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Electro-pop mish-mash, menagerie of French horn and ante-Raphael-ish harps, counter-tenor male trio and female voices escaping from the room over there, at the end of the hallway. It's the carnival of the phantoms, a Day of the Dead in Mexico, with the Consul as an ill guide. At the helm, the Hypnolove trio, based in the south of France but with wide origins: French, Portuguese, German. Their first album, Eurolove and the hit "Mademoiselle" was released in 2006. Since that time, music has remained a passion: a group of true musicians, who perform for pleasure before everything, as if they were still teenagers infatuated with electro-pop, New Order or Pet Shop Boys, or, years later, sharing obscure bands, strange and stranger cryptic producers, uncertain records. Produced by Mickey Moonlight, the English ambassador to Ed Banger Records -- it had to take a scatterbrain like him to properly channel the trio. Nine titles in all, and above all else, a pop odyssey. Cover artwork by Yazbukey. Featuring guest appearances by Findlay Brown, Puro Instinct, and Freya Parry.
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REC 086LTD-LP
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The deluxe edition vinyl of Outrun by French electro-pop artist Kavinsky. Outer packaging like a hardcover book with a two cardboard printed inner sleeves glued to the inside. On the left, the inner sleeve contains the vinyl. On the right, four out of 15 lobby cards (250 gram) inserted randomly. Also includes a 16-page full-color printed booklet. Limited edition, numbered.
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REC 037EP
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2013 repress, originally released in 2007. 1986 is the year Kavinsky mysteriously crashed his Testarossa. 1986 is also the year he eventually came back to life as the living dead. Includes a remix by Sebastian.
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2013 repress, originally released in 2005. Kavinsky's "Testarossa Autodrive" could be easily described as "heroic house" -- a fierce, edgy, powerful track that is getting the remix treatment from Mr. Oizo. Once again, expect the unexpected, but you can dance to it. To complete the package, find a remix from Detroit-based Arpanet (aka Dopplereffect). "Arpanet Nightdrive" is a must for true electro lovers.
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REC 086LP
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Nicolas Winding Refn's film, Drive (2011) operates on a level of cool that's hard to articulate with just words; it takes a snippet from the movie -- take the opening credits backed by Kavinsky's "Nightcall" -- to really grasp its effortless debonair. Since the film's release, this single's Youtube video has climbed to over 30 million views, and has been on repeat across an expanse of playlists, always fueling the after-after party with the slow burn of glossed synth echoes. Kavinsky is not all about "Nightcall." He died in a car crash in 1986, while driving his beloved Testarossa. He re-appeared as a zombie in 2005, with his 12", Teddy Boy. Since then, he has shown up all around the globe, playing his music to fellow humans. Crowds gathered to witness the miracle: despite being dead, Kavinsky was still alive. In 2007, he released his second 12", "1986." This is when his French robot-mates in Daft Punk invited him to join their "Alive Tour," and A-Trak put together an American tour. After discovering the world with his red eyes, Kavinsky retreated to his base camp to release "Nightcall' in 2011. Kavinsky now presents his long-awaited debut album OutRun produced by SebastiAn, including appearances by Havoc (Mobb Deep), Tyson & SebastiAn. 1x LP 12" -- gatefold glossy coated + 12" printed inner sleeve.
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REC 095EP
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Kavinsky's track "ProtoVision" is the new single taken from his debut album OutRun, here remixed. The mix by Red Sky is a vinyl exclusive that takes "ProtoVision" to another dimension. Boys Noize put his hands on "Protovision" and turned it in into a nervous and elegant club hit. Blood Orange gives a fresh and girly feel to the original track, transforming it into a groovy pop ballad. The Sébastien Tellier version is also a vinyl exclusive and highlights hypnotic strings and heroic guitars.
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REC 085EP
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Sébastien Tellier's album My God Is Blue has won some notable proselytes, each bringing their personalities to their remixes of the hypnotic disco bliss that is the single "Cochon Ville." The Magician, formerly of Aeroplane, offers a disco-meets-new-wave space-jam, complete with Depeche Mode-esque bass licks and CZ-101-esque synth coos. Brodinski's cut transports us to day three at an Ibiza festival, tropical drums ringing behind walls of saturated bass and rave-ready know-how. Dimitri From Paris pushes the funk factor, pressing all things disco to their limit.
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REC 083LP
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Record Makers presents French electronic artist Sébastien Tellier's album My God Is Blue, the follow-up to 2008's Sexuality. Pressed on blue-colored vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve with a black inner sleeve plus inlay. Tellier only has this to say about his new record: "Don't listen to my record, listen to my message, vibrate to my music, let's merge our dreams, together spreading our combined energy in an immense blue wave that will flood the world -- and the truth will emerge." Produced by Ed Banger artist Mr. Flash, with guest production by Pavle Kovacevic.
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REC 065EP
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Repressed. Taken from the Drive original motion picture soundtrack. Since the film's release, the YouTube video for "Nightcall" has climbed to over 11 million views, and has been on repeat across an expanse of playlists, always fueling the after-after party with the slow burn of glossed synth echoes. Now Kavinksy emerges from this late-night haze with the helping of friends, bearing a collection of covers, remixes, and second takes for yet another drive through the midnight hours. Remixes from Dustin N'Guyen and Jackson.
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REC 073EP
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Hypnolove are a cult band from Toulouse, France. Their first album Eurolove included the pop song "Mademoiselle," which featured across French National radio stations, a Kiss cover, a track featuring Feist and even a punk track. Logic dictates the first single, which comes with Mickey Moonlight's dubs, old-school style. No other remixes will be available; simply the original tracks and their dub versions, released on limited edition 12" vinyl, with cover art by Manu Cossu.
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