collage of digital passion

Short tracks created by The Books for the French Ministry of Culture in 2004.
Sound art with samplings of people speaking made to be played as elevator music...
Would Mr Hulot work in this building ?

the books_fralité

the books_liternité

Mathieu Morricone

"Le Casse" directed by Henri Verneuil and scored by Ennio Morricone (1971).

Mireille Mathieu_pas vu, pas pris

an U.F.O in my soap

To those who didn't believe me... Seen in a "Dynasty" episode late in the night.
Scriptedelica !

nouvelle vague

Young modern people surfing the early 80's.
Cult out of cliché french techno-pop...

Martin Dupont_your passion (1982)

the revolt of the apes

"It's the beat" by Simian Mobile Disco vs "Gum" by Cornelius.
An exclusive 2007 summer track mashed-up by Jean-Yves Leloup (1/2 Radiomentale).
Q : electro, digi-pop, noisy J-pop or hip-house ?
A : everybody on the dancefloor...

Cornelius Mobile Disco_gumbeat (J.Y Leloup edit)

moog cookbook vs the eagles

l'age d'analogue

French electronic prog-rock combo in total krautmania (1977).

hydravion_metropolitain

song for the sirens

Aerial cover of a deep & sensitive Dennis Wilson song...

lush_fallin' in love (1991)

un homme et une femme

David Bowie vs Amanda Lear_sorrow (1973)

it's friday wear

Here is the "first step to heaven mix" (1986).

DAF_voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir

trip thru hell minimix

Is hell a short cut to heaven ?...

-Belbury Poly_Pan's garden
-Christian Marclay_Maria Callas (intro)
-Flying Lotus_unexpected delight
-Fellini's Roma interlude
-Noblesse Oblige_Caligula
-Fellini's Casanova interlude
-Momus_the symphonies of Beethoven
-Cyrillus Kreek_psalm 121 (intro)
-Jiry Bezani & Jiry Malasek_erotica n°2 (intro)
-Large Number_love in asylum
-Ennio Morricone_ricreazione divertita
-The Goblins_mad puppet's laughs
-Pet shop boys_the Sodom & Gomorrah show (intro)
-Lubos Fiser_in flames (intro)
-VVV_resurection river
-Sonoko_in heaven

le club eskimoo_trip thru hell mix

the quiet american...

M.A.N.D.Y vs booka shade feat Laurie Anderson_oh superman (2007)

Barbarella

Absolute masterpiece resurrection...

Michel Magne_Barbarella's song (1968)

cowboy in Sweden

Lee Hazlewood & Nina Lizell_hey cowboy (1970)

French connection

Darlin'_darlin'2
First Daft Punk release under the name Darlin' (Duophonic-1992).

Phoenix_city lights
First recording on their own label (Ghettoblaster-1997).

the trip

I don't know why... but it still sounds like chinese peplum under influence ! A film by Roger Corman (1967).

electric flag_Peter's trip

folk tale drone

The original version of this song was used to great effect during the opening credits of "the wicker man", a cult 1973 British film about the union of mother nature & lust (directed by Robin Hardy). Here is a bucolic version slowly assembled by Matt Elliott of The Third Eye Foundation.

wigwam_corn riggs (2002)

HIP...


HOOPS !

stereo master class

Great Jimmy Webb's cover by ex-Shadows drummer & orchestral conductor for the music library label KPM.
Music your eyes can follow...

Brian Bennett_wichita lineman (1969)

midnight cowboy in slow motion

Half of Röyksopp behind the machines (apollo/R&S records-1997).

drum island_tomcat city

molle K7 mix

Ahmede (Tahiti 80 boy) gets a cassette player for his new van...

-Georges Garvarentz_première rencontre
-Maulawi_street rap
-Mulatu Astatqé_yègellé tezeta
-Make Up_white belts
-Stewie Wonder_do yourself a favor
-The Turtles_I’m chief kamanawanalea (we’re the royal macadamia nuts)
-Matmos_yield to total elation
-Juantrip_shadows (lov. & charlie ride mix)
-Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young_our house
…with a little help from Jason Havelock, Tom Zé, St George, Frank Zappa, Funkadelic and Kim Fowley.

Ahmede_molle K7 mix

mother's day

mr T's rap (1984)

bumblebeez 83

Transistorized spectra sonic sounds or hip hop in kösmische dress ? (modular/81 records-2004).

bumblebeez 81_vila attack (M83 remix)

Francis Lai_le tennisman (1982)

moon song

Sort of Hawaiian trip underwater mixed by Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine (artefact-1998).

O'Neill_moon tide

der computer n°3

Seductive chip in da system...
France Gall_der computer n°3 (1968)

suspiria

Cult Goblin's theme perverted for the dancefloor. Did Dario hang the dj ?

solenoid_suspiriorum (2004)

son of the godz

the godz_whiffenspoof song (1973)
Post-dadaïst rock avant-garde from New-York... Shout first and then twist !

stereolab_ABC (1995)
Rare stereolab track (cover of the multitude a.k.a the godz).

a queen for the cocktail nation

Lisa "Suckdog" Carver had a dream : her mother as the world champ at Monopoly. She called her and asked if she would write a song about it... & she did ! With the help of Combustible Edison as backing band, the dream came true.
It's a delightful way to spend a relaxing, out of this world evening (sub pop records-1994).

monopoly queen_monopoly queen

YSL & Jean-Claude Vannier (1971)

Musical variation extract from the score "L'enfant assassin des mouches", a fantastic tale written by Serge Gainsbourg.

EZ dream sequence

Angelo Badalamenti touched by the caress of a machine...

the Audrey 3000 feat. mr Hopkinson's computer_falling (2007)

tropicalia kitschy nonsense

os mutantes_"shell" commercials

new old school

Two songs in one...
God saves Brett Sampler !

extra t's_E.T boogie (1982)
kerrier district_disco nasty (2006)

l'age de cristal

Jerry Goldsmith_love theme from "Logan's run" (1976)

heaven's door

Spirit of Las Vegas captured on audio postcard (LP format). Real souvenir album from the 70's.

the sprites_midnight in Las Vegas

CURE for dancefloors

crowdpleaser_let's go to bed (2004)

This one was recorded live at the Haçienda (hum!) and the crowd seemed to have a lot of pleasure. Anyway, I'm sure people will really love it. How can you resist this familiar melody, those riffle breaks, and this acid synthesizer? If you find out the reference here, you could understand the title of this EP.
(Notes from the label, "Viking music").

music with background noises

Giovanni Fusco_orgia
From the original motion picture soundtrack "deserto rosso" by Michelangelo Antonioni (1964).

scanner_i cannot forget
From "52 spaces", project commissioned by the British School at Rome (2002). Starting from "l'eclisse" directed by Antonioni in 1962.

the kids are alright

the Vigs_theme from S.W.A.T

Young drummer Roger Vig is 3 & half at the time of this recording (1976). "S.W.A.T" is his favorite tune and he is featured here in a special arrangement written for him by his dad (Tommy vig, famous vibraphonist and arranger with Juan Garcia Esquivel, Miles Davis/Gil Evans, Henri Mancini, Quincy Jones & others).
SHAAAAAAAAAFT a go go !

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Jr & his soulettes_momma, love tequilla (1971)

From the incredibly strange album "psychodelic sounds" recorded in a garage.
The oldest member of the band is Harold Moore Jr, age 10 (guitar, vocalist & songwriter).
It sounds like obscure soul played on toy instruments.

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"l'autobus à impériale" (1971)

dopplebanger

Great one hit wonder mashed-up by dopplebanger, using "crazy in love" by Beyonce and "unrecorded" by M83.

Beyonce vs M83_unrecorded love

spécial élections

Last night i dreamed of ballot boxes...
telex_eurovision (1980)