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Producer welcomes comparisons to dance duo
French electro producer Kavinsky is the scene's man of the moment this week with the release of his debut full length album Outrun.
Rather predictably his music has drawn comparison with Daft Punk, the godfathers of electro music not just in Frace but around the world.
But Kavinsky couldn't be happier about the comparison, and is glad he's being compared to his friends and peers rather than other big names in the global music scene.
"It could be worse: people could compare me to Coldplay or Muse," he said in an interview with Gigwise.
"I'm very happy if you find any comparison to Daft Punk. I'm grateful for that."
Outrun is a blast of retro, synth-drenched electro and Kavinsky's breakthrough track - 'Nightcall', which was picked for the Drive soundtrack - was produced with Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo.
"They're quite some people. They picked us in the past for the world tour. It was two crazy years, as you can imagine," he says. "We were, and still are, very lucky to know them. Not because of their music, but because of what their like as humans.
"Obviously they're not robots as everyone thinks."
While the anonymity the French duo enjoy thanks to their helmets means they seem something other than human to much of the listen public, Kavinsky reveals they are in fact as normal as anyone else.
"They're cool to have a drink, they're cool to make music with. To me they're just cool people."
Daft Punk posted this image online this week
This week Daft Punk teased fans by posting a new image online, which confirms their move to Columbia.
The pair's fourth studio album is expected to arrive before summer, but no date has been confirmed as yet.
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Yuksek - Also known as Pierre-Alexandre Busson, Yuksek has been producing music under his current pseudonym since about 2006. Since then he has made himself one of the most important and in demand French electro artists around
Vitalic - Pascal Arbez has been releasing singles since as far back as 1996, but didn't release his first album until 2005. His 2001 track 'La Rock 01' has become a club anthem, and Arbez claims that everything on his album is made with a synthesizer, with the emotion in his music being the only thing he can't fake.
M83 - Antibes' M83 have become one of the few French bands to really succeed when it comes to taking their music to the rest of the world. In fact they didn't attract much attention until the worldwide release of their first album. Now they tour the world and remix artists as diverse as Goldfrapp and Bloc Party.
SebastiAn - Sebastian Akchot-Bozovic releases records both as a solo artists and as a producer for artists associated with the Ed Banger record label. Notably he recently produced Kavinsky's debut full length release.
Justice - Huge names within the electro scene, initially due to the Justice vs Simian remix of 'Never Be Alone' and their epic 'D.A.N.C.E.', Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay have recieved countless accolades from fans and industry professionals alike.
FEADZ - FEADZ took Daft Punk's idea and ran with it, incorporating a heavier hip-hop sound to his synth-driven elctro music. He's perhaps best know for his work with label-mate Uffie.
Jupiter - A French-British duo based in Paris taking the French synth sound further towards disco and house music than most other's on this list. They've had a string of successful releases on Kitsune, including last year's Juicy Lucy.
Kavinsky - The man of the moment in French electro, Kavinsky released his first full length album this week (February 25). He's mates with Daft Punk and Justice and had his song 'Nightcall' picked for the Drive soundtrack.
Miss Kittin - Since finding success in the late 90s with tracks like '1982' and 'Frank Sinatra', Caroline Hervé has been very much part of the vanguard of the French electro scene.
Uffie - Another artist combining hip-hop with synth-led electro music. Uffie released ex Dreams and Denim Jeans with her then-boyfriend FEADZ back in 2010, which is perhaps what she's best known for.
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