Cornelius - Fantasma (1997)

WHAT i THiNK
This is one of those albums that i've had for years and never really listen to. I don't know why though 'cause every time i play it i love it. Maybe it's one of those "it's too good i don't want to spoil it" albums. Anyway, Cornelius is really cool. He's done all this stuff like when he plays live, he plays to a backing track that only he can hear, however he tells people to bring radios to the gig and they can tune into a certain channel and pick up the backing track aswell and you get a strange surround sound thing. Recently a few of his tracks have appeared on the telly in adverts.
It's just nice pop music, although he uses some "arty" sounds, so you could say, "it's an aquired taste".

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Oui Oui - Chacun tout le Monde (1989)

WHAT i THiNK
Oui Oui formed in the early 1980's when guitarist and singer Étienne Charry and drummer Michel Gondry met at art school. Their first album however was not released until 1989, and the music is a reaction against the political post-punk, or "cold-wave" as they called it in France, bands of the era. They tried to create music that would be fun, enjoyable and certainly not political.
As they are from France the lyrics are in french (duh), but that doesn't really matter, the music is great. So are their music videos, which can be seen on Michel Gondrys DVD.
Other work by Michel Gondry includes; that White Stripes video made with Lego, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep and Be Kind Rewind.

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