French house act Cassius are set to perform for the first time since the death of Philippe ˜Zdar Cerboneschi in 2019.
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The French producer and DJ, who made up one-half of the musical duo, died at the age of 50 in 2019 after accidentally falling from a high floor of a building in Paris. He was a week away from releasing the last Cassius album, ˜Dreems .
Now, surviving member Hubert ˜Boombass Blanc-Francard is set to play a one-off set at the Paris Paralympics closing ceremony in honour of his late co-producer.
The performance will take place on Sunday September 8 at the Stade de France, where much of the games have taken place.
Boombass will be joining a line-up of other French electronic artists, including Jean-Michel Jarre, Anetha, Busy P, Chloé Caillet and Kiddy Smile for a three-hour “electro party” that will celebrate the country’s rich music scenes.
Cassius were pioneers of French Touch, a subgenre of house music that emerged in France in the ’90s. Alongside his work in Cassius, Zdar also produced Hot Chip s album ˜A Bath Full of Ecstasy , which was released after his passing. During his lifetime, he was known for mixing and producing Phoenix ˜s landmark 2009 album ˜Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix , and over the course of his career, worked with the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Cat Power, Robyn and more. He owned and operated a studio, Motorbass Studio, in Paris.
In 2020, Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, released a cover of Cassius ˜ 2006 single ˜Toop Toop as a tribute to Zdar on the first anniversary of his passing.
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