the berlin-based benoit b. producer has previously won praise for his atmospheric and evocative approach to electronic music

i discovered benoit b through his own label - banlieue records. he’s part of a new breed of young french producers who make music without any hang-ups and that are inspired by the entire history of house and techno and everything in-between. i liked the combination of club beats with a deep, super melodic approach. the 6 tracks featured here almost make up an entire album that reflects benoit’s skills and sense of production. everything is here -from ambient experiments to heavyweight club tracks and beyond. here, bear witness to the new sound of france (even though he lives in berlin!)

repress incoming! including butanes glide remix. pressed on coloured pink vinyl.

luke entelis aka viul and thomas meluch aka benoit pioulard. gatefold transparent vinyl 2xlp

new album from the legend benoit b on nummers natural selections label. essential for fans of 80s ryuichi sakamoto & ymo.

animals dancing welcomes benoit b

limited lp + download code

ltd copies

morr music presents the new album from benoît pioulard. the vinyl release includes a download code.

insanely good and limited 7inch from banilieue touching on 80s edit / dub mixes, ebm and latin freestyle.

file under : electronica, indie dance

japonaiserie was the term the dutch post-impressionist painter vincent van gogh used to express the influence of japanese art. artists including manet, degas and monet, followed by van gogh, began to collect the cheap colour wood-block prints called ukiyo-e prints a mini lp by benoit b, the boss of banlieue records, on which he creates a futuristic environment influenced by the japanese electronics of the 80s. a musical japanaiserie that can melt your cold cold heart.

this promo album only send to radio and tv in 1980 is now regarded as one of the best cosmic library lp of this period. from the disco tinged of test and spot to the ambient and kosmische landscapes of spectre or synchronisme you can easily see why.

warme mischung schwereloser drones und sehnsüchtiger, träger melodien. limitiertes gelbes vinyl mit downloadcode.

tropico timelexia is a rare tropical disease. in the midst of oppressive heat and humidity, the subject loses notion of time and experiences delirium. fearless explorer benoit b takes us through his elevating journey in the depth of an atemporal and sweltering world with this beautiful new ep for peur bleue records. from the hazy and voluptuous atmosphere of zanzibar sunrise and weekend girl to the rough and throbbing vibrations of crystal fuselage and a night in gobi desert , tropico timelexia ep is a flushed expedition where humans seem to have lost control over nature.

benoit b returns to banlieue for the imprints third 12”! scatter gun arpeggios ride on top of bolstered machine rhythms. sitting somewhere between techno and experimental electro this ep is benoit b’s most accomplished material to date.

correspondant 40 was born in 2012 with the first ever meeting of benoit gagnon and massimiliano pagliara.

new imprint banlieue launches with their first release. benoit b provides four tracks of astral, vintage tinged house. machine beats clatter against moaning synths and shuffling, ghostly fx whilst solid grooves punctuate the settling dust. eyes down club fodder!

dfa / visionquest duo benoit & sergio return with some fresh and typically unique new material via matt tolfreys leftroom limited imprint.

marquee production team and live act in dance music benoit & sergio return to culprit for a second fantastic release in as many years. after last years deliciously off­kilter adjustments, the berlin­ and rome­based duo delivers a 3­song statement of dancefloor intent, with thats the party talking.

renowned for their sublime, lyrical take on dance music, dc / berlin based duo benoit & sergio return to their spiritual home of visionquest with some freshly crafted groove ridden thrills. more set in the smoke and heat of the club than their vocalised bittersweet visions, the your darkness ep showcases the duo at their dancefloor focused playful best whilst incorporating infectious vocal samples, searing melodies and pulsing rhythms

culprits 39th ep release is an altogether special affair. the masters of epic underground pop, one of the most exciting and respected songwriting/production teams in dance music, benoit & sergio enter the labels artistic canon in emphatic fashion. their two- song culprit debut glows with the duos forward thinking musical ideas, at once sweeping and intimate, and which depth and sophistication represents a leap in the los angeles-based imprints growth

dfa revisits several classic and in demand 12 inches with a new series of hand stamped white labels called *dfa white out series*. only 200 copies worldwide. dont sleep. coming soon.. benoit & sergio, lcd soundsystem and many more.

moving into 2013, the hot creations camp shows no sign of slowing down with one of their biggest releases to date from the mighty production duo benoit & sergio. debut release on the label bridge so far is an utterly stunning two tracker oozing distinctive style and pop sensibility.

after inaugurating the visionquest label with the now canonical where the freaks have no name - an ep whose a-side anthem, walk and talk, inundated the dance music world with a lovelorn soulfulness benoit & sergio return to the throne of visionquest with new ships, the more beautiful younger sister to their debut.

after a flurry of winter releases, benoit & sergio return to dfa with the >principles< ep–beach boys techno for summer nights. following in the footsteps of their >boy trouble< and >where the freaks have no name< eps, benoit & sergios >principles< continues to explore underground pop sensibilities in the context of the big-room dance floor

benoit & sergio dont make dance tracks—they tell stories. in the washington dc duos music, a sense of place and narrative infuse their rhythms and melodies, transcending having flexed their synth-pop muscles on releases for dfa (the acclaimed boy trouble ep) and visionquest (the lovelorn where the freaks have no name ep), dc duo benoit & sergio return to spectral sound for a victory lap around the dancefloor. and >let me count the ways< is just that, sounding every bit the perfect, hands-in-the-air final anthem of the evening. tireless hi-hats push the beat onward and dreamy synthesized strings saturate the stereo space as sergio intones, >let me count the ways / the ways that ive loved.< as the line repeats, its meaning bends to fit the songs tone of endless, time-suspended romance: its not the loves that matter in the end, but the ways. its not the destination, but the journey. the b-sides >let me count the ways (autumn version)<is a vastly different take on the original?s maximalist swell. stripping the beat back to its bare essentials and building them up again over nearly 12 minutes, the >autumn version< recalls arthur russell?s more minimal moments down to its wobbly bass filigree and mumbled vocal samples. by the end of the track, the claps are falling on the twos and fours like crinkly foliage, synths are sizzling like firewood, and benoit & sergio?s newest banger is revealed in its full glory once again.

there are few artists making seriously great music while not taking themselves too seriously: that difficult feat is one rarely attempted and even less often successfully carried out. benoit & sergio have seemingly effortlessly managed to pull off that contradictory trick, producing songs that sometimes seem like musical open letters: editorials narrated in the voices of unidentified, yet totally recognizable colorful characters, read aloud against a backdrop of beautifully lush, warm and sensuous electronic pop music. the unexpected juxtaposition of such pristine production and playful lyricism — first exhibited on 2009s highly praised <i>what ive lost</i> ep, which included the brilliantly sardonic single >full grown man< – exemplifies why benoit & sergio are one of the most unique and interesting outfits in dance music. its good news, then, that the washington, d.c./berlin-based outfits eagerly expected dfa debut maintains both the charm and expert craftsmanship of its predecessors. single >boy trouble< (the titular counterpoint to >full grown man<) launches the ep with all manner of reasons to take to the dancefloor: an exigent beat, a beckoning synthline, a bassline of understated funk. sergio lethargically sings about girls, making note of both their ups and the downsides, without the hindrance of subtlety. >i love girls/with legs like a ferrari< he states before noting (bemoaning?) the fact that >you need poetry to turn these girls on.< its a song for the best part of the night, full of compulsive rhythms and a climax that builds on sparkly synths. the accompanying remix from visionquest — the detroit-bred, berlin-based label led by producers seth troxler, ryan crosson, lee curtiss and shaun reeves — amps things up, making the beat a more prominent, driving and club banging force. the flipside features >full grown man< and >what ive lost<, which reveal themselves to be worth more than a few revisits.

after several years perfecting and honing their art, the four musketeers: seth troxler, ryan crosson, lee curtiss and shaun reeves, collectively known as visionquest, unleash their sonic imprint upon the earth. its debut release is an introduction to new members of the visionquest family as their great friends and production maestros benoit & sergio deliver the freaky and flavoursome >where the freaks have no name<.

the >midnight peopleö< 12inch includes two careening techno remixes by technasia, in which the paris-based producer sends the track spinning into the delirious, club-amped stratosphere. >technasia dub 1< features a series of head-spinning climaxes, >technasia dub 2< specializes in shoulder-rolling syncopation

ultra limited remix collection

collaboration between jean-benoit (air) and jonathan fitoussi. spawning from xavier veilhan’s studio venezia at the 57th venice biennale and completing in jb’s studio in paris.

limited tan & black marbled vinyl edition.

classic black vinyl edition.

lp, comes with picture sleeve and printed innersleeve

at the spearhead of the music press, tsugi presents for the first time its selection in this vinyl electro from cassius through kompromat and paradis.

benoit bs new project: terra utopia

blu:sh aka benoit b aka terra utopia

ambient / drone

this compilation gathers never before published works that schirren specially composed for the short films dimanche by edmond bernhard in 1963, masques by jean-marie buchet and marc lobet in 1959, and cartoon circus by benoit lamy and picha in 1972. some of the most intense and curious soundtracks cinema ever gave us.

extra muros lp

new lp by organizatsiya

showcase on cosmo vitellis im a cliche label

der 2008 von pascal laugier (zehn jahre vor seinem letzten film incident in a ghostland) inszenierte martyrs ist zweifellos der umstrittenste französische horrorfilm seines jahrzehnts. abgesehen von der symbolik seines zwecks oder dem hyperrealismus seiner spezialeffekte ist das filmmaterial nur die darstellung einer liebe zwischen zwei freunden in einer zunehmend entmenschlichten gesellschaft. die von den brüdern cortés komponierte musik ergibt sich aus der vision ihres direktors, manchmal kalt und streng, manchmal organisch und sogar melancholisch. der soundtrack endet mit dem berühmten titel your witness mit pop-floydian-akzenten. erstmals ist auch das lied my neighbourhood des komponisten goldmund vertreten. martyrs, der zweite film von pascal laugier nach saint-ange im jahr 2004, ist auch das neueste projekt des maskenbildners benoît lestang (das lebende tote mädchen, die rache der lebenden toten) oder der mitarbeiterin von mylène farmer für sans contrefaçon, giorgino und qi ) wem unser label hier tribut zollt. diese veröffentlichung ist das ergebnis einer mehr als einjährigen engen zusammenarbeit zwischen den brüdern cortés, goldmund und the omega productions records. sie enthält die gesamte partitur auf 150 g vinyl, die sich in einem luxusgatter mit echtem chrom befindet, das von der kalten Ästhetik von pascal laugier abgeleitet ist. mit liner notes von willie cortés.

strut present the second volume in a series of compilations taken from the archives of disques debs international, the longest-running and most prolific label of the french caribbean.

first full-length ex confusion album in 5 years
• features collaboration with thomas meluch (benoit pioulard, orcas)
• limited edition 180gm grey vinyl

there is no elsewhere is haiku salut’s third album and sees the acclaimed trio from derbyshire continue their distinctive re-imagining of dreampop and rural electronica. influenced by the evocative film soundtracks of yann tiersen and benoît charest, the genre-melting electronica of early múm, and the impressionistic writing of haruki murakami, the band have previously released two critically acclaimed albums whilst last year they collaborated with public service broadcasting on the track “they gave me a lamp”, which featured on the psb’s top five album, every valley. yet it is this release that sees the band finally find their place, both musically and politically.