First let’s start off with the video. Here’s the latest from Sébastien Tellier for his single “Kilometer”. The song, upbeat and sexual, the video doesn’t disappoint. With countless up close shots of women’s asses (in underwear, otherwise I would’ve labeled NSFW) and animated hot dogs acting playful and squirming around the women, yeah you read it. Seems like its just another day for our man Sébastien.
Now for the mini review of the Kilometer EP, so with this being an official single his PR folks were kind enough to send through his EP for us to listen to and review. One of the dubs is the A-Trak dub, which A-Trak himself has posted for downloading as well as us, that mp3 can be found here. There’s that dub version and there’s the remix version, the tracks are essentially the same but the dub has a lot more of the instrumental playing, while the remix itself has the vocals starting right at the beginning. The A-Trak remix is also co-produced by big brother and one half of Chromeo, Dave 1 (check out our interview with Dave 1).
The other two remixes on this EP include the Aeroplane ‘Italo 84′ and Arpanet remix. The Aeroplane remix is ridiciulously good. Right up there with A-Traks to be honest. Aeroplane does a great job of interpreting the song the way they felt it should be. The Arpanets remix is the complete opposite of both previous remixes. The Arpanet remix takes the track several bpms down and believe it or not makes it a little bit more nasty and sexual, I didn’t even think that was possible, it’s also much slower than the original. It’s a huge mind shift compared to the other two remixes, but stands on its own just as well.
Honestly this is one of the most solid EPs I’ve heard in a while, all the remixes and original tracks on it make it worth the purchase. Grab all 5 tracks from Amazon for only $4.45.
Be sure to catch Sébastien Tellier on tour now.
01/04/09 : LPR / New York City, USA
03/04/09 : 09:30 Club / Washington, USA
04/04/09 : Transit/ Philadelphia, USA
05/04/09 : Paradise / Boston, USA
07/04/09 : Cabaret Music Hall / Montreal, Canada
08/04/09 : The Mod Club / Toronto, Canada
09/04/09 : Empty Bottle / Chicago, USA
10/04/09 : Grinnell College Harris Center/ Grinnell, USA
13/04/09 : Chop Suey / Seattle, USA
14/04/09 : Richards on Richards / Vancouver, Canada
15/04/09 : Doug Fir Lounge / Portland, USA
17/04/09 : The Independent / San Francisco, USA
19/04/09 : Coachella Festival / Indio, USA
March 26th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Feelin it I’mma cop this