Since our Sebastien Tellier interview fell through this week we’re rerunning Alyssa’s AMAZING coverage of his NYC show last year so as to AMPLIFY WHY it is crucial everyone goes LATE to 930 CLUB TONIGHT.
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p.s. score the free remix of Kilometer right here
(originally posted in AUGUST 08)
see full set here
At one point during Sebastien Tellier’s brilliant set at Hiro this week, I crawled up on stage and perched myself on a speaker to shoot. I’m not sure whether it was me, the dress, my kitten like-stance, or the 4.5 inch Proenza heels that did it, but all of a sudden Sebastien was on the floor in between songs trying to look up my dress. The French dudes in the front giggled (hon hon hon), and I battled feelings of creepiness and flattery.
I have such a strong attachment to Tellier’s music, both new (Sexuality is out now-ed)and old, that I let it slide and continued dancing. The show was amazing – absolutely, breathtakingly, heartbreakingly beautiful. And when he played “La Ritournelle,” which is one of my favorite songs of all time, my whole body froze in a bout of chills. I could curl up in a ball and listen to that intro till the end of time.
Towards the end of the hour-plus set, Tellier conducted a revealing rendition of “Sexual Sportswear,” equipped with moans, the mic-ing of his crotch, and (in my favorite Max Fischerian terms), a handjob for the mic stand.
And in the weirdest way, it was pretty hot.
The photos, as per usual, are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
August 1, 2008 at 12:16 pmI’ve been listening to Divine all morning and getting back in touch with my silver lame euro trash self in the best imaginable way.