Philippe Zdar on the Yamaha CS-80
Philippe Zdar on the Yamaha CS80 from will seelig on Vimeo.
I’ve wanted to post something about Zdar for a while, so when I stumbled upon this video it seemed like the perfect pretext.
Philippe Zdar is 1/2 of Cassius (who in the 90s were known as La Funk Mob and used to produce hip hop tracks for MC Solaar) and he’s also my favorite mixing engineer. One of the true wizards of sound. He mixed down Chromeo’s Fancy Footwork album, which is how I came to hearing endless stories about the man and the myth, through my brother. Sometimes I mix Chromeo’s live backing tracks and I try to match Zdar’s work. It’s impossible. His tracks sound like they’re straight from the late 70’s, they’ve got more warmth and attitude than anything else out there today. He’s done a good part of Phoenix’s music as well.
In this particular clip however, he shows the good folks at Future Music his CS-80 synth and it’s just fun to listen to his accent.
Tags: Cassius, Chromeo, CS-80, Future Music, Philippe Zdar
December 5th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Philippe Zdar! Da mans a f•cken genius str8 up & down! U could still br8 a Cassius cut from da 90’s & it sounds new & actually sounds fuller than a lot of da new cuts! Big ups & rspx 2 da man Philippe Zdar!
December 6th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Wow I think he was talking about band Phoenix from France, their sound is hot and it def made listening to music different. Now a days its the beat that comes first and the lyrics second. Sometimes I think I’m the only one who follows sound and not genre Philippe Zdar is sick on the track
December 8th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Yes Kofi, the French band Phoenix.
December 10th, 2009 at 3:11 am
Simply Amazing and informative.
Interesting he states that the Arturia Plug is coming *pauses* near the original. Always wanted to know that. Putting it through a good pre-amp seemed obvious. Though he did not touch too many knobs on that beast. Never could get my head around all the possibilities and always just tweaked it preset like with minor adjustments. Studio looked specially cosy.
Great find Mr. Atrak
February 16th, 2010 at 8:24 am
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March 3rd, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Thank you Phillipe Zdar for showing us a little bit of light in this dark world.
Blessings to you & the whole musical mafia!
Thank you DJ A-Trak for being so courteous, blessings to you & to N.Y.C.!
- Adel A.R. Jamal