Reissued on limited Green Vinyl! The Tchic Tchic compilation is all about french bossa nova. Since the bossa nova revolution of the late 1950s, Brazil's influence on French music has been undeniable, and the 22 tracks featured here are not only fascinating testimonies to that musical era in our neighbouring country, but also perfectly capture the spirit of that time and bring it into the present.

Ever since the late 1950s bossa-nova revolution, Brazil's influence on French music has been undeniable.

Pierre Barouh, Georges Moustaki and a vast array of lesser known artists, all made the Musica Popular Brasileira (MPB) an axis of promotion at the service of a cool and metaphysical, modern and mixed Brazilian lifestyle.

Some were seduced by the poetic languors of the bossa, some were looking for fun, and others just loved the American hybridization of jazz-bossa, jazz-samba.

What is bossa nova? One of its creators, Joao Gilberto said: "Its style, cadence, everything is samba.

At the very start, we didn't call it bossa nova, we sang a little samba made up of a single note - Samba de uma nota so ....

The discussion around the origins of bossa nova is therefore useless". With emotion, arrangements for violin and supple guitar licks, bossa nova rapidly changed.

A transformation that can be heard in the Tchic, tchic, French Bossa Nova 1963-1974 compilation, the result of a cultural reappropriation, which traveled through the United States and supplemented itself in France.

A musical revolution that has remained significant, bossa nova was born in Rio. From 1956 to 1961, Brazil lived through its golden years.

The world tours of French singers and their desire for the tropics, often brought them to Rio with its hills, forests, caipirinhas and tanned bodies.

But bossa nova had many angles... A highly infectious compilation brimming with samba-influenced lightness and fun.

Featuring Les Masques, Isabelle Aubret, Jean Constantin, Marpessa Dawn, Sophia Loren, Frank Gerard, Charles Level, Audrey Arno, Christianne Legrand, Magalie Noel, Françoise Legrand, and many more.