More Gemini = more genius.

As I said here in french a few weeks ago, Relief-era Gemini is definitely one of American dance music's unsung heroes. Between 1994 and 1997, Spencer Kincy (his real name) was developing a risky, slippy, druggy sound than most of his Chicago contemporaries never even got close to. A dysfunctional and freaky way of making things groove, perhaps due to poor technical means and skills, but which sounds completely astonishing today, among this very controlled and mastered environment that electronic music became.

A few more examples of Gemini's genius :

Gemini - Festival (1994)

Hectic and dangerously dumb grooves here. Punishing drum programmation. Machinic psychedelia at its best, focused on data overload and absurdist construction. Yet, this works so well I can't actually believe it.

Gemini – Blast Me (1995)


This must be one of those proto-minimal techno tracks! Very cold and abstract stuff overall, more a of a DJ tool than a real banger, but it still has this typical Gemini fucked up vibe.

Gemini – Floating (1994)

This tracks is like Relief Gemini in a nutshell : disturbed and disturbing, fed by multiples voices and energies, pounding yet kind of lost. Fascinating stuff.

Gemini – A Moment of Insanity (1995)



This track is mental, simultaneously reminiscent of Thomas Bangalter's Roulé Boulé and What To Do (from everyone's favorite house music record ever Trax On Da Rocks Vol 1). Percussive craziness! And a little too monstrous for just comfortably fitting in the "tool" category. Released on Carl Craig's Planet E label.


And finally here's a double bonus : a very nice two-part Gemini mix in Bonn, ex-Western Germany's capital, back in may '95. Classics, soulful tracks, jazzy tracks, tracky tracks, that's what you could call a tour de force. I remember seeing him spin in Paris in the late 90s : his selection was mostly British dubby bouncy house (like he did himself at that time, when he worked with Classic), but he also played a few garage tunes every now and then, singing the melody to himself, eyes closed, sporting this almost frightening beard. Great memory.

Gemini - Live in Bonn part 1
Gemini - Live in Bonn part 2

13 octobre, demain soir : Dirk Leyers + Mikhail (GetThe Curse)

WRCP demain soir sur Campus Paris 93,9fm et en streaming:

22h : Dirk Leyers, connu entre autres pour avoir été la moitié de Closer Musik avec Matias Aguayo, devenu depuis un producteur rare et précieux, pratiquant d'une deep house moderniste, sensuelle et raffinée.



23h : l'unique et tropical Mikhail, jeune DJ résident du WRCP Show, qui a récemment joué au Paris Paris, à la Flèche d'Or, au Triptyque. Adepte d'un son electro/minimal (deux termes qui, je sais, ne signifient rapidement pas grand chose) sexy et malsain (deux adjectifs qui, eux, ont en revanche un sens bien déterminé), tantôt sombre, tantôt extatique, c'est un gars qui promet d'aller loin. Il est par ailleurs rédacteur du suractif site getthecurse et risque également de finir légende du web 2.0 français.

Donc on résume : bonne deep house bien début de soirée à base de regards sereinement coquins, parfois ambigus, puis ensuite ça se durcit sans pour autant la jouer ouvertement queutard (ce qui aurait certainement pu être le cas si j'avais recruté en résidence l'infâme Clems, collègue de Mikhail chez GTC). Bonne éclate par avance.

Semaine prochaine : Volta!!! Avec Koyote & Goon, qui sortent bientôt leur merveilleux maxi sur Disques Primeur.