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When Belgian musicians Dan Lacksman and Marc Moulin first joined forces as Telex in the late 1970s, the goal, Lacksman said last year, âwas to do something not serious,â like taking a well-known French song and make it as slow as possible. It was Moulin who suggested couching their hijinks in synth popâs minimalism.
Lacksman already had ample experience making slight and silly music with modular synthesizers. Recording with his EMS VCS 3 as the Electronic System, he scored a European hit with âCoconut,â a jaunty, bleep-heavy novelty in the mode of Gershon Kingsleyâs âPopcorn.â With the royalties from that single, Lacksman bought a Moog moduleâMoulin already had his own MiniMoogâthat became the central instrument on a series of albums that further blurred the lines between bubblegum pop and disco.
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Christian Eede
, January 22nd, 2021 03:01
The Belgian synthpop trio s back catalogue will first be highlighted with compilation This Is Telex
Mute is embarking on a series of reissues of classic works by Telex.
The series gets underway in April with the release of
This Is Telex, a 14-track retrospective compilation highlighting a number of the Belgian trio s singles, from 1978 debut Twist À Saint Tropez through to their final album, 2006 s
How Do You Dance? Tracks on the compilation have been newly mixed and remastered from the original tapes by band members Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers.
Also featured are two recently discovered and unreleased tracks by the trio – their take on The Beatles Dear Prudence and Sonny & Cher s The Beat Goes On – as well as their writing collaboration with Sparks and cover of the Sparks hit The Number One Song In Heaven . You can watch a new video for one of their biggest hits, 1979 s Moskow Diskow , which is also included on