I suppose now that technology is so portable, it was only a matter of time until someone tried incorporating electronic elements into gypsy jazz. But that’s not everything Mary Alouette does. With a voice that sounds wild but always in control, this ex opera student’s sound is too multifaceted to be pigeonholed in a few sentences. Gipsy/Jazz influences intersect with old style French ballads and wicked trip hop/ambient tracks – and sometimes all these ingredients get mixed together. This weekend she’s performing a live film scoring at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn – and we are pretty sure she’ll reveal her electronic/experimental side, rather than the jazzy/acoustic one. Her best track to date is ‘Angel’ (streaming) – a song that sounds like the bastard child of Funki Porcini and Portishead.
We added this song to The Deli’s playlist of Best Mellow songs by emerging NYC artists – check it out!