Jules et Jim (band)
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Jules et Jim is a trip hop
Trip hop
Trip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...

 / drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

 band consisting of Jean-Marc Lederman
Jean-Marc Lederman
Jean-Marc Lederman is a Belgian keyboard player and producer. He has worked with numerous bands including Fad Gadget, The The, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Weathermen, Belgian rock band Streets, and Front 242, and with other artists including Julianne Regan and Alain Bashung.His main projects are The...

 (of The Weathermen) and Julianne Regan
Julianne Regan
Julianne Regan is an English singer, song writer, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboard player. She is best known for being the lead singer of the band, All About Eve.- Early life :...

 (of All About Eve
All About Eve (band)
All About Eve were a British rock/pop band. The creative core consisted of the Coventry born Julianne Regan , and the Huddersfield born Andy Cousin , with other members changing over the years...

). A 1999 press release describing their music reads: "While their sound is eerie, the vocal's in your face. When the voice whispers, the music slashes like a flick-knife. It's warm but chilled, it's groovy while discreet, it's a night record you wanna hear when the sun comes up."

Singles

  • Swimming CD1 (1999)
  1. "Swimming" (Single Edit)
  2. "Only a Fool" (Underwater Mix)
    • Swimming CD2 (1999)
  3. "Swimming" (Single Edit)
  4. "Only a Fool" (Radio Mix)
  5. "Swimming" (Plastic Boat Mix)
  6. "Only a Fool" (Underwater Mix)

EPs

  • Subtitles (2001)
  1. "If Life Were a Movie"
  2. "What are the Chances?"
  3. "I Only Have Eyes For You"
  4. "It’s a Beautiful World"
  5. "Sylvia"
  6. "Queen Kerosene"

Albums

The above releases have also been repackaged as a downloadable album on various online mp3 stores:
  • Subtitles and More (2009)
  1. "Swimming"
  2. "If Life Were a Movie"
  3. "What are the Chances?"
  4. "Sylvia"
  5. "Only a Fool"
  6. "It’s a Beautiful World"
  7. "What are the Chances?" (Fairies Mix)
  8. "Swimming" (Plastic Boat Mix)
  9. "Only a Fool" (Underwater Mix)
  10. "Queen Kerosene"

Other releases

The band have also released a number of other tracks through their (now defunct) website:
  • "What are the Chances?" (Ballad Mix)
  • "Brass" (Instrumental)
  • "Laidback & The Kid" (Instrumental)

Other collaborations

The duo have also collaborated on a number of other projects together.

Regan has contributed vocals to game soundtrack music composed by Lederman. Games include Mystic Inn
Mystic Inn
Mystic Inn is a casual game developed by the team formerly known as Funpause, now part of Big Fish Studios, and distributed by Big Fish Games.- Story :...

, Fairies and Kudos: Rock Legend
Kudos: Rock Legend
Kudos: Rock Legend is a spinoff of the game Kudos. Unlike the previous Kudos game, however, this game allows you to start your own rock/pop band. You start by picking a band name and its members...

.
The soundtrack from Fairies was released as a downloadable single with the following tracks:
  1. "Fairies Theme"
  2. "The Castle"
  3. "The Forest"
  4. "Time"
  5. "The Plains"
  6. "Zen"
  7. "Chances EMO"


Their most recent collaboration is on Lederman's La Femme Verte covers
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 project. Regan has contributed vocals to a number of tracks on the album Small Distortions (original artists in brackets):
  • "Hurt" (Nine Inch Nail)
  • "Falling" (Angelo Badalamenti
    Angelo Badalamenti
    Angelo Badalamenti is an American composer, known for his movie soundtrack work for director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga and Mulholland Drive...

    /Julee Cruise
    Julee Cruise
    Julee Cruise is an American singer, and actress.With a distinctive, airy voice, Cruise has recorded three albums, but is probably best known for the lead vocal on "Falling," the theme song for the cult U.S. television series Twin Peaks...

    )
  • "Moonlight Mile" (Rolling Stones)
  • "Being Boring
    Being Boring
    "Being Boring" is a single by the British pop group Pet Shop Boys.As the second single from the 1990 album Behaviour, after "So Hard" which was released before the album, "Being Boring" was not particularly successful upon release, only reaching number twenty in the UK Singles Chart and being the...

    " (Pet Shop Boys
    Pet Shop Boys
    Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....

    )
  • "Monday Monday" (The Mamas & the Papas
    The Mamas & the Papas
    The Mamas & the Papas were a Canadian/American vocal group of the 1960s . The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and 11 Top 40 hit singles...

    )

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