Moscov discow - Telex - 1980
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Telex
was a synth-disco trio formed in Brussels, Belgium, in 1978 by
keyboardist Marc Moulin, who had previously performed with Cos. He
was joined by vocalist Michel Moers and composer/synthesist Dan
Lacksman, and together, Telex crafted a slick, stylish brand
of Europop/disco with relaxed tempos and often-processed vocals.
Their debut album, Looking for Saint-Tropez, was released in 1979,
containing signature songs like the title track, "Moskow
Diskow," and slowed-down covers of "Rock Around the Clock"
and Plastic
Bertrand's "Ca Plane Pour Moi." Neurovision
(1980) and Sex (1981) followed, with the latter employing lyricists
Ron and Russell Mael. (A 1982 U.K.-only release, Birds and Bees,
contains all but three of Sex's tracks, plus several singles.)
Nothing much was heard from
the group after 1984's Wonderful World
until 1988, when Looney Tunes displayed an about-face toward goofy,
effects-laden electronic music somewhat akin to the Art of Noise or
Yello. The band broke up soon after, though all three members also
released material. Ten years
later, long after all Telex
material had gone out of print, the band received the remix-album
treatment on SSR's I Don't Like Music (Remixes), featuring a host of
new-school electronic producers like Carl Craig, Buckfunk 3000,
Patrick Pulsinger, and Glenn Underground. A
separate disc, I Don't
Like Remixes, presented the Telex originals. The set proved so
popular that a second remix disc, I (Still) Don't Like Remixes, Vol.
2, was released the following year.
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