Finding the Rhythm

One of the more unique sounding dance songs of recent years was You Promised Me (Tu Es Foutu) from Italy’s In-Grid (Ingrid Alberini). While it didn’t become a dance hit in the U.S. until 2004, it was recorded two years prior, and cut through the musical noise at the time with its interesting use of the accordian… A sound you certainly don’t hear every day in contemporary music, let alone dance music.

One has to look no farther than In-Grid’s own web site to know her body of work is far more extensive than we’ve seen here, but I’ve certainly not seen anything new from her here since Foutu. Hence my sense of pleasant surprise when I got the new In-Grid release, Le Dragueur.

Like her smash hit, the bi-lingual Dragueur is peppered liberally with the trademark accordian sound that feels like something more out of the stereotypical French café than something from Alberini’s native Italy. But be that as it may, it gives the song a fun twist that as before makes it stand out from the pack in serious way.

It’s a fun song, that I think due to the accordian, doesn’t seem to take itself too seriously. I’ve not paid too much attention to the lyrics yet (I don’t understand half of them since they’re not in English), but it’s just a bouncy sort of track that puts a smile on your face and makes you want to head to the dance floor. (I hope I don’t find out later that it’s got downer lyrics that prove all that wrong.)

In any event, give it a listen at her web site (link above) and see what you think.