Emilie Simon Releases 'Smalltown Boy' (Bronski Beat Cover) MP3!

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Girlie Action Media & Marketing) Emilie Simon moved to Brooklyn in 2008 to record her new album The Big Machine. She collaborated with talented guests including Kelly Pratt and Jeremy Gara (Arcade Fire) as well as Jon Natchez (Beirut), Mark Plati (David Bowie, The Cure, Brazilian Girls) and acclaimed British fiction writer Graham Joyce.

"inventive"
- The New Yorker

"A riveting album by a truly magnificent eccentric, her live show... is also strongly recommended for a full dose of her brilliant outlandishness."
- Blackbook

"... songwriter with a demure crackly voice whose music is rooted in Bjork-esque notions of how technology and nature stream together."
- SPIN

"... an electro-pop singer with a thump, purr, and sizzle."
- Interview

Emilie offers her own unique touch to the new cover of Bronski Beat's synth-pop classic "Smalltown Boy." The piano-driven song slows down the tempo and features her distinctive lush vocals. Check out the "Smalltown Boy" (Bronski Beat cover) MP3 where it premiered on FILTER or HERE.

The Big Machine is full of Emilie's powerful and seductive voice, inventively playful arrangements, driving synths and rhythms, and prodigious melodies. "The Ballad of the Big Machine" driving piano and horns punctuate Emilie's plea to let her in. The percolating rhythm of "The Cycle" commands you to dance as Emilie's voice wraps itself around the beats and soars until the song explodes. "Rocket to the Moon" takes us back to an era that didn't quite exist, it's big band sound is reminiscent of the 1920s is also decorated with futuristic flourishes. "This is Your World" ends the adventure with a command to reclaim the world. The Big Machine, her first album recorded entirely in English, is out now on Le Plan.