cassius

Rights: World excluding France Packaging: 2 x 140 grs Black Vinyl, 5mm spine sleeve, 30c3x30cm 2 page insert (liner notes), marketing frontsticker KEY POINTS / PRODUCT DESCRIPTION "1999 DJ TOOL" : "Cassius 199", " La Mouche ", "Feeling For You" and other classics tracks as never heard before. Unreleased double vinyl album featuring 8 exclusive extended versions of the most iconic tracks from the album 1999, and a short story-liner notes by Boombass. "1999 DJ Tool" , never released before - only sent to some VIP 25 years ago as a promo vinyl boxset while the "1999 "album was released. TRACKLISTING Disc 1 A1 Cassius 1999 (DJ Tool) - 08:26 A2 Feeling For You (DJ Tool) - 07:11 B1 La Mouche (DJ Tool) - 10:20 B2 Supa Crush (DJ Tool) - 06:57 Disc 2 C1 Foxxy (DJ Tool) - 07:19 C2 Somebody (DJ Tool) - 08:18 D1 Hey Babe (DJ Tool) - 06:47 D2 Nulife(DJ Tool) - 09:06 LINER NOTES BY BOOM BASS A FIRST ALBUM AFTER SIGNING THE CONTRACT TO RELEASE OUR DEBUT ALBUM, WE WERE SUDDENLY INUNDATED WITH AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF TASKS. TOWARD THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY,MUSIC PRODUCTION WAS STILL A HEAVILY INDUSTRIAL PROCESS. FACTORIES MANUFACTURED CDS, VINYL RECORDS, AND EVEN AUDIO CASSETTES, WHICH WERE THEN SHIPPED BY TRUCK TO WAREHOUSES BELONGING TO VARIOUS FRENCH MAJOR LABELS. DEDICATED TEAMS BRAINSTOR-MED IDEAS, DEVISED STRATEGIES, AND ORCHESTRATED PLANS TO DISTRIBUTE THESE RECORDS TO SPECIALIZED STORES. AT THE TIME, RADIO, TELEVISION, AND THE PRESS HELD THE KEYS TO SUCCESS. WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, REACHING THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OR EVEN A NICHEA UDIENCE, WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.OUR FIRST ALBUM AS CASSIUS, SLATED FOR RELEASE IN JANUARY 1999, SPARKED GENUINE EXCITEMENT WITHIN THE VIRGIN RECORDS TEAM. AS A FORMER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, I KNEW THIS LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM WAS RARE. FOR PHILIPPE AND ME, STEPPING INTO THE SPOTLIGHT WAS A COMPLETELY NEW EXPERIENCE. AFTER YEARS OF WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES FOR OTHERS,FOCUSED AND IMMERSED IN THE STUDIO, WE WERE NOW AT THE FOREFRONT, ENTIRELY INCONTROL. THIS SHIFT BROUGHT A WHIRLWIND OF EMOTIONS: AMBITION FUELED OUR FEARS,AND CREATIVE CHAOS OFTEN BLURRED OUR JUDGMENT ABOUT WHEN TO STOP REFINING OURWORK.NAVIGATING DECISIONS AS A DUO, WE QUICKLY DISCOVERED THE COMPLEXITIES OF PARTNERSHIP AND PRODUCTION. WITHOUT MANAGEMENT, WHOSE CRITICAL ROLE IS OFTEN TO SHIELD ARTISTS FROM THEIR OWN TENDENCIES, WE OCCASIONALLY STRUGGLED TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES. YET, EXCITEMENT AND SHEER JOY ULTIMATELY PREVAILED, AND WE THREW OURSELVES WHOLE HEARTEDLY INTO THE ADVENTURE. AS POSITIVE FEEDBACK ROLLED IN FROM SUBSIDIARIES, MARKETING BUDGETS EXPANDED, AND THE ALBUM'S RELEASE STRATEGY SKYROCKETED TO NEW HEIGHTS. DAFT PUNK'S GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM HOMEWORK HAD JUST OPENED THE DOOR FOR FRENCH ELECTRONIC MUSIC TO REACH GLOBAL AUDIENCES. FOR ARTISTS ROOTED IN DJ CULTURE,THIS WAS A TURNING POINT. FRENCH ACTS WERE FINALLY BEING INVITED TO PLAY AT BURGEONING FESTIVALS AND ICONIC CLUBS. THE BRITISH AUDIENCE WAS THE FIRST TO EMBRACE US, AND WEEKEND AFTER WEEKEND, WE TOURED THE UK. INSPIRED BY THOSE NIGHTS BEHIND THE DECKS, WE SUGGESTED RELEASING A VINYL FEATURING EXTENDED VERSIONS OF TRACKS FROM 1999. DESIGNED AS A PROMOTIONAL DJ TOOL, IT CELEBRATED EXPANSIVE, LONG-FORM TRACKS REMINISCENT OF THE ONES WE LOVED TO PLAY, AN HOMAGE TO OUR EARLY EXPERIMENTS WITH NDLESS LOOPS, LIKE DINAPOLY FROM 1996. THE VINYL WAS PRESSED IN AN EXTREMELY PROMO LIMITED SERIES, ECHOING OUR EARLY MAXI-SINGLES AND THE RARE RECORDS WE USED TO HUNT FOR AS COLLECTORS. FOR FANS, IT WAS A CHANCE TO OWN SOMETHING TRULY UNIQUE; FOR US, IT WAS A FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO RE-EXPLORE THEA LBUM'S MUSIC.PRODUCED IN THE STYLE OF LA FUNK MOB'S EP, WITH THE TWO OF US IN A RECORDING BOOTH SURROUNDED BY FLOPPY-DISK MACHINES AND TWO OR THREE SYNTHS, THE ALBUM'S SONGS WERE STRUCTURED AND MIXED DIRECTLY IN STEREO ON A DAT (DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE). MOST TRACKS, ORIGINALLY VERY LONG, WERE EDITED INTO A COHERENT, HOUR-LONG LISTENING EXPERIENCE. THE DJ TOOL WAS ASSEMBLED FROM THOSE ORIGINAL MIXES, AS A FINAL, FREE WHEELING VARIATION OF OUR THREE WEEKS OF FUN IN THE STUDIO.HOLDING THAT VINYL TODAY BRINGS BACK VIVID MEMORIES OF THOSE EARLY TRAVELS, THE NIGHTCLUBS AT THE CUSP OF TRANSFORMATION, THE CROWDS GETTING YOUNGER AT NEW PARTIES, AND THE VINYL RECORDS THAT WERE JUST STARTING TO FADE FROM DJ BOOTHS. I ALSO RECALL BEING 32 YEARS OLD, NAVIGATING THIS EVOLVING WORLD. NOW, AS I PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING CASSIUS CLUB TOUR, I'M STRUCK BY HOW CLOSELY IT MIRRORS THE ERA OF THE DJ TOOL RELEASE. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, I FEEL INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO STILL BE DOING THIS. IN THE STUDIO, PHILIPPE ONCE SHOUTED, "CASSIUS IN THE HOUSE !" INTO MY EAR. TODAY, I FEEL LIKE TELLING HIM, "I'M GOING BACK TO OUR ROOTS."BOOMBASS. '199 DJ TOOL", 2025 UNRELEASED ALBUM BY CASSIUS FEATURING 8 EXCLUSIVE EXTENDED VERSIONS OF THE MOST ICONIC TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM 1999 AND THIS EXCLUSIVE SHORT STORY BY BOOMBASS.

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Rights: World excl. FR , UK & US Packaging: 2 x 140 Grs Black Vinyl, Gatefold sleeve with UV gloss finish, 2x white paper inner sleeve, oversized 2 panton sticker direct upon frontcover. SHORT BIOG "Best of 1996-2019" , the very first Cassius Best Of. " Cassius , one of the seminal & most exciting French Touch pioneers. " 20 track / 2LP Black gatefold sleeve with liner notes by Hubert 'Boombass" Blanc-Francard about the story of Cassius and in memory of Philippe" Zdar"Cerboneschi. " Covering all classics of all albums : from Cassius 1999 - I < 3 U So - Feeling For You - Toop Toop to Go Up & The Sound Of Violence & Don't Let Me be. " Including some Boombass's favourites with some rarities. TRACKLISTING Side A 1. Cassius 1999 2. Feeling For You 3. La Mouche 4. The Sound Of Violence (Radio Edit) 5. I'm A Woman Side B 1. Toop Toop 2. See Me Now 3. Rock Number One 4. Go Up (feat. Cat Power & Pharrell Williams) 5. The Missing (feat. Ryan Tedder & JAW) Side C 1. Action (feat. Cat Power & Mike D) (Edit version) 2. I <3 U SO 3. Brotherhood 4. Don't Let Me Be (feat. Owlle) 5. Calliope Side D 1. Fame 2. Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes 3. Ibifornia (Myd Remix) (Edit version) 4. Cause oui! (feat. Mike D) 5. Dinapoly

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Rights for World excl. France, Special Remarks: jewel box with a 12-page stapled booklet Tracklist CD 1. Toop Toop 2. Rock Number One 3. This Song 4. 15 Again 5. All I Want 6. Eye Water 7. See Me Now 8. A Mile From Here 9. Jackrock 10. Cactus 11. La Notte 12. Cria Cuervos Short info: What if we took you back to your untroubled teenage days, when all seemed complicated and easy to reach at the same time? That is exactly what Cassius managed to transpose in 15 Again: a carefree music, coloured by some deep songs; like an emancipated soul, but always tormented. The hit "Toop Toop", sampled by Madonna or David Guetta, among others, and the intense "La Notte" illustrate perfectly this state of mind of the youth. Pharrell Williams is present on the song "Eye Water", a beautiful ode to our planet and its natural resources, and Cassius has got further exciting surprises for you. We're releasing their third album once again.

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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Rights for World excl. France, Special Remarks: jewel box with a 10-page rolled booklet Tracklist CD 1. Hi Water 8. Protection 2. The Sound Of Violence 9. Till We Got You And Me 3. Under Influence 10. 20 Years (How Do You See Me Now) 4. Room Tone 11. Nothing 5. Thrilla 12. Barocco 6. Telephone Love 13. On 7. I'm A Woman 14. Au Rêve Short info: After their first (very) successful album, Cassius decided not to rely on their natural ability to make us dance to their groovy basslines, and came back with a daring project: integrate some mostly African-American influenced singings in their compositions to give electronic music a new dimension. Don't worry, the catchy-rythmic sound of Cassius is still here. You might recognise the voice of Ghostface Killah, one of Wu Tang Clan's members that delivers a punchy performance on the upbeat tempo track "Thrilla", as well as Steve Edwards, the house music singer who sang with Swedish producer Axwell, and who's also known for having lent his voice to Bob Sinclar on the famous "World, hold On". We're releasing the album once more, so that you can get back into the fabulous swing of Cassius.

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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Special Remarks: CD - Territory : World Ex France Special Remarks: jewel box with an 8-page rolled booklet Tracklist CD 1. Cassius 1999 9. Mister Eveready 2. Feeling For You 10. Nulife 3. Crazy Legs 11. Interlude 4. La Mouche 12. Somebody 5. Chase 13. Club Soixante Quinze 6. Foxxy 14. Supa Crush 7. Planetz 15. Invisible 8. Hey Babe 16. Cassius 1999 (Remix-Radio Edit) Short info: 1999…after the global supremacy of Oasis and Blur, the world is looking for some musical freshness. Some artists such as Daft Punk and Air have already contributed to globally popularise what the English called the "French Touch", a new term that refers to a large musical French movement. The first album of Cassius is one of the key pieces of this growing genre, and demonstrates once again the variety of the trend. Indeed, after have cooperated for a long time with MC Solaar, one of France's 90's best rappers, the hip-hop influence of both Cassius members had to have an impact on their personal concept, and it did seduce a lot of listeners hungry for new musical flavours: more than 250 000 units sold worldwide and numerous unconditional fans.

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DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Special Remarks: Double LP +CD - Territory : Export Only! Tracklist LP: A1. The Missing / A2. Love Parade / A3. Action B1. Go Up / B2. Ibifornia C1. Hey You! / C2. Feel Like Me / C3. Blue Jean Smile D1. The Sound Of Love / D2. Ponce The CD included in the LP features the same 10 tracks in the same order Short info: Ibifornia, the new album of Cassius, will be released the 26th August. Once again, The French duet composed of Zdar & Boombass has managed to gather the crème de la crème on its project. "Ibi" for Ibiza and "fornia" for California, or the perfect cocktail between the fervor of the Spanish Island's dancefloors and the incredible freshness of the Californian mentality. Pharell Williams is present on the album, as well as a totally transformed Cat Power. The great Mike D (Beastie Boys), and the over-playful guitarist Matthieu Chedid, are also some of the prestigious names we can mention. The singles "Ibifornia", "Go Up", "Action" and "The Missing" are already available as well as the EP of remixes "Action", that have given us many good reasons to wait for the upcoming opus. Once you'll have had the time to adopt those songs as your new summer anthems, Cassius will give you a taste of what your Indian summer can sound like…so rendez-vous the 26th August!

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Germany
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Special Remarks: 6 Track LP +CD - Territory : World Ex France Tracklist Vinyl: A1. Brotherhood A2. Les Enfants A3. The No No's B1. Shark Simple B2. I <3 U So B3. Arcadine The CD included in the LP features the 6 tracks in the same order Short info: The Rawkers EP…more than 10 years after the release of Cassius' first album, the duet comes out with a 6 tracks project that mustn't have left a lot of people who've listened to it indifferent. Well, if there are two people who appreciated the EP, it is Jay-Z & Kanye West, aka The Throne, who sampled the famous "I <3 USo" on their track "Why I Love You", turning it into an absolute popular anthem. If the former album of the band was a tribute to adolescence, here it is more about the earliest days of ours, as the song "Les Enfants" (Children) depicts it. To such an extent that The Rawkers EP sounds like a gigantic playground, full of joy and happiness. We're glad to repress this record and to give you an opportunity to escape through this enchanting opus, before Cassius' new album is released.

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WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Special Remarks: Double LP +CD - Territory : World Ex France TracklistVinyl: A1. Hi Water / A2. The Sound Of Violence (feat. Steve Edwards) / A3.Under Influence (feat. Leroy Burgess) B1. Room Tone / B2.Thrilla (feat. GhostfaceKillah)/ B3.Telephone Love / B4.I'm A Woman (feat. Jocelyn Brown) C1. Protection (feat. Gladys Gambie)/ C2.Till We Got You And Me (feat. Leroy Burgess) / C3.20 Years (How Do You See Me Now) / C4.Nothing D1. Barocco / D2.On/ D3. Au Rêve The CD included in the LP features the 14 tracks in the same order Short info: After their first (very) successful album, Cassius decided not to rely on their natural ability to make us dance to their groovy basslines, and came back with a daring project: integrate some mostly African-American influenced singings in their compositions to give electronic music a new dimension.Don't worry,the catchy-rythmic sound of Cassius is still here. You might recognise the voice of GhostfaceKillah, one of Wu Tang Clan's members that delivers a punchy performance on the upbeat tempo track "Thrilla", as well as Steve Edwards, the house music singer who sang with Swedish producer Axwell, and who's also known for having lent his voice to Bob Sinclar on the famous "World, hold On". We're releasing the album once more, so that you can get back into the fabulous swing of Cassius.

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WAS - Word and Sound Medien GmbH
Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
Contact: gpsr@wordandsound.net

Special Remarks: Double LP Gatefold +CD - Territory : World Ex France Tracklist Vinyl: A1. Cassius 1999 / A2. Feeling For You / A3. Crazy Legs / A4. La Mouche B1. Chase / B2. Foxxy / B3. Planetz / B4. Hey Babe C1. Mister Eveready / C2. Nulife / C3. Interlude / C4. Somebody D1. Club Soixante Quinze / D2. Supa Crush / D3. Invisible / D4. Cassius 1999 Remix The CD included in the LP features the 16 tracks in the same order Short info: 1999…after the global supremacy of Oasis and Blur, the world is looking for some musical freshness. Some artists such as Daft Punk and Air have already contributed to globally popularise what the English called the "French Touch", a new term that refers to a large musical French movement. The first album of Cassius is one of the key pieces of this growing genre, and demonstrates once again the variety of the trend. Indeed, after have cooperated for a long time with MC Solaar, one of France's 90's best rappers, the hip-hop influence of both Cassius members had to have an impact on their personal concept, and it did seduce a lot of listeners hungry for new musical flavours: more than 250 000 units sold worldwide and numerous unconditional fans…Before the release of their new album Ibifornia coming out this summer, we're taking you back to basics with a new release of Cassius' first album, for the ones who didn't have the opportunity to hear it, or for those who only have the CD, and would like to get themselves the vinyl edition !

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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Special Remarks: Double LP +CD - Territory : World Ex France Tracklist Vinyl: A1. Toop Toop / A2. Rock Number One / A3. This Song B1. 15 Again / B2. All I Want / B3. Eye Water (feat. Pharrell Williams) C1. See Me Now / C2. A Mile From Here / C3. Jackrock D1. Cactus / D2. La Notte / D3. Cria Cuervos The CD included in the LP features the 12 tracks in the same order Short info: What if we took you back to your untroubled teenage days, when all seemed complicated and easy to reach at the same time? That is exactly what Cassius managed to transpose in 15 Again: a carefree music, coloured by some deep songs; like an emancipated soul, but always tormented. The hit "Toop Toop", sampled by Madonna or David Guetta, among others, and the intense "La Notte" illustrate perfectly this state of mind of the youth. Pharrell Williams is present on the song "Eye Water", a beautiful ode to our planet and its natural resources, and Cassius has got further exciting surprises for you. We're releasing their third album once again for this summer, a real shot of freshness to relieve you from the heat!

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Liebigstrasse 2-20
DE - 22113 Hamburg
Germany
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Tracklist EP: A. Action XXL feat. Cat Power & Pharell Williams B1. Action (Johnny Aux Remix) B2. Action (Jesse Rose & Junior Sanchez Midnight Snacks Remix) Ibifornia, the new album of Cassius, will be released the 24th June. The French duet composed of Zdar & Boombass is back with its filth album. Take a piece of Ibiza ("Ibi") and another one of California ("fornia"), and you'll get all what you need to dance and dream beneath the sun of Ibifornia. For this new record, the 2 acolytes have once again managed to surround themselves with talented artists such as their old partner in crime, Pharell Williams, a totally transformed Cat Power, the great Mike D (Beastie Boys), and the over-playful guitarist Matthieu Chedid, among other names. "Action", the first single that features Pharell Williams and Cat Power will be out in EP vinyl as a first teasing support, one month before the release of the album. It features as an exclusiveness the long version of the song "Action", and 2 remixes that have already taken us elsewhere, as we're getting ready for the next sound jetlag…rendez-vous at Ibifornia's!

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Germany
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Rexcord Store Day Product, Limited to 350 , RSD 2016 Release - Territory : WORLD EXCLUDING FR, UK Special remarks : 2x12'' in sleeve with gold hot print and printed inner-sleeves Tracklist : A. Action feat. Cat Power & Mike D B. Action feat. Cat Power & Mike D (Lagos Dub) C1. Action feat. Cat Power & Mike D (Johnny Aux Remix) C2. Action feat. Cat Power & Mike D (DJ Haus & Rushmore Remix) D1. Action feat. Cat Power & Mike D (Jesse Rose & Junior Sanchez Remix) D2. Action feat. Cat Power & Mike D (Norman Bay Nassau Rework) Short info: Exclusively for the Record Store Day, the first single "Action" from the upcoming album releases as a double 12'' edition. It features remixes that won't be published in any other form. A delicious foretaste before the main course…

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Rexcord Store Day Product, Limited RSD 2016 Release - Territory : WORLD EXCLUDING FR Special remarks: 2x12'' in printed sleeve Tracklist: A1. 99 A2. Feeling For You B1. La Mouche (DJ Falcon & Harry Choochoo Mix) B2. The Sound of Violence (Narcotic Thrust Mix) C1. The Sound of Violence (Reggae Rock Mix) C2. Toop Toop D1. I'm A Woman Dub D2. Jackrock Short info: For the first time, the essential and cult classics & remixes of Cassius gathered in a double 12'' maxi edition! Consider it as an 8 singles anthology before the new Cassius album release on June 24th. A masterpiece for every French Touch fan's enjoyment.

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Legendary French duo Cassius (AKA Zdar and Boom Bass) released their first Ed Banger offering last year, in the form of the Rawkers EP. Taken from the EP was the mighty I <3 U So, now released as a single in its own right with a host of new mixes, including Skream. Tracklisting : A1 : I <3 U SO Skream Remix A2 : I<3 U SO Bowski 2 AM Remix feat. Tom Cowcher B1 : Shark Simple L-VIS 1990 & The Neon Dreams Remix B2 : Les Enfants Gesaffelstein Remix

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