Techno artists are strange, very strange. Some of them wear weird outfits and perform live acts using only a PSP (Jori Hulkkonen). Some make demented videos that involved Indian people (Laurent Garnier). Meanwhile, even if their actions are… let’s say, unusual, their music remains the same and people still dance on it and everything is cool. BUT, when we talk about French weirdos like Mr. Oizo or Sebastien Tellier, things change. I’ve just discovered a track he made soon after Flat Beat, and I thought it was made in 2008. His sound is unique and simply insane. The main idea is that in this track, at a certain point, the rhythm changes completely, and from a very classic 4/4 techno it becomes …hip hop. He is one of the most inspired artists in dance music and I may say that he is one of my favorite producers ever. Sebastien Tellier is, also, freaky. He released not long ago a track called Divine. It’s not techno, it’s not house, it’s not.. anything. It’s more close to pop that to electronic music, but since we live in a time when everything is electronic, he fits the profile. The thing it that he made this track for Eurovision, a very lame European competition. Romania always tried to win this contest but ofcourse that our lame composers have no chance. They simply suck. Except Moga and a few more that have talent and try to make something special, the rest of them are incredibly stupid and boring. I just don’t understand how this extraordinaty producer wants to participate at Eurovision. I just don’t get it. Laurent Garnier was asked by a magazine what he feels on this matter, and he said that he hopes Sebastien will win the competition.
So, here we are, in 2008, with Sebastien Tellier, one of the most talented electronic music producers competing for Eurovision. Hell must have frozen.
I hope he wins!
You can listen to Sebastien Tellier's track here: www.myspace.com/telliersebastien
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