My two pence:
St. Germain (Ludovic Navarre), Frederic Galliano, and A Reminiscent Drive
are three French artists that also have been stepping in line with Detroit
for some time now. Anyone care to comment?
Fred
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Subject: RE: [313] Chicago/Detroit/France
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 18:25:33 -0600
No mention of I:Cube? They've been on a rather diverse role for quite some
time now. Lovely deep stuff.
Tristan
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On Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:22 PM, Cyclone Wehner
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> Often people on the list counterpoint US techno and European trance and
all
> hell breaks loose.
>
> But it's surprising that French music doesn't come up too often, if at
all.
> But there is some fabulous stuff emanating from France right now that
wears
> its love of Chicago and Detroit on its sleeves, and I find that those
> artists will openly discuss that influence in interviews. What's more
these
> acts are doing interesting things with the music and not merely
reproducing
> it.
>
> For one, I cannot recommend Laurent Garnier's recent album enough. But
even
> some of the quirkier stuff like LeTone and Rinocerose is cool and has a
> certain je ne said quois that you just don't hear anywhere else. I
really
> like the eccentricity in the new wave of French house/techno and I guess
you
> hear that in Carl Craig too, who is often cited an an influence.
>
> Anyway, one album that has proved to be a revelation to me is Mirwais'!
It's
> called Production and is quite avant garde. I know I may get some flack
for
> this given his connection with a 'pop' artist (he has been working with
> Madonna, who lest us not forget came from Michigan) but his album is
> fantastic! It's got a strong electro/Moroder disco/80s current through
it
> and some of the songs are very emotional, string-layered symphonies that
> almost have a Detroit flavour. The song he's done with Madonna is magic
-
> it's among the best things she has ever done. It's called Paradise (Not
For
> Me). She is in her tragic diva mode (which I love!) and sounds like
Marlene
> Dietrich. They have cyber-fied the vocals in parts, which is eerie. She
> sings partly in a (rather spurious) French accent but it is still
amazing.
> It's a little like Visage's Fade To Grey, but then again..... Never
Young
> Again is very majestic, a beautiful song; electro sheathed in strings.
These
> two give me the same feeling that the Red Planet classics do, not that
it
> necessarily sounds like that but it conveys the same feeling; it swells
with
> emotion.
>
> Mirwais, who is Afghan-French, is not a newcomer; he's been in the
> underground for a while and was a member of the French group Taxi Girl.
I'm
> gratified that after producing Madonna he intends to step back and "only
do
> special projects, projects that stretch me and my potential," (Mixmag,
May)
> and not do as William Orbit has done and seemingly give his sound out to
any
> pop act. He also says: "In techno, they're always talking about
subversion,
> well this is my subversion!" I'm really looking forward to Madonna's
album
> on the basis of this.
>
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