Poule d'Or

A Pouliversary – Poule d’Or turns 4

on January 2, 2014

poznan Another egg in the Poule’s nest. It’s been four years today and casually checking my favorite blogs from back then I realized that most of them either became huge slash real businesses (looking at you No Fear of Pop, Disco Naivete and The Unfound/now Forty Ounce Clothing) or ceased to exist (Pigeon Post, Hellhole Entrance, Neon Enlightenment, Pure Groove, …). Team Poule though is a survivor.

But why is that? Obviously because Poule d’Or has the best readers in the world. You guys reading this are the reason we are still around. You guys are the reason we work our way through the many emails and other music blogs always looking for good new and overlooked music to share. You guys are the reason it still is fun. A massive thank you goes out to all you 1.952 facebook fans, 608 twitter followers and all you guys regularly checking our page for updates. Thank you, really.

And when I say best readers in the world, it’s actually kind of true. We had visitors from 133 different countries last year, ranging from the United States, to Fiji, Uganda and Laos. That’s two-thirds of all countries in the world. Feels sort of international.

Now and last year, we only managed to put together one compilation. Back in May. Long overdue, there will be a new one this month, promise.

Also a big thank you to the range of festivals that wanted Team Poule around last year: thank you Berlin Music Video Awards, thank you Roskilde, thank you Dockville, thank you Melt!, thank you Trailerpark and last but not least thank you CPH:DOX. We really look forward to coming back this summer.

Cheers to a fifth year, starting today. Providing the soundtrack is FEWS – one to look out for this year. Chances are I already said that last year, but sometimes we are just ahead of our time.

morceau du jour: Police Academy 6 – Strawberry Sun

on December 19, 2013

police-academy-6 Police Academy 6 shared a song alongside unouomedude for a Poule d’Or compilation a couple years back – and now ferociously return, at least on Team Poule’s radar, with this hot new track. [tweetable hashtag=”@PoliceAcademy6″]Strawberry Sun is basically all that Christmas time isn’t[/tweetable]. It’s the first single off their upcoming new album Police Academy + ARRETE which is out now on amdiscs.

Check the great video too.

morceau du jour: Yahtzel – Jungle Feels

on December 17, 2013

yahtzel Apparently this chap is already a hit down in Australia: Yahtzel and his [tweetable hashtag=”@yahtzelmusic #pouledor”]next generation chillwave[/tweetable] full of coastal vibes and future bass lines. Definitely one to keep an eye on next year.

morceau du jour: Zappruder Collection #2

on December 16, 2013

Great compilations elsewhere: french record label Zappruder has strapped together an impressive collection of great songs for their second compilation. Team Poule favorites include Goodbye Chanel, Equateur, Tropic Harbour, Say Yes Dog, Cruiser, and really LOADS more. Ace stuff. Stream the full collection on Spotify, and look out Parisians: they have a great concert series going on – 2014!

Attached is Champions League – Paris Is Our Playground.

morceau du jour: Hibou – Hide Away

on December 15, 2013

hibou We are approaching the change of the years and naturally it’s a time to look back at what happened in the preceding months. One of my favorite releases this year has been Hibou’s debut EP. Here comes a new song from him, Hide Away. Dreamy guitar-led pop, perfect for a stay-at-home Sunday, little more than a week before Christmas. He’s playing Vancouver on Wednesday – look out Vancouverites.

morceau du jour: Kaleida – Tropea

on December 12, 2013

kaleida Great sort of dark electro-fused pop coming in from Kaleida. Who are part Norwegian, part American, part Germany. And that’s a duo, Christina and Cicely, based in London. Sort of international. They met through mutual friends while Christina was working in Indonesia as a rainforest policy consultant, you know, just your average CV.

This is Tropea, their second single. Look out for their debut EP to drop next year.

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