Erik Borälv (erikb@hci.uu.se)
Fri, 30 Jul 1999 17:44:21 +0200
I wish I could go...
- erikb
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On Friday July 30th Los Angeles will come to gether to welcome french
duo
Cassius. The event will be the grand opening of BARAKA, Los Angeles' new
weely Friday night presented by Solid, The Bud Brother's and Golden
voice.
The eveining promoises to be one of the best nights Los Angeles has seen
for a while with this very rare appearence by Cassius along with a gang
of
other world class turntablists. We are very proud to also bring to our
house of love this special night, from Holland DJ Thimbles, from the UK
Dominic Fordyce and our good friends and family from L.A. Daniel &
E-Sassin
in the Drum n' Bass loft
and Jesse Brooks & Oscure out on the main floor as well as going
downtempo
in smoker's alley.
BARAKA will GO OFF ! at club Lingerie located at 6507 Sunset Blvd.
(Sunset/Wilcox) Sorry 21 and over w/ ID. Full Bar, Two Rooms and chill
out lounge. For more info call the Bud Brothers on 1213.368-8284.
Cassius are a French duo featuring Phillipe Zdar and Hubert Blanc-
Francart
AKA Boombass.
Together they have recorded as La Funk Mob, releasing singles on the
ultra-hip French label, Source, as well as doing remixes on Nenah
Cherry,
Bjork, Daft Punk, Air and Depeche Mode. As La Funk mob they released two
classic Ep's of hip-hop beats and techno attitude on James Lavell'e
pioneering label Mo' Wax.
They met 12 years ago, in a recording studio, were Phillipe was an
engineer
and Hubert was learning to produce. They bonded over their obsessions
about
hip-hop culture, and quickly became close friends. The friendship soon
morphed into a working relationship, as they went to work as the
production
team behind French rap star Mc Solaar. In addition to their work
together,
their individual credits are equally impressive. Boombass went on to
produce all four of Mc Solaar's albums, while Phillipe has recorded as
half
of the acclaimed French house act Motorbass (along with Super Discount's
Etienne De Crecy).
Cassius have spent the last year developing a special live set in which
Zdar's turntables jostle with the sound's of Boombass' sampler. Having
sharpened their skills as the opening act on Daft Punk's UK tour and at
the
"Respect" nights at the Queen club in Paris, Cassius rocked the house at
this summers at PS in New York with a slamming set of funked up house
music
a la francaise.
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