Cassius are a French duo whose real names are Phillipe Zdar and Hubert Blanc-Francart. Together they have recorded as Boombass and La Funk Mob, releasing singles on the ultra-hip French label, Source. If your less cool friends haven't heard of 'em yet, you could name-drop these lot: Neneh Cherry, Björk, Daft Punk, Air and Depeche Mode; as they've done remixes for all of them. The French invasioncontinues... Boombass grew up on the west side of Paris. His father was a top Parisian record producer, so it was natural Hubert would want to follow in his footsteps. "I started making music when I was 13," he shrugs. "But it was crap. So I quit" He got a job as a teaboy at a recording studio. By 1991 he had become a producer, was known as Boombass, and was working on MC Solaar's first album. Philippe grew up in the Alps, where he still returns every year to ski ("but not snowboarding," he states emphatically.) he landed a job assisting Hubert's father and studied to become a studio engineer. He met Boombass in 1988. The pair were both obsessed with hip hop, disgracefully fashion conscious and both fascinated by cool American films. A ten year friendship was struck. Phillippe became Hubert's engineer and a couple of years later they were production partners. |
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