Rinôçérôse (stylized as rinôçérôse or «rinôçérôse») is a French band founded by Jean-Philippe Freu and Patrice Carrié that mixes rock music and

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. The duo of musicians also work as psychologists, calling themselves, "Psychologists by day, musicians by night". They compose music in English, French, and

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. They are based in

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( Occitanie). "Le Mobilier" was the single that established Rinôçérôse on the map of international dance music. The song "Cubicle", from their album, '' Schizophonia'', was featured on a television advertisement for Apple's

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and

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. ''Schizophonia'' marks a new turning point in the band's music, with a more mainstream rock groove rather than a more ambient electronic sound. ''Schizophonia'' also contains an unprecedented amount of vocals compared to previous albums, in which lyrics are used extremely sparingly, or not at all. The band has released an eponymous greatest hits album, named ''Rinôçérôse'' (only differentiated from their first album by the

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s). ''Rinôçérôse'' contains hit singles such as "Bitch", "Cubicle", "Music Kills Me", and "My Demons". Rinôçérôse released their most recent album, ''Psychoânalysis'', in 2024. Their song "La Guitaristic House Organisation", was featured in the soundtrack of the video game ''NHL 2000'' by EA Sports.

Discography

;Albums *''Retrospective'' (1997) *'' Installation Sonore'' (1999) *'' Music Kills Me'' (2002) *'' Schizophonia'' (2005) *''Futurinô'' (2009) *''Angels & Demons'' (2017) * ''Psychôanalysis'' (2024) ;Greatest hits *''Rinôçérôse'' (2006) ;Singles * "Inacceptable" (1997) * "Le Mobilier" (1998) * "Mes Vacances a Rio" (2000) * "La Guitaristic House Organisation" (2000) * "Lost Love" (2002) * "Cubicle" (2006) No. 40 Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks * "Angels & Demons" (2017) * "Fighting the Machine" (2017) * "While My Guitar Gently Funks" (2017)

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* * * * * French electronic musicians Universal Records artists {{France-band-stub