12. Chew Lips – Solo
13. Chateau Marmont – Beagle
14. Heartsrevolution – 薔薇と彼女の王子
15. Delphic - Counterpoint (Delphic’s En Route Mix)
16. — Encore—
17. Maybb – Touring in NY (Short Tour Edit)
18. Renaissance Man – Rythym
19. Tanlines - Bejan

Bigstereo have also fallen for them, but they’re only human.

Much more to come…

The Kitsuné Maison selection is back for its 6th edition! Since  2005, the Kitsuné Maison series is basically the combination of what gets played in the Kitsuné offices in Paris, what label heads Gildas & Masaya spin at the few parties they deejay at, and what stands out from the promising new contacts they pick up all over the world.

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what is the Kitsuné sound, but to those unfamiliar with the previous 5 Maison releases, the number of scene-changing artists the compilations have featured reads like an encyclopaedia of the best indie and electronica of the past few years – Architecture In Helsinki, Bloc Party, Crystal Castles, Dragonette, Foals, Gossip, Hot Chip, Joakim, Klaxons, Late Of The Pier, Metronomy, Riot In Belgium, Simian Mobile Disco, VHS Or Beta, The Whip, and Yelle – most of whom were featured on a Maison before anyone knew who they were.

If there is a Kitsuné sound, it keeps on evolving towards a more melodic sound. It’s a sound that can be violent, almost aggressive, but also haunting and melancholic…or all of this at once.

This time contributions come from Australia (with etcetc’s own PNAU, Beni and newcomers Ted & Francis) the old Europe, the USA…from all over really. Some of the featured artists are signed and glorious, others are virtually unknown and live in bedsits. Some will release their future albums on Kitsuné and others already have A&Rs in search of the next big thing biting their nails.

It’s Kitsuné Maison 6 – you can listen to it ‘à la maison’, or anywhere else for that matter.