Tag: Jindoss Rendez-vous EP

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Jindoss Shares Sultry “Je T’Imagine”

Founded by Saint Brieuc, France-based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Manuela Simone, Jindoss is an electro pop/electro rock project that was born out of a period of loneliness, when she decided to get some ideas out of her head and write and producer her now material.

Back in 2021 Simone released her Jindoss debut EP, Rendez-vous, which featured the brooding “Saturday Night,” a synthesis of PJ Harvey-like atmospherics and A Storm in Heaven-era The Verve-like textures.

She quickly followed up with “Dancing,” a song that continued the brooding atmospherics but saw the project’s sound moving more in the direction of Massive Attack and Portishead — with the track slowly building up in intensity and crests until its slow-burning and eerie fade out.

Simone’s sophomore Jindoss EP La cité des anges was released earlier this year. The EP sees the French multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter and producer changing sonic directions yet again — but this time moving towards a sort of acidic electro rock. Interestingly, unlike her previously released work, the French artist’s latest effort also sees her calling upon a collection of outside collaborators to write lyrics and record vocals.

The EP’s second and latest single “Je T’Imagine” is a slickly produced banger built around glistening synth arpeggios and a relentless motorik groove paired with sultrily delivered vocals and a languorous and lysergic guitar solo. The result is a song that sonically manages to seamlessly mesh elements of classic French touch, deep house, vaporware and electro pop with a trippy air.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

Jindoss is a mysterious, Saint Malo, France singer/songwriter, who released their debut EP Rendez-vous earlier this year. The EP features “Saturday Night,” a single that quickly and boldly established the French artist’s sound: swirling and brooding shoegaze centered around shimming, reverb-drenched guitars, plaintive wailing and boom bap drumming. The end result was a song that to me seemed like a synthesis of PJ Harvey-like atmospherics and A Storm in Heaven-era The Verve-like textures.

The mysterious French producer’s latest single “Dancing” continues the brooding atmospherics but in this case, the song finds Jindoss’ sound quickly moving more in the direction of Massive Attack and Portishead: plaintive wailing is paired with layers of glistening synth arpeggios and thumping beats. The track slowly builds up in intensity and crests until it’s brooding and slow-burning fade out.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

Jindoss is a mysterious, Saint Malo, France singer/songwriter, who released their debut EP Rendez-vous late last week. The EP’s latest single “Saturday Night” quickly (and boldly) establishes the French artist’s sound: swirling and brooding shoegaze centered around shimmering, reverb-drenched guitars, plaintive wailing and boom bap-like drumming. Sonically, “Saturday Night” strikes me as a seamless synthesis of PJ Harvey-like atmospherics and A Storm in Heaven-era The Verve-like textures.