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.:: a klangwerk release ..................................................::.
artist :: Les Rythmes Digitales
release :: Liberation
year :: 1996
genre :: Electronic
label :: Wall of Sound Recordings
catalogue :: WALLCD 009
website :: www.wallofsound.net
ripper :: sb
date :: 06/01/2001
quality :: 192kbps/44,100hz
source :: Compact Disc
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01 Scimitar 7:07
02 Oberonne 4:47
03 Carlos 6:09
04 American metal 5:12
05 La solution ? 4:46
06 Vive le vΘlo 4:46
07 Jida 5:26
08 Kontakte 5:12
09 Ormalite 4:48
playtime :: 00h 48m 13s
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More akin to French nu-disco compatriots like Daft Punk than his
Wall of Sound label-mates, Jacques Lu Cont's Les Rhythmes Digitales
project bridges the gap between the quintessentially early-'80s
phenomenon of synth-pop and more contemporary styles like
acid-house and trip-hop. Lu Cont is actually of British origin,
however; he was born Stuart Price to a Reading couple vacationing
in Paris. Both were classical pianists, but Stuart was turned on to
the twin towers of electro -- Kraftwerk and Afrika Bambaataa -- at
an early age. He also became interested in noted French
proto-electronica figures like Pierre Henry and Jean-Jacques
Perrey, and began experimenting with synthesizers as a teenager.
Mark Jones from Britain's Wall of Sound Recordings gained a
demo-tape from a third party, invited Price to begin recording for
the label, and even concocted his Gallic alias (years before Daft
Punk and Air made French citizenship a hot property).
The first Les Rhythmes Digitales single was 1996's electro-shocked
"Kontakte," followed closely by the debut album Liberation. Price
looked to another of his influences for his second Wall of Sound
single; "Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)" was a streamlined
acid-disco epic, the title a clever pun on Chicago house kingpin
Steve "Silk" Hurley's hit from ten years earlier. Price began a DJ
residency spinning '80s hits, and even provided a few remixes, for
decade classics like Heaven 17's "(We Don't Need This) Fascist
Groove Thang" and Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" as well as
label-mates Dirty Beatniks. Les Rhythmes Digitales became a noted
live act as well, playing 1998's Reading Festival (a hometown gig
for Price) and headlining a Wall of Sound label tour through
Britain and Europe. A new single, "(Hey You) What's That Sound?,"
anticipated his second album, and featured none other than Boy
George in its accompanying video.
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greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, tr, igr and mgc
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