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The telephone connection crosses the Atlantic and Ivan Smagghe picks up in the studio amid zaps of off-putting metallic modulation crafted by his chum Arnaud Rebotini. Together they are the French outfit Black Strobe, who recently swooped into clubland stateside via a remix of the Rapture’s “Sister Savior” and the endorsement of their new London-based label, Outpost Recordings.
Smagghe, a resident DJ at the tres-cool Le Pulp nightclub in Paris, says their upcoming debut album, tentatively scheduled for a fall release, “will be a marriage of the rock-with-synths element, a pure techno and experimental direction, but of a deeper scope. We certainly have tricks up our sleeve.” In the meantime watch them stalk the Soho Lounge dance floor with a satchel full of new material, which will most likely include the brain-scanning Euro-smash “Me and Madonna.”
Black Strobe performs on Saturday, March 6, at Soho Lounge. See listings for more info.
