Bordeaux, France has a new powerhouse for hard-hitting techno and glitchy house in Strip Steve. The 20th release in the growing Boysnoize Records catalog (the new imprint founded by Berlinian electrophile Boys Noize, of course), Strip Steve’s debut EP, ‘Skip School’, is a credit to to the emerging label; it keeps pace with the ubiquitous mix friendly releases that have come before, from artists such as D.I.M., Shadow Dancer, Les Petits Pilous, PUZIQUe, and, naturally, Boys Noize. Here’s a pair from ‘Skip School EP’:
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MP3: Strip Steve – Ready Steady
Strip Steve made his first noise on Ed Banger affiliate label Arcade Mode, with the 2007’s B-side single ‘Skatin” (split with Das Glow’s ‘Sunburnt’ on the A-side):
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Strip Steve has shown his remix skill in this work for moody French pop-rock act Adam Kesher and one mysterious Chromeo remix that’s been floating around (even rearing its head in the recent Clifford Lidelle mix on this here blog) has presumably morphed into an instrumental track of it’s own, titled ‘You & I’ on the ‘Skip School EP’—just FYI. Now here’s Adam Kesher:
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MP3: Adam Kesher – Irene (Strip Steve’s MTV Remix)
Visit Strip Steve on MySpace. And for those who read French, hyperlink over to the homie-blog Kidsbycolette for a Strip Steve interview.
