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"São Paris, as their name implies, is an urban Franco-Brazilian duet. Meet Leticia and Thomas' music with their first album Movimento. São Paris, new signing on the F Communication Roster, is not a merge between touchy jazzy house and Brazilian music. Their universe mixes pure and textured electronica, songwriting and Brazilian grooves. It's very difficult to compare their music to others. That's what makes this new signing exciting and fresh for our ears. But if we have to give any directions, we would be close to Tarwater on the concept (they play minimal and experimental electronic merging vocal folk music. São Paris is a also a merge of electronica but with Brazilian grooves), Warp on the label, probably Readymade FC on the sound and even sometimes a little Björk in the atmosphere. In the end, São Paris has unique gentle electronic Brazilian sound full of poetic songs and changing atmospheres."
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"Fred Avril creates electronic music that's equally twisted, catchy, hyper, mellow, beautiful and deeply scarred. Similar to such curious and enduring pop auteurs as Gainsbourg, Jarvis Cocker, Jacques Brel, Beck and Prince, Fred brings true personality to the often cold, faceless electronic music scene. His songs have the clever charm of Daft Punk and Air, but his music is more personal and human. Throughout his debut album, That Horse Must Be Starving, Avril deftly merges many forms. Jump-cut edits lunge from analog electronic rhythms reminiscent of early Kraftwerk to entrancing, ethereal pop of Grandaddy to the rollicking psych-warp of Neu."
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"What is music today? Is it still an essential form of art? Or is it now just another brand totally integrated in our surroundings? Do we still allow music to give us emotions or do we just want it to be acoustic wallpaper? Since 1997, F Communications has tried to answer these questions with the series of Megasoft Office albums. We still feel that the music we listen to in the F COM office creates a unique atmosphere and brings a permanent source of energy for your personal creativity. So like us, enjoy this fourth edition of Megasoft Office." Featuring: A Reminiscent Drive, Alexkid, Ready Made, Frederic Galliano, Nova Nova, Aqua Bassino, Fabrice Lig, Laurent Garnier, Jori Hulkkonen & Alexis Delano, Llorca, The Youngsters.
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Features the same three remixes of "Greed" found on the CD version, plus an exclusive Ashley Beedle mix of "The Man With The Red Face".
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""Laurent Garnier proves that he is not only a great DJ but more important a musician apart. His current album: Unreasonable Behaviour as well as his Internet site have achieved real success, all the more as fans were able to download 'Greed' to rmx it; more than 100 rmxs have been sent. The best ones will be released in a special limited edition vinyl. His new single 'Greed' is a dark vocal electro track, including remixes by Avril, Dave Clark and Fabrice Lig (Best remix through the Internet)."
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"A culmination of one man's extraordinary journey through music and life. One of the most panoramic explorations into the eclectic that you're likely to hear this year, the album is best summarised by the inner sleeve artwork. Featuring a world map printed upside down and in reverse, it questions all of those things we hold to be true. Who said North was up, that white isn't black and that techno isn't rock'n'roll. Who said that a communal hallucination couldn't happen and that 'Black Soap' wasn't a bigger event than Elvis' death. With tracks like the brooding 'Fly to the Moon' with it's contorted strings, lo fi electronica and vocodered psychosis or the dreamscaped ambience of the lysergically charged 'Downward Rush of Streams', the album introduces a new lexicon into the world of psychedelia. On 'Picture This Kind of Her Smile' and 'Waiting for the Train' he draws on Syd Barret era Pink Floyd and bands like Soft Machine, but relocates them in a contemporary setting through the darkness of modern life This isn't a retro hippy trip. It's as much about the world we live in today as the evening news. It's a soundtrack to the madness, the isolated dreams of the disenfranchised and a loss of innocence in our subconscious worlds.'This album is all about how we would view the world if we were all a little bit mad instead of just boring,' Basil (aka Juantrip') concludes. 'It's about what we think is true actually being a lie. In fact the album itself is a lie.'"
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"Welcome to the world of Juantrip', where the truth is a lie and the lies are the truth. 'Shadows' is taken from Juantrip's debut album Balmy Under The Stormy. One of the stand out tracks from the album, 'Shadows' is based around a Hank Marvin style guitar riff. Throwing in the unlikely match of a four to the floor kick drum/breakbeat, it sounds like an odd recipe but it is better and fresher for it. Juantrip' breaks a few rules with his own agenda and manages to bring some colour and life to the scene with his multi-layered theatrics. There are some excellent reinterpretations of 'Shadows' on this single. Don Air's superb remix takes the main riff, but strips the track of its four to the floor status, opting for the smokier vibes of dub with its rimshots and emphasis on the bassline. Lov. & Charlie Ride's mix sticks with the house feel, makes it a bit spacey and takes the sound back to the 80s with its tinier production and obligatory off-kick. Finally we have Stoppa & J-Man Droidworks who go for an Electro-breaks vibe whilst keeping the track's deeper feel. Juantrip' is a the colourful sonic crusader who's life has included being abducted by a hippie commune as a child, running the streets of Paris as teenage punk and sharing a communal acid hallucination in his early twenties. His debut album draws on all of these experiences to conjure a unique work which echoes late sixties psychedelia but redresses it in purely 90s terms."
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"With the release of Unreasonable Behaviour, Laurent Garnier has produced his most accomplished and personal album to date. This surprising record does not shy away from exploring more diverse and tormented sounds than we have previously been accustomed to in his work. The jazzy echoes of 'City Sphere' and 'The Man With The Red Face', are undoubtedly a direct link with Garnier's live experience, the saxophonist playing on these tracks, Philippe Nadot, accompanied Laurent Garnier on his tour. The first single released from the album, 'The Sound Of Big Baboo', and also 'Dangerous Drive' are exercises in driving techno in a similar vein to 'Crispy Bacon', and are sure not to disappoint the dancefloor. Other tracks such as 'Communication From The Lab' and 'Downfall' are as haunting as the soundtrack to a terrifying thriller, as with the surprising 'Greed'. And of course we can discover in tracks such as 'Last Tribute To The 20th Century' and 'Cycles D'Opposition', Garnier's love for the American productions that have been an inspiration to him for so long. With this third ambitious album, Laurent Garnier proves that he is not only a great DJ but more importantly a musician apart."
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"Sounds Within is an album which is totally in the spirit of the original techno: entirely homemade, patiently. Laurent Collat took care of the compositions, the production, and the creative direction. It is an island among electronic lands. The production is delicate, precise. Esther's voice is sensual, floating, ethereal, bringing a touch of warmth and sensibility to the hard and hypnotic compositions on tracks like 'My Serenity'. These tracks float over the very tough, organic beats. Everything is drive and urge; sometimes a dancing one. Sounds Within is an album full of contrasts but also full of meaning. It could be (says Laurent) the music for 'Once Upon A Time In The West In Tokyo'."
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"Lu, a.k.a. L. Ulstedt, is a young Finnish female singer who recently decided to move to Southern Europe (Nice, France). Lu & Jii Hoo is the beginning of a very interesting Pop Deep House project together with Jii Hoo, better known as Jori Hulkkonen. Hulkkonen has already released 2 successful EPs under the project name Jii Hoo and several EPs on F Communications. This duet combines perfectly melancholic soundscapes, rich rhythm patterns, and Lu's airy vocals. Jori's projects are based on a magic acoustic guitar sample and Latin beats. Check out the beautiful electro house remix by Elegia." 29-minute, four-track CD-only EP.
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"Eagerly awaited, 'The Sound Of the Big Babou' meets all its expectations, and sets the standard very high for techno single of the year. The now legendary efficiency of Laurent Garnier's track is underlined by a stunning production, both apocalyptic and sober. This track just won't let you breath, until the final climax. On the B side, 'Sore Fingers' was was written for Laurent Garnier's live shows last year, where it caused mayhem. It features a wild effort by percussionist Daniel Bechet (son of Sidney) whose tribal moods flow on a path of splendid strings."
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