Froid Dub double Drop new soundtrack Album ‘Fotogenico’ & Club Ep ‘Six Gabber Tracks’
If you don’t know Parisian, Digi-Dub duo, Froid Dub you will soon. Fresh from playing Andrew Weatherall’s Convenanza festival this year, they are releasing the soundtrack to an independent French film ‘Fotogenico’. The project sees Froid Dub navigate an incredibly fertile range of sounds from gabber-rave through to a grungy post-punk sound all decked out with the graffiti-neon “synthetic colors” of the Marseille underworld.
Featuring a huge 33 tracks, the soundtrack plays a central role within the film as a man attempts to search for his lost daughter with only the music recorded by her as a clue…
The film also features a club scene for which the duo produced a series of six Gabber tracks reworked by Krikor and released on Delodio France on a separate vinyl limited to 200 copies. With positive reviews across Juno, Boomkat, and Rubadub the dual release demonstrates the talent and versitility of the French duo.
Six Gabber Tracks // Froid Dub & Krikor
“Known for their organic-meets-digital sound, [Froid Dub] push the boundaries even further with this release. The album features the unmistakable rhythms of the TR-808, now more submerged than ever in the thick, swirling echoes of digi-bass, creating a hypnotic atmosphere. Perfect for fans of experimental electronic and dub, this latest offering is another testament to Froid Dub's ability to fuse genres in a way that feels both timeless and forward-thinking.” - Juno
About Fotogenico…
“Fotogenico is a film graffiti. A free camera slips into the city nooks: wastelands, shady nightclubs and popular beaches, Marseille has rarely been filmed like this before. With their surprising sense of framing and their elliptical editing, Marcia Romano and Benoît Sabatier make waves in the naturalistic ocean of contemporary French cinema. The main wave has a name (and a mustache): Christophe Paou. The film is an eccentric showcase for his under-used talent, constantly on the verge of the grotesque without ever sacrificing his character. The filmmakers came up with a tailor-made part for him, a middle-aged man. From the depths of his grief, has the intuition that the light will come from lost youngsters, earning their living the best they can, performing genders the way they want and loving whenever they're able to. With its striking vitality, this unabashed and much-needed cinema deserves our recognition. “Long live graffiti, long live cinema, long live rock music, long live life!” (IMBd)
