Virages is the first full-lenght CD of Corinne Douarre. It was released 2003 and is available only directly from Corinne Douarre for 12€ plus s/h. To order the CD , please fill out this form.
Virages | Press
Completely on the zenith of its time. Highly recommended.
taz
Music of the 21st century with irony and deep musical substance. JazzZeitung
Pop und Anti-Pop (...) a wonderful CD, no mass production, chamber music somewhere between pop and (chant)song. nmz
Her lyrics are sensual, precise, resonate a long time. Corinne Douarre touches (...) directly with lasciviousness, melancholy, charme and intelligence. Her music balances shimmering ambient sounds, smooth grooves and the sounds of piano and akkordeon. melodie & rhythmus
Irrefutable proof that chanson is alive. (...) combines classic songwriter tradition with the nouvelle vague of french chanson. (...) The songs range from light to experimental, held together by Corinne Douarres original, voice. Frankfurter Rundschau
All that, the cool, the lascivious, the amused enjoyment, unifies Douarres new CD. Berliner Zeitung
For a long time French music seemed to be asleep when suddenly a new generation appeared. They sang melancholic songs, but somehow different to the old chanson (...). And suddenly one had the feeling that they'd already heard this from somewhere. From Berlin, where a petite french woman sang with a tender voice about pets. In the meantime Corinne Douarre has shared the stage with stars like Benjamin Biolay. taz
A warm, sensual voice, associations and text fragments on Sounds in bunter Instrumentierung (...) eine ebenson warme wie melancholische Kurvenfahrt zwischen Paris und Berlin, Electro und Chanson. Tip