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▌ Artist : Les Rythmes Digitales ▐
▌ Title : Kontakte ▐
▌ Label : Wall Of Sound ▐
▌ Genre : Electronic ▐
▌ Catnum : WALLS019 ▐
▌ Source : Vinyl ▐
▌ Quality : 198kbps 44100kHz Joint Stereo ▐
▌ Size : 12.12MB ▐
▌ Encoder : LAME 3.97 (-V2 --vbr-new) ▐
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▌ http://www.wallofsound.net ▐
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▌ 1. Kontakte 3:43 ▐
▌ 2. Tropicano 4:25 ▐
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█ █
█ "Young Parisians are so French", as Adam Ant so █
█ unforgettably put it, and they don't come much Frencher █
█ than Jacques Lu Cont. Hailing from the excruciatingly █
█ hip Paris brainleu of Midiville, the scarlet-haired 22 █
█ year old behind Les Rythmes Digitales is the latest █
█ reason why French music, especially electronic █
█ dance-pop, is enjoying previously unimaginable levels █
█ of credibility right now, with the likes of Air, Daft █
█ Punk, and Cassius reaping respect and pillaging the █
█ charts. But although sharing much in common with his █
█ compatriots, there's a willful individualism to Lu █
█ Cont's sound that sets LRD apart. In fact, it's almost █
█ as if he's from another country altogether... █
█ █
█ "I've got maximum respect for the current pioneers of █
█ continental house music, but I'm not riding on a wave," █
█ he explains in good baccalaureate level English. █
█ █
█ Jacques is intensely proud of his nationality, but why █
█ the broad Berkshire accent? It all begins to make sense █
█ when Jacques reveals that he is born prematurely while █
█ his parents were on holiday in Paris, and given a █
█ French name out of respect for his birthplace (a █
█ tradition Jacques has continued with the name of his █
█ band, although it does contain a deliberate grammatical █
█ error for linguistic trainspotters: it should be █
█ Digitaux). North America will no doubt opt for the █
█ simpler "LRD" anyway. Lazy bastards! █
█ █
█ Having spent only the first year of his life in Paris, █
█ the Lu Conts returned to England and settled in █
█ Reading, where his mum and dad, both classical concert █
█ pianists, subjected Jacques to an ultra-strict musical █
█ upbringing: the lowbrow pleasures of popular music were █
█ banned from the household until he was 14. This, █
█ perhaps, explains the joyous pop sensibility which █
█ informs LRD's work: He's still rebelling against that █
█ parental ban! Furthermore, the respect of elitist █
█ connoisseurs means nothing to Jacques: █
█ █
█ "I've got no interest in making records for a few █
█ people in their bedrooms to prove to their mates how █
█ cool they are. I can't understand that ghetto █
█ mentality: you spend all that time working in a studio, █
█ and dealing with record companies and publishers, and █
█ you still want to remain underground at the end of it!" █
█ █
█ Lu Cont also has no time, for the taste fascists and █
█ their tyranny of hip. 1996's debut album Liberation was █
█ a free and easy melange of anything goes eclecticism: █
█ sassy Chicago house, four to the floor disco delirium, █
█ funky slap bass and 80's synth hooks all messed █
█ together without giving half a hoot about whether these █
█ influences are okay to like. █
█ █
█ "That's a massive part of what I do, It's usually █
█ blokes going 'Argh! Fuckin' ell! Why's ee used that █
█ pony 80's loop?' Honestly, I'd rather sample Phil █
█ Collins than some trendy record from the 60's or 70's." █
█ █
█ Despite his tender age ("I was three when the 80's █
█ started...I was there, but I wasn't conscious of it,") █
█ Lu Cont feels a particularly strong fascination with █
█ the synthpop explosion of the early 80's, alongside █
█ Arthur Baker, Mantronix and Todd Terry, he lists the █
█ Human League and New Order as his primary influences. █
█ █
█ Jacques addiction to electropop began in the █
█ unlikeliest of places. At the age of 15, for reasons █
█ lost in the midst of time, he was admitted to a mental █
█ institution. It was here, in the Day center, that he █
█ first encountered an electronic keyboard, "I was in █
█ group therapy sessions with the other patients, and we █
█ did musical recreation as a communications exercise. I █
█ was like the kid who wanted all the chocolate. As soon █
█ as I heard a bit of electronic music, I kept wanting █
█ more and more." Like the Aphex Twin before him, the █
█ teenage Jacques began amassing hours and hours of █
█ experimental tapes, which he still raids for samples to █
█ this day. It was one of these tapes which found it's █
█ way to Wall of Sound (his UK label) supremo Mark Jones, █
█ and the rest is histoire. █
█ █
█ So what sets LRD apart from all the other French dance █
█ acts? Well, it's their G.S.O.H. (good sense of humor in █
█ dating agency talk) of course! LRD has an instinctive █
█ wit and sense of playfulness to shame their po-faced █
█ peers (Darkdancer was almost called No Jaquet █
█ Required.) "It's not a comedy edge, it's a fun edge, a █
█ party edge. We're just not as...anal as some people, █
█ but at no sacrifice to musical integrity." █
█ █
█ It's this commitment to entertainment that explains why █
█ LRD are yet another nail in the coffin of the tired old █
█ "Dance music acts can't hack it on stage" coffin. █
█ Jacques, accordingly, has been known to wear a read PVC █
█ cape and glowing devil's horns onstage, with his █
█ drummer kitted out in a scary "Friday the 13th" hockey █
█ mask. Scarier still, to some ears, is their infamous █
█ live version of sleazy old Robert Palmer's "Addicted to █
█ Love." █
█ █
█ Jacques has also found himself elevated to remix █
█ aristocracy, having been invited to rework Cornershop's █
█ "Sleep on the Left Side", Pavement's "Passat Dreams" (a █
█ particular honor as they had never been remixed █
█ before), Placebo's "Pure Morning", and Cassius' █
█ "Feeling For You." "Such unlikely cross-pollinations █
█ are", says Jacques, "exactly what Les Rythmes Digitales █
█ are all about." █
█ █
█ Darkdancer is a labor of love and devotion, brilliantly █
█ combining all of Jacques' sonic obsessions, in a █
█ plethora of tracks irresistibly seductive to pop █
█ kiddies and club folk, young and old alike. █
█ █
█ The action kicks off with "Dreamin" in which we are █
█ instructed: Don't just sit there dreamin'...dance! This █
█ is backed by a soundtrack evoking poignant nightclub █
█ scenes...in episodes of Miami Vice, that is! █
█ █
█ "Music Makes You Lose Control" has already been making █
█ people lose control on dancefloors all over the world. █
█ Downright spooky are "Soft Machine" and "Damaged █
█ People", both recorded between London and New York and █
█ drenched with the emotion-racked vocals of former rock █
█ god, Thomas Ribiero. "Thomas is a very cool dude", █
█ confides Jacques. █
█ █
█ Succumb to the sleazy "Hypnotise", with its repetitive, █
█ eponymous refrain: "I originally sampled the word █
█ 'hypnotise' from a Scritti Polliti song", he explains. █
█ "But then I decided to sing it myself." Presumably he █
█ inhaled a helium filled balloon before doing so? █
█ █
█ "(Hey You) What's That Sound" is another twisted take █
█ on 80's electronic pop- ain't that fresh? "Take A █
█ Little Time" was a dream come true for Jacques, as he █
█ wooed New York divaesque Shannon (of 80's "Let the █
█ Music Play" fame) to lend her formiddable tonsils to █
█ the tune. "She was a little apprehensive at first, but █
█ once she realized I wasn't treating her as a novelty █
█ she got really into it," he reveals. The result can be █
█ filed alongside any of her previous (now often hailed █
█ as classic) dancefloor friendly ventures. █
█ █
█ "From: Disco To Disco" captures perfectly the █
█ uplifting, head on hedonism of a non-stop crawl from █
█ one manic nighterie to another. Then there's the █
█ pulsing, bass-heavy "Brothers"- with chunky funk █
█ stomped all over it, and just a smudge of Chicago █
█ house. █
█ █
█ You're destined to become that maniac on the dancefloor █
█ when you hear the disco delirium and funky slap bass of █
█ "Jacques Your Body". As for "About Funk", just imagine █
█ a keyboard with bowel problems, linked to a deliciously █
█ catchy hook and performed by a kissy-huggy Kraftwerk on █
█ E, and you'll get the picture... █
█ █
█ Jacques approached his long-time pop idol (And former █
█ mullet sporter) Nik Kershaw (of 80's "Wouldn't It Be █
█ Good" fame) to work with him on "Sometimes". "Someone █
█ like Nik wanting to work with me was the highest kind █
█ of compliment," he reckons, ridiculously modestly. "I █
█ initially sent him some tapes and he called me up the █
█ next day going 'I really like them, but I don't know █
█ what you want me to do'...I said I want to do a song █
█ with you and he was like 'brilliant!' An obviously █
█ awe-struck Jacques continues, "I went to his house- █
█ he's got a big recording studio there. It was weird █
█ being there and just hearing Nik Kershaw singing right █
█ next to me because, to me, he is the highest caliber of █
█ artists." The finished collaboration is as instantly █
█ mindbending a track as anything you will hear all year. █
█ The US version of Darkdancer also includes an exclusive █
█ extra track, "MDC Venedri." █
█ █
█ "I am 100% happy with how the album turned out," █
█ concludes Jacques, adding: "I don't just want this to █
█ be a cool record that doesn't sell. I want it to be a █
█ cool record that sells loads! I want to see this go █
█ through as a complete pop item. I want people to look █
█ back in 10 years time and see Les Rythmes Digitales as █
█ something they either loved or hated." █
█ █
█ .:: WC2R Classics ::. █
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