Bobin, Frederic
Singapour
In 2008, Frederic Bobin publishes Singapour, collection of 12 folksongs. This LP mixes personal stories (La dcouverte) et social chronicles (Ce siècle avait deux ans) and questions soul of man and human paradoxes with Etrange bipède and Le dmon de midi trente.Bobin draws portraits of beautiful losers (Il faut plaindre les rois, Ma vie de rechange) et sings without demagoguery oppresed people (Joe de Georgie, Les Zoulous les apaches) on folk-rock rythms where guitars sound good !This album ends on a tribute to his hometown (La vieille ouvrière), like an echo to the first song Singapour, a protest song that sets the tone for this melodious and incisive opus.