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L’Impératrice announce new album ft. Maggie Rogers, Erick the Architect and More!

April 4, 2024

PARISIAN GROUP ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM OUT JUNE 7 VIA MICROQLIMA FT. APPEARANCES FROM MAGGIE ROGERS, ERICK THE ARCHITECT, MORE L’Impératrice has given riveting performances at some of the biggest festivals in the U.S. including Coachella, Outside Lands and Austin City Limits, and has a quickly expanding fanbase that propelled their upcoming fall tour to sell over 30,000 tickets in less than 3 days. Today, the quickly rising six-piece Parisian group – who is set to return to the U.S. this month for two sold out NYC shows and return performances at Coachella – is thrilled to announce their third full length album, Pulsar, due June 7th via Microqlima. Throughout the album, they move freely and authoritatively among the sounds they love, bridging hip-hop, kosmische, and modern pop with their most unabashed embraces of French Touch and international house ever. The album is also their first to feature guest vocalists who include folk/pop singer Maggie Rogers and rapper / producer Erick the Architect, among others. Preorder / presave Pulsar  here: qlima.cool/PULSAR Along with the album announcement, L’Impératrice have shared new single “Danza Marilù” featuring Italian vocalist Fabiana Martone. The collaboration is an electrifying homage [Read More]

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Outside Lands featured artist French sextet L’Impératrice

July 31, 2023

Our Outside Lands featured artist is French sextet L’Impératrice. You can check out their nu-disco and psychedelic styles together to a perfect match with “Heartquake”. Watch the lyric video here: L’Impératrice elaborates on “Heartquake”: “It’s the story of someone completely disconnected from their emotions who is on their usual peaceful bus ride one morning. And then, someone sits across from them, and suddenly, their brain freezes, and they fall to their knees, struck by a thunderbolt, a kind of Tako tsubo. It’s a sensation that shakes them to the core, and they’re not sure if they can survive it, but they desire it.” and Cuco adds: “It’s a pleasure and honor to be working with my friends in L’Impératrice.” More about L’Impératrice: To further introduce the Parisian band, one can start by explaining that “Impératrice” is French for “Empress”. The frontwoman Flore Benguigui (vocals, synths) and Charles de Boisseguin (the group’s founder on keyboards), Hagni Gwon (keyboards), David Gaugué (bass guitar), Achille Trocellier (electric guitar), Tom Daveau (drums) form an electrifying live band, draw from [Read More]