I decided to do a musical inspiration today, for something a little different. One of my very favourite artists is Émilie Simon. She is a French vocalist who also writes and composes for all of her albums. I first had the chance to listen to her music a couple of years ago when a friend introduced it to me. I usually don’t like electronic music very much, but I found her songs so delicate and haunting I was charmed right away.

I think she has released a total of five albums, and did the soundtrack to the documentary La Marche de l’empereur. My favourite of her songs are Chanson de Toile, Blue Light, Fleur de Saison, Opium and Flowers. I really love how she manages to combine a natural, very soft voice with an unusual electronic score. There really is nothing else like it.

Her music videos are also very unique, the video for Flowers reminds me of something from Tim Burton and the clips for Fleur de Saison and Desert focus on flowers and vines growing out of her body in an artistic manner. In Dame de Lotus she walks through a Chinese ink drawing.

I think she’s very beautiful, creative and has a great sense of style too!