French singer deserves worlwide praise

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New album Music Hole is her first in English and a clear attempt to broaden her appeal. In order to convert us foreigners, she would have to provide a convincing live interpretation of songs constructed almost entirely from her multi-layered vocal sounds.

This she did with just a piano and seven backing singers who stamped, clapped, rustled newspaper, beat rhythms on their cheeks, woofed and miaowed. One band member even managed an uncanny impersonation of an electric guitar solo.

Camille was the most eccentric of the lot, dancing wildly and beating on her own chest so that her voice vibrated. There was a novelty element to all this trickery, of course, and she didn’t shy from its potential to irritate. When she went off on an extended riff on Humpty Dumpty, my companion informed me that my appalled face resembled a Simon Cowell close-up.

More often, though, the vocal dexterity astounded. For building something spectacular from such simplicity, Camille deserves worldwide praise.

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