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INFLUENCES ? musically, and without any decent order :

James Brown, Igor Stravinsky, Serge Gainsbourg, Johnny Harris, François de Roubaix, Ennio Morriconne, Nino Ferrer, John Bonham, Arvo Pärt, Lali Puna, Brian Auger, Henri Mancini, D. Shostakovitch, Spanky Wilson, Blossom Dearie, Alan Moorhouse, Jean-Claude Vannier, Bernard Estardy, Alvin Cash, Donny Hathaway, Jack Arel, Doris, The Sonics, Dashiell Hedayat, The Stooges, Delibes, Alan Hawkshaw, Syd Dale, KPM, Boosey & Hawkes, De Wolfe, Johnny Hawksworth, Julie Driscoll and the Trinity, Nita Rossi, Claudine Longet, Julie London, Dusty Springfield, Yvonne Fair, Jean Brun, Electrelane, Esquirel, Joe Thomas, Devo, Ricky Roberts, Chuck Berry, Les Baxter, Michel Legrand, Hugo Montenegro, Jacques Delon, Jimmy Mc Griff, Mount Sims, Talking Heads, Peter Sellers, Eddie Jefferson, Velma, Jean Jacques Perrey, Brother Jack Mc Duff, David Whitaker, Peter Thomas, The Doors, Ramsey Lewis, Phil Upchurch, The Capitols, Ursula 1000, Michel Colombier, Manfred Krug, Jean Constantin, Nancy Wilson, Sonic Youth, King Curtis, Billy May, Whale, Nina Simone, Etta James, Steve Reich, Michael Nyman, Billy Larkin, Bob Dorough, The Kinks, Erik Satie, Edwin Birdsong, Georgie Fame, Lalo Schiffrin, Ken Ishii, Anita O'Day, Akuphen, Tom Scott, Etta James, Bob James, Chris Montez, Dick Hyman, Sergio Mendez...

in other ways :

Dino Buzatti, Edgar A. Poe, Jorge Luis Borges, Michel Butor, Pierre Paulin, Charles Eames, Terry Rodgers, Vasarely, Franck Lloyd Wright, Martin Paar, Stanley Kubrick, Steve Mc Queen, Jesus-Rafael Soto...tbc

and finally but mainly, a few women with extra charm and something more :

Sharon Tate, Gena Rowlands, Francoise Dorleac, Joanna Shimkus, Claudine Longet, Soledad Miranda, Anna Karina, Edwige Fenech...

> BIOGRAPHY

Minimatic also almost (un)known as Brother Moulinex or Monsieur Sonotone or Raymond Tempi the erotomaniac, or most of the time as a bald guy called Pascal Houpert.
Composer, musician, producer, living somewhere in SouthWest, France.

How to explain this fascination for a period that he doesn't even live in...Errr...
Born in Nice, 1970.
Riviera, seaside, deluxe cars and high boots, eternal sun, "Promenade des Anglais"... Well, everything is said.
Black and white. Fatal love for easy tunes, smoothy arrangements, sad pop, punk rock...& passion for the deep soul-funk ghetto sounds, deep grooving from the roots black culture.
Between sillyness and consciousness. Between kitsch & beauty. Always hesitating.
How to precisely define his sound ?
Retro or modern ? Funky or dark ? Groovy or gloomy ? Cheesy or suicidal ? Never choose. Life has to be cinematic. That's all.

In the real life, he has been seen in various positions :
playing Fender Rhodes live on stage for the uk pop songwriter Bill Pritchard, dj mixing @ the glamorous Cannes French Film Festival alongside with Jean Croc & Ariel Wizman (Radio Nova), spinning rare 45s in the Unique Club (R.I.P) in Dusseldorf, composing cinematic soundtracks for serious contemporary theatral plays, ex-AD of Le Cithéa (old temple of early soul & afro-funk place in Paris), sound designing several TV ads and trendy luxe shops musical ambiances, and inaugurating the Boutique-Chic EP series on Stereofiction, his friend Georges Deligny's label, alongside with his beloved partner in crime, Grand David, king of the all the groovy gypsies. Recently fully involved in the production of the forthcoming Albert de Paname album for the french label Pschent (Costes compilations, Mezzanine de l'Alcazar..). he's regularly mixing with his crazy friend Soulist (Emperor of the groovissimo 'What The Funk' parties in Paris.)

Minimatic appears on several tasty compilations around the world :
Champs Elysees Cafe vol.3 (Wagram/France)
Music Department (Rambling Records/Japan)
Erotic Lounge Vol.6 (Sony-BMG/Germany)
La Perla (IrmaRecords/Italy)
Music In Style (Hi-Note/Hong-Kong)...

At the moment, he's moving buttons, preparing the next Formica Invasions in his secret vintage laboratory and basecamp studio

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