1999

Cassius: Boombass, Philippe Zdar.
Photographer: Rankin .
Producers Boombass and Philippe Zdar might not be household names, but you have probably heard the work of these two Parisian geniuses without even realizing it. Combining hip-hop beats with house music production values, 1999 is an exercise in genre blurring. It's impossible to put the songs into one category, as they include everything possible, all with the avowed intention of making you move. Recorded in an unusually short period of time (three weeks), the album mixes funk-filled tracks with the energy that Philippe brought back from his storming DJ sets at Paris clubs like Respect and the South London deep-house drunkfests Basment Jaxx and Scaramanga. The album is deep with fresh, innovative yet retro-style tracks that bristle with life from the start. 1999 was built to last long past the millennium.