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- OCT 4, 2024
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- Tourist (Remastered) [Deluxe Version] · 2000
- Tourist (Remastered) [Deluxe Version] · 2000
- Tourist (Remastered) [Deluxe Version] · 2000
- Tourist (Remastered) [Deluxe Version] · 2000
- Tourist (Remastered) [Deluxe Version] · 2000
- St Germain · 2015
- Boulevard - The Complete Series · 1995
- Tourist (Remastered) [Deluxe Version] · 2000
- St Germain · 2015
- Tourist (Remastered) [Deluxe Version] · 2000
Essential Albums
- Paris’ jazz-house pioneer looks to Mali for his first album in 15 years.
- 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 balance 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
- 2015
- 2012
- 2012
Artist Playlists
- A master of chill moods, this French producer is a funnel for nu-jazz and deep house.
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 tricolor 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