In the shadowy light of his secret sound laboratory, Erik Elektrik has been synthesising various alternative musical movements for over a decade. Always on the look-out for the ultimate and original formula, by 1999 it became obvious: he needed a lab assistant.
Thus, Erik created a gene/genre-pool hybrid out of the brain of a raver, the corpse of a post-rock punk, and the heart of a voodoo priest. It all came to fruition with electric sparks, forbidden chemistry, ... voila, Frankeinsound is alive!
Now, this daring duo's bold and eclectic productions pour through electronic sounds, melting rock, punk, funk, dub and other unidentified sounding objects together, all plunged into the energy of the third millennium, see the light under the Signal Electrique moniker.
‘‘Acid Library'', the first album made in any old way, set the foundation in 2001 for this hyper dynamic pair. But it was at their on-the-road live performance tours where the communicative properties of Signal Electrique were enhanced. It's not by chance that they joined Crystal Distortion, 69db and Interlope on the Chip Jockey CD collection and were graced in 2003 with the "Attention Talent Scène" award at the famous French festival: le Printemps de Bourges.
Next came ‘‘Jukebox Monkey'' the CD digitalization of Signal Electrique in 2003; they let their musical styles go loose by spreading an endless flow of sonic data under a mysterious codex that shares analogical improvisations and digital predeterminations, humor and broken beats. From festivals to clubs, from gigs to gallery sound creations, this freaky twosome tested and upgraded their performance prototype to obtain an optimal level of exit. The dancers said, "right on!".
In 2005 they withdrew themselves into their underground estate for studio introspection. By blowing new energies into their machines, Erik Elektrik and Frankeinsound decided to limit the use of sequencers and to record live instead. After exhausting the machines, sublimating the electric organs and vintage synthesisers, turning aside samples and unlikely loops, they went back to sparse and melodic compositions. And, quite naturally, they integrated the voice of Dave Dick A.K.A. the possessed singer from the electro-trash duo Dick Voodoo.
The result is a digest of rock energy, always groovy, that is materialized under the name ‘Treat me Bad' (Expressillon) in the Fall of 2006.
In a parallel direction, Signal Electrique optimizes its live setting to make a live transcription with all the richness of their new compositions. While on stage, each of them plays their own very different parts, and yet they manage to merge these two concepts of electronic music into an identity all their own and give it coherence.
Today, Erik Elektrik handles the sequenced parts with the help of rhythm boxes and samplers. Frankeinsound plays live, without a safety-net, with samplers and synthesizers. There is no laptop, and never a preset sequence. All the while they are able to play a variety of pieces from their set list, they rearrange the songs differently each time they play. After seven years, they still give to the electronica genre an imaginative and lively side.
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