Radio & Mixes

Tous les mois, on entre dans le studio des artistes en compagnie d'Alexandre Berly qui reçoit ce mois-ci la productrice Fantastic Twins.

La Cabine des Curiosités avec Fantastic Twins

Nobody is Perfect #13! Cornelius Doctor invites Fantastic Twins!

Nobody Is Perfect #13 - Cornelius Doctor invites Fantastic Twins [28.10.2021]

Feed Your Head Guest Mix: Fantastic Twins

Feel My Bicep Mixtape 198 by Fantastic Twins
http://www.feelmybicep.com/fmb-mixtape-198-fantastic-twins/

For this week’s episode of the FMB mixtape series, we welcome Julienne Dessagne aka Fantastic Twins; the Berlin-based French artist, producer, live performer and label owner (Microdosing). As usual we fired some questions over to find out a bit about the mix & what she’s been up to recently:

Mainly traveling for my live shows and in between working in the studio on lots of exciting projects – a soundtrack for contemporary dance, adding the last touches to my album, finishing an EP, and a new collaboration with Andrei Rusu (1/2 of the Khidja duo)… amongst other things. 

The mix was recorded in my studio in Berlin. My focus has always been on producing music and performing live shows rather than DJing so I have learnt to find my own way of making mixes which isn’t exactly the standard DJ approach. I use mainly Ableton and some outboard effect units. After selecting the music and digitalising vinyls when needed, I put the tracks in a session and do quite a lot of editing, add some layers of my own recorded material or vocals here and there, process some bits through external effects, etc. My mix is ultimately an instinctive assembling of all that and some happy accidents. The idea behind the mix is hopefully to create emotion for the listeners. I personally don’t enjoy mixes that sound like a straight motorway from start to finish. I much prefer to be taken through highs, lows and unexpected turns. I approach mixes in a very similar way to my live sets. For this particular mix, I liked the idea of starting things on what sounds like the fading end of something else. And building anew from there, in full circle. 

Up next?

Some upcoming live shows this weekend in Paris, Prague, a Mexican tour in December, an endless list of projects to finish in the studio, and I’m also looking forward to diving into the visual / art direction research for my new album which will hopefully be released next year.

FMB Mixtape 198 by Fantastic Twins

For the last Ransom Note Roll Through of the year, Rosie Ama and Matt Cowell are joined on
the guest mix by R$N family member, producer, DJ and live artist Fantastic Twins for an “in
transit” mix made on her travels in Mexico, which includes field recordings she made whilst on
the road.

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№ 2 welcomes the truly fantastic Dessagne Twins from Saint-Etienne…

"A four-season road trip, between class and bling. Cold breezes, indian summer and hot boulevards. Enough to give your ears a sun tan. All patchwork’ed with Love from The Twins. Enjoy (or get a fake tan). "

The multi-talented instrumentalist and singer Julienne Dessagne is the mastermind behind The Twins: drawing on her broad connoisseurship of dance music’s sonic fringes, she likes to conjure up massive synth drones and swooping vocal textures, all aligned by a particularly strong sense of melody and ambience. This results in a highly immersive amalgam of different electronic eras, as inciting as it is intoxicating.

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№ 2 - The Twins

Les yeux fermés proposent des concerts dans l’obscurité, sans écrans ni téléphones portables, avec un dispositif d’écoute immersif pour mieux se perdre dans le son et renouer avec une expérience intime et collective.

Après des concerts à la Gaité Lyrique, au Lieu Unique (Nantes), la Fondation Beyeler (Basel) ou la SAT de Montréal, Les Yeux Fermés investissent les ondes de Rinse France pour une émission mensuelle de deux heures au cours de laquelle un(e) invité(e) aura carte blanche pour sélectionner une heure de musique à écouter dans l’obscurité, la première heure étant sélectionnée par Guillaume Sorge, le directeur artistique du projet.

Cette émission sans parole vous proposera une géographie sonore de l’intime, sélectionnée par des artistes issu(e)s d’horizons divers - pas forcément des musiciens - ayant en commun un rapport très particulier à la musique.


Fantastic Twins, the ongoing project of Julienne Dessagne, is a sonic exploration of dual characters born from one distinct perspective. A producer, songwriter and acclaimed live performer, Dessagne has spent the last decade sculpting a unique world, releasing on influential labels such as Optimo Music, supporting Bicep on tour and earning the stewardship of electronic music icons including the late, great Andrew Weatherall.

While 2023 sees the release of Fantastic Twins long-anticipated album,‘Two Is Not a Number’, Dessagne’s cultish reputation as a live act precedes itself. Prioritising a natural predisposition to experimentation alongside decades spent on the most open-minded dancefloors, Fantastic Twins’ focus on a hybrid approach, featuring synthesizers, samplers, sequencers and modular effects has enraptured audiences at some of the world’s finest nightclubs, including fabric and Robert Johnson, as well as festivals such as Houghton, Convenanza, 4GB and Mira.

Building a sonic narrative on the fringes of techno, driven by a sense of mystery and character that remains entirely her own, Fantastic Twins live performances launch minds and bodies into space with a story that evolves in each setting, waves of rave tension breaking with blissful release. Here, Dessagne’s own vocals act as an organic anchor amid a truly live set that acts as a continuation of the cultures of Kosmische, pure techno and contemporary psychedelia.

With a background in performance since a young age, Dessagne is also known for her scores for contemporary dance. Her first album, ‘Obakodomo’, was the soundtrack for a contemporary dance piece for children, a playful metaphor for how to learn to live together and share resources, composed as a subtle riposte to the notion that children’s music has to be “childish”. Dessagne is currently working on another composition for performance to be released later in 2023, furthering a back catalogue that has spanned scores for fashion shows, film and documentary features.

Following a decade of releases on labels such as Optimo Music, Hippie Dance and Kompakt, 2023 also saw the launch of House of Slessor, an imprint and label founded by Dessagne with the specific intent of releasing her own material. The label is the home of ‘Two Is Not A Number’, Dessagne’s album exploring the entwined lives and fates of Fantastic Twins, a metaphor for our own psyche, our inner conflicts, and our relationship to others and otherness.

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LES YEUX FERMÉS : FANTASTIC TWINS - 23 Octobre 2023

Here's again a mixtape by The Twins, made for Whypeopledance's Serial Experiments #46 in January 2015. Special cut here featuring The Twins mix ONLY, i.e. without the part 1 radio mix made by Serial Experiments crew, as a few of you requested it... 
enjoy. Love from The Twins.

A Mixtape For Serial Experiments by THE TWINS / January 2015

What a week it has been, no, not that election nonsense....

Hippie Dance have taken over Ransom Note this week and what a bloody good job they have made of it as well. We've had interviews, features, stories and a bucket load of fun. 

To round off what has been a pretty special one we are delighted to welcome Fantastic Twins to the series, who spoke with Superpitcher & Rebolledo earlier in the week.

Fantastic Twins: The Ransom Note Mix

LAYER #159 mixed by Fantastic Twins!
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@fantastictwins (@optimo-music, @hippie-dance, @kompakt) - one of our favorite artists ever, Julienne Dessagne also known as the Fantastic Twins, or previously just The Twins, is back on LAYERS (previously you could hear her on an early one, #46), and not without reason - she is visiting us and our LAYERS event this Saturday in Vilnius with her undeniably grand live set! Meanwhile, have a listen to this great mix she has prepared us while we wait.
https://soundcloud.com/fantastictwins/
https://facebook.com/thetrulyfantastictwins/
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Art design by Mindaugas Gavrilovas.
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TRACKLIST:

-no tracklist available for this one, sorry-

LAYERS

LAYER #159 | Fantastic Twins

La Mverte invites Fantastic Twins on Rinse France. 
First hour by La Mverte, second hour by Fantastic Twins. 

Full Playlist:

1st hour - La Mverte

Intro - Psychos in love
Fondation - Quand il faut parler d’amour
Howard Ingram - Sacrestone 72
Off World - Wet max
Åreknuteknyterne - Untitled
Calendar Crowd - Perfect hideaway (dub)
EP-4 - Coconut
Bene Gesserit - Postcards from Arakis
Uncanny Valley - Chainstore (Manfredas remix)
The Golden Filter - End of times (dub)
Monsters - Skeleton Waltz
Pseudo Code - A.D.
Cherrystones - Grunts Breakfast (Frog and leaf extended edit)
Chris Carter - Blissters

2nd hour : Fantastic Twins

Fantastic Twins (The Twins) - Trulywood (Fantastic Twins a capella edit) 
Etienne Jaumet - Moderne Jungle 
Equiknoxx - Melodica Badness (feat Addis Pablo) 
Golden Bug - Un Paradis Artificiel feat. Julienne Dessagne (Fantastic Twins a capella edit)
Rebekah Del Rio - Llorando (Crying) 
Borusiade - Rescue 
DJ OIL - Heritage 
Slaves of Love - Sake Of Nothing (TK Disko’s Apache Dub) 
Ted Milton - Love Is Like A Violence 
Colourbox - Baby I Love You So 
Public Image Limited - This Is Not A Love Song (vocal loop)
Angel Corpus Christi - Eve Of Destruction 
Gonçalo F Cardoso & Ruben Pater - Heron Tp (from A Study Into 21st Century Drone Acoustics)
Simo Cell - Symmetry 
Fad Gadget - Back To Nature 
The Anagram Jam - Anagram Jam 
France Gall - Laisse Tomber Les Filles

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La Mverte invite Fantastic Twins 17.01.18 (1st hour La Mverte / 2nd hour Fantastic Twins)

Fantastic Twins has been orbiting our radar for a while now. Not all that surprising considering the double-headed alias has been a staple of quality releases on Hippie Dance and Optimo Music. Time to connect, indulge and admire, as we welcome her into our Straight Forward series and she gives us a little taste of what Fantastic Twins is all about with a hour long, carefully crafted mix, next to an interview touching base on her friendship with Hippie Dance, Optimo Music and future plans. Pure diverse musical poetry.

Interview: http://liquidyouth.nl/features/straight-forward-fantastic-twins/

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https://soundcloud.com/fantastictwins

LIQUID YOUTH 016 | Fantastic Twins

♫ Read More ♫:
http://www.deephouseamsterdam.com/dha-mix-377-fantastic-twins

Fantastic Twins join @colonelgatito, @moscoman & more @else-biergarten-berlin VOYAGE VOYAGE Open Air - 8 July -> https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1082041

https://soundcloud.com/fantastictwins
https://www.facebook.com/pg/thetrulyfantastictwins
https://fantastictwins.bandcamp.com/music

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Fantastic Twins - DHA Mix #377

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Optimo Music Takeover: Fantastic Twins - 26th January 2019

Podcast number 19 was delivered by @fantastictwins, who just launched her very own label "Microdosing". The first compilation is out this Friday and includes tracks by Manfredas, Autarkic, Naum Gabo, Smagghe & Cross and herself of course. 

Get your copy: https://microdosing.bandcamp.com/album/microdosing-vol-1

Tracklist: 
— (twin tool)
Coil - 7-Methoxy-β-Carboline: (Telepathine)
— (twin tool)
NPVR - Meantime (Part 1) 
Juma - Ammonite Legend, Pt. 2 (Excerpt) 
Cosey Fanni Tutti - Tutti
Muslimgauze - Opiate and Mullah 
General P.D.C. - Amazon Dub 
Full Circle - Pure Pose 
O Yuki Conjugate - Snake Charm (edit) 
Future Beat Alliance - Enter 030 
Memum - Komoriuta feat. Faira (Benedikt Frey Rework) 
Naum Gabo - Raze 
Juma - Ammonite Legend, Pt. 2 (Excerpt) 
Les Baxter - Tahiti: A Summer Night At Sea 
Curt Cress - Tschung Tek 
Timothy Leary - Part II: One Final Word 
Air Of Gloom - Meditation (Astro Mix) 
Errorsmith - My Party 
Autarkic - I Quote Myself

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KOMPAKT PODCAST #19 - Fantastic Twins (Microdosing Special)

Fantastic Twins NTS show 04/06/2019

Fantastiškoji Julienne siunčia linkėjimus. Šeštadienį ji gyvai Vilniuje: bit.ly/Smala1026

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A special delivery by Julienne aka @fantastictwins  for @smalasmala. Saturday we dance: http://bit.ly/Smala1026

SMALA RADIO 034: FANTASTIC TWINS

Fantastic Twins #64

Next to lock in for the global lockdown is Julienne Dessagne AKA Fantastic Twins with an absolute mind melter. 

Her back catalogue of releases with Optimo Music, Hippie Dance, Kompakt, and Against Facism Trax is not to be trifled with, along with her legendary live set that is finely honed to a diamond edge on the most celebrated dance-floors of Europe and beyond. As well as this, Julienne remains forever busy by running her incredible label Microdosing.

"Microdosing is a collective experiment aimed at helping you fighting back your modern obsession with happiness. Microdosing will provide you with sonic healing weapons on regular basis and at irregular dosage. Life is a struggle, time to embrace it."

Her sound is aptly described as ‘mental’ in the best possible way. Trance inducing synth drones,  and tribal percussion lull the listener into an induced hypnosis, before unleashing a barrage of EBM and post-punk belters. Wallop! 

As a footnote, it’s no-fee day on Bandcamp today, and Julienne has put together a self made compilation of her contributions to various artist releases from across the cosmos. Get your nugs here: https://fantastictwins.bandcamp.com/album/collected-twins-1

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art:cast °98 | Fantastic Twins

She's known for speaking through music even though her other self is a good talker too. However Julienne Dessagne, to most known as Fantastic Twins, chose the former this time and delivers the 98th episode of the art:cast series. And Julienne has to say a lot – musically. The “partly Berliner“, the other bits of her are enrooted in France and Scotland, compiled a sound composition that unites various influences and genres still remains true to one style, the Fantastic Twins vibe, namely a good portion of atmospheric freaki- and seriousness paired with genre-overlapping experiences shooting you in hyperloop-manner through her (sound)world and let you delve into a parallel universe that has yet to be discovered. Elegantly floating Julienne put pad-oriented parts, drums and vocals so smoothly together that one almost forgets those strange times we are living in as her art:cast covers all the emotions one can have. 

Artist information
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art:cast #98 by Fantastic Twins

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art:cast °98 | Fantastic Twins

Fantastic Twins, AKA Julienne Dessangne. In recent years, the Berlin-based French producer has gained a serious reputation as one of the most exciting live acts in modern electronic music. With releases on Optimo, Hippie Dance, Kompakt and her own Microdosing label, she has demonstrated originality. Yet, she is deeply rooted in the history of alternative music, not only techno but avant-garde, psychedelia, punk, new wave etc. We are very excited to have her with us at Mutant Radio for the Floating Bastard Day;

FANTASTIC TWINS [Floating_bstrd Day]

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Publishing: rachel@passeprojects.com 

upcoming LIVE shows
01.07 Kappa Festival, Turin, IT
22.07 Electric Castle, Cluj, RO 
06.08 RKNKT festival, Hamm, DE
11.08 Kompakt Night, Ritter Butzke, Berlin, DE
12.08 Detect Classic Festival, Bröllin, DE
more TBA