Darkdancer: Les Rythmes Digitales: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Dreamin'

2. Music Makes You Lose Control

3. Soft Machine

4. Hypnotise

5. (Hey You) What's That Sound

6. Take A Little Time

7. From: Disco To: Disco

8. Brothers

9. MDC Vendredi

10. Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)

11. About Funk

12. Sometimes

13. Damaged People

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If you're one of those lucky souls blessed with the gift of synesthesia, you may not feel so lucky when listening to this album. What you'll picture in your mind's eye when you hear Darkdancer is the worst music video you've ever seen: feather-haired folks in red leather jackets with a surfeit of diagonal zippers wandering through a landscape of fluorescent geometric shapes. At the climax, everything moves in slow motion. Welcome back to the '80s. Les Rhythmes Digitales, a.k.a. Jacques Lu Cont (an Englishman despite the name), digs that woebegone decade enough to make up for everyone else's lack of enthusiasm. On what is for all intents and purposes his debut, he's aimed his arsenal of vintage analog synths at your nostalgia and pleasure zones. The result is a smooth tour of Eurythmic bass lines, vocoderizations, and a guest appearance from Canadian big-in-the-U.K. '80s singer Nik Kershaw. Considering how gimmicky the conception is, it's a surprisingly amenable listen from start to finish, though only on the astonishing single "Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)" does he tweak his source material enough to make clear he's capable of keeping some distance from his silliest indulgences. --Jeff Salamon

Album Description

Every club-oriented stylistic speed-bump of the decade is right here, including the era of female dance-pop before Madonna. 13 tracks in all featuring 'Jaques Your Body', 'Sometimes' & '(Hey You) What's That Sound?'.

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4.3 out of 5 stars (23 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of a Kind, May 18 2004

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This review is from: Darkdancer (Audio CD)

I hated the 80's with a passion (See the Human Leauge for Further Details) However, this album is unbelievably amazing!!!Im a DJ and Im into electronica, Ive progressed through various stages, starting off with Fatboy Slim and ending up with Aphex Twin. Darkdancer is a very welcome addition to the collection, it is an example of what 80's music should have been. The synths are retro and the feeling generally upbeat. My favourite track has to be "Hypnotise", that 80's diso bassline sounds great out of a pair of 18inch subs!!! Forget anything else from the 80's, buy this album!!!

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4.0 out of 5 stars good cheese, Dec 30 2003

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this guy has done some nice 80s cheese worthy of that great decade, and hes only pretending to be french!

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5.0 out of 5 stars MERCY! MERCY!...STOP BEING FASHIONABLE!!, May 31 2003

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This is something terrific for bouncing....ALL OF THE TRACKS ARE UNIQUE AND WITH CERTAIN STYLE THAT GIVES YOU THE FEELING THAT YOU'RE A PICKY PERSON...FOR BUYING THIS ALBUM..

THE FIRST TRACK FOR INSTANCE..(DREAMIN')...IS JUST LIKE A FLASH BACK TO THE EARLY 80'S NEW WAVE...but with more sophisticated instruments ...so as (Takes a little time)....has it's own witty femenine vocals....
And not to forget...the perfect track that smashed all the French clubhouses in Paris...(From Disco to Disco)..

..THOSE PEOPLE ...got style and know what to do ....They're very fashionable...(Info: they dee-jayed the cat-walk show for the 2002 spring/summer collection for Italian designer house:VERSACE....)
...It is also very difficult to decide which genre this album represents....I know a lot of people who admire pop music...and they liked this one...so as a friend of mine who only listens to Solo & R&b...and loved this album too..

...This album is like a FIRST LESSON THAT TEACHES YOU HOW MUSIC GENRES CAN BE RELATED TO EACH OTHER...AND PRODUCE SOMETHING beautiful WHICH CAN'T BE DEVIDED AMONG A CERTAIN GENRE....

.... THIS ALBUM IS ABOUT ....MUSIC:WITHOUT HAVING DIVISIONS AND DROWNING IN THIS WORD'S MEANINGS AND ADJECTIVES...
PERFECTION IS CONTROLING....here...:)
Fans of (Daft Punk..Cassius..Madonna..Mirwais...Royksopp..Air and Massive Attack..) I recommend this....Only this for the entire year...
You won't get fed up of it...

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1.0 out of 5 stars Violent Nausea Alert
... this was horrible! I hate to be so opinionated, but it was like some haunting 80's nightmare. The fact that there are artists out there who glorify the pop/fake/sugary/neon... Read more

Published on Sep 25 2002 by Matt Carter

5.0 out of 5 stars 80s style, modern execution
Darkdancer is strong from start to finish with the small exception of "From: Disco to Disco." [Hey You] "What's that Sound" and "Jacques Your Body"... Read more

Published on Dec 8 2001 by Dom