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Artist
Isabelle Antena
12+ albums
jazzBossa Novafemale vocalistsfrenchfrance
about
French chanteuse and musician Isabelle Antena is a pioneer of bossa nova- and samba-inflected nu-jazz and electropop. She was a founding member of the original 1980s French-Belgian synthpop trio Antena, and in the 1990s led another group, the genre-defying Powaga Sisters to record three releases between 1993-2004. Alongside these projects, she has also carved out a remarkable solo music career in the last thirty years, selling over a million albums and winning fame and musical acclaim across the globe. From James Nice, founder of LTM (Les Temps Modernes), in Oct 2006: Electro-samba pioneer turned jazz-pop polymath, Isabelle Antena has quietly sold more than a million albums. From Camino del Sol (1982) to Toujours du Soleil (2006), her cool latin, bossa, jazz and funk vibes have delighted ears and feet worldwide. Originally Antena were a trio. In 1981, Pascale Moiroud and Sylvain Fasy left their hometowns of Valence and Clermont in the south of France and headed for Paris, the fabled City of Light. There they met sassy native Isabelle Powaga, and discovered a shared passion for the analog mechanics of Kraftwerk, the latin sounds of Jobim and Gilberto, and an eye for a strong BCBG image. Thus was born Antena. After a spell busking in metro stations, Antena recorded their first demo early in 1982, and posted out copies to three favoured labels: Ralph, Ze and Les Disques du Crépuscule. At the time the domestic market in France was moribund, and so Antena were delighted to
