The Micronauts - Damaging Consent

October 27, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases |

Christophe Monier is The Micronauts and “Damaging Consent” is his new artist album. The nineties brought him the joy of discovery, apprenticeship and craze. He set up eDEN, a collective and a pocket size fanzine, with a handful of like-minded clubbers. He produced many records for his solo and collaborative projects, Nature, Discotique, The Eurostars, Impulsion and obviously The Micronauts for labels such as Rave Age Records, Fnac Music Dance Division, Loaded, Phono, Distance, Independiente, Sony…whilst gigs and remixes followed on, mostly in the UK.

In 1999 Virgin’s offshoot Science released The Micronauts single “The Jag” and its druggy video made by Hollywood director Gregg Araki. Then one year later came the mini-album “Bleep To Bleep” and both caused a storm amongst the leftfield scene. These hectic years were also those of scattering and unbalanced work relationships.

With the new millennium came the time to make a fresh start. Monier decided to concentrate on The Micronauts as a solo project, to develop his career in his native country of France, and to stay true to the ideals which allowed the house and techno creative explosion: underground, independence, innovation. He setup a web site, themicronauts.com, a label, Micronautics, produced soundtracks and embraced the digital revolution.

As a DJ he plays across the world as an early adopter of the laptop set and as a producer he refined his sound, adding the latest software technology and synthesis methods to his already rich range. You can hear it now on the new Micronauts album, “Damaging Consent” released on Citizen Records, the Dijon-based label that brought us Vitalic, JohnLordFonda, Teenage Bad Girl and The Penelopes.

Exploring the boundaries of electronic dance music it’s a fascinating travel through electro, techno, acid, hip-hop and rock. From the opening throbbing disco pulse of “Reaction” to the banging Chicago acid implosion of “Get Down” and the electro edged “Superstar” The Micronauts powerful dance-floor science is rooted in twisted experimentations that take us on a journey through new mutations and sounds.

Inevitably over the years major artists have asked Monier to remix one of their tracks: Pizzaman, Neneh Cherry, The Chemical Brothers, OMD, Underworld, Death In Vegas, Mirwais and Madonna to name but a few. Most of these remixes are featured on “A Remixes Retrospective”, the CD that accompanies his new album.

CD 1 THE MICRONAUTS “Damaging Consent”
1. Action (Intro) 0′25
2. Reaction 7′25
3. Distracted 5′30
4. The Beat (Remix) 7′45
5. Superstar 3′53
6. I Wanna Be Yours (Album Edit) 6′26
7. Sweat (Album Version) 6′55
8. Sweet (Remix) 7′49
9. Quaalude (Interlude) 0′47
10. Cinecitta (Finale) 6′25
11. Altitude (Interlude) 0′22
12. Get Down 5′47
13. Drug 0′25
14. High Rise 9′03
15. Eros (Outro) 0′28

CD 2 “A Remixes Retrospective”
1. UNDERWORLD “Bruce Lee (The Micronauts Remix)” 8′56
2. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS “Block Rockin’ Beats (The Micronauts Remix)” 9′52
3. 16B “Water Ride (The Micronauts Remix)” 10′00
4. THE STRIKE BOYS “Jet Set (The Micronauts Remix)” 7′54
5. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK “Electricity (The Micronauts Remix)” 8′39
6. MIRWAIS “Miss You (The Micronauts Remix)” 6′31
7. THE MICRONAUTS “Bollywood” 6′26
8. JEAN NIPON Vs. Aď “A.C. Anthem (The Micronauts Remix)” 5′56
9. DEATH IN VEGAS “Dirge (The Micronauts Remix)” 6′40
10. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS “Block Rockin’ Beats (The Micronauts Bonus Beats)”3′47

www.micronauts.citizen-records.com
www.the-micronauts.com
www.myspace.com/micronauts
www.dailymotion.com/video/x14v1p_the-micronauts-the-jag

Artist - The Micronauts
Title - Damaging Consent
Label - CITIZEN
Format - 2 X CD (& Bonus Remixes Disc)
Catalog No. - CDZ015
Release Date - 05/11/2007

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