Electrosexual
Electrosexual is a French electronic musician, composer, performer, record producer and music video director living in Berlin.
Career
His passion for early electronic engines and primitive sounds from Analog synthesizer inspired his creativity mingling of rough basses with an uptempo rhythm. He is the electro-sex precursor and pioneer in France.Electrosexual created its stage name in reference to surrealistic non " sexuality", considering machines and synthesizers as genitors. This concept has also been developed by artists including David Cronenberg, H.R. Giger, Psychic TV and Add N to.
In the summer of 2005, after a show in Berlin where he performed for the first time as a solo act, his song Trapped Inside was selected to be released on the fifth anniversary compilation of the cult Berlin record label Das Drehmoment.
The same year, Electrosexual created his own record label Rock Machine Records as an independent platform for electronic music, parties organizing and performances.
Electrosexual offered production for the American queer hip hop duo Scream Club, mixing Electronic dance music with gender issues themed lyrics and club performances.
Their first songs, one of which features vocals by Peaches, would be the very first vinyl to be released on Rock Machine in 2006.
They collaborated and played live together for the next years and released two more EPs : "Break You nice/ Screaming & Crying» Featuring Shunda K was released in 2010 as a limited edition white vinyl, including remixes by Hard Ton, Leonard De Leonard and Divider. The video for the single "Break You Nice" was the first direction of Electrosexual and was broadcast on national American music channels MTV & VH1 for more several month.
The same year, Shunda K of Yo Majesty requested Electrosexual’s services for the co-production of her first solo single "Here I Am To Save The World"
In March and April 2010, Electrosexual and Scream Club were the support act for Robots in Disguise on their "Wake Up Tour" in the UK. They also performed together the "Wake Up" Electrosexual & Scream Club Remix as an encore.
Sue Denim of the Robots in Disguise recorded vocals for Electrosexual EP "Partytime" Feat. Scream Club, released as a Digi-EP, with remixes by French Hip Hop artist Flore, aMinus...
In the end of 2010, Electrosexual released "I Feel Love" that quickly became an underground club hit.
The song was referred to as "a disco neo classic" and "best song of the year 2012" by the blogosphere.
Electrosexual has remixed material by other artists, including Billie Ray Martin & Aérea Negrot, David Carretta's "Lovely Toy", Transformer Di Roboter’s "Baghdad Disco", I Monster’s "Sucker For Your Sound", Mirah’s "Cold Cold Water", Ssion’s "Ah-Ma", Peaches Feat Scream Club "Fine As Fuck".
More recently, Electrosexual composed the official themes of the 2011 & 2012 editions of Lyon's LGBTQ Movie Festival "Ecrans Mixtes" where he also performed last year.
Electrosexual performed at many various events like the festival Waves in Vienna, Austria, the Paradiso, at Paris's Le Pigallion and La Machine du Moulin Rouge or in Berlin's Prince Charles and Berghain Kantine, SO36 and presented a sound and video installation at Berghain in 2015.
After a serie of single and EP's with various guest vocalists, Electrosexual releases in 2014 his debut full LP 'Art Support Machine' which is a mixture of retrofuturistic analogue electronics and kaleidoscopic synths. The album is influenced by 1980s synth pop, Techno and 1990s trance, and, in keeping with the vocal direction of recent records, only 4 tracks are instrumental on the whole LP.
Art Support Machine explores the Machine as the supreme vision of the human condition, and is focusing on the concept of the identity of the Machines, their gender, sexuality & Soul.
The recent single "The way they make you feel" received a special 9/10 mention by Mixmag Magazine UK.
Production and equipment
Electrosexual is currently known for the strong use of analog synthesizers in his music. As he stated in an interview with Add N to front woman Ann Shenton for ZOOT MAGAZINE, he uses the Korg MS-10/MS-20, Moog Rogue, Yamaha CS 5 and Roland JX-3P. Additional gear includes the Ensoniq DP4+ and multi-effects pedals.Discography
Album
Extended plays and singles
Remixes
- Sherø – "Berlin Moon" KlubKid Records
- Sky Deep – "i Did It" Reveller Records
- Millimetric – "Deflection" Nu Body Records
- Rituel – "Dreams"
- Plasticzooms – "Quite Cleary" Vinyl Junkie Records
- Autist – "Chien"
- Plasticzooms – "Veiled Eyes"
- Billie Ray Martin & Aérea Negrot – "Off The Rails"
- Billie Ray Martin & Aérea Negrot – "Off The Rails"
- Ost + Front – "MNSTR" – Out Of Line Records
- Adan & Ilse – "Like Me" – Unknown Pleasures Records
- Autist – "Low Passion"
- Lois Plugged & Fruckie – "Spleen" – Boxon Records
- aMinus – "Morning After thrill" –
- Fantôme – "Love" Cleopatra records/Rough Trade
- Dualesque – "Uncomplicated"
- Desireless & Operation Of The Sun – "Sertao"
- Tubbe – "Liebe Fertig" Audiolith Records
- aMinus Feat Magritte Jaco – "Don't Mind Me now"
- Hedi Mohr – "Little Red" Feat. Red Noise Black Mink Rec
- Tkuz – "In The Box" Black Leather
- Dead Sexy Inc. – "Lonesome Poupée"
- Equitant – "Body Vehement" Black Montanas
- The Niallist – "Work It"
- Steve Morell & Monika Pokorna – "Lady Pheres" Pale Music International
- Peaches Feat Shunda K. – "Billionaire"
- Transformer di Roboter – "Baghdad Disco" Leonizer Records
- Vesto Caino – "Dolce Vita" Sony/Columbia
- Minor Sailor – "Doctor Said" Les Boutiques Sonores
- Robots in Disguise – "Wake Up" President Records
- Fil Ok – "Listen To Me" OK Music
- I Monster – "Sucker for Your Sound" Twins of Evil Records
- Ssion – "Ah-Ma" Sleazetone Records
- Candy Clash – "79" Sister Records
- Keen K & P Muench – "Connection Flight" Perfect Stranger Records
- Dusti – "New York Slaves" Rock Machine Records
- Mirah – "Cold Cold Water" K Records
- David Carretta – "Lovely Toy" Space Factory disques
- Punk Bunny – "Next Caller" & "G-Spot" Crunch Records
- Lesbians on Ecstasy – "Tell Me Does She Love the Bass" Alien8 Recordings
- Houston Bernard "Str8 Acting" – MOFA Schallplatten
DJ mixes
- The Acid Tape
- The Beat Tape
- Art Support Mixtape
- The Wrangeltape
- Long Live The New Flesh
- The Razortape, Vol. 1
- The VogueTape, Vol. 2
- The VogueTape, Vol. 1
- The Rock Machine Mix Series, Vol. 1
Filmography