Electrosexual is a French

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

ian, composer, performer, record producer and

music video director A music video director is the head of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. They may or may not be in collaboration ...

living in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

Career

Electrosexual's passion for early electronic engines and primitive sounds from analog synthesizers inspired his mingling rough bass with an uptempo rhythm. He is the electro-sex (sometimes called sex-tronica) precursor and pioneer in France. He is an advocate of

LGBT rights Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality. Notably, , 33 ...

. Electrosexual created his stage name in reference to surrealistic non "(human) sexuality", considering machines and synthesizers as genitors, following in the footsteps of

David Cronenberg David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation ...

H.R. Giger Hans Ruedi Giger ( ; ; 5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as " biomechanical". Giger later abandoned airbrush for pastels, mark ...

Chris & Cosey Chris & Cosey, sometimes known as Carter Tutti, are a musical duo formed in 1981, consisting of couple Chris Carter (electronics) and Cosey Fanni Tutti (electronics, guitar, cornet), both previously (and currently the sole surviving) members o ...

and Add N to (X). In the summer of 2005, after a show in Berlin (Sage Club/Plastique party) where he performed for the first time as a solo act, his song "Trapped Inside" was selected to be released on the fifth anniversary compilation of the cult Berlin record label Das Drehmoment. The same year, Electrosexual created his own record label, Rock Machine Records (named after the French title of Norman Spinrad's novel '' Little Heroes''), as an independent platform for electronic music, parties organizing and performances. Electrosexual offered production for the American queer hip hop duo Scream Club, mixing electronic dance music with gender issues themed lyrics and club performances. Their first songs, one of which features vocals by Peaches, would be the very first vinyl to be released on Rock Machine in 2006. They collaborated and played live together for the next years and released two more EPs: "Break You nice/ Screaming & Crying" Featuring Shunda K was released in 2010 as a limited edition on white vinyl, including remixes by Hard Ton, Leonard De Leonard and Divider. The video for the single "Break You Nice" was the first directed by Electrosexual and was broadcast on

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

and

VH1 VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network based in New York City and owned by Paramount Global. It was created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Commun ...

for several months. The same year, Shunda K of

Yo Majesty Yo! Majesty is an American hip hop group consisting of singer Jwl B and rappers Shunda K and Shon B, produced by UK-based electro group HardfeelingsUK. Yo! Majesty was mentioned as one of the 'Top 11 new bands of 2008' by ''NME'' magazine as ...

asked Electrosexual to co-produce her first solo single "Here I Am To Save The World" (2010, Fanatic Records). In March and April 2010, Electrosexual and Scream Club were the support act for Robots in Disguise on their "Wake Up Tour" in the UK. They performed the "Wake Up" Electrosexual & Scream Club Remix as an encore. Sue Denim of the Robots in Disguise recorded vocals for Electrosexual's EP "Partytime" featuring Scream Club, released as a Digi-EP, with remixes by aMinus and French hip hop artist Flore. At the end of 2010, Electrosexual released "I Feel Love" that quickly became an underground club hit. The song was referred to as "a disco neo classic" and "best song of the year 2012" by the blogosphere. Electrosexual has remixed material by other artists, including

Billie Ray Martin Birgit Dieckmann, known professionally as Billie Ray Martin, is a German singer and songwriter, known for her single "Your Loving Arms", which reached the top 10 of both the UK Singles Chart (#6) and the Irish Singles Chart (#8) in 1995, and re ...

and Aérea Negrot, David Carretta's "Lovely Toy", Transformer Di Roboter's "Baghdad Disco", I Monster’s "Sucker For Your Sound", Mirah’s "Cold Cold Water", Ssion’s "Ah-Ma", Peaches featuring Scream Club "Fine As Fuck". He composed the official themes for the 2011 and 2012 "Ecrans Mixtes" LGBTQ movie festivals in Lyons, where he also performed. Electrosexual performed at events including the Waves festival in Vienna, the Paradiso, at Paris's Le Pigallion and La Machine du Moulin Rouge or in Berlin's Prince Charles and Berghain Kantine,

SO36 The SO36 () club is a music club on Oranienstraße near Heinrichplatz in the area of Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany. It takes its name from the historic postcode of that area, SO36, in which the SO stands for Südost (South East). The Kreuzberg dis ...

and presented a sound and video installation at Berghain in 2015. After a series of single and EPs with various guest vocalists, in 2014, Electrosexual released his debut full LP ''Art Support Machine'', a mixture of retro-futuristic analogue electronics and kaleidoscopic synths. The album is influenced by 1980s synth pop, techno and 1990s trance. Only four tracks are instrumental on the LP. ''Art Support Machine'' explores the Machine as the supreme vision of the human condition, and is focusing on the concept of the identity of the Machines, their gender, sexuality and soul. The 2014 single "The way they make you feel" received a special 9/10 mention by ''Mixmag'' magazine.

Production and equipment

Electrosexual is currently known for the strong use of analog synthesizers in his music. He stated in an interview with Add N to (X) front woman Ann Shenton for ''Zoot Magazine'', that he uses the Korg MS-10/MS-20,

Moog Rogue The Moog Rogue is a monophonic analog synthesizer produced by the original Moog Music in the early 1980s, but, was not designed by Bob Moog. Very basic in its design and use, the Rogue featured a 32-note keyboard and two VCOs. VCO number 2 is ...

, Yamaha CS 5 and Roland JX-3P. Additional gear includes the

Ensoniq Ensoniq Corp. was an American electronics manufacturer, best known throughout the mid-1980s and 1990s for its musical instruments, principally Sampler (musical instrument), samplers and synthesizers. Company history In spring 1983, former MO ...

DP4+ and multi-effects pedals.

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

Remixes

* Sherø – "Berlin Moon"(Electrosexual remix) KlubKid Records * Sky Deep – "I Did It"(Electrosexual remix) Reveller Records * Millimetric – "Deflection"(Electrosexual remix) Nu Body Records * Rituel – "Dreams"(Electrosexual remix) * Plasticzooms – "Quite Cleary"(Electrosexual remix) Vinyl Junkie Records * Autist – "Chien"(Electrosexual remix) nreleased* Plasticzooms – "Veiled Eyes"(Electrosexual remix) *

& Aérea Negrot – "Off The Rails"(Electrosexual remix) *

& Aérea Negrot – "Off The Rails"(Electrosexual dub) * Ost + Front – "MNSTR" – (Electrosexual remix) Out Of Line Records * Adan & Ilse – "Like Me" – (Electrosexual remix) Unknown Pleasures Records * Autist – "Low Passion"(Electrosexual remix) * Lois Plugged & Fruckie – "Spleen" – (Electrosexual remix) Boxon Records * aMinus – "Morning After thrill" – (Electrosexual remix) * Fantôme – "Love" (Electrosexual remix) Cleopatra records/Rough Trade * Dualesque – "Uncomplicated" (Electrosexual Complicated remix) *

Desireless Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop (born 25 December 1952), known by her stage name Desireless (), is a French singer. Between 1986 and 1988, her hit single "Voyage, voyage" made it to number one on many European and Asian single charts. According to h ...

& Operation of the Sun – "Sertao" (Electrosexual remix) * Tubbe – "Liebe Fertig" (Electrosexual remix) Audiolith Records * aMinus Feat Magritte Jaco – "Don't Mind Me now" (Electrosexual remix) * Hedi Mohr – "Little Red" Feat. Red Noise(Electrosexual remix) Black Mink Rec * Tkuz – "In The Box" (Electrosexual remix) Black Leather * Dead Sexy Inc. – "Lonesome Poupée" (Electrosexual remix + Le Bardot remix) * Equitant – "Body Vehement" (Electrosexual remix) Black Montanas * The Niallist – "Work It" (Electrosexual remix) * Steve Morell & Monika Pokorna – "Lady Pheres" (Electrosexual remix) Pale Music International * Peaches Feat Shunda K. – "Billionaire" (Electrosexual remix) * Transformer di Roboter – "Baghdad Disco" (Electrosexual remix) Leonizer Records * Vesto Caino – "Dolce Vita" (Electrosexual remix) Sony/Columbia * Minor Sailor – "Doctor Said" (Electrosexual remix) Les Boutiques Sonores * Robots in Disguise – "Wake Up" (Electrosexual remix) President Records * Fil Ok – "Listen To Me" (Electrosexual remix) OK Music * I Monster – "Sucker for Your Sound" (Electrosexual remix) Twins of Evil Records * Ssion – "Ah-Ma" (Electrosexual remix) Sleazetone Records * Candy Clash – "79" (Electrosexual remix) Sister Records * Keen K & P Muench – "Connection Flight" (Electrosexual Radionnection) Perfect Stranger Records * Dusti – "New York Slaves" (Electrosexual Slavery) Rock Machine Records * Mirah – "Cold Cold Water" (Electrosexual & Abberline remix) K Records * David Carretta – "Lovely Toy" (Electrosexual remix) Space Factory disques * Punk Bunny – "Next Caller" & "G-Spot" (Electrosexual remix) Crunch Records *

Lesbians on Ecstasy __NOTOC__ Lesbians on Ecstasy is a Canadian electronic band formed in 2003 in Montreal, Quebec. The band toured across Canada and the U.S. with Le Tigre before the release of their first recording. The first album, the self-titled ''Lesbians on E ...

– "Tell Me Does She Love the Bass" (Electrosexual remix) Alien8 Recordings * Houston Bernard "Str8 Acting" – (Electrosexual remix) MOFA Schallplatten

DJ mixes

* ''The Acid Tape'' ( Rock Machine Records) * ''The Beat Tape'' ( Rock Machine Records) * ''Art Support Mixtape'' (Track listings 2.0) * ''The Wrangeltape'' (Wrangelkiez) * ''Long Live The New Flesh'' (Novafuture Blog) * ''The Razortape, Vol. 1'' ( Rock Machine Records) * ''The VogueTape, Vol. 2'' ( Rock Machine Records) * ''The VogueTape, Vol. 1'' ( Rock Machine Records) * ''The Rock Machine Mix Series, Vol. 1'' ( Rock Machine Records)

Filmography

References

External links

Electrosexual Official Site
*
Music on Bandcamp
Bandcamp
The method and the formula behind the sonic experiments of Romain Frequency
Interview on Four Culture Magazine
Facebook Electrosexual
Facebook Page {{DEFAULTSORT:Electrosexual French record producers French dance musicians Intelligent dance musicians Club DJs Living people Remixers French DJs German LGBT singers French pop musicians LGBT directors Musicians from Toulouse Electronica musicians French electronic musicians Electronic music singers French pop singers 1980 births French keyboardists French LGBT singers Queer musicians French film directors Musical groups established in 2004 French male artists Electronic dance music DJs LGBT DJs