Etienne de Crecy at Transmusicales de Rennes 2007

Etienne de Crecy is one of the old guard of Parisian house and electronic dance music. His contemporaries included Air and Alex Gopher, both of whom he collaborated with in the 90s. His song Prix Choc, one of his housier numbers and for me one that really reflects the essence of his music, remains one of my favorite songs. The lush production overtop what seems to be a dusty piano bar perfectly illustrates the pre-millenium tension in electronic music of the day. Getting back to your roots was important, and clean, perfect audio production wasn’t so interesting any longer. The mind-blowing video above is from de Crecy’s performance at the 2007 Transmusicales de Rennes. Electro is the feature here, with a sultry, housy bass line intact in the background. The stunning visual design is by the Parisian VJ crew Exyzt.  AntiVJ has some more background on Exyzt and some drama about how this set design was copied for a Killers concert without consent. Tsk tsk.

~ by Aaron Dawson on March 3, 2009.