Latest Release
- 30 MAY 2024
- 1 Song
- Tourist (Remastered) [Deluxe Version] · 2000
- St Germain · 2015
- Tourist (Remastered) [Deluxe Version] · 2000
- Alabama Blues (Todd Edwards Vocal Radio Edit Mix) - Single · 1995
- from Detroit to St Germain (The Complete Series for Connoisseurs) · 1999
- from Detroit to St Germain (The Complete Series for Connoisseurs) · 2012
- Sittin' Here (Remixes) · 2016
- Real Blues (Atjazz Remixes) - EP · 2015
- from Detroit to St Germain (The Complete Series for Connoisseurs) · 2012
- from Detroit to St Germain (The Complete Series for Connoisseurs) · 2012
Essential Albums
- Ludovic Navarre’s first (stunning) LP in 15 years weaves in the rhythms of Mali.
- In making its digital debut in June 2012, this seminal jazztronica album from 2000 received both sharp remastering and iTunes LP treatment. Producer/composer Ludovic Navarre was on the vanguard of the French electronic music scene that begat Daft Punk, Air and Dimitri from Paris before releasing his sophomore album under the St. Germain moniker. Tourist continues to sound fresh, starting with the Marlena Shaw-sampling opening track, “Rose rouge”, and concluding with the vibraphone-driven funk-fueled closer “What You Think About”. Navarre masterfully balances programmed sounds with live performances by the likes of Jamaican guitar master Ernest Ranglin on “Montego Bay Spleen”. Deluxe content includes a bonus live track; the animated video for the infectious single “So Flute” and the semi-animated visual treatment for “Sure Thing” (memorable for its inventive John Lee Hooker/Miles Davis sample); photos, recording credits and a biographical essay.
Albums
- 2015
Music Videos
- 2016
- 2015
- 2012
- 2012
About St Germain
In the ‘90s, St Germain’s fusion of deep house and acid jazz played a crucial role in the French Touch, the wave of Gallic dance music that also included Daft Punk and Cassius. Born in the Parisian suburbs in 1969, St Germain (a.k.a. Ludovic Navarre) proudly flew the tricolour flag early on: one of his first EPs was titled French Traxx. But by his 1995 debut album, Boulevard, he was looking outward, balancing sleek Parisian house with samples of vintage jazz and Southern blues. His 2000 breakout LP, Tourist—home to the timeless singles “Rose Rouge” and “Sure Thing”—doubled down on the sounds of long-ago juke joints and speakeasies, draping languid flute and sax riffs over dubbed-out house grooves. Over the years, Navarre’s vision has only widened: he recruited a number of skilled Malian musicians for his 2015 self-titled album, offering his own tribute to the soulful sounds of West African desert blues.
- HOMETOWN
- Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- BORN
- 1973
- GENRE
- Electronica