Telex

Telex – This Is Telex (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:47 minutes | 1,06 GB | Genre: Electronic, Synth-pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mute

When Belgian musicians Dan Lacksman and Marc Moulin first joined forces as Telex in the late 1970s, the goal, Lacksman said last year, “was to do something not serious,” like taking a well-known French song and make it as slow as possible. It was Moulin who suggested couching their hijinks in synth pop’s minimalism.

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Telex – Neurovision (Remastered) (1980/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:31 minutes | 898 MB | Genre: Synth-pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mute

Remastered and newly mixed by band members Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers, Telex releases Neurovision. Released in 1980, the album was the follow up to their debut Looking For Saint-Tropez, and includes the track ‘Euro-vision’ which was famously entered into the Eurovision Song Contest, representing Belgium. Moers says he regarded their entry as “very Situationist International, the worm in the apple” and they resolved either to come first or last. They didn’t achieve that goal, but became part of the Eurovision saga.

The Belgian synthpop trio – Marc Moulin (1942- 2008), Lacksman and Michel Moers – launched in Brussels in 1978 and, as one of only a handful of synthpop pioneers at the time, helped bring electronic pop to the mainstream. Telex announced their retirement in 2008, following Moulin’s death, and in 2021 began a new partnership with Mute beginning with the release of This Is Telex.

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Telex – Sex (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 37:49 minutes | 447 MB | Genre: Electronic, Synth-pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mute

Telex was originally formed as a fun project. Initially, she recorded electro cover versions of international hits. She had her first successes with her versions of the titles Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley, Ça plane pour moi by Plastic Bertrand and Dance to the Music by Sly Stone. In 1979 she released her first own title Moskow Diskow, with which she also gained international fame. In 1980, on the advice of her manager, she participated in the Belgian preliminary to the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by the Walloon television station RTBF under the title Éliminatoires belges du grand prix de la chanson. Telex managed to win the preliminary decision against the six other participating artists. Their entry Euro-vision was the first entry on the contest itself at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 in The Hague. Telex received 14 points for it (including the second highest score of ten points from Portugal) and reached the 17th place among 19 participants.

After the Eurovision Song Contest, Telex left the label rkm, which was distributed in Germany through Hansa by Ariola in France by wea and Great Britain by Sire.

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Telex – Looney Tunes (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:25 minutes | 733 MB | Genre: Electronic, Synth-pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mute

Telex wurde ursprünglich als Spaßprojekt gegründet. Zunächst nahm sie Electro-Coverversionen internationaler Hits auf. Erste Erfolge hatte sie mit ihren Versionen der Titel Rock Around the Clock von Bill Haley, Ça plane pour moi von Plastic Bertrand und Dance to the Music von Sly Stone. 1979 veröffentlichte sie ihren ersten eigenen Titel Moskow Diskow, mit dem sie auch international Bekanntheit erlangte. 1980 nahm sie auf Anraten ihres Managers am belgischen Vorentscheid zum Eurovision Song Contest teil, der vom wallonischen Fernsehsender RTBF unter dem Titel Éliminatoires belges du grand prix de la chanson veranstaltet wurde. Telex konnte die Vorentscheidung gegen die sechs anderen teilnehmenden Künstler gewinnen. Ihr Beitrag Euro-vision war beim Eurovision Song Contest 1980 in Den Haag der erste Beitrag über den Wettbewerb selbst. Telex erhielt dafür 14 Punkte (darunter aus Portugal die zweithöchste Wertung von zehn Punkten) und erreichte den 17. Platz unter 19 Teilnehmern.

Nach dem Eurovision Song Contest verließen Telex das Label rkm, das in Deutschland über Hansa von Ariola in Frankreich von wea und Großbritannien von Sire vertrieben wurde.

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Telex – Looking For Saint-Tropez (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 30:51 minutes | 674 MB | Genre: Electronic, Synth-pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mute

The Belgian synthpop group Telex was formed in 1978 by Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers, with the intention of “Making something really European, different from rock, without guitar – and the idea was electronic music.” (Marc Moulin) Mixing the aesthetics of disco, punk and experimental electronic music, they released a stripped-down synthesized cover version of “Twist à St. Tropez” by Les Chats Sauvages.

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Telex – How Do You Dance? (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:56 minutes | 792 MB | Genre: Electronic, Synth-pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mute

The album How Do You Dance? (2006), now remastered and newly mixed from the original tapes by Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers alongside other five Telex studio albums.

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