I have loved Telex since they ended last in Eurovision in 1980. I bought the album (Neurovision) on the following monday. I was 13 years old. Now I am 56, and I am still a big fan of Telex.
Amazing how these guys had a clear understanding of what future music would be, 130BPM !! I was a DJ in 1980 and remember pretty well that nobody could dance this track with 130bpm, there were just a few tracks with BPM like this.
They did however underestimated the importance of the kick DB level, by then we had M pop musik , the buggles that emphasized for the first time a real cutting bassdrum level
I made a quick and dirty translation. Better than nothing. - (music play) - Interviewer : Is it possible to make a record without using any instrument ? - Dan Lacksman : Euh, Yes, Yes, It is precisely why I thought of Telex and that in Telex everything is synthetic. It means, no sound is an accoustic sound, except the voices, sometimes, a little instrument. But really, the rythmic base and the keyboards are made with a synthetizer. Interviewer : If you will, we're going to take one of the pieces you made with Telex, that is Moscow Discow - DL : yes - ITW : and we're going to decompose it. - DL : okay - ITW : step by step - DL : okay - michel's vocoded voice : generation 80 - DL : we started from a bass (bassline ?), and… I'm going to try to program it. So I put the device in program mode. I choose a sequence. (play) - DL : here is how the programmation is made. But, let's say to shorten the thing, because it actually take a fair bit of time, I already programmed it. So, I switch to another sequence, euh, voilà, I'm going to play the sequence sequence plays - DL : Bon, here it's on continuous impulsion, so, we can't strip of some of these impulsions, so we can change, euh, the rythmic figure, and here is what it does. (2:00) playing - DL : the tempo is not the right one. The sound… (manipulate the synth) (cut) - DL : alors voilà, so we have, recorded the bass, I've got the bass on one off the tracks, and, heu, I'm now going to add the rythmic… kick drum… - DL : alors heu… We just have to record the keyboards… (cut, Marc playing keyboards) - DL : Alors voilà I trigged the sound by the impulsion that come from there, now we're going to be able to record this sound… on the playback. - DL : this is a vocoder, it is a device that make possible to give the sound of this keyboard… - DL : to Michel's voice - Michel (singing) : Moscow, Discow, Moscow, Discow, génération 80 _ DL : so, the penultimate phase of the recording before the mix, is the dubbing/doubling (? doublage) of the singing and the vododer. I'm going to start the multitrack, and Marc is going to play the keyboard that Michel will trigger, and is going to sing at the same time - (Moscow Discow playing) - ITW : that means a sound engineer, alone, could make, or can make, a record, without ever learned music ? - DL : euh, non, that's not true at all, because you must have some notions of music, you have to be able to play keyboard, and you have to compose, so you need some notions of music to realise, but theoretically, it is possible, it became more and more possible with the evolution of technic.
The switch of the sound at 2:08 like from toy robot to terminator, i love it! Great artists and real pioneers. Unlike today, you had to be an electrician and a musician at the same time to produce high quality eletronic music. Today you just need ableton. Not saying today's electronic music is bad in any way, but watching this video and how they produced their stuff, it feels more "true". Best regards.
@@jean-luc6534 Kraftwerk?...la formación electrónica de Dan Lacksman no parte del Krautrock Dusseldorf de Kraftwerk. Dan Lacksman se forma de las lineas directas de la Música Electrónica Clásica en específico de la linea E. Moog, similar a la formación de Giorgio Moroder, de hecho Lacksman adopta el estilo de Giorgio Moroder. Kraftwerk 😂...
Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman, mais également Michel Moers, qui est aussi comme les deux autres, un auteur-compositeur de génie. Telex mon groupe préféré 😊🎤🎹😘. Pensée à Marc Moulin 👏
aout 1979 je ne l'oublierai jamais en plein ete sur europe 1 l'apres midi ce titre MOSCOW DISCO illico enregistre sur mon magnetophone pour le repasser en boucle j'avais 11 ans
cuando no habia ni fl studio , ni otro software , ni controlador ni vst ,que te facilitara la produccion , quizas habria ordenador que ayudara ,pero no como en estos tiempos , pura inspiracion de los pioneros , grande TELEX
aout 1979 je ne l'oublierai jamais en plein ete sur europe 1 l'apres midi ce titre MOSCOW DISCO illico enregistre sur mon magnetophone pour le repasser en boucle j'avais 11 ans
Diciembre de 1979,comienzo del verano en Bahía Blanca,Argentina tengo 12 años y hago lo mismo,lo grabo en mi pasa cassette para reproducirlo hasta el infinito....
@Bill Dunn "ITALO SONG" ??? First of all Telex are from Belgium, then their music hasn't much to do with the so called "italo disco" that came a few years later ... !
Every single piece of electronic equipment i see in this is awesome, er i mean super chic lol (especially that sequencer!) But what caught my eye most is that groovy chair the main guy is sitting in. How cool is that? Thanks for this awesome piece of history!
When they entered the Eurovison festival with their song Eurovison and almost finished last i was the only one from my friends who loved this song. I couldn't understand why nobody loved it, I think at that the time the people where not ready for this but they where really pioneers for the electronic music and opened the door for other groups.
mi cancion favorita estuve años y años intentando averiguar .... como se llamaba y quienes la interpretaban hasta que lo descubri eso en un programa de tv temazo el moscow discow
Tenho este disco vinil. Gastei ele ouvindo. Saudades destes caras. Acho que o mais recente trabalho do Dan foi Deep Forest onde ele usou uma das suas características de baixo com som bem destacado. RIP Marc Moulin.
This is one of the best dance records of all time and it hasn't dated though electronic music doesn't date anyway it's already before it's time..... Can't help but feel there is a little of kraftwerk inspiration going on as well as moroder
Paul Beckett You're right Paul I think Telex were underrated as an inventive, visionary band with a great taste of style and conception. No matter they resembled musically Kraftwerk or G. Moroder - it was the same scene but they had their own charm full of humour, irony and cheerful view on this world. I believe people occured to be too serious to accept the genius of Telex. :-))))
DO You know Dan Lacksman is the creator of the melody/bass line from "born to be alive" ? I hope one of these day meet with him at brussels! Friendly from belgium
Heard it today on FluxFm. Thought of something Kraftwerk-inspired - modern!. Touched down here. Touched down in 1985. Incredible, the 80s were the best!
+DIIH OLIVER, eu tb tenho os vinis todos dos telex ;). E sem um unico risco. Foi pena terem ficado tão mal classificados no festival da canção. Acho que a eurovisão não estava preparada para receber os kraftwerk da belgica.
This song was the inspiration for Billy Jean from Michael Jackson. Also ZZ-top was inspired by Telex' work for 2 albums "Eliminator" and "Afterburner".
I have loved Telex since they ended last in Eurovision in 1980. I bought the album (Neurovision) on the following monday. I was 13 years old. Now I am 56, and I am still a big fan of Telex.
They didn't end last, they ended 17th of 19.
Oh god. The tape machine, synthesizers, and mixing desks. Super super 70’s!!!! I love this stuff.
it was the must of material in the 70s (llok at the drum machine digital interface )^^
That was early early 80s. Edit -- nope it was 1979! xD
Amazing how these guys had a clear understanding of what future music would be, 130BPM !! I was a DJ in 1980 and remember pretty well that nobody could dance this track with 130bpm, there were just a few tracks with BPM like this.
They did however underestimated the importance of the kick DB level, by then we had M pop musik , the buggles that emphasized for the first time a real cutting bassdrum level
déja des génies à l'époque... ;-) du sons qui régale, c'est sa qui compte ;-)
Telex was an excellent band, I still listen to their music. I love Telex
Me too
3:06 What a perfect sound
all the boys look super chic
all their songs are fantastic
That mixing desk is an absolute thing of beauty
I made a quick and dirty translation. Better than nothing.
- (music play)
- Interviewer : Is it possible to make a record without using any instrument ?
- Dan Lacksman : Euh, Yes, Yes, It is precisely why I thought of Telex and that in Telex everything is synthetic. It means, no sound is an accoustic sound, except the voices, sometimes, a little instrument. But really, the rythmic base and the keyboards are made with a synthetizer.
Interviewer : If you will, we're going to take one of the pieces you made with Telex, that is Moscow Discow
- DL : yes
- ITW : and we're going to decompose it.
- DL : okay
- ITW : step by step
- DL : okay
- michel's vocoded voice : generation 80
- DL : we started from a bass (bassline ?), and… I'm going to try to program it. So I put the device in program mode. I choose a sequence.
(play)
- DL : here is how the programmation is made. But, let's say to shorten the thing, because it actually take a fair bit of time, I already programmed it. So, I switch to another sequence, euh, voilà, I'm going to play the sequence
sequence plays
- DL : Bon, here it's on continuous impulsion, so, we can't strip of some of these impulsions, so we can change, euh, the rythmic figure, and here is what it does.
(2:00) playing
- DL : the tempo is not the right one. The sound… (manipulate the synth)
(cut)
- DL : alors voilà, so we have, recorded the bass, I've got the bass on one off the tracks, and, heu, I'm now going to add the rythmic… kick drum…
- DL : alors heu… We just have to record the keyboards…
(cut, Marc playing keyboards)
- DL : Alors voilà I trigged the sound by the impulsion that come from there, now we're going to be able to record this sound… on the playback.
- DL : this is a vocoder, it is a device that make possible to give the sound of this keyboard…
- DL : to Michel's voice
- Michel (singing) : Moscow, Discow, Moscow, Discow, génération 80
_ DL : so, the penultimate phase of the recording before the mix, is the dubbing/doubling (? doublage) of the singing and the vododer. I'm going to start the multitrack, and Marc is going to play the keyboard that Michel will trigger, and is going to sing at the same time
- (Moscow Discow playing)
- ITW : that means a sound engineer, alone, could make, or can make, a record, without ever learned music ?
- DL : euh, non, that's not true at all, because you must have some notions of music, you have to be able to play keyboard, and you have to compose, so you need some notions of music to realise, but theoretically, it is possible, it became more and more possible with the evolution of technic.
Thanks!
Pas mal pour la traduction ^^
you know what ? if it possible a sell my left ball to buy that sequencer ...pas need to traduire in francais lol ^^
@@madjidhamdini1977 comment ça "merde alors !" ?? but alors you are french ?! :-D
@@PHM6180 no i'm from belgium haha
"New music has made its way,
Automatic rhythms play..."
Fascinating video! I never imagined I'd get to see anything like this! Electro-disco rules!
I wonder if they had any idea just how big this little niche of "electronic music" would become...
they witnessed how big it became ……………...they made music into the mid to late 80's...………………………..Raised by Snakes
Très intéressant merci! Comme quoi y a pas forcément besoin d'ordinateur pour faire de la musique électronique. juste de bon instruments et du talent.
The switch of the sound at 2:08 like from toy robot to terminator, i love it! Great artists and real pioneers. Unlike today, you had to be an electrician and a musician at the same time to produce high quality eletronic music. Today you just need ableton. Not saying today's electronic music is bad in any way, but watching this video and how they produced their stuff, it feels more "true". Best regards.
Listen to the soundz coming out of this beautiful 70's machinery. All totally perfection, what a great video!!!!!
Des génies et précurseurs ! 👍😍
Telex abrió nuevos caminos a la música y eso y fines de los años 70!
Oui, après Kraftwerk quand même un peu, no ?
@@jean-luc6534 oui, off course. Je ne dis pas le contraire ! 😉
@@jean-luc6534 Kraftwerk?...la formación electrónica de Dan Lacksman no parte del Krautrock Dusseldorf de Kraftwerk.
Dan Lacksman se forma de las lineas directas de la Música Electrónica Clásica en específico de la linea E. Moog, similar a la formación de Giorgio Moroder, de hecho Lacksman adopta el estilo de Giorgio Moroder.
Kraftwerk 😂...
This video is absolutely GOLD!
im in disbelief..lol
a treasure!
That's what I wanted to say!
youtube is amazing.. this is a true find
Nice blast from the past! A super big hit on discotheques in Puerto Rico, and also played constantly on the radio.
Великая группа, классная музыка! До сих пор слушаю с огромным удовольствием.
Que maravilla después de tantos años conocer acerca del nacimiento de esta gran tema de aquellos años! Gracias por compartir!!
Love from East LA. Euro Disco is still playing hard here in LA.
italo-disko culver city
Me parece fantástico ver cómo crearon esta chévere canción con esos equipos de la época. ¡Muy bien! 😃🙌
I'm crying! Always wanted to know how they built this sound!
Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman, mais également Michel Moers, qui est aussi comme les deux autres, un auteur-compositeur de génie. Telex mon groupe préféré 😊🎤🎹😘. Pensée à Marc Moulin 👏
aout 1979 je ne l'oublierai jamais en plein ete sur europe 1 l'apres midi ce titre MOSCOW DISCO illico enregistre sur mon magnetophone pour le repasser en boucle j'avais 11 ans
cuando no habia ni fl studio , ni otro software , ni controlador ni vst ,que te facilitara la produccion , quizas habria ordenador que ayudara ,pero no como en estos tiempos , pura inspiracion de los pioneros , grande TELEX
C'e magnifique !!!!
this bassline is dope as hell
Moog modular💪
aout 1979 je ne l'oublierai jamais en plein ete sur europe 1 l'apres midi ce titre MOSCOW DISCO illico enregistre sur mon magnetophone pour le repasser en boucle j'avais 11 ans
Diciembre de 1979,comienzo del verano en Bahía Blanca,Argentina tengo 12 años y hago lo mismo,lo grabo en mi pasa cassette para reproducirlo hasta el infinito....
I love this song. It's still sounding relevant in 2018. This video was super chic.
de la balle!! merci bcp pour ces 5 mns de pur bonheur!!!
Lo escuche a mediado de los 70s y me parecio una obra arte esta cancion, y me sigue encantando
UNREAL!!! to see one of my favorite Italo songs being made! thanks for sharing this very rare clip. fascinating!
@Bill Dunn "ITALO SONG" ??? First of all Telex are from Belgium, then their music hasn't much to do with the so called "italo disco" that came a few years later ... !
Enormous respect to these guys We are where we are today due to these pionners.
Fantastique! I love this song!
merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo elle est super intéréssante par rapport à la décomposition du morceau c'est génial bravo
Superbe archive ! Merci
Every single piece of electronic equipment i see in this is awesome, er i mean super chic lol (especially that sequencer!) But what caught my eye most is that groovy chair the main guy is sitting in. How cool is that? Thanks for this awesome piece of history!
holy shit! a PPG Sequencer 350 out in the wild! I didn't think Herr Palm actually SOLD any of them.
Éste documento es imperdible. Fueron unos pioneros.
Geniales! 1979 y suenan como si fuera 2020. Me fascinaba ese tema cuando tenía 13! Me fascina ahora.
Igual la escuché el 79 cuando tenía 13 años...me enamoreeee
Cómo han dicho los BPM eran muy rápidos para entonces, por eso aún suena moderno
Back To Disco, Los Angeles California is still jumping with this old school Disco.
When they entered the Eurovison festival with their song Eurovison and almost finished last i was the only one from my friends who loved this song. I couldn't understand why nobody loved it, I think at that the time the people where not ready for this but they where really pioneers for the electronic music and opened the door for other groups.
That's an amazing synthesizer setup, Moogs, PPG, Roland, wow, no wonder they sounded so good.
mi cancion favorita estuve años y años intentando averiguar .... como se llamaba y quienes la interpretaban hasta que lo descubri eso en un programa de tv temazo el moscow discow
Grand bravo ! Surtout pour l'époque
Este video es oro puro, arqueología de la música Techno!
Excellent! Super cool studio and a great introduction to this classic track.
This dude is a musical genius
many magical moments in this video. especially 3:05. thanks!
I just love the sound from 2:58 to 3:14... !
FERNANDO PARRELLO looks like a Memorymoog
Seems to be a Polymoog
Los españoles Triana o Neuronium utilizaron mucho éste sintetizador durante los años 1975-1980.
J'adore ce titre, je l'ai en Maxi 45T de couleur chez VOGUE Records France. Cette video est fantastique!!!
The kick drum sound is so good especially for 1979. Dan must have done that on the modular because it's def not from the cr78.
Oh yeah
All's possible today with a daw, but this is a immortal masterpiece
Oldskul 80's synth - so romantic, super
Salavat Timershin Except the song was released in '79.
Thanks for refinement. Well late 70's, early 90's is close to 80's sounding-)
Buenisimo...y nostalgia!!!!
Music for the future-amazing :-)
Chevere disco. Muchos recuerdos
C'est ça la nouvelle musique... Marc tu nous manques !
RIP Marc :(
3:11😍
Amazing band. Their entire anthology is a MUST!
Tenho este disco vinil. Gastei ele ouvindo. Saudades destes caras. Acho que o mais recente trabalho do Dan foi Deep Forest onde ele usou uma das suas características de baixo com som bem destacado. RIP Marc Moulin.
jadore cette chanson et ce groupe meme en 2015 que sont tils devenue?
leurs pulls-gilets sont fantastiques!
1:55 - 2:20 -
Brilliant!
Génial ! Merci pour ce document.
This is one of the best dance records of all time and it hasn't dated though electronic music doesn't date anyway it's already before it's time.....
Can't help but feel there is a little of kraftwerk inspiration going on as well as moroder
huge influence i assume
Hay mucho de Kraftwerk, eso está claro
Genius's....
Unsung Hero's..... Let's celebrate TELEX.....
Amazing... ;)!!!!!! Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201....Boom!...
Thank you Telex;)
X
Paul Beckett You're right Paul I think Telex were underrated as an inventive, visionary band with a great taste of style and conception. No matter they resembled musically Kraftwerk or G. Moroder - it was the same scene but they had their own charm full of humour, irony and cheerful view on this world. I believe people occured to be too serious to accept the genius of Telex. :-))))
DO You know Dan Lacksman is the creator of the melody/bass line from "born to be alive" ?
I hope one of these day meet with him at brussels!
Friendly from belgium
RIP Marc Moulin...
What a lost ....
Lástima que la entrevista no está traducida al español
C'est juste magique...
that chair !!
Heard it today on FluxFm. Thought of something Kraftwerk-inspired - modern!. Touched down here. Touched down in 1985. Incredible, the 80s were the best!
You mean 1979 ;)
Talk about old school!!! The patch panel!!!
Gold!!!
The good old 80's i miss it ......
Never mind the gear. I want those orange chairs.
Grande achado no RUclips. Tenho o vinil com esta música. Bons tempos.
+DIIH OLIVER, eu tb tenho os vinis todos dos telex ;). E sem um unico risco. Foi pena terem ficado tão mal classificados no festival da canção. Acho que a eurovisão não estava preparada para receber os kraftwerk da belgica.
WOW!! They should put out Moskow Diskow 2019! A new twisted version of the original...
Fantastic! I love it!
This song was the inspiration for Billy Jean from Michael Jackson. Also ZZ-top was inspired by Telex' work for 2 albums "Eliminator" and "Afterburner".
Wow, this is really effing cool to see. Love Telex.
absolutely brilliant!!!
GOOOOOOD! Moskow Discow (1979!!!)
I loooooove making of or behind the scenes type stuff ❤
raspy bass synth / remarkable to hear this in the dark ages back in italy
sarcastic euro synth - a veritable analog trance
I still listen to Telex today. 😉
Those were the days.
1979 actually, so it pre-dates Kraftwerk's Computer World. :)
R. ROOKSBY Yeah it's similar to Kraftwerk Computer World from 1981 and some things to the Man Machine 1978 released a year before
It doesn't predate Man Machine so......
@@alancruzdominguez5074 the melody is close to "the robots" no ?
I have a CD and it says 1978.
THANK YOUFOR SHARING.....
Great footage !
Amazing video, nice one :)!!!
Éstos son los verdaderos inventores de la Música Electrónica!!!
Magnifique!!
this is amazing. thank you for posting it.
amazing! thanks for sharing this
telex forever!
I still have the LP.
Does anybody have a clue what this chair's make and model are?
My left ear loves this video.
Une légende
Fantastique!!