{"product_id":"cassius-1999-vinyl-2lp-cd","title":"Cassius: 1999 Vinyl 2LP+CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrench Touch classic from Parisian duo \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Philippe+Zdar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilippe Zdar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBoombass\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?\u0026amp;q=Cassius\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Ed%20Banger%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Cassius%22\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCassius\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e often gets overlooked in French house retrospectives, easily eclipsed by the work of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Daft+Punk\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaft Punk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. But while the pre-robotic duo were pushing their Junos through Boss Metal Zone pedals, Zdar (R.I.P.) and Boombass were busy crafting a cleaner, more sample-based sound that Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo would come to replicate a couple of years later on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/daft-punk-discovery-2lp\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiscovery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Cassius’s debut album \u003cem\u003e1999\u003c\/em\u003e is a timestamp of dance music in the final months before the new Millennium; a culmination of their downtempo-flavored early Mo Wax singles (they previously flew under the \u003cstrong\u003eLa Funk Mob\u003c\/strong\u003e guise) and Zdar's deep house background with \u003cstrong\u003eEtienne De Crécy\u003c\/strong\u003e as \u003cstrong\u003eMotorbass\u003c\/strong\u003e. Hit tracks like \"Feeling for You,\" \"Cassius 1999,\" and \"La Mouche\" take influence from 80s Chicago House and combine it with a choppy-funk sound that would characterize the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Ed+Banger\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEd Banger\u003c\/a\u003e artist roster throughout the aughts. 16 tracks on black double vinyl, with a bonus copy on CD.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edebut album from influential French Touch duo Philippe Zdar + Hubert Blanc-Francard (Boom Bass)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack double vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehoused in gatefold sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Because Music 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by SHH! 10\/2021\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Cassius","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl 2LP+CD","offer_id":39567293841498,"sku":"dm-5967","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/cassius-1999-blackvinyl-1.jpg?v=1762280879","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/cassius-1999-vinyl-2lp-cd","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}