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movements. Formed in 1980, the duo consisted of Spatsz (Daniel Favre) on electronics and rhythm machines with Mona Soyoc on guitar, vocals and piano. Spatsz worked at a psychiatric hospital previously while Soyoc worked with a jazz band before meeting Spatsz. Their music is done in a similar minimal electronics and vocal style akin to ''

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. The press compared Soyoc's voice to that of

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. Their first and second albums were re-released with bonus tracks. '' Try Out'' was re-released with five bonus tracks: "Mind", "Seven", "Doctor Insane", "In Need", and "Malena". ''By Pass'' was re-released with four bonus tracks: "Scape", "Sweet & Sour", "Crash" and "Party". All of the tracks on both CDs have been remastered. On 1 February 2019, it was announced that Spatsz had died. He was 61 years old. Per videos on YouTube with a 2022 copyright, now KaS Product Reload with Thomas Bouetel (machines) and Pierre Corneau (Basse) joining Mona. Their Facebook activity is current as of September, 2024, and they have several live videos on their Youtube channel from 2024 concerts in France. A new album, Reloaded, is due to be released at the end of March 2025.

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French electronic music groups Cold wave groups French musical duos Electronic music duos Male–female musical duos {{France-band-stub