Jean-Yves Prieur, Kid Loco is a French

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, DJ, remixer and producer. He was born on 19 June 1964 in

Antony, Hauts-de-Seine Antony () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Antony is a subprefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department and the seat of the arrondissement of Antony. Watered by the Bièvre, a tributary of the ...

, France.

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considers his style to be similar to

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and

Dimitri from Paris Dimitri from Paris (born Dimitrios Yerasimos, el, Δημήτριος Γεράσιμος; 27 October 1963) is a French music producer and DJ of Greek descent. His musical influences are rooted in 1970s funk and disco sounds that spawned contempo ...

. His best-known album is '' A Grand Love Story'' (1997), and he has also compiled and mixed a

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for the

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series on Azuli Records. He has worked with

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(of

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), with Italian band The Transistors ( Maurizio Mansueti and Luca Cirillo) and Glasgow bands A Band Called Quinn and

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, and produced the album '' Too Late To Die Young'' by the British group Departure Lounge.

Discography

Albums

* ''

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'' (1996,

Yellow Productions Yellow Productions is an independent record label specializing in electronic music. Based in Paris, France, it was founded in 1993 by DJ Yellow and Christophe Le Friant (more famous under Bob Sinclar alias). The label's roster represents Bob Sinc ...

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) * '' A Grand Love Story'' (1997,

) * '' Jesus Life For Children Under 12 Inches'' (1999,

) * '' Kill Your Darlings'' (2001,

/ Atlantic Records) * '' Confessions of a Belladonna Eater'' (2011, Flor/Green United Music) * '' The Mystic West '' (2015, KPM Music Ltd.) * '' The Rare Birds'' (2019,

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)

Remixes

* ''Prelude to a Grand Love Story'' (1999, Yellow / East West) * ''Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches'' (1999, Yellow /

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/ East West) * '' DJ-Kicks: Kid Loco'' (1999,

Studio !K7 !K7 Music is a music company based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 (it has since relocated, first to Heidestrasse 52, and currently he ...

) * '' Another Late Night: Kid Loco'' (

, 2003, Azuli)

Singles

* "Blues Project" CD/12 inch (1996, Yellow / East West) * "The Real Pop Porn Blue Sound" 10 inch (1997, Yellow) * "More Real Pop Porn Blue Sound" 10 inch (1997, Yellow) * "She's My Lover" CD/12 inch (1997, Yellow / East West) * "Love Me Sweet" CD/7 inch (1998, Yellow / East West) * "Relaxin' With Cherry" 12 inch (1998, Yellow) * "Flyin on 747" 12 inch (1999, Studio !K7) * "The Love & Dope & etc. Dream Suite" CD/12 inch (2001, Yellow / East West) * "A Little Bit of Soul" CD/12 inch (2001, Yellow / Royal Belleville Music) * "Paralysed" 7 inch (2003, Azuli) * "Pretty Boy Floyd" (2008, Village Vert / PIAS)

Other releases

* ''Kid Loco Vs. Godchild'' – (100% official reissue CD1) (2002) (remixer CD2) * ''Delta State'' (Soundtrack) (2004) * ''The Graffiti Artist'' (Original Soundtrack) (2005, MettrayReformatoryPicture) * ''

Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited ''Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited'' is a tribute album to the works of late French singer/songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. First released on Virgin Records in 2006, it consists of English language cover versions of Gainsbourg songs, performed by a diver ...

'' (Tribute to Serge Gainsbourg) (2006) (producer) * ''Party Animals & Disco Biscuits'' (2008, Village Vert / PIAS / FLOR ) * '' The Man I Love'' (performed with Sarah Cracknell) –

Red Hot + Rhapsody Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove is a compilation album produced by Paul Heck of the Red Hot Organization (RHO) to celebrate the 100th birthday of George Gershwin. This compilation is the twelfth entry from the international organization's ...

(1998)

References

External links

Kid Loco's official website was active up until 2012
Official website

Discography at Discogs
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