{"title":"Deux Filles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeux Filles is the collaborative project of Simon Fisher Turner and Colin Lloyd Tucker. This dynamic duo has a fascinating history, with some false tragic stories circulating about their journey. They initially released two albums in 1982 and 1983 before taking a hiatus. However, they made a triumphant return in 2016, delighting fans with the release of two more albums (and counting).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir unique sound sets them apart from other artists in the industry. Drawing inspiration from various genres, Deux Filles creates music that captivates listeners with its ethereal beauty and haunting melodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy the enchanting sounds of Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Roy Montgomery, or Harmonia \u0026amp; Eno '76, then Deux Filles will undoubtedly be a perfect addition to your music collection. Their work also resonates with fans of Pram, His Name Is Alive, Hype Williams, Cybe, Loren Connors, Ssaliva, K. Leimer, Christina Vantzou, Cindy Lee, Cluster,Pablo's Eye,Roedelius Joanne Robertson,Yasuaki Shimizu,Voice Actor Psychis TV,and Vincent Gallo.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"double-happiness-2","title":"Double Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeux Filles was not, in fact, two girls despite what the group name and its elaborate hoax of a backstory suggest. No, they were not Gemini Forque and Claudine Coule, French women who met as teenagers under tragic circumstances and became fast friends, recording two albums together before disappearing into the ether. In reality, Deux Filles was Simon Fisher Turner and Colin Lloyd Tucker, a UK duo who first worked together in an early incarnation of The The. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStraddling the line between experimental and pop, Turner was an actor and teen singing star who later composed soundtracks for the iconic queer filmmaker Derek Jarman while Tucker’s career began as an engineer for the famed UK library music studio, De Wolfe, before forming experimental wave group The Gadgets. In Deux Filles, the duo found an outlet for their least commercial tendencies, combining lo-fi proto-dream-pop instrumentals with samples, tape experiments, ambient textures, and drum machines. Even in the vibrant, seemingly endless well of UK DIY, Deux Filles stand out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouble Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e is the duo’s second album, originally released in 1983 on their own imprint, Papier Maché. 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The music itself is utterly enchanting; a sublimely realised take on Eno-esque ambient, Gallic pop and European style progressive rock. And now they're back with two beautiful side-long suites ‘Intuition’ \u0026amp; ‘Sweet Animal Suite’ \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glass Modern","offers":[{"title":"Blue | LP.","offer_id":50452642103627,"sku":"1129074","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f2b3e902-00a1-4c6a-8aae-0ed2d5eb6333_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727159377"},{"product_id":"silence-wisdom","title":"Silence \u0026 Wisdom","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeux Filles was not, in fact, two girls despite what the group name and its elaborate hoax of a backstory suggest. No, they were not Gemini Forque and Claudine Coule, French women who met as teenagers under tragic circumstances and became fast friends, recording two albums together before disappearing into the ether. 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Blending processed guitars, sheets of synthesizers, echoey pianos, and washed-out vocal snippets to surprisingly varied effect, the album is recommended for fans of Durutti Column and Virginia Astley’s \u003ci\u003eFrom Gardens Where We Feel Secure\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Our Swimmer","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50452672774475,"sku":"2015101","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1f60c693-217e-4a4c-8e9c-1c09aad4d3db_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727160281"},{"product_id":"silence-and-wisdom-double-happiness","title":"Silence and Wisdom \/ Double Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll songs have been remastered for vinyl. The vinyl comes housed in gatefold sleeve with original front covers of both albums, and a centerfold of archive images \/ original liner notes. Each LP includes a sticker of the Lino cuts by Adrian Gill that was included with the original pressing. The short, mysterious career of the female French duo Deux Filles is bookended by tragedy. Gemini Forque and Claudine Coule met as teenagers at a holiday pilgrimage to Lourdes, during which Coule's mother died of an incurable lung disease and Forque's mother was killed and her father paralyzed in an auto accident. The two teens bonded over their shared grief and worked through their bereavement with music. However, after recording two critically acclaimed albums and playing throughout Europe and North America, Forque and Coule disappeared without a trace in North Africa in 1984 during a trip to visit Algiers. The short and terribly unhappy lives of Forque and Coule are at the root of the small but fervent cult following the mysterious duo have gained since their disappearance, not least because the placid, largely instrumental music on the duo's albums betrays no hint of the sorrow that framed their personal lives. This would be a terribly sad story if a word of it were true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn reality, Deux Filles were Simon Fisher Turner, former child star\/teen idol and future soundtrack composer, and his mate Colin Lloyd Tucker. Turner and Tucker left an early incarnation of The The in 1981 to pursue another musical direction. Turner claims that the idea of Deux Filles came to him in a dream, and he and Tucker strictly maintained the fiction throughout the duo's career. Not only did they pose in drag for the album covers, the duo once even played live without the audience realizing that the tragic French girls on-stage were actually a pair of blokes from south London. Deux Filles released two albums through Turner and Tucker's Papier Mache label, 1982's \"Silence \u0026amp; Wisdom\" and 1983's \"Double Happiness\". Drifting and wistful, they're a pair of lost ambient gems from a time when the genre had yet to mature, an excellent example of post-Eno, pre-Orb ambient music. \"Like an early French film soundtrack with melodramatic overtones, the sound is jagged and disjointed but never harsh. Lilting guitars and ample use of echo smack of Vini Reilly, relying on the hypnotic qualities of the sound rather than abrasive noise\" (Sounds).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dark Entries","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":50452889272651,"sku":"403824","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b49e931e-8377-47e5-a5d8-205a3f8c0fbf_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727165857"},{"product_id":"space-and-time","title":"Space and Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eLes Disques du Crepuscule presents 'Space and Time', a brand new album by Deux Filles, the reclusive arthouse duo comprising Colin Lloyd-Tucker and Simon Fisher Turner, aka Gemini Forque and Claudine Coule. The fictive French girls released two high-regarded albums of ambience and found sound at the dawn of the 1980s. More recently both 'Silence and Wisdom' and 'Double Happiness' drew praise from Richard King in his book Original Rockers for their \"dreamlike solemnity immersed in a cloud of echo from which incorporeal voices emerged then retreated with unnerving suddenness\" and \"music sounding as if borrowed from a chamber piece and re-scored for an ethereal ensemble of recorded whispers and ticking clocks.\" Since the girls' first aural stirrings Simon Fisher Turner has become a prolific soundtrack composer (Caravagio, Blue, The Epic of Everest), as well as finding cult pop success as The King of Luxemburg. Alongside a string of eclectic solo releases, Colin Lloyd-Tucker's vocal and production credits include work with Kate Bush, The The and Sweet Dreamer. 'Space and Time' sees Deux Filles reunited after 33 and a third years of silence, recorded on a musical Grand Tour which took in France, England, Scotland, Nicaragua and Japan. Now, as then, fellow travellers include Matt Johnson (The The), Anni Hogan (Marc Almond) and The Elysian Quartet, as well as Paddy Bush, Maggie Ronson and David Coulter. 2LP - Vinyl version contains digital download coupon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Disques Du Crepuscule","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50463316083019,"sku":"396058","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50463316509003,"sku":"396057","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e487045c-9ee4-4e17-8f99-b914ac93e57a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727263305"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_4c4cf2da_thumbnail_4096_7787a88d-0170-4bd6-9f0b-c80711ad1f35.jpg?v=1726237445","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/deux-filles.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}