The Micronauts are a

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-based

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act. They formed when Christophe Monier met

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-born George Issakidis whilst working at the Parisian music fanzine eDEN. The first release was a

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called "The Jazz." They continued to work throughout the 1990s, developing an

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style of their own. This attracted the attention of high-profile artists, such as

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and

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. Indeed, their remix of ''

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'' appears on The Chemical Brothers' DJ mix album '' Brothers Gonna Work It Out'' and their remix of Underworld's ''Bruce Lee'' was also widely distributed. At the end of the decade they were signed to the Astralwerks label and soon after released ''The Jag''. One year later, in 2000, they released their debut EP, '' Bleep to Bleep''. However, soon after this, Issakidis left the project. Monier continues to record and work under the name. He notably remixed Mirwais' "Miss You" and

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's "Hollywood" in 2003. He set up the Micronautics label in 2004. On 28 September 2007 he released a new album, '' Damaging Consent'' with a bonus ten track remixes retrospective. In 2018, Christophe Monier took over the project The Micronauts after eleven years of silence. In June, he released the EP ''Acid Party'' then the album ''Head Control Body Control'' in December on his Micronautics label.

Selected discography

Studio albums

* ''Bleep To Bleep''

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* ''Head Control Body Control'' 018

EPs

* ''I Wanna Be Your Toy'' - I Wanna Be Yours (Pt. 1) / (Pt.2) / (Pt.3) / I Wanna Be Your Toy / High Rye 004* ''Anarchie'' - High Rise / Get Down / Sinecitta 004* ''Sweat'' - Sweat / Cinecitta Minimale / Cinecitta / Sweat Relax Instru 005* ''Off The Beaten Track'' - The Beat / Sweet / Beaten 006* ''Damaging Consent EP'' - Reaction / Distracted /

- Bruce Lee (The Micronauts Remix) 007

Singles

* "Get Funky Get Down"

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* "The Jazz" / "The Jam"

* "The Jag"

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* "Baby Wants To Rock"

* "Hoochie Coochie"

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* "Acid Party" 018

References

External links

The Micronauts
on

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