Side By Side

Although Trisomie 21 (whose line-up includes a full member credited with "advice and assistance") has an extensive back catalogue of records at home in France, the rest of the world has only recently begun enjoying the quartet's unsettling mutation of lush techno-pop with industrial dance ingredients. The group who have endured since the early '80s, spanning styles such as brooding, experimental post-punk as well as a more danceable synth pop sound influenced by post-punk acts like Joy Division and the Cure, as well as the experimentation of the Residents and Yello. Alternating discrete songs with Philippe Lomprez's bilingual semi-tuneless vocals and Hervé Lomprez's intriguing instrumentals that down plays the group's adventurous side to showcase inept crooning and a laughable approximation of Maurice Chevalier imitating Bryan Ferry. Formed in 1981, taking their name from trisomy 21, the medical term for the extra chromosome that causes Down Syndrome.

Ripped from the compilation CD that contains the full EPs "Joh'Burg", "Shift Away" and "Works in Progress" + 2 tracks from the "Final Work" EP + 1 exclusive track in MP3 @ 320kbps

Trisomie 21; Side By Side

1.      Joh’ Burg

2.      Il Se Noie

3.      La Fete Triste

4.      Shift Away

5.      Jakarta

6.      Ravishing Delight

7.      Betrayed

8.      Another Move

9.      A New Outset

10.   Bamboo

11.   Take The Shock Away (Previously Unreleased Version)