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Cassius (band)

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Also known as
  
La Funk Mob

Genres
  
Synthpop, French house

Years active
  
1988–present

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Associated acts
  
MC SolaarMotorbassPhoenix

Members
  
Philippe Zdar, Hubert Blanc-Francard

Record labels
  
Albums
  
1999, 15 Again, Au Rêve, CASSIUSPLAY: Nike+ Original, The Rawkers EP

Profiles

Cassius band


Cassius is a French musical duo consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass.

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History

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Zdar and Boom Bass started working together in 1988, producing albums for the French hip-hop artist MC Solaar. In 1991, they created their first project, called La Funk Mob, and the following year, they started to increasingly experiment with electronic sounds. Zdar's experience with electronic music was influential in his involvement with Étienne de Crécy in the project Motorbass, who released a sole full-length album, Pansoul.

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In 1996, Zdar and Boom Bass then created "Foxxy", their first self-published house music track, under the name Cassius, and the moderate success that followed lead to them remixing tracks for acts such as Air and Daft Punk. In January 1999, they released their first single to become a mainstream hit, "Cassius 1999". It was published by Virgin Records, and entered the UK Singles Chart at #7. This was soon followed by their debut album, 1999, which had two more singles released from it, "Feeling For You" and "La Mouche". The music videos for "Cassius 1999" and "Feeling for You" portrayed the character Deadman, from DC Comics, as a DJ superhero.

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2002 saw their second album release, Au Rêve. This featured the "empowered female disco" track "I'm a Woman", with Jocelyn Brown on vocals, as well as the hit single "The Sound of Violence", featuring Steve Edwards on vocals. This album also had collaborations with Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah and Leroy Burgess.

Cassius returned to the studio in 2006, for the more experimental single "Toop Toop", but the next album, titled 15 Again, featured more vocal collaborations than the duo had done with Au Rêve.

While rehearsing their 15 Again album tour, Cassius provided the community with the a cappella track of their single "Toop Toop" and encouraged fans and friends to start remixing the song. It became an immediate success: the band started the Cassius Workshop project and released more a cappellas for remixing purposes. They claim to have received more than 400 remixes.

Cassius's song "I Love You So" was sampled on the track "Why I Love You" on Jay-Z and Kanye West's 2011 collaboration album Watch the Throne.

Discography

Albums
  • The Mighty Bop Meets DJ Cam Et La Funk Mob (1995; as The La Funk Mob, with Bob Sinclar and DJ Cam)
  • 1999 (1999) – UK No. 28
  • Au Rêve (2002)
  • The Bad Seeds 1993–1997 (2004) (as La Funk Mob)
  • 15 Again (2006)
  • CASSIUSPLAY: Nike+ Original Run (2008)
  • Ibifornia (2016)
  • EPs
  • The Rawkers E.P. (2010)
  • DJ mixes
  • I Love Techno (2011)
  • Singles
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    La Funk Mob
  • "Tribulations Extra Sensorielles" (1994)
  • "Casse Les Frontières, Fou Les Têtes En L'Air" (1994)
  • "Casse Les Frontières, Fou Les Têtes En L'Air" (1996; re-release)
  • "357 Magnum Force" (2004)
  • Production for other artists
  • MC Solaar – "Nouveau Western", with Jimmy Jay (1993)
  • MC Solaar – "Obsolète", with Jimmy Jay (1994)
  • Sinclair – "Tranquille" (1994)
  • Melaaz – "Je Marche En Solitaire" (1995)
  • MC Solaar – "La Concubine De L'Hémoglobine", with Jimmy Jay (1995)
  • MC Solaar – Paradisiaque (1997)
  • PhoenixUnited (2000)
  • Cut CopyBright Like Neon Love (2004)
  • PhoenixWolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)
  • ChromeoBusiness Casual (2010)
  • Two Door Cinema ClubTourist History (2010)
  • The Rapture – In the Grace of Your Love (2011)
  • Kindness – "World, You Need a Change of Mind" (2012)
  • OneRepublic – "Burning Bridges" (2013)
  • OneRepublic – "Something's Gotta Give" (2013)
  • OneRepublic – "Oh My My" (2016)
  • Songs

    I < 3 U SoThe Rawkers EP · 2010
    The Sound Of ViolenceAu Rêve · 2002
    Feeling for You1999 · 1999

    References

    Cassius (band) Wikipedia