He may not have been terrifying, but his rap sheet is. His music inspires chills, but of a different kind — more soul-penetrating than spine-tingling. His eccentricity, while alarming, lends itself to ...

I’ll never forget the moment I first experienced the pop rapture of Serge Gainsbourg. It was sometime in the mid-’90s (I tend to catch up to stuff rather late — I didn’t hear the Velvet Under- ...

There’s a palpable swagger that permeates the work of Serge Devant. Between his tight-knit tech house arrangements and restrained melodies, there’s a sense of effortlessness. It’s a style which… By ...

Panning Serge Gainsbourg’s most celebrated concept record for being perverse is a bit like damning Bob Dylan for being coy. Sure, between lover and muse Jane Birkin’s faux (but pregnant!) nymphet pose ...

In the contemporary British music scene, there is no equivalent of French singer, songwriter, poet, composer, artist, actor and director Serge Gainsbourg. At his traffic-stopping funeral in 1991, the ...

The Kasabian guitarist released his debut track ‘Favourites’ in May, which featured a guest appearance from rapper Little Simz. Now, Pizzorno has shared ‘Nobody Else’, which bounces on a piano house ...