Minitel Rose – Wild Birds (Wagner Remix)

French electro trio Minitel Rose is back in the game. Two years after their critically acclaimed first album, The French Machine (Futur, 2008), Raphael, Romain and Quentin have teamed up with K7! Records for their sophomore release Atlantique.

Simple but sophisticated; Retro; Futurist; Positive; Romantic - just a few of the words that come to mind when describing Minitel Rose’s sound. Falling somewhere between rock and dance (the band loves rock drums and dance synths), Atlantique was composed largely in a rented house overlooking the ocean in Quentin’s hometown of Pornic, France. “We wanted to get an album composed in a special place during a special period, in a special time of our life,” Quentin says. “It's very important for us to be in an atypical place to compose, we are always inspired by what we can see searching for a melody in front of the sea is different that in a big town or in a desert.”

While The French Machine was largely the product of computer technology, Minitel Rose’s growth is witnessed through development of a fantastic live stage show and relying more on analog gear for the studio productions on Atlantique. Currently Minitel Rose’s live show consists of four performers on stage, a real punk drummer and three live synths. “It's a real rock gig. We use synths but no computers or tapes. It’s all energy and sweat,” Quentin says.

The first single of the album, “Wild Birds,” has an Electro-House tinged Disco SynthPop sound with full effect on this energetic, anthemic track. Its retro synth chords and uplifting vocals seriously bode well for this album being the soundtrack to the fall. On remix duties they have some big names, including Barretso, Kolt13 and Thieves Like Us

Between the humidity of Sebastien Tellier, the scientific cult of dreams a la New Order and the overexcitement of a Calvin Harris, Minitel Rose have just taught climate change a lesson: only one season is ever worth living. A nerverending summer with a clear blue sky, cradled with Atlantique’s electronic flows.

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