French For Cartridge

Golden Hour Listening Party XXIV

Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:32:43 +0100

We’ve reached our 24th listening party already!

The next one will be in London, somewhere around Tate Modern, tomorrow Saturday evening. Contact us for more details.

No idea what we’re talking about? Read more about it HERE.

En Francais

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 10:00:15 +0000

“Un album intelligent, expérimental et engagé, qui mérite une écoute attentive.”

For those of you that speak French, here is a very nice review of “The Golden Hour”.

More radio

Tue, 07 Mar 2017 09:53:15 +0000

More radio!

Another play for ‘Counting Games’ on DeXter Bentley’s The Hello Goodbye Show ahead of our live session there on March 11th.

Tune in to Resonance FM on 104.4 and DAB in London or online across the globe midday GMT this Saturday.

We also had another spin on the radio last week, this time in Luxembourg.

A scroll through the playlists of Lazy Sunday Show on Radio Ara reveals that “The Golden Hour” has been on the decks the past few programs in a row. Soon the whole album has been aired for the enjoyment of all Luxemborugers - that’s the sort of radio we like!

More parties

Sat, 04 Mar 2017 10:28:28 +0000

London. Hamburg. Luxembourg. Taipei. Helsinki. Brussels. Megeve. Cambridge. Innsbruck.

It’s been great to see our Golden Hour Listening Parties spread across various countries with more and more people starting to tune into this idea of ours.

Starting with this afternoon, here is the next batch of parties in London and beyond.

04.03.17/LONDON/ ROOFTOP/51°51’97” N 0°07’57”W/17.15 GMT
06.04.17/LONDON/ ROOFTOP/51°51’97” N 0°07’57”W/19.15 BST
31.03.17/HELSINKI/WATERSIDE/60°09'15.0"N 24°57'23.9"E/19.30 EEST
09.04.17/DUINBERGEN/BEACH/51°20'46.8"N 3°16'08.0"E/20.00 CEST
29.04.17/LONDON/ROOFTOP/51°30'26.5"N 0°05'57.6"W/19.45 BST

Come along and let yourself be drawn into the magical little world of our new album whilst enjoying the scenery and taking in its altogether more serious message.

Find out what it’s all about here - and if you organise your own party get in touch with us and let us know!

Coming up

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 09:48:55 +0000

We’ve got a Resonance FM radio session coming up in a few weeks as well as a new video, more listening parties and another tune revealed off The Golden Hour for those who can’t make it to one plus we’re looking at heading into the studio to start something new or maybe some sort of addition to the album. So lots to look forward to!

In the meantime, why not buy yourself a copy on iTunes or from our own shop?

iTunes
Our shop

If you pre-ordered and are wondering where your download is, please check your Pledge account which will have it or get in touch with us for a link.

Best of 2016

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:49:12 +0000

Released at the tail end of 2016 “The Golden Hour” made it just in time for the end of year best of-lists. Here’s one in form of the Joyzine Radio Show on Croydon Radio.

“Fantastic album” he says. Listen to the show here.

Stay tuned for an announcement on more Golden Hour Listening Parties and other excitment.

Fog

Sun, 08 Jan 2017 12:24:47 +0000

It looks like clouds and fog has again put a stop to Golden Hour Listening Party XII…look out for a replacement date when the sun is back out!

2017

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 14:40:48 +0000

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Wishing you all a lovely start into 2017!

So today’s Golden Hour Listening Party has also rained off as it shows 100% chance of rain until about midnight tonight! HOWEVER the sun will be out over the next couple of days, promising great views and skies across London and beyond!

So rendez-vous tomorrow Monday 2nd January here: 51°30'32.0"N 0°02'50.3"W at 15.30! and maybe a nice coffee/tea afterwards in one of the local coffee shops! Come along, bring your headphones and plug in!

Meanwhile TAIWAN got a first taste of The Golden Hour with a listening party by the tallest building in Taipei 101.

31.12.16

Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:49:23 +0000

London fog has put a stop to today’s Golden Hour Listening Party XI…join us instead tomorrow at 15.30!

51°30'32.0"N 0°02'50.3"W

Helsinki

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 08:43:19 +0000

Golden Hour Listening Party X tomorrow Friday in Finland!

60°09'15.0"N 24°57'23.9"E

14.45 EET

Tervetuloa!

On the radio

Fri, 16 Dec 2016 21:32:17 +0000

We were on the radio again!

Looking forward to a live session for DeXter Bentley’s Hello GoodBye Show on Resonance FM in Spring.

Have a listen to last week’s show featuring ‘End of the World’ here or the week before featuring ‘Toll the Bell’ here.

London / Bruxelles / Innsbruck

Fri, 16 Dec 2016 14:29:44 +0000

Golden Hour Listening Parties VII, VIII & IX starting at 16.00 local time.

London 51°30'34.1"N 0°05'54.8"W
Bruxelles 50°50'31.0"N 4°21'31.2"E
Innsbruck 47°17'44.7"N 11°23'17.0"E

Luxembourg

Sun, 11 Dec 2016 10:04:50 +0000

Golden Hour Listening Party V today in Luxembourg!

49°36'21.8"N 6°08'01.2"E

15.45 CET

Don’t miss it if you’re around!

Listening Party IV

Thu, 08 Dec 2016 12:08:02 +0000

LONDON 02.12.16
51°51’97” N 0°07’57”W

We’ve had a number of Golden Hour Listening Parties now, the latest one by the river in Greenwich, where this video was taken.

They’ve all been quite special occasions. It’s quite a beautiful and sometimes intense experience to listen to something together with other people in such a concentrated way while the surroundings get darker or lighter, depending on the time of day.

We’ve got quite a few listening parties planned over the next coming months and some of you have already been in touch to organise your own. If you’d like to do that, please get in touch on info (at) frenchforcartridge (dot) com

You can read more about our new album ‘The Golden Hour’ and the thinking behind the Golden Hour Listening Parties HERE.

Listening Parties

Sun, 04 Dec 2016 20:35:50 +0000

We’re hosting Golden Hour Listening Parties to launch our new album ‘ The Golden Hour’, which is out now!

02.12.16 London/City of London EC4M
02.12.16 London/Greenwich SE10
11.12.16 Luxembourg City 
15.12.16 London/City of London EC3M
16.12.16 London/City of London
22.12.16 Helsinki
31.12.16 London/Wapping E1W
01.01.17 London/Canary Wharf E14
08.01.17 London SE1

golden hour noun
- In medicine, the golden hour is the first hour after a traumatic injury, when emergency treatment is most likely to be successful.
- In photography, the golden hour is a period shortly after sunrise or before sunset during which daylight is redder and softer, which makes for dramatic skies and surreal cityscapes.

As we were finishing this album, we realised we had made a much darker and more political album than we had initially set out to do taking in subjects like war, loss and the state of the environment.

The songs very much reflect our current state of mind and we are happy to be more vocal about the issues we feel strongly about as we find that you can’t stay quiet any longer with the way things seem to progress. The title of the album refers to the first hour after a traumatic injury, when treatment is most likely to be successful as well as to the short time after sunrise or before sunset when daylight is redder and softer, creating dramatic skies and surreal cityscapes. As such we find it a suitable title for a call to action on environmental and political issues at this hour when the problem has been identified and there still is a chance to fix it.

This album will benefit from quiet listening and we want to bring people together for some real-life social sharing. So, to launch the album we will hold Golden Hour Listening Parties in outside spaces, where the light hits the surrounding environment in particularly spectacular ways during the said golden hours. In this way, we hope to encourage friend and fans to take a break from their busy lives and come together for a moment of contemplation and come up with a plan of action; discuss what needs attending around us - in our neighbourhoods, our countries or further afield - and do something about it.

If you like the sound of it, come along to one of the parties scheduled above or host your own party. Details on how to do this can be found HERE or by sending us an email on info (at) frenchforcartridge (dot) com

The Golden Hour

Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:05:44 +0000

Our new album featuring CHROMA is out today!

Physical copies of ‘The Golden Hour’ have sold out on pre-order, but you can get a digital copy either on iTunes or in our own shop.

This album won’t be available to stream anywhere in the first instance.

Instead, we’re inviting you to a more social form of listening by hosting a number of Golden Hour Listening Parties in various outside spaces across the globe, where the light hits the surrounding environment in particularly spectacular ways during the golden hours of the title.

We hope this will be an opportunity for a moment of contemplation around the themes of an album, which turned out altogether darker and more political than we had planned. The playful melodies are still there, of course, but this is perhaps a more intricate collection of songs that reflects our turbulent times by weaving in topics of war, loss and the state of the environment.

Find out more about the thinking behind the title HERE and look out for an announcement about the first batch of parties very soon.

iTunes - http://apple.co/2fZqJMk
Our shop - http://bit.ly/2gt8LCP

Artwork by Damien Beaton

Tomorrow

Thu, 01 Dec 2016 21:29:55 +0000

Tomorrow is release day!

The first Golden Hour Listening Party will be at 8am.

51°30'46.8"N 0°05'48.9"W

Listening

Wed, 30 Nov 2016 12:35:59 +0000

On Friday we release our new album The Golden Hour!

Physical copies are already sold out on pre-order and we’re doing an ‘Adele’ i.e. not streaming it in the first instance. Instead, we’re inviting you to a more social form of listening by organising Golden Hour Listening Parties around the UK and elsewhere.

We’ve had a few try-outs already and it’s been quite special, so keep your ears to the ground and eyes peeled for more information about this in the next few days!

Pre-order

Fri, 25 Nov 2016 23:22:24 +0000

Our new album “The Golden Hour” is out next week!

Physical copies have already sold out, unfortunately, but you can still pre-order a digital copy in our shop.

End of the World

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 10:21:14 +0000

It feels poignant that our new single called ‘End of the World’ comes out this week, coinciding with Armistice Day as well as the election of the new American president.

A year ago we started recording a new album. As things progressed, we realized we had written quite a dark and politically charged set of songs taking in subjects like war, loss, the destruction of our environment and depression. This is not something we set out to do - we’re quite a happy bunch - but in the prevailing climate, it felt like we had to say something.

Little did we know that a year, a referendum and an election later, things would look so much worse.

So, here it is, a song called ’ End of the World, written about a mother who crashed herself and her three children into an oncoming bus. This, whilst talking on the phone to her husband, who was sitting on that very same bus trying to talk her out of it.

The song also took inspiration from one of the persons interviewed in Werner Herzog’s movie ‘Encounters at the End of the World’. Set in the Antarctic, this man, a refugee from former Yugoslavia, tells us how he always has a bag packed, ready to leave even when he has reached as far away from civilisation as possible. Just in case the worst will happen.

At the moment it feels like we all need to have our bags packed.

H & C xx

French For Cartridge feat. CHROMA
‘End of the World’
Taken from the forthcoming album ‘The Golden Hour’

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