Cassius

Cassius are a French duo whose real names are Phillipe Zdar and Hubert Blanc-Francart. Together they have recorded as Boombass and La Funk Mob, releasing singles on the ultra-hip French label, Source. If your less cool friends haven't heard of 'em yet, you could name-drop these lot: Neneh Cherry, Björk, Daft Punk, Air and Depeche Mode; as they've done remixes for all of them. The French invasion continues... Boombass grew up on the west side of Paris. His father was a top Parisian record producer, so it was natural Hubert would want to follow in his footsteps. "I started making music when I was 13," he shrugs. "But it was crap. So I quit" He got a job as a teaboy at a recording studio. By 1991 he had become a producer, was known as Boombass, and was working on MC Solaar's first album. P... Biografie | mehr lesen