General Elektriks is the brainchild of RV Salters. A French national and ke… Read Full Bio ↴General Elektriks is the brainchild of RV Salters. A French national and keen vintage keyboard player (check the RV Music section for records he’s played on at www.general-elektriks.com), he initiated GE just before moving to San Francisco. Using a computer, his oldschool keys and a SM-57 mike, he started sewing together loops, Funky keyboard licks, ethereal melodies and digital tweaking. GE became a musical journal that followed RV through his move to Seattle, then back down to the Bay Area, Berkeley, where he currently resides. There, he started laying keys down for the Quannum crew. Quannum’s own Lateef The Truth Speaker and Chief Xcel returned the favor by guesting on GE. Consisting of 12 songs from the journal, ‘Cliquety Kliqk’ was first released in France by Bleu Electric, then picked up by Compost for Europe and by Quannum for the US.

Aesthetically, GE is a project that refuses to land in a particular bin at the record store. A mix of vintage sounds, hip hop beats, noir riffs, dreamy vocals, cinematic arrangements and digital twinkle, ‘Cliquety Kliqk’ embraces all of RV’s musical addictions. Radically new yet strangely familiar, General Elektriks is like a friend that you meet for the first time but feel like you’ve known all your life.

C'est l'introduction
General Elektriks Lyrics

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Il était une fois,
Il y a bien longtemps,
Dans un royaume enchanté,
Une petite ligne de basse bien ronde...

Se promenant dans les bois,
Elle rencontra une grosse et méchante boucle.
Et la boucle, qui n'était pas en appétit,

Décida d'accompagner la basse dans sa promenade...

Un peu plus loin,
Nos deux amis croisèrent le chemin d'un clavier,
Il était enjoué et extrêmement funky! ...

S'enfonçant toujours plus loin dans la forêt,
Nos trois lirons aperçurent une jolie petite mélodie.
Elle fût ravie de se joindre à eux...

Strolling in the woods etc.?

Ensembles, ils vécurent de nombreuses aventures.

Certaines finirent bien et d'autres mal
Ce qui va suivre est le meill ...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song "C'est l'introduction" by General Elektriks tell a story of a journey in a enchanted forest where a bass line was wandering around. In this magical place, the bass line meets a big and bad loop that decides to join the walk. Soon after, they encounter a happy and funky keyboard, and even further on, they meet a beautiful melody, that also wants to join the group. Together, they have many adventures, some that end well, and some that end badly. The story is left unfinished, leaving the listener to imagine what happens next.

The lyrics use vivid imagery to create a picture of the forest and its inhabitants. The use of musical instruments as characters adds to the vibrant and whimsical atmosphere of the story. The repetition of the phrase "Il était une fois" (once upon a time) adds to the fairy tale aspect of the lyrics.

It is worth noting that the song is an instrumental track and the lyrics serve as an introduction to the music. The bass line that is mentioned in the lyrics serves as the main melody of the song.

Line by Line Meaning

Il était une fois,
Once upon a time,

Il y a bien longtemps,
A long time ago,

Dans un royaume enchanté,
In an enchanted kingdom,

Une petite ligne de basse bien ronde...
A small, well-rounded bass line...

Se promenant dans les bois,
Walking through the woods,

Elle rencontra une grosse et méchante boucle.
She met a big and mean loop.

Et la boucle, qui n'était pas en appétit,
The loop, which was not hungry,

Décida d'accompagner la basse dans sa promenade...
Decided to accompany the bass on her walk...

Un peu plus loin,
A little further,

Nos deux amis croisèrent le chemin d'un clavier,
Our two friends came across a keyboard,

Il était enjoué et extrêmement funky! ...
It was joyful and extremely funky! ...