''Tempovision'' is the second studio album by French DJ and producer

Étienne de Crécy Étienne Bernard Marie de Crécy (, born 25 February 1969, Lyon, France), also known as Superdiscount, EDC, Minos Pour Main Basse and Mooloodjee, is a French DJ and producer who composes electronic music, primarily house. Biography Crécy wa ...

, released on 23 October 2000 through Disques Solid and

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. It includes the singles "

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", "Scratched" and "Tempovision", which had 3D computer-animated videos made for them by de Crécy's brother, Geoffroy de Crécy. "Am I Wrong" and "Scratched" charted at numbers 44 and 80 on the

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, respectively.

Critical reception

Dean Carlson of

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wrote that "Squiggling past looping divas, afternoon glares, and funkadelic body bops, De Crecy manages to manufacture a trail of songs that reach for that Anglo-French brass ring with nothing but admirable gravitas". He found "Out of My Hands" to have "bouncing squelches in the Zombie Nation-vein" and "Relax" to have "classically skewed

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stomps", and concluded that the album is "probably a response to seeing De Crecy's own

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/ Daft Punk disciples get the coiffured crossover treatment", hence its "pop diva production". ''

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'' felt that listening to the album is "all in all, time well spent". Reviewing the album for '' musicOMH'', Michael Hubbard found that "really on the whole it is chill-out room material, full of time signature changes (When Jack Met Jill) and random relaxing rhythms (Noname)", calling "Am I Wrong" the exception as it is "full of flangey synth, a riotous beat, diva-esque backing vocals and funky bass". Hubbard concluded that the listener should "switch off the lights and let heirmind switch off", as "it is in such an environment that ''Tempovision'' comes across best".

Track listing

Sample credits * Tracks 2, 6, 7 and 8 include vocals by Belita Woods. * "Out of My Hands" contains a sample of " I Don't Want to Do Wrong" by

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. * "Am I Wrong" contains a sample of "

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" by

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. * "Tempovision" and "Hold the Line" contain a sample of "From a Whisper to a Scream" by Phillips. * "Tempovision" also contains a sample of "To Lay Down Beside You" by Phillips. * "3 Day Week-End" contains a sample of "What Went Wrong Last Night" by Jackson.

Charts

References

{{reflist 2000 albums Étienne de Crécy albums V2 Records albums