The Sockless Sounds of Sebastien Tellier

I'm not wearing socks today. It's a bold fashion choice - a little dangerous, a little sexual even. And so today I feel I should post some Sebastien Tellier. Because his music - so subtly sexual and suavely subversive - sounds sockless.



I'm beginning to think there is only one degree of separation when it comes to good music coming out of France. For instance, Sebastien Tellier toured with Air. His new album, Sexuality, was produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk. And the sickly groove on the gorgeous "La ritournelle" (Politics) sounds suspiciously like the beat Nigerian afrobeat legend Tony Allen laid down on Charlotte Gainsbourg's "Night-Time Intermission." That's because it's Allen on both tracks. And because Gainsbourg's record was produced by Air, who also used Allen on their new record Pocket Symphony. Confused? Don't be. Do what I do and picture a little Cafe in Paris with an adjoining studio where a few tiny hipsters in berets and designer t-shirts make all of the country's good music, like a factory of beatnik oompa loompas.

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Sebastien Tellier - "La ritournelle" [From Politics]



Sebastien Tellier - "Long de La Riviere Tendre" [From Broadway]



Sebastien Tellier - "Fingers of Steel" [From Sexuality]



Sebastien Tellier - "L'Amour Et La Violence" [From Sexuality]