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Miquela e Lei Chapacans - Miquela e Lei Chapacans
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The
first
progressive
girl
group
of
the
French
Occitan
language
pop
scene
bring
you
folk
funk,
sun-baked
bossa,
Coltrane
jazz
and
their
own
brand
of
punky
‘Dizco
Rural’
against
an
untouched
French
Balearic
backdrop
spanning
the
late
70s
and
80s.
If
even
the
most
assiduous
of
European
record
collectors
consider
the
Occitan
language
music
scene
to
be
France’s
best-kept
secret
then
it’s
as
fair
to
say
that
the
incredible
multifaceted
recordings
of
langue
d’oc
prog
girl
group
Lei
Chapacans
have
spent
the
last
four
decades
hiding
in
plain
sight.
In
all
fairness
this
overlooked
treasure
chest
of
minority
language
excursions
into
folk
funk,
Balearic,
bossa,
John
Coltrane-penned
jazz,
baroque
psych,
Palestinian
poetry,
comedic
synth
skits
(and
even
the
rawest
form
of
femme-fronted
multilingual
punky
disco)
has
been
stowed
away
in
inconspicuous
photographic
record
sleeves,
falsely
evoking
something
closer
to
contemporary
C&W
while
oft-misplaced
in
record
shop
cassette
racks
alongside
‘traditional’
spoken-word
and
scholastic
albums.
So,
for
the
uninitiated,
don’t
be
too
hard
on
yourself.
The
fun
starts
here.
For
those
who
are
familiar
with
the
rare
and
sought-after
one-off
solo
album
by
Occitan
singer
Miquela
and
have
craved
for
more,
then
you’ve
come
to
exactly
the
right
place.
Lei
Chapacans
(a
name
that
roughly
translates
to
The
Vagabonds)
is
the
all-girl
vocal
group
assembled
by
Miquela
herself
just
two
years
after
her
debut
release,
having
toured
the
word
and
snubbed
major
label
record
deal
offers
with
a
steadfast
allegiance
to
the
protection
of
the
Occitan
language
in
which
this
album
is
primarily
penned
and
performed
(minus
a
small
amount
of
German
and
sarcastic
English
in
one
rebellious
instance).
For
European
collectors
with
a
penchant
for
French
savoir
faire,
but
have
further
yearnings
for
folkloric
femme
funk,
then
it’s
time
to
look
towards
the
Occitan
sunset
where
you
will
meet
Lolo,
Miquela,
Sophie,
Irena
and
Denise.
These
amazing,
and
undeniably
culturally
important
recordings
might
have
taken
some
time
to
find
a
wider
audience,
but
for
music
lovers,
crate
diggers
and
vinyl
vultures
alike
there
are
still
a
lot
of
tasty
morsels
out
there
to
be
scavenged
and
devoured,
ask
any
self-respecting
Chapacan
and
they’ll
concur
wholeheartedly.
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