ELECTRONICAT is Fred Bigot, a Parisian performer who managed to establish himself as one of the most exciting new acts between `electronic music` and `rock` for the past few years. So ELECTRONICAT found himself listed in last years top 10 of the prestigious `Time Out New York`-magazine and described as `life techno with a touch of glam rock. so obvious, you wonder why nobody thought of it before`. ELECTRONICAT released several LPs and Singles on such different labels as ONITOR, ANGELIKA KÖHLERMANN and DISKO B ( `Amour Salé`, db 105, 2002). `21st Century Toy` now proves that the combination of Independent pop AND electronic music only rocks if false veneration is left behind. So let` s forget everything we know about Electroclash and New Rock. ELECTRONICATS new album spells in loud letters his definition of electronic music with an enhanced mixture of laptop comfort and sweating hardware. ELECTRONICAT starts with the contradictions, which apparently exist unbridgeable between dirty Blues-Rock analogue sounds and the clear electronically generated sounds: Here you will find Rock` n` Roll rhythm gimmicks made with dirty drum machine bassdrums,  Glam-Rock and 60ies Vocals recorded in a bedroom, distorting guitar-frequencies enhanced with amazing software. Already the opener `Tonight` clearly formulates Bigots enthusiasm to combine the extremes with humour as he melts Cramps psychobilly-guitar-riffs with ELECTRONICATS typical dirty shuffle boogie bass rhythm and vocals reminding of the Yardbirds. `Gitarkatze` and `Birds want to have fun` could be laughing attacks on lyrics with sense but if we tell you that the first one is directly influenced by both - Steeve Hillage's "Fish Rising" and Blixa Bargeld's "Maschine" and the second by Cindy Lauper and Serge Gainsbourg - the only thing you can do is scratching your head and say to yourself: WHAT'S IN ELECTRONICATS MIND? `Friscobay` is the most significant song for Bigots tipsy no-limit attitude, and combines mad sound inventions with a punk attitude, whereas the title track `21st century toy` gives a reminiscence of Brian Eno fighting with Led Zeppelin III guitars and 60ies psychedelic choirs. It` s a monster bass ride through the hell of the future of Pop an in between biker rock anthems (`Till I Die`) and glittering electronic ballads (`Whenever you want`) you find the intensity which marked his efforts on the DEPECHE MODE Remix  (`Dead Of Night`, released on Mute Records, 2002). Working with Gerhard Potuznik (G.D.LUXXE, also co-producer of CHICKS ON SPEED) canalized ELECTRONICATs almost schizophrenic devotion to noisy and pushing sounds. Accompanied at the microphone by CATRIONA SHAW (QUEEN OF JAPAN) the record develops intimate density resulting in a new brand of electronically expressed music which is best described as `electric-glam-rock`n`roll`.

TRACKLISTING:
CD Version
1.Tonight, 2.Frisco bay, 3. 21st century toy, 4. Experience (cd-only), 5. Hoo woo woo, 6. Whenever you want (cd-only), 7. Till i die, 8. Baby you, 9. Sauterelle, 10. Gitarkatze, 11. Birds want to have fun, 12. Amour salé (cd-only)

listen:
DEPECHE MODE
ELECTRONICAT
remix of
THE DEAD OF NIGHT.