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DIALECT 037EP
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Kool Menthol. That's the name redolent of night and nicotine from Il Est Vilaine's new EP, featuring four tracks that send shivers down the spine and warm the body. The eponymous single unfolds like an infectious groove worthy of an '80s Tokyo nightclub. Moreover, it's still the illustrator Apollo Thomas who signs the group's artworks, tinting their universe with an irresistible Japanese touch. Orientalism? Not entirely, as evidenced by "Revenge," which sounds more like the soundtrack of an electric western, and "Quetzacoatl," falsely tropical, incantatory, and metallic, rising like a Raëlian mantra in the after-hours. "Ramassama," on the other hand, feels like a chase scene from an Italian horror film with a slightly dazed Dario Argento. In short, the two rascals from Il Est Vilaine reaffirm their stamp of cowboy clubbers with this disco-like EP where there always remains a strong rock undertone.
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DIALECT 032LP
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After the release of their first album (DIALECT 028LP), Il Est Vilaine ask to artists and friends to deliver a series of highflying remixes: Tolouse Low Trax, Krikor, Khidja, Marvin & Guy, Golden Bug, Rubin Steiner, C.A.R.... Tolouse Low Trax opens the ball with a de-structured version of "Yvré-L'Evêque" while keeping the darkness of the track. You can hear a nod to the track "Holland Tunnel Dive" anthem of the Salon des Amateurs. For the eponymous track, Khidja were inspired by the sounds of the land of the rising sun which is a good thing to accompany the song of Narumi Hedgehog! A bright version and influenced by YMO's Sakamato era. Golden Bug and In Field proposes an alternative just as trippy as the original version of "Marilyn Drum", a trip between neighborhood hospitals and crazy guru. Another version of "Yvré-L'Evêque" this time Krikor takes care of it and takes out his sampler for a digi-dancehall version that only he has the secret, Faya! Rubin Steiner delivers a version back to the roots of "Bar À Gwin" featuring Macdara, mixing deep house texture and '80s NY-hip-hop/electro. The two Italians of Marvin & Guy bring out the hits, the guitars and the arpeggios for an epic version of "Les Mystères de Lorient". To close the album, Narumi Hérisson is at the controls of her piano for a dreamy and sensitive version of "Phare Ouest" where her voice and that of Yula Kasp are mixed in a great harmony.
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DIALECT 028LP
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After several EPs on labels such as Lumière Noir, Kill the DJs, or Bahnsteig 23, here is the first album of French duo Il Est Vilaine, infused with a Yellow Magic Orchestra-ish touch but rooted in the French musical landscape. A road trip in Brittany as a red thread, the two hooligans of Il Est Vilaine revisit Kawaii pop, crazy rock like Devo and Detroit techno with a surprising coherence. An album long matured and awaited by the band's fans. Il Est Vilaine aren't Bretons, but they sure are tricksters. The Francophiles among you might have caught on to the corny pun in their name (beating a certain presidential candidate to the punch all while turning the name of the pastoral Ille-et-Vilaine region into, literally, "he's a nasty woman,") but the real takeaway is that these born-and-bred Parisians don't take themselves too seriously -- especially in an era in which there is much too much of that happening. It was in 2014 (and on Dialect Recordings) that Florent and Simon tossed their debut 12" into the ring, the rightfully named Scandale -- a tight little bombshell released that roused the electronic music scene out of its complacent little catnap. So, there it was, two outcasts refusing to eat at the same table as the tech-house scene queens, serving up three whiplash-on-the-dancefloor cuts drenched in sweaty hedonistic disco and wrapped in a battered motorcycle jacket (with a gooey post-punk-pop core for good measure). A clear mission statement right out of the gates, watermarked with mystical incantations and throbbing with rock n' roll's primitive drive. Everything and the kitchen sink, and a bag of chips -- an invitation to just let lose that's even better than the sum of its parts. Features C.A.R., Yula Kasp, Narumi Hérisson, Marcus, Macdara, and Sofia Fanego.
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DIALECT 012EP
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"After Parisian duet Quizz & El Nigno, we're back in Scandinavia with talented producer and multi instrumentalist Mikael Nordgren aka Tiger Stripes! Based in Stockholm, Mikael has been releasing cutting-edge dance music on prominent labels such as Wave, Ibadan, King Street, Slip 'n' Slide and Raw Fusion for quite a while now. Under his Tiger Stripes alias Mikael produced the successful Stockholm - Go Bang EP with Jerome Sydenham for Ibadan and remixed such prominent artists as Blaze, Koop, King Britt, DJ Grégory and Marcus Enochson. His 'Bug On A Beach' EP on Dialect is another powerful combination of tracks showing his eclectic musical horizon and the extent of his talent."
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DIALECT 007EP
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"His previous 12" on Dialect, Selectorama EP, had received wide international support from House/electro jocks such as Ivan Smagghe, Freestyle Man, DJ T, D'Julz, to minimal/techno hot shots like Dan Bell and Jack de Marseille.He's just finished the I Hate Nothing EP for Dialect, which should find its way in the bags of many a DJ. Not the kind to rest on his laurels, Gwen will be back soon on our Battle division! Bumpy, clubby and bassy, this is pure dancefloor material Switch/Solid Groove style, with added live funk from Gwen's posse of musician friends!"
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