The Limiñanas are Lionel and Marie Limiñana, a duo from Cabestany in the south of France, who play psyche/ garage/ pop dressed in black jeans and boots, with fuzz guitar, Mo Tucker style drums and tambourine and slightly stoned, Gauloise vocals. Over the course of nine albums and umpteen singles/ EPs they've steered their own course pulling in like minded souls along the way. Their music always feels like summer to me, the hot and sticky days of July and August, the air smelling of beer and cigarette smoke, sunglasses, tinny car stereos and the clink of beer bottles- so there's no better time to listen to thirty minutes of their music than in mid- January. C'est la vie.
- Garden Of Love
- The Gift (Anton Mix)
- The Ballad Of Linda L.
- Variation Sur 3 Bancs
- Devils Angels (Limiñanas Remix)
- Dimanche (Laurent Garnier Remix)
- Garden Of Love (Lundi Mouillé Mix)
- Liverpool (album version)
Garden Of Love was a 2016 single, a lovely piece of 21st century garage pop, Marie's vocal to the fore along with Peter Hook's mournful, elegiac bass playing that makes me feel weirdly homesick, even when I'm at home. Garden Of Love was remixed by Andrew Weatherall twice and released on clear 12" vinyl. Both mixes are great, the one here, Lundi Mouille (Wet Monday) is the slower, more downtempo one.
Hooky turned up on The Gift in 2018 too, a single and song from their 2018 album Shadow People, their fifth album, ten songs where they really hit their stride and refined their sound. Anton Newcombe was on hand for a lot of the album and provided the mix for this version of The Gift. They formed a one- off group with Anton and actress/ singer Emmanuelle Seigner and released an excellent album in 2019 that I've remembered about while typing this. I should have included one of their songs on this but it's too late now.
The Ballad Of Linda L. is from a soundtrack to a documentary from last year about the life of Linda Lovelace, written and recorded with David Menke.
Variation Sur 3 Bancs was a collaboration with Golden Bug. A vinyl/ digital EP came out in 2021 with remixes by Pilooski, Superpitcher and Destino, French electronic/ Balearic catnip.
Devils Angels is by Unloved, from their second album Heartbreak (2019) There was a remix EP with remixes by various folk including Weatherall, Jane Weaver and here, obvs, The Limiñanas.
Dimanche is also from Shadow People with singer, songwriter and author Bertrand Belin on vocals. It was remixed by French DJ and Hacienda veteran Laurent Garnier. The Limiñanas and Laurent released an album together in 2021, De Pelicula, a psyche French road trip/ noir which is highly recommended (even though I neglected to put anything from it on this mix).
Liverpool is from the band's 2013 album Costa Blanca with vocals from Mu (Muriel Margail)
Well done Adam. Love The Limiñanas - a perfect mix
ReplyDeleteThat'll do nicely, thanks, Adam!
ReplyDeleteExcellent stuff. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I do like the Liminanas, whom I first came across on these pages. Look forward to giving this a proper listen soon. And yes, De Pelicula is great, isn't it, and around the time of its release they were playing some dates in London with Laurent one of which I had really hoped to get to but unfortunately couldn't make in the end. I'd still love to see them and get lost in their nouvelle vague French noir world.
ReplyDeleteI've never managed to see them live either C. Keep hoping they'll pass through Manchester again
ReplyDeleteI'd never made the connection before but after playing this mix several times over the weekend, I found myself singing Manchester by The Times over Garden Of Love. Makes me love The Limiñanas even more, if possible.
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ReplyDeleteYou've made me do that now Khayem (and that's a song that can also make me feel homesick even when I'm at home).
ReplyDeleteReally good and a new group for me. Thank you!
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