DAT politics
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DAT politics is a French
electronic band created in 1999. Their energetic live shows explain the cult like enthusiasm that surrounds the French electronic combo as they’ve been touring the world extensively over the years. The two founders members, Claude Datgirl and Gaetan C.Collett (also known as Tone Rec and Skipp) are also involved in photography and graphic design which leads them to create their own records covers, websites, t-shirts et cetera.
The music of the duo is often classified under the electro-pop genre and described as catchy, melodic and eminently danceable. For 10 years, they 've been influential for a lot of young electronic composers worldwide. Since 2002, their music is host by the glamorous electro rock label Chicks On Speed
.
They played at numerous techno parties and festivals all over the world such as Warp Electrowerk in England , Sonar Night, Baltimore in USA, Dour Festival
in Belgium or Donau Festival in Austria.
They appeared on many compilations, including Itunes Essentials, alongside French Touch 2.0 artists like Daft Punk
and Justice
.
They remixed a bunch of international electronic producers and most recently Yacht
on the New York label DFA
.
A new EP is about to be released in 2011.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
electronic band created in 1999. Their energetic live shows explain the cult like enthusiasm that surrounds the French electronic combo as they’ve been touring the world extensively over the years. The two founders members, Claude Datgirl and Gaetan C.Collett (also known as Tone Rec and Skipp) are also involved in photography and graphic design which leads them to create their own records covers, websites, t-shirts et cetera.
The music of the duo is often classified under the electro-pop genre and described as catchy, melodic and eminently danceable. For 10 years, they 've been influential for a lot of young electronic composers worldwide. Since 2002, their music is host by the glamorous electro rock label Chicks On Speed
Chicks on Speed
Chicks on Speed is a multi-national musical ensemble, formed in Munich in 1997, when members Melissa Logan, Kiki Moorse and Alex Murray-Leslie met at the Academy of Fine Arts....
.
They played at numerous techno parties and festivals all over the world such as Warp Electrowerk in England , Sonar Night, Baltimore in USA, Dour Festival
Dour Festival
Dour Festival is an annual music festival in the municipality of Dour, Belgium. Since its creation in 1989, the festival has grown to an attendance of about 144,000 in 2008 . The first year, only five bands were programmed . The festival format now consists of 4 days, 6 stages and 200 bands and DJ's...
in Belgium or Donau Festival in Austria.
They appeared on many compilations, including Itunes Essentials, alongside French Touch 2.0 artists like Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
and Justice
Justice
Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...
.
They remixed a bunch of international electronic producers and most recently Yacht
Yacht
A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...
on the New York label DFA
DFA Records
DFA Records is an independent record label and production team, launched in September 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. The label has an exclusive distribution deal with major record label EMI....
.
A new EP is about to be released in 2011.
Discography Album
- (1999) Tracto Flirt - Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
- (2000) Villiger - A-musikA-MusikA-Musik is a record label for experimental music, a record distributor and a music store. A-Musik is based in Cologne and was founded by Georg Odijk in 1995. The A-Musik record label also runs sub-labels Fuji Rekodsu and Sieben....
- (2001) Sous Hit - Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6Tigerbeat6 is a San Francisco and Berlin based independent and electronic record label run by Kid606. The name reflects Kid606's obsession with cats, which also comes to light in the catalogue numbers, all of which start with MEOW, and is also a loose reference to the top-selling teen magazine,...
- (2002) Plugs Plus - COS Rec
- (2004) Go Pets Go - COS Rec
- (2006) Wow Twist - COS Rec
- (2007) Are Oui Phony - Tigerbeat6
- (2009) Mad Kit - COS Rec