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Video by William Ruben Helms

Lyric Video: Entrée Libre Shares a Wistful New Single

Formed back in 2019. Parisian indie electro pop duo Entrée Libre consists of two childhood friends, who derived the project’s name from the first letter of their first names. Sonically, the pair have developed joyful, spontaneous and hook driven pop, which for the band has served as an escape from our strange and uncertain moment.

Entrée Libre’s debut EP Avant-Premiére officially dropped yesterday. The EP features previously released singles “Dehors,” “Aller Simple,” a dance floor friendly track that’s one-part 80s New Order, one- part JOVM mainstays DBFC, one-part Daft Punk and “Corps à corps,” a hook-driven, LCD Soundsystem-like bop that’s perhaps even more danceable than its immediate predecessor.

Avant-Premiére‘s fourth and latest single “Pixel” is a breezy yet wistful bop centered around glistening synth arpeggios, a chugging motorik groove, skittering beats paired with plaintive harmonies. The end result is a song that, to my ears, recalls Trans Europe Express-era Kraftwerk and fellow countrymen DBFC and La Femme.

The accompanying lyric video features the duo in an empty theater changing seats while a maintenance person cleans up. 

Video by William Ruben Helms

New Video: Paris-based Electro Pop Duo Entrée Libre Releases a Summery, Club Friendly Ode to Travel

Formed back in 2019. Parisian indie electro pop duo Entrée Libre consists of two childhood friends, who derived the project’s name from the first letter of their first names. Sonically, the pair have developed joyful, spontaneous and hook driven pop. which for the duo served as an escape from the our strange and uncertain moment.

Entrée Libre’s debut EP is slated for release in 2022 . The forthcoming EP will feature previously released singles “L’Air du temps,” “Dehors,” and its third and latest single, the funky “Aller Simple.” Centered around a slick, dance floor friendly production featuring twinkling and arpeggiated synths, squiggling Nile Rodgers-like funk guitar, thumping beats, a propulsive disco-tinged bass line, and an infectious shout-along worthy hook, “Aller Simple” is one-part 80s New Order, one- part JOVM mainstays DBFC, one-part Daft Punk. And at its core is the very human desire to escape and start over — or just to go somewhere for a necessary reset.

Directed by frequent visual collaborator Leila Macaire, the recently released video is a playful and summery blast, that follows the pair and their friends as they travel and goof off — in much warmer climes. It makes me long for travel and new adventures. Soon, I hope. Soon.