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1. The Belgian synthpop group Telex was formed in 1978 by Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers, with the intention of “Making something really European, different from rock, without guitar - and the idea was electronic music.” (Marc Moulin) Mixing the aesthetics of disco, punk and experimental electronic music, they released a stripped-down synthesized cover version of “Twist à St. Tropez” by Les Chats Sauvages.
They followed up with an ultra-slow cover of “Rock Around the Clock”, a hilariously relaxed and dispassionate version of one-hit-wonder Plastic Bertrand’s punk song “Ça Plane Pour Moi”, and a perversely mechanical cover of “Dance to the Music”, originally by Sly Stone.
Like Kraftwerk, Telex built their music entirely from electronic instruments, and the sounds of the two groups have a certain similarity. However, unlike Kraftwerk’s studied Teutonic irony, Telex favour a more joyously irreverent humour.
Their debut album, “Looking for Saint Tropez”, featured the worldwide hit single “Moskow Diskow”, one of the first ever electronic dance/pop songs.
In 1980 Telex’s manager asked them to enter for the Eurovision Song Contest. They entered, and were eventually sent to the finals, although they apparently hoped to come last: “We had hoped to finish last, but Portugal decided otherwise. We got ten points from them and finished on the 19th spot.” (Marc Moulin)
Their song “Euro-Vision” was a cheerful bleepy song with deliberately banal lyrics about the contest itself.
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Looking For St Tropez
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Nyasa_Lake
Neurovision is a gem in the 80s too! don't know why but it reminds me a bit of Christmas.
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Dekadentna
:)
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digital2u
telex moscow discow classic
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AdamDowds
Carbon copy on the left side, carbon copy on the right. Very good song!
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LarkCGN
Eurooooooooooooooooooovision!!! :D
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Serb2012
Moskow Diskow !!!
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FragMan714
I like Sex. Neurovision too.
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showbizservo
RIP Marc Moulin... it's been a year and a half since your passing. You are missed.
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besto-super
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pari90
gr8 album
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tangerman
Make your own Telex image on their homesite! : http://www.telex-music.com/playground.html
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hotbiscuits
@Choory : You can buy downloads from Amazon
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Pakmoväst
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mydesperateicon
AMAZING!
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Lukaszeq
MOSKOW DISKOW
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DJirifraktura
očevima elektronike odajem veliko priznanje
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brasmeta01
Take a trip to the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s! Go now: http://www.youtube.com/brasmeta01 http://brasmeta01.blogspot.com http://www.lastfm.com.br/user/brasmeta01 http://www.lastfm.com.br/user/brasmeta01/personal http://www.imeem.com/brasmeta01 http://www.youtube.com/playtv10 My MP3 Shared Virtual Disk on 4shared Site: http://www.4shared.com/dir/10428534/42b27ca7/sharing.html Jr. and sons
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tangerman
Sad news. I didn`t know. But his legacy will live forever!
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flashbleu
Shit. Marc's dead. I haven't read anything about it. I'm appalled that no British music mag saw fit to report it and really saddened. He was a really talented producer as well as a performer.
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christianschou
Telex I love your work. Dear Marc Moulin, you will be missed. Thank you for making your wonderful electronic stuff that has bringed me so much joy over the years.
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