moulin

Marc Moulin is a legendary jazz musician and electronic music pioneer from Belgium. After spending the 60s in many succesful Belgian jazz bands, he formed his own band with friend and guitar specialist Phillip Catherine named Placebo. They were a blend of funk, soul, jazz and electronics. He was also the first Belgian to own a Moog.

After Placebo disbanded he tried his hand at a solo project along with some of the band members from his former project. His first album was called Sam Suffy and this I think this song was particularly stunning:

He steps away from the jazz scene and instead spends time producing pop records for such french stars as teen sensation Lio and Alain Chamfort.

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In the late 70s, Moulin would help found electro-pop pioneers Telex with the aid of programmer/sound engineer Dan Lacksman and vocalist Michel Moers. The combination is a winning one and they go on to create some timeless pop songs that still sound great to this day.

He passed away due to cancer in September of 2008 at the age of 66. May he rest in peace.

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