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We were very lucky to go on tour in Japan in 2016 and it inspired us to record a cover from Ryüichi Sakamoto that we want to share with you for Christmas as a free download.

Hoping for more peace on earth for 2017.

Love and joyeux noël,

IKO CHÉRIE [ Read more ]

Another Elefant Records artist will be on tour in Japan very soon. Iko Chérie is going to support their first album, “Dreaming On”, on the Asian island. This first album by Marie Merlet, after her adventures in MONADE (with Laetitia Sadier), ZOOEY, and LISBONNE, is a model of elegance and love of music, great melodies and sweet arrangements influenced in equal parts by French singers like France Gal and the refined soul of Irma Thomas. From the 22nd to the 30th of October, the French artist will visit several Japanese cities, including Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, Kyoto and Sendai, where she will undoubtedly leave her mark with her marvelous songs.

For all dates confirmed so far, go to:  https://elefant.com/bands/iko-cherie/concerts [ Read more ]

Marie Merletwas born and raised in Bordeaux, where she maintained a close, continuous relationship with music while she was a film student, playing in various bands and Djing weekly on the local radio station Nova Sauvagine. Everything changed the day she met Laetitia Sadier. At the time, Mariewas involved in a thousand projects: a girl-group doing covers from the sixties, a WASHINGTON DC-styled punk combo, and a few experimental electronic ventures. But when the then-singer of STEREOLAB asked her to join MONADE and they started recording and touring together, there was no turning back. Marie traded Bordeaux for London, where she continued her musical journey as part of electronic duo ZOOEY or with the sweet pop of LISBONNE. In 2013, Marie began recording songs on her own in her London home studio under the moniker IKOCHÉRIE, and the result is this “Dreaming On”, an album mixed with SCHNEIDERTM in Berlin and mastered in Barcelona by Xavier Alarcón.

“Dreaming On” is a special album, for a lot of reasons. First, because of its unmistakable pop sensitivity, which argues intelligently between the sweet and the bitter. This first IKOCHÉRIE album is dedicated to dreaming and how it can be so cathartic and so illusory at the same time, making you travel to unknown worlds while also keeping your feet far from the ground. Second, because it is easy to see the musical culture and baggage of an artist who has already played with so man [ Read more ]

Here's a preview from IKO CHÉRIE's album "Dreaming On" LP/CD , to be released 16-10-2015.    

Marie Merlet was born and raised in Bordeaux, where she maintained a close, continuous relationship with music while she was a film student, playing in various bands and Djing weekly on the local radio station Nova Sauvagine. Everything changed the day she met Laetitia Sadier. At the time, Mariewas involved in a thousand projects: a girl-group doing covers from the sixties, a WASHINGTON DC-styled punk combo, and a few experimental electronic ventures. But when the then-singer of STEREOLAB asked her to join MONADE and they started recording and touring together, there was no turning back. Marie traded Bordeaux for London, where she continued her musical journey as part of electronic duo ZOOEY or with the sweet pop of LISBONNE. In 2013, Marie began recording songs on her own in her London home studio under the moniker IKO CHÉRIE, and the result is this “Dreaming On”, an album mixed with SCHNEIDER TM in Berlin and mastered in Barcelona by Xavier Alarcón. 

“Good To You Again” is pure, cosmic easy listening and it is the song chosen like presentation of "Dreaming On", released in a free download Digital Single. “Dreaming On” is a special album, for a lot of reasons. First, because of its unmistakable pop sensitivity, which argues intelligently between the sweet and the [ Read more ]