joie de vic
It’s all about playing the newest and rarest Francophone gems from around the globe, from hip-hop to electro and disco to indie, whilst also featuring exclusive interviews with musicians such as Etienne Daho, The Blaze, Flavien Berger, Polo & Pan, Moriarty, amongst many others. Discover all 57+ shows here.
Presented by Victor Hall and Played on Soho Radio
Joie de vic # 76
Bienvenue to another mixbag of Francophone gems across the globe, merci for joining on this journey!
Joie de vic # 75
Welcome to episode 75 of Joie De Vic, an eclectic selection of tracks from the Francophone globe, treat it like a festival, discovering one unexpected genre to another, your new favourite band might just be in this episode! Bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 74
Kickstarting 2024 with plenty of up-beat soukous and Francophone discoveries from around the globe. Speakers up, expect warm music for these cold months!
Merci for tuning in et bon decouvertes!
Joie de vic # 73
Final show of 2023 with a mix bag of Francophone music from around the globe. Upbeat discoveries alongside classique chansons française, electro numbers, hop, skip and jumping across the continents.
Merci, bon voyage et bonnes fêtes!
Joie de vic # 72
Plenty of upbeat high energy Francophone numbers in this one! Speakers up, feet up and let the warm tunes keep you warm during this cold season!
Merci et bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 71
Lots of new music from the indie and electro scenes, along with some truly beautiful songs from Haiti, Senegal and Cape Verde taking us far away from the Soho Radio studios, magnifique.
Expect many chansons française , brand new releases and tracks to take you to a Parisienne cafe.
Merci et bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 70
This is an upbeat, eclectic show to celebrate episode 70 of Joie De Vic. Lots of new discoveries covering indie, Hip-Hop, electro, French pop, classic chansons Française along with many tracks from Haiti - a country with an incredible and beautiful archive of Music.
Merci for listening, à bientôt!
JOie de vic # 69
Bringing you the latest and eclectic Francophone selections from across the globe, expect some wonderful electro, alternative French language lessons with a melodic house beat, plenty of tracks from this year’s Pete The Monkey Festival and of the last 10 years, and brand new chansons francaise, indie and alternative numbers.
Bon Voyage!
JOie de vic # 68
A show full of packed francophone discoveries along with an interview with special guest, the incredibly talented Pomme. We discuss behind the scenes of her latest brilliant album “Consolation”, the writing process, managing her team and collaborations with Flavien Berger amongst many other topics.
Speakers up et bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 67
Straight back from a trip to Paris, I have returned with lots of new Francophone sounds from hip-hop to trip-hop, brand new classical music to R&B overheard at a picnic in Belleville. Soukous sounds also soundtracked my morning espresso ‘au contoir’ in the local cafe, along with more new discoveries from Senegal and Mali.
Bon voyage and merci for listening!
Joie de vic # 66
Another packed show full of new discoveries from across the Francophone countries, from Switzerland to many cities across France, a couple of beautiful numbers from Senegal and Haiti amongst plenty more. We also dive back to some classic tracks by bands who took to the stages at Pete The Monkey Festival, celebrating it’s 11th year this upcoming Summer!
Bonne découverte, thank you for listening!
Joie de vic # 65
We’re off to Haiti for some upbeat numbers along with some Parisienne Hip-Hop, some smooth synth pop tracks and bien sur, some Serge Gaingsbourg. I am also honoured to have author Edward Chisholm join the show to talk us through behind the scenes of his brilliant memoir “ A Waiter In Paris”, highly recommend you catching a copy, will give you a new insight to the French capital!
Merci for listening, bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 64
Bonne Annee and welcome to the show bringing you the eclectique Francophone discoveries from around the Globe and this one has something for everyone! We have brand new releases, the unexpected collaborations which we never knew that we needed, we have some incredible soukouss sounds to bring the heat during this particularly cold winter, along with some folk, synths, dance tracks and hypnotic guitar riffs. Bon voyage and thank you for listening!
Joie de vic # 63
Welcome and bienvenue to Joie De Vic episode 63, a real dive into a show fusing genres, cultures and ages. Whether you’re after the latest upbeat-pop-synth, some 90’s hip-hop or some warming and catchy Disco amongst plenty more, then you’re at the right place!
Un petit verre de vin, get l’apero ready and turn the speakers up! Bonne decouverte!
Joie de vic # 62
Welcome and bienvenue to a special episode of “Joie De Vic”. Honoured to have had a conversation with one of my favourite artists, Jean-Benoit Dunckel from Air. We talk through life in Paris in the early 2000’s whilst the french-electro wave was booming with the likes of Daft Punk, Cassius, Etienne De Crecy, what it is like going on tour in the US, behind the scenes of the music industry and how their second album, “10,000 hz legend” was recorded + plenty more.
Expect a lot of French electro in this show to accompany this interview. Bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 61
Welcome to another packed show full of Francophone gems, old, new and the rare. We start off with a few soundtracks from classic Nouvelle Vague cinema in homage to Jean-Luc Godard, accompanied by plenty of incredibly catchy numbers from Mali, Senegal, and a roadtrip of sounds from the different corners of France. Merci for listening!
Joie de vic # 60
Bienvenue to episode 60 of Joie De Vic, I have been foraging the most eclectic and wonderful upbeat Francophone tunes around. By complete coincidence, Haiti seems to be particularly popular in this show with incredible bands keeping the energy and Summre going. Along with plenty of electro from Paris, accordionist from Lebanon, classique chansons Francaise, and bands from Caen and Marseille. Bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 59
Welcome to episode 59 of Joie De Vic, an upbeat 120 minutes of hop, skip and jumping from one country to another - we shall be hearing some incredible tracks from Senegal, Haiti, Cameroon, Mali along with many from around France. Plenty of eclectic genres to get ready for the arrival of sunshine, Spring and the Summer! Speakers up for full positive sounds!
Joie de vic # 58
Honoured to be joined in the studio by the wonderful bilingual comedian Tatty Macleod! Hear all about her journey into the world of stand up and creating incredible videos comparing English and French observations, (which went viral with over 37million views!) how does one prepare before going on stage, growing up in France and many other great stories along the way! Merci Tatty!
Plenty of music from across the Francophone world, from Soukous to hip-hop, jazz to folk, indie and many of Tatty’s music choices throughout the show!
Merci to Provisions, the delicious deli on Hackney Road, for providing a magnifique aperitif!
Joie de vic # 57
Delighted to be joined in the studio by wine and food entrepeneur Hugo Meyer Esquerré , founder and director of Provisions on Holloway road and soon to open on Hackney Road!
We discuss all things food and wine, along with the importance of the relationship with small producers across France and Italy, behind the scenes how they source and select the brilliant products that they have on offer.
This show is of course also packed with an eclectic selection of music from Mali, Paris, Canada, Belgium, covering the vintage, nouvelle vague, electro and surf-rock scenes! Bon appetit!
Joie de vic # 56
A packed out show full of francophone music skipping from one genre to another, but not only that, as I am joined in the studio by Caroline Craig, author of the wonderful and inspiring “Provence Cookbook - Recipes from the French Mediterranean”.
Join us in this show as Caroline talks us through the wonderful region of Provence, the delicious produce that this part of France offers, behind the scenes on how the book idea came about, stories about harvesting on her family’s farm along with many other cooking and dinner party hosting tips!
Thank you to Provisions (on Holloway Road) for offering a wonderful aperitif of cheese for this show!
Joie de vic # 55
This show is full of Soukous sounds along with wonderful tracks discovered in Belgium, Quebec, Marseille, Paris and French cafes in London!
From Hip-hop to synths, multi-instrumentalist spoken word to jazz or folk and sounds of the 60’s in France, you will definitely discover something new for you here!
Joie de vic # 54
This episode is like an eclectic jukebox in a Parisienne bistro, we have some hiphop, electro from Paraone, rap from Mc Solaar celebrating the release of his album 30 years ago (!), along with plenty of great tunes from the likes of Blow, Crayon, Petit Prince, Kyan khojandi, Charlotte Adigery amongst many, many others!
Joie de vic # 53
Risking it all by standing in front of a petanque game final in Paris all to say that this show is bringing you the latest Francophone gems from around le monde. Absolutely packed with brand new numbers along with some classics to sip a glass of wine to with some delicious fromage. Allez allez!
Joie de vic # 52
Bienvenue and welcome to Joie De Vic episode 52, taking you round the Francophone globe and picking up some eclectic tracks along the way! Expect some electro, up-and-coming hiphop stars, some classic chansons francaise to take you on a dreamy stroll along canal st Martin, Jarvis Cocker dropping a track from his new Francophone inspired album, some Tango and Georges Brassens plus much, much more added to the mix! All you need is un cafe or a glass of wine to go with this show, enjoy!
Joie de vic # 51
Salut et bienvenue to episode 51 of Joie De Vic, an absolute packed show mixing the best francophone discoveries to bring a bit of Paris, Mali, Haiti, Quebec and amongst many cities across France through your speakers! From Francoise Hardy to some chill house, some brand new soul numbers with some new Hip-hop, volume up and thank you for listening!
Joie de vic # 50
Bienvenue to episode 50 of Joie De Vic! Thank you for joining me on this francophone journey over the years! Here’s to many more!
This show is packed with upbeat gems new and old, along with musicians also hitting a landmark such as Mc Solar , celebrating the re-release of his brilliant album which came out 30 years ago!
Speakers up et bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 49
Another month another show, packed with more Francophone discoveries, old and brand new. We cover jazz, French Hip-hop, electro, world music along with a soundtrack to make you feel like you are cycling through the quiet streets of Paris on your way to a picnic by the Seine.
A bientot!
Joie de vic # 48
Bienvenue to Joie De Vic, taking you round the Francophone globe. In this show, we will be going to Senegal, Haiti, Belgium, as well as passing through many cities dotted around France to play you upbeat, old school, vintage, electronic and summer fuelled tracks!
No passport required, just your speakers plugged in, et bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 47
Welcome to Joie De Vic, get your speakers ready for a journey around the francophone globe! We are going to be visiting Martinique, Madagascar, Canada and Haiti as well as many corners of la France! Eclectic mix from classics by Aznavour and Juliette Greco, all mixed in with the brand new gems from Bon Entendeur, Justice and Jacques. C’est parti!
Joie de vic # 46
Bienvenue to another packed show of brand new music from around the Francophone globe, along with some old-school hip-hop classics from Marseille and Paris. We also have some eclectic electro and some beautiful acoustic guitar looping skills along with some amazing music from Mali and beyond! Bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 45
The JANE BIRKIN Special Edition:
I had the absolute honour of having a conversation with the wonderful Jane Birkin to discuss the behind the scenes process on her wonderful latest 14th album “Oh! Pardon tu dormais…”.
We cover her collaborations, her life in France, how she approaches recording in a studio and whether she prefers un croissant or toast and marmalade!
Joie de vic # 44
No passport required on this voyage, taking you from Republic of Guinea to Switzerland, and Strasbourg to Paris via many other francophone destinations. Plenty of soukous, electro, folk and more upbeat selections to get through this next month! Allez allez!
Joie de vic # 43
Another journey round the Francophone globe taking you from Belgium to Paris, Senegal to Mali, we stop off to Naples with some French musicians and back to more eclectic and upbeat, along with vintage selections. Bon voyage!
Joie de vic # 42
Brand new year, brand new show, Hop, skip and jumping from one Francophone era to another in this upbeat show featuring many classics as well as new music from Paris, Senegal, Mali, Switzerland and Belgium!
Joie de vic # 41
Plenty of new songs and delights from the francophone archives around the globe in this show. However, not just playing music, as I also had the honour of speaking with the wonderfully talented Yael Naim about her fascinating career and creative journey behind the making of her latest and brilliant album “Nightsongs”. Enjoy, Bon voyage et merci!
Joie de vic # 40
Another month and another lockdown, but don’t you worry, plenty of tropical and wonderful music from around the globe in this show! We head to Guadeloupe, lots of French Bossa Nova inspired music and many tracks to take you back to a canal side cafe in Paris. Travelling via your speakers has never been easier! Bon voyage.
Joie de vic # 39
Bienvenue to another Joie De Vic, expect many new Francophone discoveries I foraged from around the globe. Upbeat, bass-lines and catchy rhythms aplenty. Sit back, speakers plugged in and enjoy the journey!
Joie de vic # 38
Welcome to another packed show of Francophone gems gathered and discovered from around the globe. Expect some eclectic jazz, addictive electronica, new up and coming singers with stunningly beautiful vocals and some classics along the way. Bon Voyage!
Joie de vic # 37
Another packed show of new music from around the Francophone countries, get your speakers plugged in for some French electro, beautiful disco, wonderful Malian melodies and my favourite bands of the moment from Paris and Cap-Ferret!
Joie de vic # 36
A tropical bag of collected music from across the Francophone globe, in this show we head from Paris, to Mali, Senegal, Belgium, back to France with plenty of Summer tunes throughout!
Joie de vic # 35
So much new music, taking you round the francophone globe with French RnB, HipHop, electro, tropical disco & 80’s synths, much easier to travel, just plug in your speakers!
Joie de vic # 34
A show full of incredible music from Congo, Mali, Quebec, Algeria, South of France, Paris and much more! From Disco to Indie, ambient electro to House music, get those speakers plugged in and ready!
Joie de vic # 33
From hip-hop to soothing electro, lots of dreamy synths, we go back to some classic Brassens and then straight to up-and-coming Parisenne singers! Think of this show like a french market with so many different flavours and colours to discover!
Joie de vic # 32
Plenty of new music, covering electro, synths, dreamy melodies and soukous guitar riffs, a positive show of of upbeat tunes!
Joie de vic # 31
Sumptuous jazz, melting voices, lots of rhythms, big tempos, falsettos, loud guitars and house tunes in this one. Minimal chat, for more music!
Joie de vic # 30
Poetry, synths, electro, tropical, film noir classics, RnB, hip-hop, rap, a real mixbag here. Turn those speakers up!
Joie de vic # 29
A mixtape of tracks from electro to hip-hop, dance and synths to folk with some tropical guitar solos along the way. Plenty of new music and releases in this one!
Joie de vic # 28
A real eclectic one, the equivalent of running from one stage to another at a music festival, stay hydrated and plugged in!
Joie de vic # 27
Joined by the great Roscius in the studio, featuring his stories, experiences and influences behind his stunning EP “Collage”, make sure you turn the bass on your speakers up for this one!
Joie de vic # 26
Featuring my favourite track by Orchestra Baobab from Senegal, some beautiful jazz, French Parisienne classics and some very hypnotic electro all in this show!
Joie de vic # 25
Lots of synths, french electro, sandwiched with tropical discoveries from Congo, Senegal, and plenty of music from the upcoming Pete The Monkey Festival in Normandy!
Joie de vic # 24
Lots of delightful tracks which would work perfectly in Francophone cinema, past and present! Guitars, violins, heavy bass, synths, dance floor fillers and soundtracks for your homes.
Joie de vic # 23
Tropical cocktail, tracks which will make you feel as though you are in a Parisienne cafe, then a French Festival and then a French road trip!
Joie de vic # 22
A lot of tropical guitar riffs, powerful female lead singers, lots of rhythm and plenty of feel good dance tracks in this one!
Joie de vic # 21
Had the pleasure of interviewing The Blaze on SohoRadio before their sold-out show at the Roundhouse. Lots of new upbeat music from around le monde!
Joie de vic # 20
A jam packed eclectic show featuring my wonderful Radio Juan co-host Ollie Levy, the very talented French artist Caroline Derveaux who takes us behind the scenes on her fantastic exhibitions and her selection of Francophone music, and of course, all of this with plenty of new music from around the globe!
Joie de vic # 19
Had the pleasure of interviewing Balthazar before their sold out Scala show. Their latest is incredible along with their live performances. Accompanied by plenty of new music for all music tastes in this show!
Joie de vic # 18
Honoured to be joined by the great Etienne Daho in the studio, talking about his phenomenal career, friendships with Gainsbourg and Francoise Hardy, his writing inspirations and experiences in London.
Joie de vic # 17
Joined in the studio by Flavien Berger for an exclusive interview about life in the studio, on tour, his inspirations and his amazing latest album. Along with a real cocktail of francophone disco, electro and indie from around the globe.
Joie de vic # 16
Joined by Polo & Pan for an interview before their sold out show at Oval Space, and another exclusive interview with Voyou, lots of tropical upbeat tracks throughout this episode along with heavy bass lines and sunshine packed melodies.
Joie de vic # 15
Exclusive interview with the great Stephane Zim from the band Moriarty for his stunning exhibition at the best book shop in London, Caravanserail. Also expect a lot of 1970’s Senegalese rhythms and some seriously magical french electro.
Joie de vic # 14
So much beautiful African Soukous guitar riffs to enjoy, catchy rhythms and melodies aplenty, with lots of new and discovered music from Mali to Paris, Belgium to the Democratic Republic of Congo!
Joie de vic # 13
Joined in the studio by the very talented Garance Louis, French musician based in London, talking us through how she started playing in a small market in France when she was a teenager to performing all over Europe. Lots of upbeat disco and francophone electro throughout the show!
Joie de vic # 12
Broadcasting straight after France winning the World Cup, so many new tunes in this episode, new music from Haiti, Senegal, Belgium, Cameroon, from downtempo House to acoustic and disco gems!
Joie de vic # 11
Joined in the studio with David McKenna, journalist for The Quietus with his RockFort column, bringing his knowledge and new French music discoveries to this show, plenty of great tunes, get those speakers plugged in!
Joie de vic # 10
Joined in the studio by great friend Rob Dumas, one of the Pete The Monkey Festival Directors (petethemonkeyfestival.com) who brings an eclectic selection of Francophone tracks, we talk behind the scenes of our festival, with lots of upbeat music!
Joie de vic # 9
Exclusive interview with the great Malik Djoudi about how he started in Music, his inspirations and life on tour, with plenty of new discoveries from electro, world to ambient and indie.
Joie de vic # 8
Plenty of new music from Malik Djoudi, Disco from the Francophone world and and exclusive interview with Kid Francescoli in Soho!
Joie de vic # 7
Eclectic theme throughout this show, genre and era hopping from guitars to synths, disco dance floors to hiphop.
Joie de vic # 6
Joined in the studio by my great friend Dave Burt, bringing some of his favourite francophone tracks with him, incredible Soukous guitar riffs aplenty, Parisienne Poetry with smooth electro, amusez-vous bien!
Joie de vic # 5
Plenty of music from Senegal, Mali, Belgium, Algeria and France in this upbeat show full of different flavours!
Joie de vic # 4
Expect some beautiful acoustic versions of L’Imperatrice, plenty of Hip-Hop, electro, music from Mali, Parisienne classics, and beaucoup plus.
Joie de vic # 3
Fresh Francophone tunes, homage to Johnny Hallyday, beautiful music from Mali, electronic music from Paris inspired by the Manchester music scene, lots of disco, Parisienne Hip-Hop and much more. Get those speakers up!
Joie de vic # 2
New, rare, eclectic sounds from around the Francophone globe, featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg, L’Imperatrice, Basile Di Manski, Georges Brassens and many more.
Joie de vic # 1
Full of new Francophone discoveries, the inaugural live show straight from the heart of London, on Soho Radio. Bienvenue!
