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Album DescriptionSingle for huge U.K. club hit by Cassius, aka the duootherwise known as La Funk Mob when they release records forthe Mo Wax label. Compared to a mix of top Frenchinstrumental/ electronic acts Air & Daft Punk, but with agood measure of techno, disco & bigTwo of the most revered producers and remixers of the Fr
Album Description
Single for huge U.K. club hit by Cassius, aka the duootherwise known as La Funk Mob when they release records forthe Mo Wax label. Compared to a mix of top Frenchinstrumental/ electronic acts Air & Daft Punk, but with agood measure of techno, disco & big
Two of the most revered producers and remixers of the French Invasion, Phillipe Zdar and Hubert Blanc-Francard more than have the skills to toss off crates of jiggy dance product if they so desired. But on their debut as Cassius, they've created something very different, a seamlessly postironic piece of abstract hip-house that's so off-kilter and fun, it feels subversive. Subtle gospel samples and a bluesy '30s trumpet bring on the opener, "Cassius 1999," then flip it into a flashy Latin electro super-digitale, and it's a good clue to where this whole thing wants to go. Thus we find plus-sized freestyle bass lines blithely slung under the vit-vit of old-school acid or a hard-house shuffle invaded both by toony synth arpeggios and liquid cobalt washes à la Richard James. Somehow, Cassius make it all cook. 1999 more than lives up to its unreasonable advance hype--a gorgeous and surprisingly restrained showcase for two visionaires. --Steve Lafreniere
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