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This album fresh from the mighty Defected Records has to be one of the finest I have had the pleasure of listening too so far this year!!
A brilliantly compiled selection of tracks expertly put together embracing the sexy disco classics from yesteryear with some of the finer moments in soulful house from today.. Bob Sinclar steps up where Dimitry From Paris left off and delivers big time!
Silk smoking jacket and monogrammed slippers at the ready! The Playboy Playmates have arrived, the place is swarming with sexy Bunnies, and it’s time to party along to a package of probably – no, absolutely - the sexiest dance music since disco was invented. Bob Sinclar is playing live at the Playboy Mansion… and that Grotto won’t know what’s hit it!
Aaaah, Bob Sinclar *strokes white cat on lap*… The man’s CV is impeccable with now legendary residencies at Paris’ Les Bains Douches and Le Palace kicking off a truly glittering career in which he has taken dance music to the very pinnacle of sophistication. Why else would he be chosen to set the world’s most famous pleasuredrome on fire?
Who can forget the Jane Fonda work-out-themed ‘GymTonic’ crafted with Daft Punk collaborator Thomas Bangalter? Or ‘World Hold On’? Or ‘Love Generation’? Or any of the tracks that have appeared on Bob’s own Yellow record label, including those by local hero Dimitri from Paris, himself a veteran of the Playboy Mansion sound?
And Bob Sinclar, with his international ladies’ man reputation, fits in perfectly at that Playboy Mansion. His real name may be Christophe Le Friant, but – when he’s not deep undercover as Bob Sinclar – he’s known as Chris the French Kiss, a veritable Hugh Hefner of the decks with his devilish good looks, his way of winning over whole roomfuls of pretty people and his status as an after-dark superstar and spinner of glamorous dreams.
Even their humble beginnings have something in common, with Hef coming from a family of upstanding conservative parents and going on to conquer the world of publishing and glamour and Bob – or Christophe – a regular Parisian, with a regular career as a tennis instructor in front of him, seduced into a world of music (and women), which he first discovered after sneaking out of his bedroom window to worm his way into a club called Le Bataclan, and going on to conquer a world of music and – hold on – glamour!
“I was good at tennis but my head was in the clouds,” says Christophe now. “I was dreaming about being someone strong. Then I went to see Afrika Bambaata and saw Cash Money scratching and knew: wow - it was amazing!” His first decks were bought when he was 17 and by 20 he was doing professional gigs at clubs in Paris that needed a sharp kick up le derriere from someone of Bob Sinclar’s vision.
“Now the club is called Le Queen,” says Bob (yeah, honey, we’ve heard of it). “It’s on the Champs Elyses. It was a Tuesday -- not a typical night for clubbing -- so I could do what I wanted. It was the start of something.” Something pretty big. By New Year’s Eve 2006 – with millions of records sold - he would have 25,000 people in the palm of his hand at the Summer Dayze festival in Australia: “Just me, alone on this big stage!”
As international men of business – though admittedly, Hef has quite a jump even on Bob – Bob Sinclar (“I’m a workaholic!”) and Hugh Hefner make a natural partnership when it comes to getting the party started: Mr. Hefner has the location and the women (those Playboy parties are literally the hottest thing in Hollywood: Paris Hilton recently was spotted sneaking her way in, kitted out in stockings and suspenders), while Bob has a superstar selection of tracks rounded up from across the decades. Only the sexiest beats need apply as this is a VIP-only kind of event.
Grace Jones accompanied by her slinky ‘Libertango’? Yes, you’re on the list, honey. Have a good night. European royalty in the form of Space’s ‘Magic Fly’ and a couple of tracks by Voyage? Yes, you’re down, plus one. Underplayed 70’s classics like First Choice’s ‘Newsy Neighbours,’ Gino Soccio’s ‘Dancer’ and Michael Zagger Band’s ‘Let’s All Chant?’ Open the velvet rope and let them through. And everyone stand back, PLEASE, for Machine’s immaculate, legendary social-conscience disco ‘There But For the Grace of God Go I’ and Class Action’s ‘Week End’.
There’s only room for two CDs-full, 38 tracks altogether, so Bob has had to peruse his list and turn away many disappointed tracks. Sorry, people, better luck next time. And no, Bob can’t accept folded $100 dollar bills to look the other way. Nice try.!
Playboy 1
1. Voyage: From East To West
2. Voyage: Point Zero
3. Junior Jack: Dancing
4. Bob Sinclar: World of Love
5. T Connection: At Midnight
6. John Davis Orchestra: Bourgie Bourgie
7. Dennis Ferrer: Church Lady
8. Barbara Tucker: Beautiful People
9. Roger S: Get Hi
10. Machine: There But For The Grace of God
11. First Choice: Newsy Neighbours
12. Macho vs Mr V: I’m A Man vs Put Your Drink Down
13. Afromento: Midnight Train
14. Made In USA: Melodies
15. Bob Sinclar: Kiss My Eyes
16. Don Ray: Standing In The Rain
17. Gino Soccio: Dancer
18. Space: Magic Fly
19. Grace Jones: Libertango
Playboy 2
1. Le Magnifique: Tatiana-Glamourous
2. Van McCoy: Do The Hustle
3. MFSB: Kay Jee
4. Love De Luxe: Here Comes That Sound
5. Imagination: Burning Up
6. Daniel Wang: Like Some Dreams
7. Kenlou: Moonshine
8. Tom Trago: Live With The BBQ
9. ESG: Moody
10. Commateens: Get Off My Case
11. Class Action: Week End
12. Michael Zagger Band: Let’s All Chant
13. [Bohannon?] Let’s Start The Dance
14. Wings: Good Night Tonight
15. Bob Sinclar: I Wanna Go Bang
16. Alden Tyrell: Love Explosion
17. Art Of Disco feat Farrell Lennon: Ten Thousand Women
18. Alexander Robotnick: Problems D’Amour
19. Fun Boy Three: Our Lips Are Sealed |
