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Released: Jan 1, 2010
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  • Genre: Experimental / Live Electronics / Pop

    Location Paris, Ile-de-France, Fr

    Profile Views: 498489

    Last Login: 2/15/2012

    Member Since 2/9/2006

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    Four Frenchmen, childhood friends, united in their love of synth music: dare we call it a tale of mystery and imagination, of friendship and self-discovery? Chateau Marmont’s story is half Stand By Me, half Solaris, half Logan’s Run and, yes, it doesn’t add up. They’ve known each other since forever, as children stranded in a hostile landscape dominated by hypertrophied bullies and pathetic louts. They found themselves and each other through synthetic music, so bright and remote in its promises of infinity and eternal bliss, so hard, cold and disturbing when its outlook turns dystopian. These boys come from a time when people still believed in the future. And their name is resonant not of faded glories, awkward suicides, scuffed gold stars and velvet-roped junkies, but of widescreen romance, vintage melancholia and studied postures. Last year, Chateau Marmont released their debut EP, SOLAR APEX, to much acclaim. Since then, they’ve remixed La Roux, Heartsrevolution, Ladyhawke, Röyksopp (after Poney Poney, Koko Von Napoo, Midnight Juggernauts…)—and themselves for Chromeo’s DJ Kicks. Co-produced former-teenybopper-turned-synth-diva Alizée’s new album. Had a song on Kitsuné Maison 7. Toured quite a bit. And still found the time to write NIBIRU, a wonderful second offering. Nibiru displays the same elegance that made Solar Apex such a classy ride but this time, Chateau Marmont’s pop leanings seem more restrained, the overall tone more Kraftwerkian, the record more muscular. This one is less poppy and more dancey, if you will. “One Hundred Realities”, “Monodrama”, “Heliochrome”, “Nibiru”: four tracks chronicling the ever-fascinating relationship between man and analog gear, featuring elegiac melodies, ultra-layered synth work and dramatic drum machines.

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    Galner, Angy, Guillaume, Raphaël

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DISCOGRAPHY



2008-2009-2010



NIBIRU - EP



SOLAR APEX - EP



NIBIRU REMIXES - EP



BEAGLE
Kitsuné Maison Compilation 7
(2009 - Kitsuné)



REMIXES




Walker Namibie Remix
Walker Mephedrone Remix
Cascadeur - Walker Remixes - EP
(2011 - Mercury)


The Girl & The Robot remix
Royksopp - The Girl & The Robot
(2009 - EMI)


Give it up remix
Datarock - Give it up
(2009 - Nettwerk)


Polly remix
Koko Von Napoo - June EP
(2009 - Trouble Records)


Lay it Down remix
Peter, Bjorn & John - Lay it down EP
(2009 - Wichita)


Ultraviolence remix
Heartsrevolution - Ultraviolence EP
(2008 - Kitsuné)


Quicksand remix
La Roux - Quicksand EP
(2008 - Kitsuné)


My Delirium remix
Ladyhawke - My Delirium CD Single
(2008 - Modular)


All Around remix
Tahiti 80 - Joulupukki ep
(2008 - JVC Japan)


Into The Galaxy remix
Midnight Juggernauts - Into The Galaxy 12"
(2008 Institubes)


Junior remix
Poney Poney - Cross The Fader EP
(digital release - 2008 Perspex)


Carry On remix
Axe Riverboy... Remixes !
(2007 JVC)

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