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Upon first listen of Club Cheval's debut album Discipline, you may not guess they're French. In fact, if you never heard them speak, you would probably never guess they're French at all. The producer supergroup consisting of Sam Tiba, Myd, Canblaster and Panteros666 are completely separate from any scene. Their music recalls US R&B but then it's full of innovative electronica which again distances them from the mainstream strain of R&B. As such, Discipline is something completely new. An electronic record made from big hooks, euphoric instrumentals and intricate beat work that combines their four different influences and spits them out as one coherent sound.
Speaking to Panteros 666 and Sam Tiba from Paris on the eve of the release of the album, they seem ready to let the album go into the world. "We're really excited," says Panteros, who handles most of the talking. "We worked on it for four years and we all think it's 100 per cent". While individually, their electronic styles are different, they come together on the album as a cohesive team with a record that barely devetaes in style from track one to track 15.
"We're all in the same uniform. We're all part of one team," Panteros says explaining the groups ethos and album cover simultaneously. With that in mind, the four were able to put their personal styles second and approach Club Cheval as a completely new project sharing "gigs and gigs of music" in the beginning, bouncing purely off a shared love for music. Finding strength in numbers the four have been able to forge their own musical identity without being attached to any scene, in France in particular. "We're not part of a scene, that would be isolating," he says, "We've got each other".
Part of that has to surely be because the musical output in Paris right now is very different to the sort of international sound that they four of them have created. "There's a lot of old school techno in Paris. You need to look further afield for innovative, new music," Panteros says. In search of something different, they looked to US R&B producers. Panteros names the genre as the birthplace of much of music's innovation. They count Timbaland's beats as being some of the most inspiring, most notably his work on Justin Timberlake's 2006 track My Love - the beginning of Timbaland's second successful career reinvention.
Conversation turns from there quickly into Justin Bieber. "Justin Bieber's new album has some of the most innovative club beats around," Panteros says. The reason why it's mainstream? "Because it's Justin Bieber". You can already see the production of Bieber's Purpose infiltrating the mainstream just like Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds did with many a popstar attempting to past the tropical-house beat of What Do You Mean? or the dancefloor drop of Sorry into their own tracks.
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Despite a search for innovation, Club Cheval are not afraid to look to the mainstream for inspiration either. It's probably how they decided upon featuring R&B vocalist Rudy throughout the album, a reference singer for the likes of Chris Brown and The Weeknd. They wanted a singer like Daft Punk's Romanthony, someone who would be happy to be "another instrument" in the band. As such, they were able to manipulate, chop and screw Rudy's vocals like they would with a synth or a beat. "We wanted somebody who would become part of the band," Panteros says elaborating on how Rudy was happy to contribute without being listed on each song as a "featured artists". He's an important part of the record but so is the alarm synth of Discipline or the stark keys of Young Rich And Radical.
If you've seen Club Cheval's impressive air hanger live performance, you'll know not to expect a standard DJ/producer show from the foursome. Facing each other in a circle, they recreate the music with a live approach, feeding off each other's energy. "We always wanted to play it live, that was always a goal," Panteros says just days out from their first live show in Paris following the release of the album. While there are no plans announced to bring the show back to Australia just yet they're intent on doing so. "We love Australia," Sam Tiba says, naming specifically Nina Las Vegas, Strict Face and Swick. The four of them played a DJ set at Stereosonic in 2012 while Tiba toured as part of Nina Las Vegas' Presents series back in 2014.
With a debut album in the pocket now and an incredible live show to boot, the next time we see them here it's likely to be a completely different experience.
Club Cheval's debut album Discipline is out now.
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Upon first listen of Club Cheval's debut album Discipline, you may not guess they're French. In fact, if you never heard them speak, you would probably never guess they're French at all. The producer supergroup consisting of Sam Tiba, Myd, Canblaster and Panteros666 are completely separate from any scene. Their music recalls US R&B but then it's full of innovative electronica which again distances them from the mainstream strain of R&B. As such, Discipline is something completely new. An electronic record made from big hooks, euphoric instrumentals and intricate beat work that combines their four different influences and spits them out as one coherent sound.
Speaking to Panteros 666 and Sam Tiba from Paris on the eve of the release of the album, they seem ready to let the album go into the world. "We're really excited," says Panteros, who handles most of the talking. "We worked on it for four years and we all think it's 100 per cent". While individually, their electronic styles are different, they come together on the album as a cohesive team with a record that barely devetaes in style from track one to track 15.
"We're all in the same uniform. We're all part of one team," Panteros says explaining the groups ethos and album cover simultaneously. With that in mind, the four were able to put their personal styles second and approach Club Cheval as a completely new project sharing "gigs and gigs of music" in the beginning, bouncing purely off a shared love for music. Finding strength in numbers the four have been able to forge their own musical identity without being attached to any scene, in France in particular. "We're not part of a scene, that would be isolating," he says, "We've got each other".
Part of that has to surely be because the musical output in Paris right now is very different to the sort of international sound that they four of them have created. "There's a lot of old school techno in Paris. You need to look further afield for innovative, new music," Panteros says. In search of something different, they looked to US R&B producers. Panteros names the genre as the birthplace of much of music's innovation. They count Timbaland's beats as being some of the most inspiring, most notably his work on Justin Timberlake's 2006 track My Love - the beginning of Timbaland's second successful career reinvention.
Conversation turns from there quickly into Justin Bieber. "Justin Bieber's new album has some of the most innovative club beats around," Panteros says. The reason why it's mainstream? "Because it's Justin Bieber". You can already see the production of Bieber's Purpose infiltrating the mainstream just like Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds did with many a popstar attempting to past the tropical-house beat of What Do You Mean? or the dancefloor drop of Sorry into their own tracks.
Despite a search for innovation, Club Cheval are not afraid to look to the mainstream for inspiration. It's probably how they decided upon featuring R&B vocalist Rudy throughout the album, a reference singer for the likes of Chris Brown and The Weeknd. They wanted a singer like Daft Punk's Romanthony, someone who would be happy to be "another instrument" in the band. As such, they were able to manipulate, chop and screw Rudy's vocals like they would with a synth or a beat. "We wanted somebody who would become part of the band," Panteros says elaborating on how Rudy was happy to contribute without being listed on each song as a "featured artists". He's an important part of the record but so is the alarm synth of Discipline or the stark keys of Young Rich And Radical.
If you've seen Club Cheval's impressive air hanger live performance, you'll know not to expect a standard DJ/producer show from the foursome. Facing each other in a circle, they recreate the music with a live approach, feeding off each other's energy. "We always wanted to play it live, that was always a goal," Panteros says just days out from their first live show in Paris following the release of the album. While there are no plans announced to bring the show back to Australia just yet they're intent on doing so. "We love Australia," Sam Tiba says, naming specifically Nina Las Vegas, Strict Face and Swick. The four of them played a DJ set at Stereosonic in 2012 while Tiba toured as part of Nina Las Vegas' Presents series back in 2014.
With a debut album in the pocket now and an incredible live show to boot, the next time we see them here it's likely to be a completely different experience.
Club Cheval's debut album Discipline is out now.
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