BB Brunes: Duel au soleil (Deezer Souvenirs d'Été session)

A great version of Etienne Daho's song Duel au soleil by BB Brunes, recorded in a special summer themes season of sessions for Deezer.

Etienne Daho initially recorded the song for his platinum-selling Pop Satori album, a top five album in France following its release in 1986. Duel au Soleil was one of three singles from that album, reaching the top twenty in 1987.

Pop Satori, his third album, was Daho's first major commercially successful collection on the back of the single and EP Tombé pour la France. Daho would - of course - go on to be a major force in French music.

The BB Brunes version comes from a series of sessions recorded by Deezer France under the Souvenirs d'Été banner, which features contemporary French acts covering classic French summer hits. There's a 19-track playlist on Deezer featuring the likes of Therapie Taxi, Angele, Hyphen Hyphen and Feu! Chatterton.

It's well worth giving it a listen, with quite a few of this blog's favourite acts featured on it. Several of the performances are also available on video. I'll no doubt be featuring a few here in the next couple of days.

BB Brunes released their Puzzle album in September last year and saw the band get a nomination for the Best Rock Album category in the Victoires de la Musique awards in February.

They've got live dates around France in October and November.