Philippe Zdar talks MC Solaar, Drum machines and French touch | Red Bull Music Academy

► Subscribe to Red Bull Music Academy: https://win.gs/SubscribeRBMA It was always a dream for Philippe Zdar to move to the city and make music – a dream he’s paid back in full, and then some. After getting his foot in the door as tea boy in a big studio, Zdar met Hubert 'Boombass' Blanc-Francart, and the pair started to make heavy tunes from the off. His career really rocketed when he and Hubert produced tracks for MC Solaar. After Mo' Wax boss James Lavelle heard the tracks and asked to release the instrumentals, Zdar and Boombass started to mix up hip-hop with breakbeat, Chicago house and Detroit techno. The result was La Funk Mob, who released two genre-defying and defining EPs in 1994 before morphing into Cassius, a name under which the pair found yet more public success. At the same time, Philippe’s experience at raves made him want to become a DJ and so, with Etienne de Crecy, he formed the group Motorbass. In his lecture at the 2004 Red Bull Music Academy, Philippe recounts the key steps in this journey so far and his studio habits. ► https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/l... #PhilippeZdar #MCSolaar #RedBullMusicAcademy --- TOPICS: 03:01 - MC Solaar 09:01 - Etienne de Crecy 13:42 - Drum machines 17:27 - French touch 31:40 - Compression 59:21 - Remix MUSIC: 30:43 - Unknown 58:37 - Cassius feat. Leroy Burgess – “Under Influence”    • Video   59:30 - Innocent Kru ft. Benzly Hype – ”Get Crazy”    • Innocent Kru/ Crew ft. Benzly Hype!- GET C...   The Red Bull Music Academy is a global music institution committed to fostering creativity in music. We celebrate music, its culture, and the transformative minds behind it. Begun in 1998, the Academy has taken the core principles that underlie its annual workshop for selected participants and applied this curatorial approach to events, lectures, and city-wide festivals throughout the year. ► Visit Red Bull TV: http://win.gs/1uy4YFF ► Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://win.gs/SubscribeRBMA ► Visit our official website: http://win.gs/avjLrK ► Our latest videos on YouTube: http://bit.ly/12nkX7h ► Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/Lx4wQy ► Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/12N5Ch0