N NAO – Corps

The experimental pop songstress known as N NAO is back with “Corps,” this time running into more of a minimalist synth dance pop realm. With her enchanting music, Naomie de Lorimie loves exploring the beauty and harsh reality of life, as she did in her last two works, L’eau et les r​ê​ves and the Miroir EP.

On “Corps” she seems to be enjoying the freedom to dance, symbolized by the genteel and inviting percussion cadences mixed with samples and psychedelic synthesizers, bringing to mind the ambient work of someone like Caterina Barbieri. The song is partly inspired by the real-life dancing epidemic in Strasbourg way back in 1518 when a village of people danced uncontrollably for two months. N NAO wrote the initial idea for the dance beat on a 4-track recorder while staying at a convent in Baie-Saint-Paul.

“Corps” arrives with a fun music video that follows Naomie on a trip to the La Ronde amusement park. As with all of her video work, it was shot DIY (this time with spy glasses for the POV effect) and is quite experimental with its editing. The single is also to announce her third LP, Nouveau Langage which drops in January next year via Mothland.