Stage Whisper

Charlotte Gainsbourg got her love to art by inheritance

It is a common thing that people follow their parents’ steps. Thereby there are a lot of families, where secrets of winemaking or carpenter's skills are passed through the generations. Charlotte Gainsbourg was born in the most romantic city in the world- in Paris, in a family of very artistic people. Her father is a famous actor and singer Serge Gainsbourg, and her mother is an actress Jane Birkin. So, no wonder that the future performer got interested in music in her early childhood and she started to sing quite early. However at the same time Charlotte was fascinated by acting techniques and skills, and the time showed that she succeeded in that sphere. At the age of thirteen the young artist sang in a duo with her father, and two years later Charlotte’s debut studio attempt titled Charlotte Forever saw the light. Listeners received the record really well; however instead of conquering musical Olympus, the performer preferred the acting career, first of all. Of course, she did not forget about the music, but the main accent was put on filming. Thereby Gainsbourg starred in a couple of dozens of movies and managed to establish a good reputation of an excellent actress. She recorded several songs especially for the movies, and those tracks did fit the atmosphere of films just perfectly. Well, listeners had to wait for Charlotte’s second long play for a while: her second album entitled 5:55 was issued only in 2006. Another studio attempt appeared three years later and it was titled IRM. Numerous music lovers enjoyed Charlotte’s new works a lot, and the singer pleased her fans once again in 2011. Meet the French singer’s brand new double album - Stage Whisper.

The rich sound of Stage Whisper

The double album Stage Whisper presents to listeners Charlotte’s studio compositions and records from the artist’s concerts. Electro disco with slashing beats and powerful sound, as before, fits Gainsbourg’s vocals really fine. Well, Stage Whisper's opening act is a song Terrible Angels, which demonstrates us not only Charlotte’s outstanding performing skills, but also the highest level of arrangers: obviously, the sound was worked out in an elaborated way indeed. Terrible Angels is followed by a mid-tempo and very tender song Paradisco that will find its place on the dance floors. The melodious and minor song All The Rain certainly deserves special attention, as soon as it feels that this track has been created with the plan of its future job placement in some movie about love. And preferably it must be in black and white. However the first, studio half of the long play comes to its end pretty soon and the concert atmosphere enters its territory. That part is opened by a song IRM, where the audience is heard very well. There is absolutely no doubt that the fans’ energy adds charm to records: In The End, The Song That We Sing and other tracks got their extra energy charge.

Electro pop is still relevant

Charlotte Gainsbourg knows the essence of high quality music. The singers’ parents promoted her an excellent taste, and this is definitely not a surprise. Moreover, the intuition had never let Charlotte down, and if she starts working on her new record, she makes sure to work it out in one hundred per cent. Stage Whisper gives a truly unique opportunity to the artist’s fans, because listeners had already got acquainted with her studio works, while the concert records are pretty new and fresh for them. In that aspect Stage Whisper can be proud of its amazing balance. The first half of tracks is a compilation of previously unreleased songs, which will be interesting for music lovers. The second half presents not less fascinating and attention catching records with incredible concert atmosphere. Both of them have strong sides, and the number of songs (Charlotte prepared to her fans nineteen compositions) allows choosing great tracks for a certain mood. All in all Charlotte Gainsbourg once again proved that electro pop remains relevant and called-for.