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Telex is tagged as: synthpop, electronic, electro, 80s, belgium

There are three bands with the name Telex:
1. The Belgian synthpop group Telex was formed in 1978 by Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers, with the intention of “Making something really European, different from rock, without guitar - and the idea was electronic music.” (Marc Moulin) Mixing the aesthetics of disco, punk and experimental electronic music, they released a stripped-down synthesized cover version of “Twist à St. Tropez” by Les Chats Sauvages.
They followed up with an ultra-slow cover of “Rock Around the Clock”, a hilariously relaxed and dispassionate version of one-hit-wonder Plastic Bertrand’s punk song “Ça Plane Pour Moi”, and a perversely mechanical cover of “Dance to the Music”, originally by Sly Stone.
Like Kraftwerk, Telex built their music entirely from electronic instruments, and the sounds of the two groups have a certain similarity. However, unlike Kraftwerk’s studied Teutonic irony, Telex favour a more joyously irreverent humour.
Their debut album, “Looking for Saint Tropez”, featured the worldwide hit single “Moskow Diskow”, one of the first ever electronic dance/pop songs.
In 1980 Telex’s manager asked them to enter for the Eurovisi...
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Top 10 Telex Songs
Moskow Diskow
Dance To The Music
Rock Around The Clock
Euro-Vision
Moscow Discow
Ca Plane pour moi
Eurovision
L'amour Toujours
Tour De France
Something to Say
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Top 10 Telex Albums
I Don't Like Remixes (Original Classics 78-86)
Neurovision
The Best
Looking For Saint Tropez
Looking For St Tropez
How Do You Dance?
I Don't Like Remixes
Wonderful World
Sex ("Birds And Bees")
Ultimate Best Of
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