Soko interview with Kombini:
"her voice is like a little french puppy that bred with an angel of some sort covered in powdered
sugar."
-- Marie Lopez (fan)
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In Bye Bye Blondie, a Virginie Despentes film, Soko plays the younger incarnation of Béatrice Dalle's character. "And I look just like Nina Hagen!", Soko says. Others in the film are Emmanuelle Béart, Pascal Greggory, and Stomy Bugsy, the French rapper, as the chauffeur.
The book on which the film is based is available in German from Amazon.de and in French from Amazon.fr.
Eric Lavallee blogged for Ion Cinema News about Bye Bye Blondie. Below is a picture of Soko being made up for her role. The last day of shooting for the film was 21 August. Soko will cover Babylon's Burning (The Ruts 1979) in the film.
This is a partial translation of an article by Bruno Boutsen:
"Bye Bye Blondie is adapted from the novel of the same name, which has been described as "punk-rock romantic comedy" by its author. It tells the story of a youthful love between two women, Gloria and Frances, that was resurrected twenty years after having been abruptly interrupted. One of the lovers, played by Béatrice Dalle, lives in Nancy, without work or family while the second, played by Emmanuelle Béart, lives in Paris where she is a television news presenter. And while, in the book, Frances is a man named Eric, Despentes deliberately wanted to film a love story between lesbians.
"The subject matter in this film, female homosexuality is still taboo and has been rarely addressed in film", says Emmanuelle Béart. "Some scenes have sometimes been difficult to turn." And added, "Viriginie Despentes is someone who wants to go far but is extremely modest. We must somehow feel the burn without the show. It was therefore necessary to go find something strong and delicate in this role".
Pourquoi j'en souffre tant
Et j'en perds la raison?
Ton nom pIése si lourd
Au fil des saisons.
J'essayais si souvent
De combattre l'ennuie
Procuré par l'absence
De ton corps dans mon lit,
Je disais haut et fort
Qu'on ne m'y reprendrait pas,
Que jamais plus l'amour
Ne me mènerait si bas.
J'ai souffert tant de fois
Et tant de fois encore,
J'y replongerais bien
Et je sais que j'ai tort,
Mais si l'envie me prends,
De m'égarer cent fois,
Me rappelant ta peau,
Ton odeur bien a toi,
Alors cent fois je cours
Et me raccroche a ca,
Ce souvenir si doux
Pour qu'on ne l'oublie pas.
In Swahili, "soko" is a noun meaning "marketplace or trading center".
SoKo (born Stéphanie Sokolinski) is a French singer and actress. She was born in Bordeaux, France 26 October 1986 to a Polish family and was raised there along with four siblings. She has been called SoKo as far back as she can remember. At the age of 16, she left Bordeaux and made the 600km journey north to Paris. After appearing in several French movies, she got her start as a singer after she asked the director if she could sing on screen. In 2007 and 2008 "I'll kill her" became a hit song in a number of countries, including Denmark, Austria and Belgium. She now resides in Los Angeles.
Soko Not Sokute, the EP she released in 2008, is no longer available for download from iTunes, or, apparently, anywhere else.
Of Soko's films, Amazon has Clara's Summer, and no others. Amazon.fr has more.
Tickets for French concert dates available at DIGITIK.
ASKA - Bow and Arrow from ASKA on Vimeo.
Photo of Soko on the set of AUGUSTINE by Gil Lesage
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Below is cover art from Soko's first EP.
Selma Brook was the actor playing Brigitte Rousselot in The Tudors. Brook co-starred with Soko in "Clara's Summer" in 2002.
Soko sings on the first track of the new Duettes EP GOSPEL MUSIC. The track is called I MISS THE SHIT OUT OF YOU. Duettes is really Owen Holmes doing duets with other artists. The EP is available from iTunes for $3.99 in the US.
Brazilian singer Marina Vello blogged about Soko (as Marina Gasolina):
"I feel music has been losing its soul, the horrbile process of 'un-arting' music. That's why girls like Soko makes the world a better place to live. Viva La Resistance!"
Soko is apparently a surprisingly common appellation. Though it is clear that Stéphanie Sokolinski is the most important Soko, here are 12 others:
