François X has been delivering a special brand of dancefloor invigoration for a decade now — the Parisian DJ/producer found a special niche between the worlds
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LabelDEMENT3D Records
Results5The Paris-based collective, led by Heartbeat & Francois X, has made a name for itself with powerful and bold aesthetics, and introducing some of the French capital’s most prominent electronic acts since 2011. DEMENT3D stands more for an attitude rather than for a musical style in itself, with a wide-open set of genres and influences: from DSCRD’s experimental excursions rooted in “musique concrète” to Ligovskoï’s purest ambient drones.
Premiere: In Aeternam Vale – 180 GeV (2000)
Set up in Lyons in 1983 alongside Pascal Aubert and Chrystelle Marin, the main project of boundless electronic pioneer and innovator Laurent Prot – In Aeternam Vale,
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In Perspective: Ligovskoï
After a promising debut outing on the more techno-oriented Parisian label DEMENT3D, Ligovskoï recently returned with the brilliant ‘Mana’, a five-tracker rife with an outright fascinating amalgam of dust-caked atmospherics, spiritual streams and droney hum. We caught up with Nikolaï and Valerio as they open up on the roots of their new record, overall studio methods and their work as a tandem and through the distance.
Premiere: Ligovskoï – Aures (Peder Mannerfelt Power Mix)
Operating out of Brussels via Paris, Ligovskoï – the duo formed by Nikolaï Azonov and Valerio Selig – first came to light in 2014 with their debut offering on DEMENT3D,
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Premiere: Voiski – 205 Colorline
Remember Marble Madness? This game where the player had to move an onscreen marble across isometric landscapes and reliefs to the finish within a limited time frame. Back in
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