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Gonzales turns Housse de Racket’s “Synthétiseur” into a “Broadway/epic-the-world-is-mine” sounding tune. Love the guitar solo at the end – reminds me something Queen would do. When is the Gonzales cover/re-working of Erol Alkan & Boys Noize’s “Waves” coming out? Housse de Racket will be opening for Does It Offend You, Yeah? in the UK next week.

Housse de Racket “Synthétiseur” EP out 10.26.2009 on 50 Bones

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Housse de Racket – Synthétiseur (Gonzales Rework)

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Download: Housse de Racket – Side A: Funky

Side A: Funky mixtape tracklisting

The Jacksons-Destiny
Salsoul Orchestra-Getaway
Earth Wind & Fire-Jupiter
Prince-Head
Takling Heads-Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Carly Simon-Why (Vocal 12)
Pony Hoax-The Bird Is On Fire
Mr Oizo-Sucer Danser
Flairs-Truckers Delight
Barry White-Mellow Mood (part II)

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Housse De Racket – Synthetiseur (Van She Remix)

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Housse De Racket – SYNTHETISEUR (Housse De Racket Remix)

Victor & Pierre of Housse de Racket were kind enough to answer a few questions of mine to shed some light on the epic pop rock that they create. Find out how they are connected to Air, Phoenix, Gonzales & Sebastien Tellier. Great guys and hope to see them on American soil sometime soon.

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Housse De Racket – Oh Yeah! (25 Hours A Day Remix)
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Asian Dan Interview: Housse de Racket

1. Who is Housse de Racket? How would you describe your music?

We’re two guys who grew up in suburb of Paris, city of lights. We met when were teenagers at music school. Victor was wearing a Pearl Jam tee shirt and Pierre loved it.

We play stadium music in very small rooms.

2. What are your influences, musical or otherwise?

We love black music especially Stevie Wonder, Prince and (of course) Michael Jackson… but we cannot sing like them so we play very loud with huge distorsion on the guitar and a double kick drum.

3. The French Music scene is at quite a peak now, where do you see it going and are you guys going along for the ride?

We started playing music when Daft Punk, Air or even Phoenix started to raise. We considered them as (hidden) older brothers… So, it has always been part of our vision of the french music.
Now, Justice, Yelle, The Teenagers, Soko prove that something still happens in France.

We sing in french so we’re different from these bands. The past few months we realize that it’s not a problem anymore… We recently signed with a big english booking agency (Primary Talent) and we plan to play worldwide !

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I was very impressed when I heard this track, “Synthétiseur” off of Housse de Racket’salbum Forty One. It is a mixture of Phoenix’s rock soundwith some of Sebastien Tellier and Midnight Juggernauts synth pop sound.

Housse de Racket – 2.11.2009 L’Ancienne Belgique w/ Sebastien Tellier – Bruxelles

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Housse de Racket – Synthétiseur

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Housse de Racket are a French pop rock duo in the vain of Phoenix meets the whole new Ivy Indie scene of Chester French (Harvard), Vampire Weekend (Columbia) & Hey Champ (Princeton). They are opening for a few Jamie Lidell dates in Europe. Gonzales remixed their single “Oh Yeah” turning it into a track that sounds like a soulful Daft Punk’s “Teachers”.

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Housse de Racket – Oh Yeah (Gonzales Remix)

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Housse de Racket – Oh Yeah (TEPR Remix)

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Check out their music video for “Oh Yeah”
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