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Retro French songs by a iconic muse from Paris. Cover by Pierre & Gilles. What Edie Sedgwick and Nico were to Andy Warhol's Factory, Marie France was to Le Palace in Paris. From the early seventies in Saint-Germain-des-Pres she was a muse, fascinating artists, from Marguerite Duras to Serge Gainsbourg. Her impersonation of Marilyn Monroe at Jean-Marie Riviere's Alcazar gave her a first taste of fame. She then made some appearances on film, Andre Techine's "Barocco" remaining her most treasured memory. Music always was the love of her life. She recorded an album with rock band Bijou (Gainsbourg backing band in the late seventies) and another one with former Taxi Girl members Daniel Darc and Mirwais (yes, Madonna's collaborator). She also was invited to perform a duet with Marc Almond, who later wrote a couple of songs for her. Her first effort was a punk single in 1977 on Romantik Records, "Dereglee". Some thirty years later, she reunited with the man who wrote that first song, Belgian songwriter Jacques Duvall, known for his work with Jane Birkin, Etienne Daho and others including Sparks and The Runaways. The man in charge with the project was another mad man from Belgium, Benjamin Schoos.