Take Giorgio Moroder, paint him black, give him a bass guitar and a magic Red Bull Viagra cocktail, and you'll have a faint idea of how The Supermen Lovers sounds like.
Disco, dance, electro. Funk. Lotta funk. All in one. Like a special offer, but way cooler.
Do you like that thing people call nu-disco now? Listen to TSL's records. His work has been pioneering for the new wave of european electronic music. His organic sound, a mixture of synthetizers, loops, and real, played instruments has created a immediately recognizable sound which has formed, influenced many of today's electronic artists' sound.
The Supermen Lovers. You have to imagine his life like a movie. An action movie.
First of all, does Guillaume Atlan, aka The Supermen Lovers, really need an introduction to anyone?
Just say the magic word Starlight, and that's enough. #2 in England, #3 in France, #3 in Australia, #1 in 11 European countries, and BOOM, Starlight is a worldwide hymn. 2 million copies worldwide.
He's on the spotlight. Everybody wants him.
Imagine this like a movie.
We're in Paris now. And a young Guillaume Atlan, fresh of conservatory studies, after releasing his first Underground disco EP, leads the european charts.
2002: his first album, The player, featuring his second single Diamonds for
her, gets the remix traitment by the biggest international DJs: Derrick Carter, DJ Sneak, Ernest St Laurent, 20\20 Vision.
It's 2003 now: his underground disco hit Rebirth (in the Fantasia Disco EP) conquers the dance charts and clubs around the world, and he releases other 2 EPs: The noctus delectatum disco EP, and the Material Disco Ep, which mark the ending of his "trilogy" project. Step ahead to 2005, quick, there's a second album coming, and it's called Boys in the Wood. Its sound is way different from Starlight.
Boys in the Wood is dark, powerful, sometimes mean. Groovy '70 basslines chat with spacey synths, rhytmic patterns, an entire universe of groove. A perfect 2AM classic. A perfect dancefloor record. And that's what TSL does during all these years: he goes playing, touring, everywhere.
He gets back to his roots now, the roots of a clubber, the reign of the 4-on- the-floor, the world of all the people who sweat, scream, dance. Bringing the luxury of a killer bassline to every country.
But there's no rest for the wicked.
We are in Cannes now. 2007, the movies Poltergay and Modern love hit the cinemas, featuring a stunning, brand-new soundtrack by The Supermen Lovers.
Imagine 2008 now: during one of his live shows, Guillaume meets worldwide disco myth Rick Bailey (Delegation). The two immediately tune on the same frequencies, and Bailey, a veteran of the field, has the opportunity to watch how much does this frenchie rocks on stage. Obviously they decide collaborating on a remake of Delegation's You and I.
Like a groovy kind of dream, once you've done something cool, you just try to do it again.
So you try -for example- making your own funk classic, done by someone born in the '70, deeply influenced by the '80, who makes funk in our time.
(Funk: that music which turns you on and makes you make out with any living thing in a 500m range.)
2010: Back to Paris. His new EP, Take a Chance, featuring Rick Bailey's vocals, is ready. His new, long-awaited album, Between the Ages, is ready. The Supermen Lovers is ready.
Are you ready?