Kid Loco
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Kid Loco
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|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|birth_name = Jean-Yves Prieur
|alias = {{Flatlist|
- Kid Loco
- Kid Bravo
- Papa Loco}}
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|origin = France
|instrument = {{Flatlist|
- Sampler/Sequencer
- Turntables
- Mixer}}
|genre = {{Flatlist|
|occupation = {{Flatlist|
- Musician
- producer
- DJ}}
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|label = {{Flatlist|
- Atlantic
- Yellow
- Azuli
- Bella Union}}
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Jean-Yves Prieur, {{aka}} Kid Loco is a French electronic musician, DJ, remixer and producer.{{cite book | first= Martin C. | last= Strong | year= 2000 | title= The Great Rock Discography | edition= 5th | publisher= Mojo Books | location= Edinburgh | pages= 525–526 | isbn= 1-84195-017-3}} His best-known album is A Grand Love Story (1997), and he has also compiled and mixed a DJ mix album for the Another Late Night series on Azuli Records. He has worked with Jarvis Cocker, with the bands The Transistors (Maurizio Mansueti and Luca Cirillo), A Band Called Quinn, and Mogwai, and produced the album Too Late To Die Young by Departure Lounge.{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Mark |title=Departure Lounge: Too Late to Die Young |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2280-too-late-to-die-young/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Blues Project (1996, Yellow / East West)
- A Grand Love Story (1997, Yellow / East West){{Cite web |date=2021-04-23 |title=The 20 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/lists/the-20-best-trip-hop-albums-of-all-time/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Slant Magazine |language=en-US}}
- Jesus Life For Children Under 12 Inches (1999, Yellow / East West){{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Paul |title=Kid Loco: Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4417-jesus-life-for-children-under-12-inches/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
- Kill Your Darlings (2001, Yellow / Atlantic)
- Confessions of a Belladonna Eater (2011, Flor/Green United)
- The Mystic West (2015, KPM)
- The Rare Birds (2019, Wagram Music)
=Remixes=
- Prelude to a Grand Love Story (1999, Yellow / East West){{Cite web |last=Schreiber |first=Ryan |title=Kid Loco: Prelude to a Grand Love Story EP |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4416-prelude-to-a-grand-love-story-ep/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
- Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches (1999, Yellow / Atlantic / East West)
- DJ-Kicks: Kid Loco (1999, Studio !K7)
- Another Late Night: Kid Loco (2003, Azuli) – DJ mix album
=Singles=
- "Blues Project" (1996, Yellow / East West)
- "The Real Pop Porn Blue Sound" (1997, Yellow)
- "More Real Pop Porn Blue Sound" (1997, Yellow)
- "She's My Lover" (1997, Yellow / East West)
- "Love Me Sweet" (1998, Yellow / East West)
- "Relaxin' With Cherry" (1998, Yellow)
- "Flyin on 747" (1999, Studio !K7)
- "The Love & Dope & etc. Dream Suite" (2001, Yellow / East West)
- "A Little Bit of Soul" (2001, Yellow / Royal Belleville Music)
- "Paralysed" (2003, Azuli)
- "Pretty Boy Floyd" (2008, Village Vert / PIAS)
=Other releases=
- Kid Loco Vs. Godchild – (100% official reissue CD1) (2002) – remixer CD2
- Delta State(2004) – soundtrack
- The Graffiti Artist (Original Soundtrack) (2005, MettrayReformatoryPicture)
- Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited (tribute to Serge Gainsbourg) (2006) – producer
- Party Animals & Disco Biscuits (2008, Village Vert / PIAS / FLOR)
- The Man I Love (performed with Sarah Cracknell) (Red Hot + Rhapsody, 1998)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20120205210104/http://www.kidloco.com}} (archived version; his official website was active up until 2012)
- {{Discogs artist|1455-Kid-Loco}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:French electronic musicians