Cassius is a French house
music duo that consist of
producers namely Philippe
Cerboneschi and Hubert
Blanc-Francard, also known as
Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass.
In 1988, Philippe Zdar and
Boom Bass started working
together, producing albums for
French hip-hop artist MC
Solaar. In 1991 they created
their first project, called La
Funk Mob, and the following
year, they started
experimenting with a more
electronic sound, which led to
Zdar joining Etienne de Crécy
in the project Motorbass.
Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass
then created "Foxxy", their
first self-published house
music track, in 1996, under
the name Cassius, and the
moderate success that followed
lead to them remixing tracks
for acts such as Air and Daft
Punk. In January 1999, they
released their first single,
"Cassius 1999". It was
published by Virgin Records,
and entered the UK Top 40
chart at number seven. This
was soon followed by their
debut album, 1999, which had
two more singles released from
it, "Feeling For You" and "La
Mouche". The music videos for
"Cassius 1999" and "Feeling
for You" portrayed the
character Deadman, from DC
Comics, as a DJ superhero.
In 2002, its their second
album release, Au Rêve. This
featured the "empowered female
disco" track "I'm a Woman",
with Jocelyn Brown on vocals,
as well as the hit single "The
Sound of Violence", featuring
Steve Edwards on vocals. This
album had collaborations with
Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface
Killah and Leroy Burgess.
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