Ahh any excuse to post more beautiful French boys with those lovely, angular faces.
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, I really really want to live in Bordeaux. Not only is it reportedly one of the wilder parts of France, but it is home to a clique of exceptionally talented electronic artists who are quietly producing some of the best French electro around. One of my (and the Ed Banger crew’s) favourite Bordeaux artists, Tom Deluxx (no, not Tim Deluxe eww), has been particularly productive of late, playing sets with Vicarious Bliss and Danger, releasing the debut EP for Just A Band (his collaboration with Milkpack’s Stella) a couple of weeks ago on vinyl, and releasing his debut solo EP, Curse Words on Boxon Records today. Run by producer/DJ, Julien Minet, Boxon Records really is one of the best kept secrets of the French electro scene, Deluxx’s EP being just the second release for the relatively small and new label. Check out the Curse Words medley from Kids by Colette below. The EP features three original tracks plus Just A Band and Toxic Avenger remixes. More on Toxic Avenger’s association with Boxon shortly.
And if you haven’t already checked out and fallen in love with Just A Band’s EP, We Are, (released via Homework Records) I strongly recommend it. It might just fill the void left by Teenage Bad Girl and their “are they seriously actually dead?” status. (Yes, yes, in addition to Kazyo.) I absolutely can’t get enough of Aarghh!! and not just because it’s what I named my Pokemon trainer when I used to play Pokemon obsessively on my fat grey Gameboy in 2005 (shut up…).
Tom Deluxx - Curse Words Medley
Thieves Like Us - Drugs In My Body (Just A Band Remix)
- bec
love the mix!
glad you want to go to france
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