Telex – This Is Telex
- A1 The Beat Goes On/Off
- A2 Moskow Diskow
- A3 Twist A Saint-Tropez
- A4 Euro-vision
- B1 Dance To The Music
- B2 Drama Drama
- B3 Exercise Is Good For You
- B4 L'amour Toujours
- C1 Radio-Radio
- C2 Rendez-vous Dans L'espace
- C3 Beautiful Li(f)e
- D1 The Number One Song In Heaven
- D2 La Bamba
- D3 Dear Prudene
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Forced into retirement after the death of founding member Marc Moulin in 2008, Telex’s legacy is as colourful and memorable as it is boundary-pushing. The Belgian electronic pioneers emerged at a point in time when synths were just beginning to find favour outside the laboratories of scientific creatives, but while aural peers of the time like Kraftwerk threw themselves fully into a robotic future, Telex would quickly garner a reputation for a more fun vision of man-machine musicians.
Bouncy, jaunty, uptempo and – for want of a better phrase – much rowdier than many rigid structures of formative era electronic pop, newcomers are likely to find the work spread over this career-spanning singles collection immediately engaging. Setting a benchmark at the time, and helping create a blueprint that’s still audible in may contemporary outfits (Metronomy, Jacques Le Cont), it might be erring on batshit crazy but that’s precisely the point.