Ted & Francis
You must be familiar with our passionate love for Australian music. It’s hard to understand then why we never said a word about Ted & Francis. (Although we covered their other project Like Woah!) They’ve been around for a while, getting more and more hype with each release. Now, that they’ve sent their Sebastien Tellier remix around and we’re getting close to their own debut on Kitsuné, it’s time we make up for this mistake. So the guys are actually David and Rhys (not to confuse with Ted and Francis), from Sydney and in their early 20s. And they make good music. They are sensitive to pop, mixing it in the cutting edge fashion and adding those amazing keys + synths. Vocals are dreamy and hypnotic so totally following the footsteps of Cut Copy and the French 80s-revival. Of course, you can hear the influence of traditional synth-pop and of great heroes like Prince and Michael Jackson. On this note, listen to the remixes and originals below. Thanks for the tracks mainly to Ohh Crapp and others as well.
Ted & Francis – Erlend (Ted & Francis remix) [zshare] // [ysi]*
Ted & Francis – I Wish I Was a Polar Bear [zshare] // [ysi]
Empire of the Sun – We Are The People (Ted & Francis remix) [zshare] // [ysi]
Appaloosa – The Day (We Fell In Love) (Ted & Francis remix) [zshare] // [ysi]
Sébastien Tellier – Kilometre (Ted & Francis remix) [zshare] // [ysi]
Ted & Francis – All Ways [zshare] // [ysi]
*Check out the brilliant collaboration between Kitsuné and Scion on the new Kitsuné Pioneer sampler
Hello world! Consider this the first shot in us getting back on track into post land. That window, plus and minus several days around massively organized parties can take the wind out of the sails. But now that things are a bit calmer, expect your regularly scheduled programming to begin post haste.