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General Elektriks is the brainchild of RV Salters. A French national and keen vintage keyboard player (check the RV Music section for records he’s played on at www.general-elektriks.com), he initiated GE just before moving to San Francisco. Using a computer, his oldschool keys and a SM-57 mike, he started sewing together loops, Funky keyboard licks, ethereal melodies and digital tweaking. GE became a musical journal that followed RV through his move to Seattle, then back down to the Bay Area, Berkeley, where he currently resides. There, he started laying keys down for the Quannum crew. Quannum’s own Lateef The Truth Speaker and Chief Xcel returned the favor by guesting on GE. Consisting of 12 songs from the journal, ‘Cliquety Kliqk’ was first released in France by Bleu Electric, then picked up by Compost for Europe and by Quannum for the US.

Aesthetically, GE is a project that refuses to land in a particular bin at the record store. A mix of vintage sounds, hip hop beats, noir riffs, dreamy vocals, cinematic arrangements and digital twinkle, ‘Cliquety Kliqk’ embraces all of RV’s musical addictions. Radically new yet strangely familiar, General Elektriks is like a friend that you meet for the first time but feel like you’ve known all your life.

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1	Raid The Radio	266
2	Take Back The Instant	132
3	Tu M'intrigues full track	114
4	General Elektriks - Take Back The Instant	101
5	Little Lady	90
6	you don't listen	84
7	Frost On Your Sunglasses full track	79
8	Helicopter	77
8	gathering all the lost loves	77
10	Terms and Conditions Apply full track	74
11	Time To Undress full track	72
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13	David Lynch Moments	70
14	Engine Kickin' In	65
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lkan wrote:
Sunday evening

aaawesome tunes

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SweetMariah wrote:
last week

awesome, creative and intensive. I like this music.

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oliverwijker wrote:
October 2009

yea hotel costes.. i'm listening now.. very very good!!!

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dixheure wrote:
September 2009

I LOVE

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superpopular wrote:
September 2009

hôtel costes vol. 12

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ciavaldp wrote:
September 2009

La bretagne n'attend que vous !

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dooley22 wrote:
August 2009

Stumbled upon this while listening to Chinese Man radio. Amazing.

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elidjaa wrote:
July 2009

Really awesome.

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SonicBabyBoomer wrote:
July 2009

yeah cool. like money marks keyboard repair kit. nice

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concretica wrote:
July 2009

!!! 0||0 !!!

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swingyoursoul wrote:
July 2009

check their review on SwingYourSoul's French music blog out there: http://www.swingyoursoul.wordpress.com

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hanaofangel wrote:
June 2009

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xzsoc_hanaofangel_general-elektriks-maroquinerie a point of view of the GE live show @ paris Maroquinerie this year!

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veenatron wrote:
June 2009

I'm confused, why is the album cover + tracks all incorrectly labeled as General Electric?

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theoryjean wrote:
May 2009

i'd have to disagree. yes few tracks are a bit more catchy, but a lot of it is still very abstract and awesome! dont know if i prefer the first album or this one, both excellent work.

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kmor110 wrote:
May 2009

the new album is accessible & catchy, radio material methink.

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theoryjean wrote:
May 2009

so cool! i love it! another great french artist...

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endy_korol wrote:
May 2009

нраица! чмафи

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z4o wrote:
May 2009

Merci RV pour le bon son !! Merci 3gg pour le live !! :D

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3gg wrote:
May 2009

Enjoy the Last French Live from Paris @ La Maroquinerie 2009 04 30 : http://bootl3gg.blogspot.com/2009/05/general-elektriks-la-maroquinerie-2009.html

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robotre wrote:
April 2009

A great new album!

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