Prototypes

Prototypes

Prototypes

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Product Description
Carsten Nicholai AKA Noto is German Electronic Music Composer who also Runs Raster Musik which Releasedthe 20 to 2000 Series.

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Prototypes
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Best of 2006
  • great band
  • 4 years of French in high school finally pays off
  • GREAT ALBUM FROM ONE OF FRANCE'S FINEST
 Prototypes
Prototypes
Manufacturer: Minty Fresh
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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RockRock | International | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000FFP06E
Release Date: 2006-06-06

Tracks:

  1. Danse Sur La Merde
  2. Gentleman
  3. Tir Aux Pigeons
  4. Je Ne Te Connais Pas
  5. Mcalement
  6. Un Brin De Fierte
  7. 06 60 92 92
  8. Fils De Bourge
  9. Who*S Gonna Sing ?
  10. Totale Paranoia
  11. Sexy
  12. Ici Ou Peut-re Demain
  13. Dis Moi
  14. Autonomie

Amazon.com

What's this: a mutant, synth-heavy, dance pop trio led by a hot new-wave chick who sings in French? Umm, it's a bit early for the electroclash revival, isn't it? Thankfully, it is way too early for that, and this Paris-based act's North American debut is unabashedly entertaining, closer to garage-rock from the future than Chicks on Speed. The songs on Prototypes, collected from their first two French releases, are fluffy but delicious pastries, heavily pumped up with keyboards that veer from '60s- to '80s-ish, and guitars that sound vaguely pop-punk on one song and folk-rock the next. Prototypes' members come from the respected acts Bubble Star and Bosco, and sassy, sexy singer Isabelle Le Doussal has earned her comparisons to Karen O and Blondie. This is exactly what CSS, Hot Chip, and Phoenix should sound like. It's Stereo Total meets a French Huggy Bear, and they're either recording their own soundtrack to Liquid Sky, or a tribute to Plastic Betrand. How do you say "hooray" in French? --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

The infectious music of France's Prototypes is a skillful balance of large guitars and beautiful dance-floor beats that play homage to French new wave and the snotty dance rock of the 21st century. With sonic comparisons to Stereo Total, Elastica, and Les Rita Mitsouko, Prototypes hands you a cigarette, buys you a shot of absinthe, and leads you by the hand to the dance floor. Welcome to the party.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best of 2006.......2007-05-14

The great thing is, this band CAN'T break big in the U.S. due to the French vocals. All the Bill O'Reilly-type francophobes notwithstanding, Americans just can't deal with foreign languages. All the better, IMHO. Listen to the album, and pass it along to your friends like a good joint. The Prototypes will be our own private stash.

5 out of 5 stars great band.......2006-11-03

i bought this cd almost 2 months ago and i'm STILL listening to it! my favorites:

tir aux pigeons
gentleman
who's gonna sing
danse sur la merde

but the whole album is great!

5 out of 5 stars 4 years of French in high school finally pays off.......2006-08-01

Imagine if Plastic Bertrand had a female singer and wrote 10 songs as good as Ca Plane Pour Moi, and put them all on one album. Each song is treasure for your listening pleasure, even if you cannot parle Francais.

Prototypes, like Le Tigre, Devo and the B-52's, make music powered with electronics that truely rocks. Only the best ideas from 80's pop-rock.

Every song rocks, every song is tight, every song is brilliant. A perfect album.

5 out of 5 stars GREAT ALBUM FROM ONE OF FRANCE'S FINEST.......2006-06-07

I read a review about this album on a blog site and after downloading the free mp3 at the minty fresh web site, thought I would give the album a chance. WOW! I WAS BLOWN AWAY! It reminds me of M.I.A. meets Fantastic Plastic Machine and YEAH YEAH YEAHS. Its all in French, but don't let that scare you. IT IS ONE KICKER OF AN ALBUM! I LOVED EVERY SONG! CHECK IT OUT!
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    Prototypes
    Manufacturer: Umvd Import
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000BUCVMY
    Release Date: 2006-02-06

    Tracks:

    1. Tir aux Pigeons
    2. Mutants Matiques
    3. Gentleman
    4. Brin de Fiert
    5. Who's Gonna Sing?
    6. Chaises Musicales
    7. Dis-Moi
    8. Exister
    9. Sexy
    10. Autonomie
    11. Boxe

    Album Details

    The Second Studio Album from French Pop Group Marks a Sea Change of Direction for the Group that Debuted in 2004 with a Manic Electropunk Sound. This Outing Finds them Employing Acoustic Guitars, Harmonicas and Organ Fills and More of a Folk Groove, with More Developed Songs that Are Still as Danceable as Ever. With the Addition of Isabel Le Doussal (As "Bubble Star") on Vocals, the Original Duo of Stephane Bodin and Bosco Are Now Writing Material to Expand the Horizons of the Group.
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      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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        Manufacturer: Bmg/Low Spirit
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B0007Y9JMY
        Prototypes
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          		Prototypes
          Prototypes
          Manufacturer: Indie
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B000NIVN1O
          Release Date: 2007-04-16
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            Manufacturer: Ashley Holt
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B000CA7OQ6
            Release Date: 2004-11-30
            Tout le Monde Cherche Quelque Chose
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • a refreshing new band from France
            		 Tout le Monde Cherche Quelque Chose
            Prototypes
            Manufacturer: Barclay
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B0001M09SA
            Release Date: 2004-05-04

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            1. Je Ne Te Connais Pas
            2. Dder
            3. Danse Sur la Merde
            4. Oreilles Qui Saignent
            5. Mcalement
            6. Gars Fragile
            7. Ici Ou Peut Etre Demain
            8. Bain de Soleil
            9. Fils de Bourge
            10. 06 60 92 92
            11. Totale Paranoia

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars a refreshing new band from France.......2004-07-11

            First , it is a french group but i think the good fresh rock song of this band can please of a large public. The band have lyrics like hip hop bands but with a touch
            of french class in plus. If you understand french you will smiling often because they said things that you and me often think but never be willing to say. Musicaly it between punk rock and hip hop with a lot of tint from other genre. A very fascinating CD.
            Prototypes
            Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
            • to err is musical
            • electricity!
            		 Prototypes
            Alva Noto
            Manufacturer: Efa Imports
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B00004R8QN
            Release Date: 2000-03-28

            Tracks:

            1. Prototypes 1
            2. Prototypes 2
            3. Prototypes 3
            4. Prototypes 4
            5. Prototypes 5
            6. Prototypes 6
            7. Prototypes 7
            8. Prototypes 8
            9. Prototypes 9
            10. Prototypes 10

            Album Details

            Carsten Nicholai AKA Noto is German Electronic Music Composer who also Runs Raster Musik which Releasedthe 20 to 2000 Series.

            Customer Reviews:

            4 out of 5 stars to err is musical.......2000-06-07

            Carsten Nicolai has returned from the ultra-austerity of his Noto releases with the variant Alva Noto. Prototypes is easily the most accessible thing he's recorded, but that's not saying much. What it does say is that he's come back from the outer limits of sound treatments and DSP gadgetry to create a strangely musical hybrid of fuzzy pops, clicks, chimes and blips which is less like an album of songs and more a series of meditations on technology.

            It is notable that Nicolai was one of the first to really exploit the possibilities of minimal electronic glitches. His work with Mika Vainio as well as his solo work has continually challenged conventions of what is and what is not musical or artful. In light of the burgeoning "clicks_+_cuts" phenomenon, this Alva Noto release is less of a bandwagon-jumper and more of a veteran stepping up to the challenge once more.

            5 out of 5 stars electricity!.......2000-05-25

            german artist and sound sculptor carsten nicolai aka alva noto takes the nowadays fashionable term "minimalism" seriously.in using very limited sets of (electric) sounds/noises (including silence)and by conbining,developping and modifying them he creates spacial textures und colors of astonishing beauty.no one truly interested in elecronic music should miss this.

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