Moderne / L’Espionne Aimait La Musique

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The gaye device Suberb original French 80s minimal wave electronic music. Perfect in every way. Icy synths and 80s drum machines providing a futuristic background for effortlessly cool vocals..all in French of course...it wouldn't work better any other way!

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A limited-edition release of Moderne’s two full-length LPs: Moderne (1980) and L’Espionne Aimait La Musique (1981), remastered from the original analog reels and pressed on CD. The release is accompanied by a double-sided 18” x 24” poster featuring an interview with the band on one side, and photograph on the other.

Moderne formed in Tours, France in 1979. The band consisted of Gérard Lévy, Thierry Teyssou, Bernard Guimond, Dominique Marchetti, and their videographer Patrick Millerioux. After releasing two albums and two corresponding 7” singles between 1980 and 1981, nothing was heard from Moderne and aside from the release of “Switch on Bach” (on the compilation So Young But So Cold in 2004), very little has been heard from this band. Moderne remains notoriously hidden in the past, and their albums and singles have become collectors’ items. The albums were recorded in their Tours studio and mixed by Joschko Rudas and Henning Schmitz at Studio Rudas Düsseldorf, the same studio Kraftwerk used for Man Machine (1978). The production is exceptional. This is French new wave at its best.

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	1.	Indicatif 03:47
	2.	Seduction 02:40
	3.	Histoire 03:57
	4.	Electronique 04:39
	5.	Vers L'est 04:58
	6.	Rock and Roll Stars 03:27
	7.	Sans Signalement 06:40
	8.	Switch On Bach 03:03
	9.	Mercenaire Solitaire 03:38
	10.	Judo O Dojo 03:34
	11.	La Romance 03:59
	12.	Qu'elle Me Caresse 03:25
	13.	Eldorado 03:24
	14.	Video Ideale 04:05
	15.	L'Homme D'Affaires 03:25
	16.	Dilemma 04:07
	17.	Mode 03:13

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A limited-edition release of Moderne’s two full-length LPs: Moderne (1980) and L’Espionne Aimait La Musique (1981), remastered from the original analog reels and pressed on CD. The release is accompanied by a double-sided 18” x 24” poster featuring an interview with the band on one side, and photograph on the other.

Moderne formed in Tours, France in 1979. The band consisted of Gérard Lévy, Thierry Teyssou, Bernard Guimond, Dominique Marchetti, and their videographer Patrick Millerioux. After releasing two albums and two corresponding 7” singles between 1980 and 1981, nothing was heard from Moderne and aside from the release of “Switch on Bach” (on the compilation So Young But So Cold in 2004), very little has been heard from this band. Moderne remains notoriously hidden in the past, and their albums and singles have become collectors’ items. The albums were recorded in their Tours studio and mixed by Joschko Rudas and Henning Schmitz at Studio Rudas Düsseldorf, the same studio Kraftwerk used for Man Machine (1978). The production is exceptional. This is French new wave at its best.

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Moderne formed in Tours, France. The band consisted of: Gérard Lévy, Thierry Teyssou, Bernard Guimond, Dominique Marchetti and their videographer Patrick Millerioux.They released two LPS and several 7"s in 1980-1981 and after 1981, they went quiet. Moderne remains notoriously hidden in the past, and their albums and singles have become collectors’ items. ... more

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