Étienne de Crécy
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Étienne de Crécy | |
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Born | Étienne Bernard Marie de Crécy 25 February 1969 Lyon, France |
Relatives | Nicolas de Crécy (brother) |
Musical career | |
Genres | Trip hop, electronica, downtempo, French house |
Years active | 1992–present |
Labels | Pixadelic |
Website | etiennedecrecy |
Étienne Bernard Marie de Crécy (French pronunciation: [etjɛn bɛʁnaʁ maʁi də kʁesi], born 25 February 1969, Lyon, France), also known as Superdiscount, EDC, Minos Pour Main Basse (Sur La Ville) and Mooloodjee, is a French DJ and producer who composes electronic music, primarily house.
Biography
Crécy was born in Lyon, but moved to
Releases
Super Discount was Étienne de Crécy's first release, including the well known singles "Tout doit disparaître" (Everything must go) and "Prix Choc" (Shock Price). Super Discount received very favourable reviews and sold over 200,000 copies.[citation needed]
Four years after Super Discount, Étienne de Crécy released Tempovision. Unlike Super Discount, which was perfectly adapted for the radio, Tempovision is a mature album, a deep reflection on the electronic music of this time. In Étienne de Crécy's opinion it was a blues album, differing from some of his earlier and more recent work.[citation needed]
The Tempovision track
The three 3D animated videos to accompany singles from the Tempovision album were directed by Étienne's brother, Geoffroy de Crécy.
Eight years after the first Super Discount album, came
Étienne de Crécy's more recent tracks have focused more on an electronic sound.[citation needed] They have also begun to be released on the Pixadelic label.
Selected discography
Étienne de Crécy discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 3 |
EPs | 19 |
Singles | 15 |
The discography of Étienne de Crécy consists of four studio albums, one live album, three compilation albums, eighteen extended plays and fifteen singles.
Studio albums
- Super Discount (1996, Different)
- Tempovision (2000, Solid) FR No. 57[3]
- Super Discount 2 (2004, Solid) FR No. 72,[3] BE (FL) No. 70[4]
- Super Discount 3 (2015, Pixadelic/A+LSO/Sony Music)[5] FR No. 40,[3] BE (FL) No. 56,[4] BE (WA) No. 103,[6] SWI No. 99[7]
- B.E.D (2018,
Live albums
- Live on Neptune (2007, Pixadelic) (digital only)
Compilation albums
- Tempovision Remixes (2002, Solid)
- Beats'n'Cubes Vol.1 (2011, Dim Mak)
- My Contribution to the Global Warming (2012, Pixadelic)
Extended plays and singles
Year | Title[8] | Chart positions | Album | |||
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FR
[3] |
BE [4][6] |
NL
[9] |
UK
[10] | |||
1997 | "Le Patron Est Devenu Fou!" | — | — | — | 118 [11] |
Super Discount |
1998 | Super Discount – ¥ | — | — | — | — | |
Super Discount – F | — | — | — | — | ||
Super Discount – $ | — | — | — | — | ||
Super Discount – £ | — | — | — | — | ||
1998 | "Prix Choc (Remixes)" | — | — | — | 60 | |
2000 | "Am I Wrong" | — | 15 (WA) | — | 44 | Tempovision |
"3 Day Week-End" | — | — | — | — | ||
2001 | "Scratched" | — | — | 96 | 80 | |
"Tempovision" | — | — | — | — | ||
2004 | Super Discount 2 – ¥ | — | — | — | — | Super Discount 2 |
Super Discount 2 – € | — | — | — | — | ||
Super Discount 2 – $ | — | — | — | — | ||
Super Discount 2 – £ | — | — | — | — | ||
2005 | "Someone Like You" (Fast Track Vocal Mix) | — | 8 (FL) | — | 140 [12] | |
2006 | Commercial E.P.1 | — | — | — | — | |
2007 | Commercial E.P.2 | — | — | — | — | |
2009 | "Hannukah" (with Monsieur Jo) | — | — | — | — | |
2010 | Welcome EP | — | — | — | — | |
Hope EP | 94 | — | — | — | ||
Binary EP | 84 | — | — | — | ||
No Brain EP | — | — | — | — | ||
2011 | "All Right" (digital only) | — | — | — | — | |
2013 | "Beatcrush" | — | — | — | — | |
2014 | "Hashtag My Ass" (digital only) | 181 | — | — | — | Super Discount 3 |
"Night (Cut the Crap)" (digital only) | — | — | — | — | ||
"You" (featuring Madeline Follin) | 121 | 40 (FL) | — | — | ||
2015 | "Smile" (with Alex Gopher) | 96 | — | — | — | |
"New Wave" (with Jason Glasser – digital only) | — | — | — | — | ||
2017 | After EP 1 | — | — | — | — | |
After EP 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
After EP 3 | — | — | — | — | ||
2018 | After EP 4 | — | — | — | — | |
2021 | Commercial E.P.3 | — | — | — | — |
References
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- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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