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Duolingo French Podcast

La mélodie de la Martinique (The Sound of Martinique) - Revisited

Duolingo French Podcast

Duolingo

Society & Culture, Education

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate France’s love of culture, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring francophone artists and performers. This episode, the story of Christophe, better known under his performer name Chassol, who developed a new musical genre inspired by the sounds of his home island of Martinique. Stick around until the end for an update on what Christophe has been up to since the first episode aired.

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0:00.0

Bonjour dear listeners. For this special season of the Duolingo French

0:05.2

podcast we're celebrating the arts. We're revisiting some of our favorite

0:10.0

episodes featuring singers, dancers, actors, and other performers in the Francophone world.

0:16.3

Today's episode is from our very first season. Back in 2019, it features French composer and musician, Christoph Chassol. His music is so unique and

0:28.8

experimental that he's often credited with having invented an entirely new art form.

0:34.8

Keep listening to hear how he created his signature style

0:38.1

and stay tuned until the end for an update on Chasol's latest projects.

0:43.8

And now, on to the to the original episode.

0:47.8

Under the name Chasol, Christoph Chasol tours around the world

0:52.2

and collaborates with the likes of Frank Ocean and Salange.

0:55.8

He's composed a dozen film scores and had a weekly segment on the classical radio station, France Music.

1:02.1

But his most impressive feat is inventing a new art form.

1:07.0

I say to fair the connection

1:11.7

in other things that I've seen,

1:14.0

all the shows that I'm time.

1:17.0

I'm sure to capture the shows that my place,

1:20.0

all that I've proved both.

1:25.0

But in order to create his breakthrough album Big Son, Christoph had to revisit his past and turn it into something new.

1:31.0

Big Son was a very big defeat. new. Duolingo French podcast. I'm Gofen ButuBoule. Every episode we bring you fascinating true stories

1:47.4

to help you improve your French listening and gain new perspectives on the world. The

1:52.0

storyteller will be using intermediate French

1:53.8

and will be speaking more slowly and clearly than they usually might. I'll be

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