Cover of "Fuck U" by "Archive" released on their 2004 album "Noise".
This cover was recorded between February and March 2022

Fuck U (Archive cover)

Cover of "The Chain" by "Fleetwood Mac" released on their 1977 album "Rumours".
This cover was recorded between June 2023 and February 2024

The Chain (Fleetwood Mac Cover)

Cover of "The Fragile" by "Nine Inch Nails" released on their 1999 album "The Fragile".
This cover was recorded between February and May 2024

The Fragile (Nine Inch Nails Cover)

This is a cover of "Swimming" by "Émilie Simon" released on her 2006 album "Végétal".

Swimming (Émilie Simon Cover)

This is a cover of "Passive" by "A Perfect Circle" released on their 2004 album "eMotive".

Passive (A Perfect Circle Cover)

This is a cover of "The Rhythm of the Night" by "Corona", originally released as their debut single in 1993.

I was 9 years old when this song came out. Back then, eurodance was everywhere, but not on our home hi-fi — my parents were quite successful in shaping our musical tastes, from Blind Willie Johnson to Bach. As a result, eurodance, and to a lesser extent, the later boy bands, have always felt like a guilty pleasure from my childhood.

A few years ago, I had already done an acoustic cover of “The Rhythm of the Night” with “Cartel,” performing it at the “Fête de la Musique” in Colombes. This version, though, is definitely funkier
and turned into a fun, late-summer project!

The Rhythm Of The Night (Corona Cover)

I was 15 in 1999 and remember very well this afternoon playing Magic The Gathering (yes) at a friend's house. Someone brought 2 CDs he had just bought that day: Noir Désir's 666.667 Club, which would become one of my most listened album, before it got, you know, harder to listen to; and "...Baby One More Time".

This kind of pop wasn’t typical for my friend group’s musical taste, but we nevertheless got hooked on Max Martin’s overproduced pop magic. Over the following years, the title track became a guilty pleasure and one of those songs I just couldn’t stop humming. I still can’t. When playing with Two Clouds Away, I often used it for vocal soundchecks—good dynamic range and an excellent way to annoy my bandmates.

Earlier this summer, I was at a friend’s wedding when the band invited guests to sing with them. But …Baby One More Time wasn’t in their repertoire—a cultural loss that shook the very fabric of society.

Naturally, I did the only sensible thing: I went home and recorded my own version. I kept the arrangement as simple as possible, taking inspiration from Royal Blood’s drum + octave-fuzzed-bass setup (though I used a guitar), merged with a beat machine that wouldn’t feel out of place on a Nine Inch Nails record.

...Baby One More Time (Britney Spears Cover)

Second entry in my little series of covers of pop songs I unironically love, stripped down to minimalistic arrangements. After Britney’s Baby One More Time, here comes Aqua’s "Barbie Girl" by "Aqua", originally released on their 1997 album "Aquarium".

This track has always fascinated me: it’s one of the most fun juxtapositions between bubblegum energy and lyrics that, once you stop dancing, feel kind of dark. Like the Barbie movie that came years later, it balances on that strange line between satire, social commentary, and shameless capitalistic product. And I’m absolutely here for it.

Anyway, this was another fun exercise in rearranging and recording. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

Barbie Girl (Aqua Cover)

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Sunday guitarist / singer / producer influenced by Tool / Nine Inch Nails / Led Zeppelin / Pink Floyd / Radiohead and more. 

You can find all of my music at https://www.cloderic.com/music

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