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byJeremy Allen
March 12, 2026

A major figure in the French underground who worked with the likes of Grace Jones, Stereolab and Sonic Youth, Brigitte Fontaine reflects on ‘Patriarcat’, the 1977 electro-funk curveball she made with Areski Belkacem

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Brigitte Fontaine ‘Patriarcat’

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Jeremy Allen

Steve Hovington ‘Remembrance Day’

British Electric Foundation ‘Groove Thang’

Irmin Schmidt ‘SPOON’

Add N To (X) ‘Metal Fingers In My Body’

The Orb ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’

The Cleaners From Venus ‘Corridor Of Dreams’

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Malcolm McLaren

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Brigitte Fontaine ‘Patriarcat’

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