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Pépé Bradock

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Pépé Bradock
Also known asBraccio D'Oco, Brad Peep, Brigitte Barbu, Gordon Bass
Born
Julien Auger
GenresElectronic, French house
Years active1997–present
LabelAtavisme
Formerly ofTrankilou

Pépé Bradock (born Julien Auger) is a French electronic music producer, remixer, and DJ associated with deep house and French house.[1][2] Auger is an artist known for his eclectic production style and maintaining a low profile within the underground dance music scene.[3][4][5]

Pépé Bradock/Julien Auger is also known by the names Braccio D'Oco, Brad Peep, Brigitte Barbu, and Gordon Bass.[6]

Biography

Julien Auger/Pépé Bradock emerged from the Paris underground club scene during the 1990s. French house or French touch music was emerging from Paris during the 1990s.[1][7][8] Auger produced deep house with Guillaume Berroyer (Ark) as Trankilou.[9] Auger adopted the Pépé Bradock moniker when the duo separated after completing their second album.[10]

Bradock is an enigmatic artist known for an intuitive creation process, musical hybridity and experimentation.[3][11] Pépé Bradock's music is sample-heavy and merges soul, funk, jazz, hip-hop, ambient music and techno.[8]

I try to experiment with something new and observe the result, and try not to forget to click on “save”! Otherwise, you lose everything. Which unfortunately happens too often.

— Pépé Bradock, 2015 interview with Red Bull Music Academy[3]

The first Pépé Bradock EP, St. Glin Glin, was produced in 1994 and released in 1996 by Trankilou.[12][13] In English, the phrase "à la Saint-Glinglin" suggests empty promises and roughly translates to the idiom "when pigs fly."[14] Pépé Bradock often incorporates his love of history and humour into his track names.[3] For example, his 2015 album, Le Fada, includes the tracks "Abul-Abbas", "Choses Irréparables," and "Homo Sandwichus".[15] Le Fada's opening track "Abul-Abbas" is a homage to a wild white Asian elephant of the same name who was given as a present to the Emperor Charlemagne in 802 CE by the Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid.[16]

Bradock released the EP Un Pépé En Or Vol. 1 on Kif Recordings in 1997.[17] In 1998, he released Synthèse on the French label Versatile Records.[18] In 1999, Bradock released the album Burning on KIF Recordings. The album included an eleven-minute two-second track called "Deep Burnt" on the B-side. "Deep Burnt" contains samples from Freddie Hubbard’s 1979 song "Little Sunflower, Driva' Man" by Max Roach and "Hard Luck Blues" by Tommy Tucker.[19][20] "Deep Burnt" quickly achieved international recognition and is widely regarded as a classic of deep house music.[21] Resident Advisor described the recording as a certifiable deep house classic.[22] Bradock himself has referred to "Deep Burnt" as "Cubism for ravers."[23] In 2022, Pitchfork included "Deep Burnt" in its list of the definitive and best house tracks of the 1990s.[20] The Guardian described Bradock as "a producer whose beautifully odd take on house has earned him a rabid cult fan base."[24][25]

He operates his own label, Atavisme, which is used as a platform for producing experimental releases.[26][27][28]

Discography

Albums

  • Synthèse (1998)
  • Confiote De Bits / A Remix Collection (2009)[29]
  • What a Mess! (2019)

EP

  • 1997: Un Pepe En Or (Vol. 1)[30]
  • 1998: Un Pepe En Or (Vol. 2)
  • 1998: Burning
  • 2000: 6 Millions Pintades
  • 2002: The Forbidden Fruit
  • 2003: 4
  • 2007: Rhapsody In Pain
  • 2007: Les Aventures De Pépé Bradock / Pistes Insolites Vol. 1: Sakura Incident
  • 2008: Les Aventures De Pépé Bradock / Pistes Insolites Vol. 2: Intriguing Feathered Creature
  • 2008: Les Aventures De Pépé Bradock / Pistes Insolites Vol. 3
  • 2009: Swimsuit Issue 1789
  • 2012: Imbroglios Part.I
  • 2012: Imbroglios Part.II
  • 2013: Acid Test 07
  • 2013: Imbroglios Part.III
  • 2013: Imbroglios Part.IV

With Trankilou

  • 1996: St Glin-Glin EP
  • 1997: Escalope De Dingue EP

Remixes

Year Artist Title
1997 Château Flight "Discobole"
1998 Presence (featuring Shara Nelson) "Sense Of Danger"
1998 Cheek "Venus (Sunshine People)"
1998 Alex Gopher "You, My Baby & I"
1999 Cassius "La Mouche"
1999 Iz & Diz "What You Need"
1999 Soulstice "Tenderly"
1999 Mozesli "Love & Slackness"
2001 Block 16 "Morning Sun"
2002 Iz & Diz "Mouth"
2002 Gotan Project "Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre)"
2002 Incognito "Skin On My Skin"
2003 Cesária Évora "Angola"
2003 Kemetic Just "Do You Remember"
2003 Charles Webster "I'm Falling"
2005 Greenskeepers "Man In The House"
2005 Roy Ayers "I Am Your Mind (Part. II)"
2006 Iz & Diz "Love Vibe"
2007 Zero 7 "Today"
2008 International Pony "Bubble In The Bottle"
2008 Namlook "Subharmonic Atoms"
2009 Manuel Tur "Golden Complexion"
2010 Nicolas Jaar "Too Many Kids Finding Rain In The Dust"
2013 Dinky "Falling Angel"
2013 Webster Wraight Ensemble "The Ruins Of Britain"

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