Pamplemousse = Grapefruit

This afternoon, while on the way to a gig, three jazz musicians sat in a very tight and cramped space. The gig was more than an hour and a half away and these three needed some kind of musical stimulus to keep sane. This is what they came up with.

Pomplemoose is an indie music/indie jazz duo from California. This group buys the licensing for the songs they create/arrange and releases them mainly through uploading via Youtube, or Myspace.

The Duo consists of Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte and their formula is simple, you see what you hear. They are very adamant on not lip syncing (voices or instruments) for their videos and at some point during the video you see everything you hear within the song. What sets them apart is the fact that they do all their own stunts. That is, every voice/instrument you hear on their tracks, from drums, piano, accordion, to the finger sliding along a wine glass is/was produced by Conte and Dawn themselves.

I guess I kinda don’t like how there’s such a pedestal for music culture and especially for band culture, it just feels fake; it feels like smoke and mirrors. I feel like music doesn’t have to be like that. It can be something that’s very normal and very accessible.

—Jack Conte

Here are a few examples of their work, some of my favorites thus far. Please check them out. Also check out the extra video I put at the end, Kind of like a surprise.

La Vie en Rose.

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
Listen for the Bridge, Hilarious!!!!

My Favorite Things.

September.

3.

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