Emmanuel Top (born 30 October 1971) is a French

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music producer. He was popular in the 1990s for his releases on his own

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, Attack Records, he began his career at the end of the 1980s in full wave

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on the Belgian label DIKI Records, under the pseudonym Bazz with Bruno Sanchioni of Age of Love. His most famous track is entitled "Acid Phase". Released in 1995, the title was further popularised by

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, whose cover "Acid Phase (Kai Tracid Remix)" was regularly featured as a video on, inter alia,

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those days. Another very popular song is "Turkish Bazar", released in 1994, which contains warped, looping vocal lyrics, originally performed by

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in the song "Black Polished Chrome" by

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: "The music was new black polished chrome and came over the summer like liquid night." The track contains a sweeping acid bass line using the

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and punchy

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kicks. In 1996, as part of the group B.B.E., he charted two top 5 hits in the United Kingdom with "

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" and "

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Album discography

*''This Is A...? / Acid Phase'' (1994) *''Release'' (1995) ◊ *''Asteroid'' (1996) *''Specials "Phase One"'' (2011) ◊ *''Fondamental'' (2011) ◊ *''Spacetime'' (2011) ◊ *''Specials "Phase Two"'' (2011) ◊ (Remixes) *''Backcatalog 1991-1993'' (2013) ◊ *''Soundtrack I'' (2013) *''Soundtrack II'' (2013) *''Soundtrack III'' (2013) *''Soundtrack IV'' (2013) *''Soundtrack V'' (2013) *''Soundtrack VI'' (2013) *''Soundtrack VII'' (2013) *''Soundtrack VIII'' (2013) *''Soundtrack IX'' (2013) *''Soundtrack X'' (2013) *''Soundtrack XI'' (2013) *''Soundtrack XII'' (2013) ◊ *''Musiques pour ascenseur'' (2013) *''Perceptions'' (2013) *''Origin'' (2014) Albums marked with a ◊ denotes compilations of previously released singles.

References

External links

Emmanuel Top Discography at Discogs

Interview 2011 (in English)

Announcing the 12-volume Soundtracks series
French electronic musicians Living people 1971 births {{electronic-musician-stub