Vive La France!

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Vive La France!

Author: Jon Campbell

Published at: Foreign devil column at PopMatters

Published on: 28 June 2005

url: http://popmatters.com/music/columns/campbell/050628.shtml


Introduction

This year is the Year of France in China, in case you hadn't heard. While France's reputation is fading fast in the Western world, they are putting on a PR blitz of epic proportions in this country, perhaps in a pre-emptive strike aimed to cut off any potential animosity before it has a chance to bloom. The Year thus far has been marked not only by an increase in the amount of snobbery, strong accents and wine around town, but also in large-scale art, music, theatre and culinary events. To contemporary music fans, the biggest event of the Année was the Trans in China festival; what was officially knows as (insert French accent here) Les Trans en Chine, a two-day festival organised by the people behind (more accent required) Les Rencontres TransMusicales de Rennes, an annual musical meeting showcasing the best up-and-coming artists from around the world.


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