Artist Profiles: Danger | FORTUNE
2006 was a huge year for the French, with talented electro-house acts breaking out all over the place, but things have quieted down a bit in 2007. Sure, all the usual suspects (Justice, SebastiAn, Kavinsky, et. al) are still dropping fire on the regular, but we haven’t had a new French act to lose our shit for since Kavinsky burst onto the scene with “Testarossa Autodrive” late last year. That’s all about to change though, with two new talents on the verge of breaking into the public consciousness, both with their own unique take on the French electro sound that’s become so huge over the last 18 months.

While Pedro Winter and the Ed Banger collective have more or less dominated the French scene for the last two years, 2007 sees a new generation of artists and labels making a name for themselves outside of the Justice/SebastiAn/Uffie crowd. Kavinsky led the way with his signing to Air’s Record Makers label last year, and now labels like Disque Primeur and Elekroshock are beginning to make some serious noise as well. It’s Elekroshock who have the honor of putting out newcomer Danger’s tracks, and what an honor it is. Borrowing elements from everything that’s hot in electronic music now, Danger’s 9/14 2007 EP is an incredibly promising debut and suggests that Danger just might be the closest thing the French have to an heir to the Justice thrown of hype. Danger represents himself as an animated action hero, names all his songs after times and dates and his single, “11h30″, just might be the best electro-house track of the year not involving a children’s choir and disco strings. Remember how you felt when you first heard “Waters of Nazareth”? Yeah, it’s kind of like that.
Incorporating a pastiche of influences from across the European electro scene, Danger brings together glitchy pop sounds, electronic power chords, Klaxon-esque backing vocals and an incomprehensible chorus to create an absolute banger in “11h30″ and it totally slays. Working with the same dark edge that runs throughout the French-house scene these days, you can draw a lot of parallels between Danger’s sound and that of SebastiAn, Kavinsky and Justice, but as the literature accompanying the EP correctly asserts, he’s not just another nu-disco act jumping on the electro bandwagon. “This is about emotions. His music has meaning, it’s both personal and universal; he is a true composer working in his own universe,” the press release goes on, and I have to say I agree. “11h30″ is truly immense, a visceral listening experience on par with “Waters of Nazareth” and “Ross Ross Ross”, and the track joins said predecessors among the ranks of the best electronic singles in recent history. So listen people, Danger is definitely someone worth getting really excited about, and you best be ready for him to do some serious damage in the new year.
MP3: “11h30″ - Danger ((highly recommended))

Moving away from the purely electronic and into the realm of electro-rock is FORTUNE, who’s ready to takeover the France with a new sound of his own. While still embracing the heavy electronic influence of his contemporaries, he brings live drums and (*gasp*) guitars into the mix for a refreshing new take on that so hot right now French sound. “Bully” is the first and only track he’s currently got available, but it’s a total banger and a freshly-inked deal with Disque Primeur will supposedly yield a debut EP from FORTUNE before the year is out. Sounding like Phoenix if they took a more bangin’ direction or the Ed Banger dudes if they left their distortion knobs alone for a minute and picked up guitars instead, “Bully” is an amazing first track and has me desperate to hear more. I hope you feel the same.
MP3: “Bully” - FORTUNE ((highly recommend))
Elsewhere, the latest issue of the NME brought with it quite the bonus package on Wednesday, in the form of a free CD of “Flux” remixes. While opinions (including mine) are still extremely mixed on Bloc Party’s latest single, they rarely let us down in the remix department and this time out it’s no different. With MSTRKRFT’s JFK (seriously, dudes must have some serious disdain for vowels) and GoodBooks both throwing down some interesting takes on the tracks, this is definitely a remix EP worth purchasing. Oh wait, it’s free. Fuck yeah.
MP3s:
“Flux” (JFK Remix) - Bloc Party
“Flux” (GoodBooks Magnetism Mix) - Bloc Party
ALTERNATE LINKS
• “11h30″ - Danger
• “Bully” - FORTUNE
• “Flux” (JFK Remix) - Bloc Party
• “Flux” (GoodBooks Magnetism Mix) - Bloc Party

November 16th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
DANGER is incredible.
btw I really like the DatA Remix of 11h30 I saw a few days ago on kidzbycolette.
Danger - 11h30 (DatA Remix)
http://kidzbycolette.free.fr/?p=360
November 16th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Actually, I think you’ll find Fortune already has a s/t EP out. It’s available in the iTunes Store, although it’s damn near impossible to find, even with the search engine.
November 17th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Danger is indeed incredible, but he seems to be one of a number of artists following in the sound laid out by Kavinsky. SymbolOne and Futurecop! are two acts of a similar bent that might also float your boat. For me, I think it’s great to see the territory Kavinsky once seemed to traverse on his own, is now seeing others have a look-see and come up with good music of their own.
Oh and 14h54 is the standout track for me off his EP. Madness.
November 17th, 2007 at 8:12 am
Ha! I forgot to mention Harrison Schaaf is another of the Kavinsky-esque new guard.
November 17th, 2007 at 10:02 am
THE definitive remix of ‘Flux’ is this here 13 minutes of awesomeness - http://www.u-myx.com/Music/Bloc-Party/Flux/3736/
Fuck knows who Reverend Terry is though.
November 17th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
thank you so much for posting the BP remixes, now I just need the other two.
Is there anywhere in the states to buy issue of NME with the remix cd?
November 17th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LYNIDJP2
Those are the four remixes.
NME have decreed in their newest issue that henceforth all music in the Digitalism, Justice, Kavinsky, Yuksek, DIM, Brodinski school is to be called ELECTRO MOSH.
Or, e-mosh.
I kid you not.
November 18th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
11h30 is amazing! I came here for the JFK remix of flux, but this is so much better!
November 18th, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Woah, that Danger track is the shit. Hell yeah! I can’t stop myself from dancing.
Thanks for sharing, mate.
And I’ve noticed the french are coming out with some killer shit lately.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:04 am
I must admit, I haven’t been wild about Justice, SMD, Kavinsky, et. al.
These two I can get behind however. Danger’s track is unlike anything I have heard recently; fortune kills.
Those remixes are pretty nice too, goodbooks’ in particular is more interesting than the original.
4 for 4 post: nicely done.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
what a great post. the tracks just keep gettin’ better and better. your shit takes the cake this week. wow. wow wow wow wow woweeee.
bloc party needs no further gushing over, JFK is out of character with such a sound, i feel. though i do like it.
i’d heard danger before, but not that track, and my assumptions of their sound was WAY off.
fortune is the bomb diggy.
thanks a bunch!!!
nicko
redthreat.wordpress.com
November 20th, 2007 at 7:14 am
I also have recently discovered Danger and I love the music. The images used on the website also do a lot for the imagination. I have been into sebastiAn, para one, data, teenage bad girl, terry poison and spitzer, to name a few. If you like these artists please check out the tracks on my new website and let me know what you think! Thanks so much, music is a alive and well.
November 20th, 2007 at 7:15 am
website is : myspace.com/essenceuniverse
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:59 am
“In the Shadow” by Fortune is out and about with a remix by TEPR….
PS stop saying “banger”
xxx
December 13th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
“Bully” is _killing it_ on our dance floor - another great GWFA find!
-E
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:33 am
I say it’s better weather for ducks.
love the site, dude. keep it up.
danger rokks.