Digitalism

Digitalism is a German dance punk duo, founded in 2004 in Hamburg, Germany, consisting of Jens "Jence" Moelle and Ismail "Isi" Tufekci. They are signed to French label Kitsune Music and have released four singles to date: "Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Jupiter Room", and "Pogo". Jens likens Digitalism's songs to simple chapters in a complex novel about social interaction and attraction, with distorted bass lines and thumping rhythms comprising the punctuation. Digitalism has remixed tracks for The Presets, Tom Vek, The Futureheads, Daft Punk, Tiga, Klaxons, White Stripes, Monk, Depeche Mode, Cut Copy and many others, including a re-edit of "Fire in Cairo" by The Cure (entitled "Digitalism in Cairo"). Their tracks and remixes are played by DJs such as Erol Alkan, Soulwax, Boys Noize and Justice, among others.

Digitalism have made appearances at festivals such as Coachella, and South by Southwest as well as various clubs worldwide.

Jens Moelle has two solo releases on Kitsune Music; "I Ragazzi Dell 1982" as Palermo Disko Machine and Wired as Jence.

Digitalism

Duo allemand de musique electronique.
Les deux musiciens sont Jens Moelle et Ismail Tuefekci et ils se sont rencontres dans un magasin de disque a Hambourg. En 2004, ils sortent leur premier single qu'ils autoproduisent, Idealistic. Ce morceau fait un carton en Allemagne, et meme dans quelques autres pays d'Europe. En 2005, sort Zdarlight, le hit crossover de l'annee les propulsera sur le devant de la scene car ils seront playlistes par des DJs aussi differents que connus. Leur troisieme single, Jupiter Room sort en 2006, et ne fait que confirmer leur talent en matiere de composition musicale et de pouvoir a faire danser les foules. Bien reposes sur leurs trois singles, les Digitalism commencent la meme annee la creation de leur premier album Idealism, sorti sur le label Kitsune. En mars 2007 sort donc cet album dans plus de 20 pays simultanement, et s'ecoule jusqu'a present a 180 000 exemplaires dont 50 000 au Japon, un gros succes en musique electronique.