◇ image via WikipediaLes Rita Mitsouko
Les Rita Mitsouko is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Doc Gynéco, Sparks and Jesse Johnson. Those roots explain a lot about how Les Rita Mitsouko arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Niagara, Indochine, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Axel Bauer and Serge Gainsbourg, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hoshi, Sparks, Iggy Pop and System of a Down, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Les Rita Mitsouko, reaching back through Doc Gynéco and forward to Hoshi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Les Rita Mitsouko were a French pop rock group formed by Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer. The duo first performed as Rita Mitsouko at Gibus Club in Paris in 1980. They went on to become one of the most acclaimed musical acts in France. "Marcia Baila", their debut single produced by Conny Plank, went to number 2 in the French singles chart in 1984. They then started a collaboration with producer Tony Visconti on two albums: the No Comprendo (1986) and Marc & Robert (1988). "Singing in the Shower", sung as a duet with Sparks, was a commercial success in France and was then heavily played on US dance radio stations in 1988. Iggy Pop also collaborated with them on 1993's Système D, duetting with Ringer on "My Love Is Bad".
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Les Rita Mitsouko connections
Les Rita Mitsouko grew out of Doc Gynéco, Sparks and Jesse Johnson, shares an orbit with Niagara, Indochine, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine and Axel Bauer, went on to shape Hoshi, Sparks, Iggy Pop and System of a Down. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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