1999

Rating

Album: 1999
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Cassius 1999	More Info...	0:03
2)	Feeling for You	More Info...	0:04
3)	Crazy Legs	More Info...	0:04
4)	La Mouche	More Info...	0:04
5)	Chase	More Info...	0:02
6)	Foxxy	More Info...	0:06
7)	Plantez	More Info...	0:02
8)	Hey Babe	More Info...	0:04
9)	Mister Eveready	More Info...	0:06
10)	Nulife	More Info...	0:06
11)	Interlude	More Info...	0:01
12)	Somebody	More Info...	0:05
13)	Club Soixante Quinze	More Info...	0:05
14)	Supa Crush	More Info...	0:04
15)	Invisible	More Info...	0:01
16)	Cassius 99 Remix radio edit	More Info...	0:03

Album: 1999
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Cassius 1999	More Info...	0:03
2)	Feeling for You	More Info...	0:04
3)	Crazy Legs	More Info...	0:04
4)	La Mouche	More Info...	0:04
5)	Chase	More Info...	0:02
6)	Foxxy	More Info...	0:06
7)	Plantez	More Info...	0:02
8)	Hey Babe	More Info...	0:04
9)	Mister Eveready	More Info...	0:06
10)	Nulife	More Info...	0:06
11)	Interlude	More Info...	0:01
12)	Somebody	More Info...	0:05
13)	Club Soixante Quinze	More Info...	0:05
14)	Supa Crush	More Info...	0:04
15)	Invisible	More Info...	0:01
16)	Cassius 99 Remix radio edit	More Info...	0:03

Performer Notes

Cassius: Boombass, Philippe Zdar.
Producers Boombass and Philippe Zdar might not be household names, but you have probably heard the work of these two Parisian geniuses without even realizing it. Combining hip-hop beats with house music production values, 1999 is an exercise in genre blurring. It's impossible to put the songs into one category, as they include everything possible, all with the avowed intention of making you move. Recorded in an unusually short period of time (three weeks), the album mixes funk-filled tracks with the energy that Philippe brought back from his storming DJ sets at Paris clubs like Respect and the South London deep-house drunkfests Basment Jaxx and Scaramanga. The album is deep with fresh, innovative yet retro-style tracks that bristle with life from the start. 1999 was built to last long past the millennium.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (2/4/99, p.63) - "...The duo bases its music on the finely calibraged roar of house: constantly unwinding, nonstop rhythms; shiny-toned pointillist beats; and stray voices from old funk jams, cartoons and ad spots....they just keep pulling off uncanny impersonations of the funkiest little band on the planet."

Q (3/99, p.93) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...A booming bass holds together 16 seriously entertaining tracks which strut their stuff with a smirk at the disco, jack things up Detroit-style around effortlessly addictive bass lines and wig-out on 70's wah-wah..."

Mixmag (2/99, p.101) - 4 out of 5 - "...house music as it should be - funky, sexy, raw and alive, yet more proof that Paris is still burning."

Muzik (2/99, p.79) - 5 stars (out of 5) - "...Imagine the audio equivalent of gazing into the crystal ball of dance music in the year 2000, and you've got '1999'..."

CMJ (2/1/99, p.24) - "...make use of their hip-hop experiences, spicing up their cuts with bigger backbeats, fatter bass lines, funkier melodies and an overall sassier attitude than those of their contemporaries..."