Paradis (duo)

Paradis is a French electronic music duo consisting of Simon Mény and Pierre Rousseau. The duo is currently signed to Universal label Maison Barclay. They grew to fame after releasing their first 12" single on Beats In Space titled Parfait Tirage featuring a cover of Alain Souchon's "La Ballade de Jim". The duo have made a name for themselves in the French DJ scene with sets at Nuits Sonores and Rex Club.

Early Years

Simon Mény and Pierre Rousseau met through friends one night in Paris. After talking and realising that they had two quite different backgrounds in terms of music, they found themselves creating pieces with each other. With two completely varying musical ideas, Mény and Rousseau seemed to be able to merge their differences to create what can be argued a new genre inviting us to the unlikely meeting of French pop with the contemporary textures of dance music.

Music

The duo have a unique sound introducing a merge between traditional French pop and contemporary house. Paradis were first discovered by DJ Tim Sweeney after submitting demos to the Beats In Space radio show hoping for play time. Eventually Tim Sweeney saw the prospects and talent in the duo and decided to sign them for the first release of his then newly established label Beats In Space. Paradis have appeared on many mixes, some for contemporary fashion labels such as Etudes Studio and for popular music sites such as White Light Mixes. In 2012 Paradis made the soundtrack for Sacha Barbin's short film Mes Amours Décomposé(e)s.

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Duo (Kenny Drew and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen album)

Duo is an album by pianist Kenny Drew and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen recorded in 1973 and released on the SteepleChase label.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Drew except as indicated

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Duo (novel)

Duo is a 1934 novel by the French writer Colette. The story focuses on a married couple on vacation in southern France, who deal with the fact that the wife has been unfaithful. Roberto Rossellini's 1954 film Journey to Italy is loosely based on the novel, but uncredited due to rights issues.

Reception

Margaret Wallace of The New York Times wrote: "Duo is a small work and very fine. In comparison with Colette's previous novels it gives one- and this is odd, for nothing she has written has ever seemed shallow or immature- an impression of increased depth and maturity. It is altogether a cleaner and harder piece of writing than one has expected from Colette in the past. It is less mannered, ruthlessly stripped of anything decorative or ornamental, even of wit purely for wit's sake."

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