Sébastien Tellier, that French craftsman of sound, has created what amounts to one of the year’s first outstanding albums. With his third long player album, ‘Sexuality’, Tellier makes sensual and airy electronica with hints of French pop and a heavy dose of traditional singer/songwriter crooning. It’s Classic Tellier, and the first we’ve heard from the maestro since the Steak film score we touched on last year. More notches in the ever fuller discography of Sébastien Tellier, get fully acquainted at Discogs.

Oh, and is it worth mentioning that the ‘Sexuality’ LP is produced by the man behind the mask, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, better known as 1/2 of Daft Punk? Yes? Thought so.

Enjoy these choice cuts among an album of choice cuts. The advance album has been in my playlist almost daily for over a month now:

MP3: Sébastien Tellier - Kilometer
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MP3: Sébastien Tellier - Pomme
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MP3: Sébastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear
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Wow, it’s like sex for your ear with no messy cleanup! But, baby, we ain’t pulled out yet. Get a load of this mix by frequent collaborator, SebastiAn, of Ed Banger fame, provides a signature choppy electrofied remix of the fashionable ‘Sexual Sportswear’:

MP3: Sébastien Tellier - Sexual Sportswear (SebastiAn Remix)

The album ‘Sexuality’ will be released this upcoming Monday, February 25th, on the premier label of French band AIR, Record Makers. Seriously worth your duckets, even at high stakes import prices—all that Amazon currently offers.

But before you go, for shits and giggles, and ’cause we all stay gully, here’s a mash-up from one of the few folks who’s mash-ups we always dig—The Hood Internet—fitting that #1 stunna by the name, Birdman, into some snug ‘Sexual Sportswear’:

MP3: The Hood Internet - 100 Million Sportswear (Birdman vs. Sébastien Tellier)

Visit Sébastien Tellier on MySpace and scope out the dozens of European tour dates! Read an interview with Sebastien Tellier about the development of ‘Sexuality’ over at Popjustice.

Edit: We’ve removed the download links for the LP tracks at the request of Record Makers. But Record Makers have promised us a ‘Divine’ remix by Midnight Juggernauts for us to share with everyone very soon!

DJ Paul V. is kind of an authority on mash-ups. What makes him an authority? Perhaps because he does a little mash-up heavy program for (arguably the coolest radio station in the world) Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles. The show is The Smash Mix! airing every Friday afternoon at 5:30 and, alternatively, downloadable over the internet by visiting the site (as well as streamable from the Indie 103.1 Smash Mix page). Always something fun going on over there!

Paul V. sent us this mash-up which he is particularly proud of, and works very well. It’s a blend of Yo Majesty’s ‘Club Action’, as remixed by Bag Raiders (which also uses some of Enya’s ‘Orinoco Flow [Sail Away]’) smashed with Depeche Mode’s ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ as remixed by Dirty South.

Sounds great, although I must admit when the Enya part finally drops it’s a little abrupt in contrast with all the, ‘fuck that shit, nigga!’. But we love abrupt, that’s why we like love ‘fuck that shit’ chorus in the first place!:

MP3: Yo Majesty vs. Depeche Mode - Just Can’t Get Club Action (DJ Paul V. Mix)

Before we move on, give a listen to the building blocks of the track above:

MP3: Yo Majesty - Club Action (Chris Bagraiders Sailing to Baltimore Edit)

MP3: Depeche Mode - Just Can’t Get Enough (Dirty South Remix)

Now, here’s another one of his most recent mashes, which takes Lil’ Mama’s ‘Lip Gloss’ and glazes it over the classic tune, ‘Tequila’ by The Champs (a listen will likely bring up fond memories of Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure):

MP3: Lil’ Mama vs. The Champs - Tequila Lip Gloss (DJ Paul V. Mix)

DJ Paul V. also does the Neon Noise radio show on Indie 103.1 every Saturday night (midnight-3am); It’s a mix of all sorts of tracks you’d probably love, check program’s page on Indie’s site here and know that you can stream the show live from the website!

Paul V. doesn’t quit there, he is also a regular at the monthly mash-up party, Bootie LA, as well as the resident DJ of L.A.’s longest-running underground dance club, Dragstrip 66. And, lastly, of course, he has a MySpace.