Product Description

For years, Paris had barely registered as a blip on the popmusic radar screen. Beginning with the release of Daft Punk's Homework and the Source Lab compilations, however, the city burgeoned into one of the most promising scenes of fin-de-millennium culture--and Dimitri From Paris into one of its most important scenesters. SACREBLEU has it all; the stoned grooves of Kid Loco, the irony-free cheese of Air, the funkyelectro-pop of Daft Punk. On top of it all, Dimitri's hip retro-lounge style imparts an exquisitely cool vapidity that's comfortable in a world where too many things mean too much. If Grandmaster Flash or Derrick May had the entire Space Age Pop, Bacharach and Tito Puente collections, they would have made music that feels as good as SACREBLEU. But, alas, the French beat us to it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #103527 in Music
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

smooth, relaxing sounds of the past, mixed with the present
There is no exact word that can describe this CD- its just one that will relax you, whilst you think of lazy days sitting outside a bar or an exotic setting along the beach on hot summer day.

Think of jazz, think of funk, think of electronic, think of the film 'the party' with peter sellers & you are there!!!

Top notch Parisien Lounge Music
I love this album. It has some sublime tracks and some obscure French stuff but Dimitri is a legend and the cheeky stuff is sure make you smile!

Charming album
I bought this album when I was last in Paris, based on the text
on the back of the cover from a former US Sgt, about how it brought back memories of the 40's.I wasn't aware of the artist, so I took a gamble.
France has many great artists, but due to the language, treasures such as this may go amiss with the English speaking world.
This is a shame, as most French artists apply a great deal of English sampling into their albums, such as another great artist Kid Loco.
I personally like the combination of different sampled languages in a album, makes for variation.
Dimitri has compiled a very wide mix of sounds, sampling and great orchestral soundtracks to make a sort of chilled, jazzy and sometimes funky music, with that hint of Parisian clubs and cafes.
enjoy, this is a fine album.