It’s about time and it’s full of gigs: the Oh La La newsletter!

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Enjoy some psych weirdness with Les Lunours :

AFRODÉLIQUE is back this summer, an Afrobeat DJ set by DJ Natashka at Café Noorderlicht, Amsterdam, every third Sunday from May to Sept, depending on the weather. See you then!

May 19
June 16
July 16
Aug 18
Sept 15

Another spring on the way, another Oh La La newsletter!

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Hippie legend Michel Fugain (still performing today!) tells us about springtime:

DJ Natashka will be spinning some jazz for dinner and some French party music later on for a St. Valentine’s special edition, featuring a special three-course menu, chocolate, wines, Belgian beers and lovely people. Anneriek will read some love tarot, too! Club Zest is a new place in Amsterdam, let’s show them a good time!

Club Zest, Bilderdijkstraat 188, Amsterdam, 8 pm for dinner, drinks any time until closing time.

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I’ll be DJing from 6 pm – 9 pm and from 10 pm – 11 pm

It will be a finger-snapping jazzy affair like this SoundCloud mix:

On Friday 28 December for the third year running, it’s Winter in Saint-Tropez at the De Nieuwe Anita in Amsterdam!

Doors: 8 pm, 6 euro, live performance at 10 pm!

Line-up
LIVE! David Chazam (FR)
DJ Natashka (French 60s, 80s, 00s)
DJ La Formule du Baron (strictly vinyl in the foyer)
VJ Blackbird Badger
Tarot by Anneriek (House of Tanuki)

Gigs in Amsterdam and dealing with Dutch snow by keeping warm:

Russia’s Valery Leontiev singing first in French, then in Russian (Russian parlando!), covering ‘Tombe la neige’ by Belgium’s Salvatore Adamo. Love the figure skating.

On 14 December, I’ll be playing a special French Belgian set at the Late Night Café as of midnight for Concertvrienden.entrée at the world famous Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Doors 10:30 pm, FREE.

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Belgium’s Plastic Bertrand covers Elton Motello’s Pogo Pogo

On Friday November 16 at around 6 pm-7 pm, we’re going to start drinking Beaujolais at Café ‘t Blaauwhooft, Amsterdam

Come and get all bleu-blanc-rouge on the locals, pop in for some Beaujolais and meet new people who may even speak Frrrench!

(Pssst: VrijMiBo is Dutch shorthand for Friday night drinks)

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On Thursday November 15, come and join our Beaujolais party with cheese, wine (Beaujolais, but also Mâcon) and French music at À Table, Kinkerstraat 10, Amsterdam.

You can practice your French, dress up, pop in for happy hour and have a great time!

BOOKING is obligatory: email: atableamsterdam@gmail.com. There is only room for 25 people!
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Get in the mood with L’apéro by Fatal Mambo

On Saturday 29 February, Oh La La is back to school at De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam to crank out French music à gogo!

Doors: 8 pm, 6 euro

Line up:
DJs Natashka and strictly vinyl set in the foyer by La Formule du Baron
Special guest: Minimatic’ (Cognac, France)
LIVE: one-woman show Fusée Dorée (new tunes!)
VJ Blackbird Badger
Tarot by Anneriek (House of Tanuki)
Food, cocktails and lovely people!

READ MORE Oh La La Newsletter No. 43 – 23 September 2012

Minimatic at Sexy French Sounds from Natasha Cloutier on Vimeo.

A festival, an Oh La La gig and more!

This one goes out to students that need to have their place in the world when they finish they studies.

Dany Brillant – Laissez-nous passer

I know it’s in French, I will surely translate it some day, but for now, enjoy this article with me, DJ Natashka in La Presse’s one of Québec’s top newspapers:

On tour this summer: Amsterdam, Brussels and Québec City. Read all about it!

Michel Polnareff jams it out on piano with Gilbert Bécaud.

AND WE’RE BACK! I have a broken leg (almost ready to walk!), but now I’m ready to post.

More gigs this spring, and hopefully more this summer, standing on two feet.

Françoise Hardy makes it all good with Je t’aime:

Oh La La’s next newsletter is taking a while, but feel free to join Radio Oh La La on Facebook to keep up with some news.

More parties, more music and a new year coming up fast!

Québec actrice and singer Dominique Michel tells about the joys of miniskirts:

Get ready from some ooh aah weirdness! I did all the crate digging so that all you have to do is dig these sounds from the comfort of your own happy place. Podcast No. 41 has lots of 1960s covers from Québec that I just had to share with you along with some French freak beat.

Playlist
Les deux et demi – Voulez voulez
Nanette Workman – Quand-je reviendrai
Ginette Reno – Les cornichons
Les Baronets – Hello, je t’aime
The Haunted – Vapeur mauve
Les Papyvores – Psychedelque badge
César et ses romains – Egg roll

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Winter in Saint-Tropez yé-yé style at the De Nieuwe Anita on 23 December 2011!

Doors: 8 pm, 6 euro, live performance at 10 pm!

Starring (more TBA):
DJ Natashka (me) (French 60s, 80s, 00s and dancing)
La formule du Baron (60s, 80s and wackiness)
DJs Cowboy & Henk (French oldies and craziness)
LIVE! Flora Dolores sings (The Spinshots)

On Friday, 25 November 2011 Café Kuijper in Amsterdam will bring out the Beaujolais, while DJ Natashka (me) will be spinning the French hits, as of 9 pm.

Rumour has it, there will be cheese, too!

Beaujolais French party and more!

It’s the dancing that does it in this video by Marcel Amont!

More gigs, even some in 2012!

France Gall with Dady Da Da

The news is out, Podcast No. 40 is in!!

Radio Oh La La podcasts are finally back with some fuzz and garage sounds from new artists and the real deal from back in the 1960s. Check out and tune into Podcast No. 40 and kick start your day with some 60s vibes that I have been promising you for way too long! Yes, there still is some background noise, but it’s that or nothing at this point…!

Playlist
Sheetah et les Weissmüller – Mets des badges
Larry Greco – J’y laisserai ma peau
Les Limanas – Je ne suis pas très drogue
Philippe Bruna – Et pourquoi pas
Les Terribles – C’est fini
Les Gypsys – Prolétaire
Sheetah et les Weissmüller – Le Monkiss de la police

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Dick Rivers sings ‘Le Vicomte’ film music:

Fusée Dorée performed live at the Oh La La GOLD party at the De Nieuwe Anita in Amsterdam on 26 June 2011. She got people dancing and we finished the job with DJs Laurent Chambon and Moto of Cherry Juice Recordings.

Oh and then there’s the irony: Fusée Dorée means ‘golden rocket’ in English, which is why we called the evening GOLD, but then some magic happened: Dutch astronaut Wubbo Ockels (!) was there (pic here)!

On Saturday 25 June, Oh La La is back at De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam for some French music à gogo!

60s, 80s, Gainsbourg, Dutronc, Rita Mitsouko, Yelle and more GOLD!
DJs Natashka, Laurent Chambon (Cherry Juice Recordings), Cowboy & Henk, VJ Blackbird Badger, Photobooth by Olivier
LIVE: La Fusée Dorée
Special guest from Japan: Artist and DJ Maehara Motomitsu
Doors: 8 pm, 6 euro

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Caterina Valenta warms it up with 39 de fièvre (Fever)

Oh La La Newsletter No. 33 – 17 March 2011

Serge Gainsbourg sings Jacques Dutronc – Les Playboys