Cassius was a French electronic music duo comprising of producers Phillipe … Read Full Bio ↴Cassius was a French electronic music duo comprising of producers Phillipe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass. They started working together in 1994, producing a hip-hop project called La Funk Mob. They started remixing tracks under the Cassius name in 1997, for acts such as Air and Daft Punk, before producing their own original works.
As hard rock and funk fans, Zdar (Philippe) and Boom-Bass (Hubert) first made their mark producing and engineering the sound sought by hip-hop artists - their great passion of the early ‘90s. But the raves Zdar attended converted him to house music and, with Etienne de Crécy, he founded Motorbass. British media opinion surveys chose Motorbass’s “Pansoul” as one of the year’s best albums, all styles combined.
BoomBass was soon infected by the techno speed-up, and hooked up with Zdar for a new project, called Cassius. The duo’s first album, 1999, is a collection of instrumental tracks recorded over the two previous years.
Their first single was Foxxy, a self-published track, in 1996. In January 1999, they released their first hit single Cassius 1999 on Virgin Records, entering the UK Top 40 chart at number seven. This was soon followed by their debut album, 1999, which had two more single released from it, Feeling For You and La Mouche.
2002 saw their second album release, Au Rêve. This featured the feverish "empowered female disco" track I'm A Woman, with Jocelyn Brown on vocals, as well as the hit single The Sound Of Violence, featuring Steve Edwards on vocals. This album also had collaborations with Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah and Leroy Burgess.
Cassius returned to the studio in 2006, for the more experimental single Toop Toop, but the next album, titled 15 Again, featured more vocal collaborations than the duo had done with Au Rêve.
While rehearsing their 15 Again album tour, Cassius provided the community with the a cappella track of their single Toop Toop and encouraged fans and friends to start remixing the song. It became an immediate success: the band started the Cassius Workshop project and released more a cappellas for remixing purposes. They claim to have received more than 400 remixes.
On 19 June 2019, two days before the release of Cassius's fifth album Dreems, Zdar died after falling from a building in Paris. He was 52 years old. On the release day of Dreems, the band announced that the album was the final album from Cassius.
(2) Cassius formed in the winter of 2003 in Richmond, Virginia. Drawing members from previous local bands, the band began writing new material and playing regional shows. After many setbacks and line up changes, Cassius decided it was time to buckle down and get serious. After recording their debut full length I Am Jim Jones with Chris Dowhan from Red Planet Studios (Scarlet / Twelve Tribes / Black Dahlia Murder), Cassius cancelled the lease on their apartment, bought a van and trailer and began booking whatever tours they could. Hard work and strong friendships brought them to their current position and with focus and determination, Cassius are hell bent on making themselves a house hold name within the metal and hardcore community. Despite not having a record to tour on previously, Cassius has already completed successful tours with bands like Ed Gein, Misery Signals, Ion Dissonance, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, and Despised Icon to name a few.
They signed to Lifeforce Records, and released I Am Jim Jones in January 2007.
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As hard rock and funk fans, Zdar (Philippe) and Boom-Bass (Hubert) first made their mark producing and engineering the sound sought by hip-hop artists - their great passion of the early ‘90s. But the raves Zdar attended converted him to house music and, with Etienne de Crécy, he founded Motorbass. British media opinion surveys chose Motorbass’s “Pansoul” as one of the year’s best albums, all styles combined.
BoomBass was soon infected by the techno speed-up, and hooked up with Zdar for a new project, called Cassius. The duo’s first album, 1999, is a collection of instrumental tracks recorded over the two previous years.
Their first single was Foxxy, a self-published track, in 1996. In January 1999, they released their first hit single Cassius 1999 on Virgin Records, entering the UK Top 40 chart at number seven. This was soon followed by their debut album, 1999, which had two more single released from it, Feeling For You and La Mouche.
2002 saw their second album release, Au Rêve. This featured the feverish "empowered female disco" track I'm A Woman, with Jocelyn Brown on vocals, as well as the hit single The Sound Of Violence, featuring Steve Edwards on vocals. This album also had collaborations with Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah and Leroy Burgess.
Cassius returned to the studio in 2006, for the more experimental single Toop Toop, but the next album, titled 15 Again, featured more vocal collaborations than the duo had done with Au Rêve.
While rehearsing their 15 Again album tour, Cassius provided the community with the a cappella track of their single Toop Toop and encouraged fans and friends to start remixing the song. It became an immediate success: the band started the Cassius Workshop project and released more a cappellas for remixing purposes. They claim to have received more than 400 remixes.
On 19 June 2019, two days before the release of Cassius's fifth album Dreems, Zdar died after falling from a building in Paris. He was 52 years old. On the release day of Dreems, the band announced that the album was the final album from Cassius.
(2) Cassius formed in the winter of 2003 in Richmond, Virginia. Drawing members from previous local bands, the band began writing new material and playing regional shows. After many setbacks and line up changes, Cassius decided it was time to buckle down and get serious. After recording their debut full length I Am Jim Jones with Chris Dowhan from Red Planet Studios (Scarlet / Twelve Tribes / Black Dahlia Murder), Cassius cancelled the lease on their apartment, bought a van and trailer and began booking whatever tours they could. Hard work and strong friendships brought them to their current position and with focus and determination, Cassius are hell bent on making themselves a house hold name within the metal and hardcore community. Despite not having a record to tour on previously, Cassius has already completed successful tours with bands like Ed Gein, Misery Signals, Ion Dissonance, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, and Despised Icon to name a few.
They signed to Lifeforce Records, and released I Am Jim Jones in January 2007.
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Cassius Lyrics
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down
As long as I'm gonna be around you
When the sun goes down, yeah
Oh, my heart
Takin' me back to blue
I've fallen into my own senses
Another night, another day
It's better this way
Let the music play
Oh, my heart
Only you can know how I feel
Every day is an ordeal to get by
Melancholy, ever so
Broken skin
Mercury rising
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down, yeah
Oh, my heart
There's movement across the tracks
Hoping to played it back, all right
Lucky me, lucky you
They're givin' us a two minute warning
Oh, my heart
Changing the way I kill
By changing the way I feel
Step forward
Everybody, around the world understands
What makes a child of man (yes, come)
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down, yeah
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down
As long as I'm gonna be around you
When the sun goes down, yeah
Feel like I want to be you more than I
Get around, come around
See you every night, hear the crowd the sound of violence
Shake it out
I feel like a want to be inside of you
Ready now
Going to let it all out
Ready now
When the sun goes down
We'll be coming out ready or not
Going to let it all out
When the sun goes down
Ready now
Going to let it all out
Ready now
When the sun goes down
We'll be coming out ready or not
Going to let it all out
When the sun goes down
Ready now
Going to let it all out
Ready now
When the sun goes down
We'll be coming out ready or not
Going to let it all out
When the sun goes down
When the sun goes down
As long as I'm gonna be around you
When the sun goes down, yeah
Oh, my heart
Takin' me back to blue
I've fallen into my own senses
Another night, another day
It's better this way
Oh, my heart
Only you can know how I feel
Every day is an ordeal to get by
Melancholy, ever so
Broken skin
Mercury rising
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down, yeah
Oh, my heart
There's movement across the tracks
Hoping to played it back, all right
Lucky me, lucky you
They're givin' us a two minute warning
Oh, my heart
Changing the way I kill
By changing the way I feel
Step forward
Everybody, around the world understands
What makes a child of man (yes, come)
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down, yeah
I feel like a want to be inside of you
When the sun goes down
As long as I'm gonna be around you
When the sun goes down, yeah
Feel like I want to be you more than I
Get around, come around
See you every night, hear the crowd the sound of violence
Shake it out
I feel like a want to be inside of you
Ready now
Going to let it all out
Ready now
When the sun goes down
We'll be coming out ready or not
Going to let it all out
When the sun goes down
Ready now
Going to let it all out
Ready now
When the sun goes down
We'll be coming out ready or not
Going to let it all out
When the sun goes down
Ready now
Going to let it all out
Ready now
When the sun goes down
We'll be coming out ready or not
Going to let it all out
When the sun goes down
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: FRANCARD HUBERT ANDRE JOE BLANC, PHILIPPE OLIVIER CERBONESCHI, STEPHEN NEIL EDWARDS
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@debymonk
This video...When I was a child I saw it on Mtv...Found now, after at least 20 years. This is pure art!
@Chillz0r7
Same here, I remember the clip more than the song.
@darkpyronl
@@Chillz0r7 Same here too
@alcanz1316
That's the magic of yt
@jorisvb
Omg years of searching and I found it again. I only remembered the videoclip, but everybody looked at me as if i where crazy when I tried to explain! Finally!!
@hardtechnoandrave
@rob quote
@steviestarship
Thank you for all the music that made so many people happy. RIP Philippe
@FrenchHouseClub
...it's so sad to lose a genius <3
@chazchavara3192
I don’t know he died since I only recently discovered Cassius. :-( R.I.P.
@rod01
Wonderfull 😉