Tales of the Forgotten Melodies

A friend of mine from France has really great taste in music. She listens to a lot of electronic music, something I’ve never really gotten into. One night she introduced me to a song called “Our Dance” by an artist named Wax Tailor featuring a very seductive Charlotte Savary. The beat of this song is hypnotic, and the woman’s voice is just as compelling as the score behind it. I was blown away by this song and wanted to hear more of this French guy Wax Tailor. I hopped on good old iTunes and searched. Luckily, they had his album Tales of the Forgotten Melodies. Think of this album as more than an album of music. It is a story that entwines aspects of film noir throughout its 19 songs. Wax Tailor incorporates various movie clips throughout the album and his production is stellar. He’s been compared to the producers behind Portishead but to compare him to someone I’m more familiar with, he sounds similar to RJD2 or Kno (from CunninLynguists). In fact, I’ve not heard production this good on an entire album since Kno’s awesome work on A Piece of Strange. I really am blown away by this album and urge anyone who is ever looking for something different to check it out. Change is sometimes good. I now like electronic music, all thanks to the wonders of the internet and a friend from France.