Emmanuel Top (born 25 October 1971) is a French

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music producer. He was popular in the 1990s for his releases on his own

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, Attack Records, he began his career at the end of the 1980s in full wave

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on the Belgian label DIKI Records, his first track was The drop deal released in 1988 under the pseudonym Bazz. His most famous track is titled "Turkish Bazar", released in 1994, which contains warped, looping vocal lyrics, originally performed by

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in the song "Black Polished Chrome" by

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: "The music was new black polished chrome and came over the summer like liquid night." The track contains a sweeping acid bass line using the

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and punchy

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kicks. In 1996, as part of the group

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, he charted two top 5 hits in the United Kingdom with "

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" and "

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Album discography

*''This Is A...? / Acid Phase'' (1994) *''Release'' (1995) ◊ *''Asteroid'' (1996) *''Specials "Phase One"'' (2011) ◊ *''Fondamental'' (2011) ◊ *''Spacetime'' (2011) ◊ *''Specials "Phase Two"'' (2011) ◊ (Remixes) *''Backcatalog 1991-1993'' (2013) ◊ *''Soundtrack I'' (2013) *''Soundtrack II'' (2013) *''Soundtrack III'' (2013) *''Soundtrack IV'' (2013) *''Soundtrack V'' (2013) *''Soundtrack VI'' (2013) *''Soundtrack VII'' (2013) *''Soundtrack VIII'' (2013) *''Soundtrack IX'' (2013) *''Soundtrack X'' (2013) *''Soundtrack XI'' (2013) *''Soundtrack XII'' (2013) ◊ *''Musiques pour ascenseur'' (2013) *''Perceptions'' (2013) *''Origin'' (2014) Albums marked with a ◊ denotes compilations of previously released singles.

External links

Emmanuel Top Discography at Discogs

Interview 2011 (in English)

Announcing the 12-volume Soundtracks series
French electronic musicians Living people 1971 births {{electronic-musician-stub