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1999
Two of the most revered producers and remixers of the French Invasion, Phillipe Zdar and Hubert Blanc-Francard more than have the skills to toss off crates of jiggy dance product if they so desired. But on their debut as Cassius, they've created something very different, a seamlessly postironic piece of abstract hip-house that's so off-kilter and fun, it feels subversive. Subtle gospel samples and a bluesy '30s trumpet bring on the opener, "Cassius 1999," then flip it into a flashy Latin electro super-digitale, and it's a good clue to where this whole thing wants to go. Thus we find plus-sized freestyle bass lines blithely slung under the vit-vit of old-school acid or a hard-house shuffle invaded both by toony synth arpeggios and liquid cobalt washes à la Richard James. Somehow, Cassius make it all cook. 1999 more than lives up to its unreasonable advance hype--a gorgeous and surprisingly restrained showcase for two visionaires. --Steve Lafreniere
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Tracks| 1 | Cassius 1999 | | 2 | Feeling For You | | 3 | Crazy Legs | | 4 | La Mouche | | 5 | Chase | | 6 | Foxxy | | 7 | Planetz | | 8 | Hey Babe | | 9 | Mister Eveready | | 10 | Nulife | | 11 | Interlude | | 12 | Somebody | | 13 | Club Soixante Quinze | | 14 | Supa Crush | | 15 | Invisible | | 16 | Cassius 99 Remix (Radio Edit) |
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