Kid Loco
Jean-Yves Prieur, Kid Loco is a French electronic musician, DJ, remixer and producer. 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.
Also recorded as Jean-Yves Prieur
Kid Loco
- Name
- Kid Loco
- Birth Name
- Jean-Yves Prieur
- Occupation
- * Musician
- Born
- 1964. · Antony.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- acid jazz and downtempo.
- Languages
- French.
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Jean-Yves Prieur, Kid Loco is a French electronic musician, DJ, remixer and producer. 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.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Kid Loco • Birth Name — Jean-Yves Prieur • Alias — * Kid Loco • Kid Bravo • Papa Loco • Origin — France • Instrument — * Sampler/Sequencer • Turntables • Mixer • Genre — * Acid jazz • trip hop • downtempo • turntablism • Occupation — * Musician • producer • DJ • Label — * Atlantic • Yellow • Azuli • Bella Union
Albums
Albums
• Blues Project (1996, Yellow / East West) • A Grand Love Story (1997, Yellow / East West) • Jesus Life For Children Under 12 Inches (1999, Yellow / East West) • 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
Remixes
• Prelude to a Grand Love Story (1999, Yellow / East West) • 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
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)
Life and career
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1964
Kid Loco born at Antony.
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)
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 135098165, Kid Loco, Musiker.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1277171: Kid Loco
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Kid Loco
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- 1.Strong, Martin C. The Great Rock Discography. Mojo Books. 525–526. 2000. 1-84195-017-3.
- 2.Richardson, Mark. Departure Lounge: Too Late to Die Young. Pitchfork.
- 3.The 20 Best Trip-Hop Albums of All Time. Slant Magazine. 2021-04-23.
- 4.Cooper, Paul. Kid Loco: Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches. Pitchfork.
- 5.Schreiber, Ryan. Kid Loco: Prelude to a Grand Love Story EP. Pitchfork.
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He also worked under the name Kid Loco. The authorities additionally record the heading Jean-Yves Prieur. His recorded language was French.
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