Boombass declares the large return of the long-lasting French Touch group | EUROtoday

LThe story of Cassius might have ended on June 19, 2019, when Philippe “Zdar” Cerboneschi, shocked by the breaking of the guardrail of his balcony, within the 18th^e arrondissement of Paris, falls and dies immediately, on the age of 52. That's what the opposite member of the French digital music duo, Hubert “Boombass” Blanc-Francard, initially believed. In June 2020, when he launched his first solo album, The Bendhe declared on Canal+: “Cassius no longer has any reason to exist.”

And then, in August 2021, the artist tells his story, and that of Cassius, by his autobiography Boombass a historical past of the French Touchlaunched in August 2021. A primary step earlier than contemplating the return. And it’s with the understanding {that a} title that also resonates on dancefloors world wide shouldn’t be allowed to fade away that Boombass lastly determined to resurrect Cassius by reactivating the group's Instagram account to announce the discharge of a “best of” album on October 11, then a tour in 2025.

A gradual return materialized with the closing ceremony of the Paralympics

Why such a choice? The set off got here in the course of the many units carried out in latest months in France and overseas by Boombass, within the firm of his two comrades Étienne de Crécy and DJ Falcon. The reactions of the general public when he performed Cassius' tracks satisfied him that the story couldn’t finish there. As the summer time of 2024 approached, Boombass was then requested to take part within the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games, surrounded by a big a part of his artist pals. In addition to the glory bestowed on him, the chance was additionally to have fun the twenty fifth anniversary of Cassius' very first album, 1999.

Hubert Blanc-Francard then unpacks his journey bag within the 18th^e arrondissement in Paris, the place he rented a two-room condo 5 minutes from Abbesses for just a few days. Back in what had lengthy been his neighborhood, he made his resolution and revealed an unpublished textual content, “How Do You See Me Now” (in reference to a Cassius music, “See Me Now”, launched in 2006), he wrote: “Now, even if my friend is no longer there, he is still there, in my cells and in my heart. In one of those flash dreams where we cross paths, which have become more frequent, I had the impression that he was shaking my hand, or perhaps holding it out to me. I started to miss Cassius, I told myself that I should put on my old suit, just to see.”

A “best of” album, a long-standing mission

The concept of ​​a compilation of their “best songs” is on the record of the duo's unfinished tasks. “There is an old-school side that we liked. A celebration of our adventure seemed to me to be a good first step in this still somewhat large Cassius costume,” explains Boombass in his unpublished textual content.

Fans won’t be disenchanted, as this new album will deliver collectively twenty tracks tracing 23 years of an eclectic and danceable musical journey. From the group's first album, 1999which has grow to be a staple of the French Touch, with the titles “Feeling For You” and “La Mouche”, on the very newest album, Dreams (2019), passing by the audacious To the dream (2002) or the intimate 15 once more (2006), the mission is consumed as an actual journey of greater than 1 hour 20 minutes, punctuated by the duo's best-known hits, “I <3 U So" and "Toop Toop" on the high.

An extra shock is that this “best of” will reveal an extended, unreleased eight-minute piece, Dinapolyon the finish of the album.

A tour introduced for 2025

The opus, merely titled Best of 1996-2019, would be the first step of this comeback earlier than a tour introduced for 2025 “in clubs around the world”. The first date will happen on October 9, 2024, to kick off the album's launch, on the Rex Club in Paris – a legendary membership the place Boombass carried out just a few occasions in 2023.

As if to beat the absence of Philippe “Zdar”, Hubert Blanc-Francard will likely be surrounded by “his many friends” all through the tour: he’ll carry out alongside Thomas Bangalter – one half of Daft Punk -, the Versaillais of Phoenix, Pedro Winter aka Busy P – the top of the Ed Banger label who was Cassius' supervisor firstly – or Alan Braxe – once more one of many pillars of French Touch identified for his hits “Music Sounds Better With You” (with the short-lived tremendous group Stardust) and “Intro”.

No one is aware of but who will really be there, or what surprises await followers between now and subsequent 12 months. In the meantime, one factor is for positive: the album's tagline, “Cassius rockin' non-stop since 1999,” has by no means been extra related.

Best of 1996-2019 will likely be out there digitally on platforms and in vinyl model from October eleventh.