Limiñanas/ Garnier

A Gallic alliance between ’60s garage-pop duo and house DJ.

Near neighbours in the South of France, Perpignan’s Spectormeets-JAMCreverent couple Lionel and Marie Limiñana hit it off with Parisian ’90s dance overlord Laurent Garnier, now resident in Provence, after he overheard Lionel’s Louie Louie ringtone at his own Yeah festival in 2017. Four years on, this team-up has the feel of a genuine collision of cultures, with hi-tech rhythm tracks and synth textures transforming The Limiñanas’ retro-reverb sound from its core, as opposed to a cursory modernisation around its fringes. Sonically and spiritually, De Pelicula closely resembles Death In Vegas’s The Contino Sessions, as disparate spoken-word vocalists tell the tale of low-rent couple Juliette and Saul, unfolding like an audio-only road movie drenched in noir and (if O-level French still serves) considerable sleaze. Despite the language barrier for some listeners, there’s sufficient allure about the cumulatively thunderous instrumental Je Rentrais Par Le Bois and the stylish conceit to warrant investigation.