No mention of I:Cube? They've been on a rather diverse role for quite some time now. Lovely deep stuff.
Tristan ========================================== PHONOPSIA<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/5102 "FrogboyMCI" on AOL Instant Messenger New Album, "Quebecois", online now. On Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:22 PM, Cyclone Wehner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
