Songs
Gab Paquet is described in many ways — "perfection incarnate" is just one example among many — but what you need to know is that this being of sensual excess and spiritual exaltation is first and foremost a captivating herald endowed with a divine gift for music. It is in French variety music that he finds a vehicle for his essential messages — a sultry kitsch that is anything but a guilty pleasure. What you should also know is that the aforementioned aesthetic and sonic codes he employs are clever decoys designed to draw the audience into the dedicated aspect of his artistic approach: his songs generously offer multiple levels of understanding, and everyone finds their own meaning — a laugh, a reflection, a deep study, an illumination — in an ecstatic communion.