''Modjo'' is the only studio album by

French house French house (also referred to as French touch, filter house, or tekfunk) is a style of house music devised by French musicians in the 1990s. It is a form of Eurodisco and a popular strand of the late 1990s and 2000s European dance music s ...

duo

Modjo Modjo was a French house music duo formed in Paris in 1999 by producer Romain Tranchart (born 9 June 1976) and singer Yann Destagnol (born 14 July 1978). They are best known for their biggest hit, " Lady (Hear Me Tonight)", released in 2000, al ...

. It was released on 18 September 2001 by

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Track listing

Samples used

* " Chillin'" contains several samples from "

Le Freak "Le Freak" is a funk-disco song by American disco band Chic, released in September 1978 by Atlantic Records as the first single from their second album, '' C'est Chic'' (1978). It was written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, a ...

" by

Chic Chic (; ), meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion. It was originally a French word. Etymology '' Chic'' is a French word, established in English since at least the 1870s. Early references in English dictionaries classified ...

.''Modjo'' (

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. 2001. * " Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" contains several samples from " Soup for One" by Chic. * "Music Takes You Back" contains several samples from " Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" by Boney M. (uncredited). * "Rollercoaster" contains samples from "Give Me Love" by Cerrone. * "On Fire" contains samples from "Rocket in the Pocket" by Cerrone.

Personnel

Adopted from ''Modjo'' liner notes: * Modjo – writers, production, performers, mastering * Hervé Bordes – engineer, mixing * Matthias Leullier – management *

Mandy Parnell Mandy Parnell is a British mastering engineer and founder of Black Saloon Studios in London, England, where she serves as the senior mastering engineer. Parnell has worked on projects with a wide variety of artists, including Aphex Twin, Bjork, ...

– mastering * Fabrice Destagnol – album cover painting, illustration, photography

Charts

Remix album

In 2013, the album was remastered and released on streaming services, alongside a digital

remix album A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson ('' Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'', 1971). As of 200 ...

titled ''Modjo (Remixes)''. This album contains remixes of Modjo tracks from Harry "Choo Choo" Romero (track 5, 6), Roy Davis Jr. (track 7, 8), Armand van Helden (track 25, 26), and others.

References

{{Authority control 2001 debut albums French house albums Modjo albums