Marc Moulin (1942-2008) was a musical jack-of-all-trades. With Telex he was one of the precursors of electro-pop. But he was also a jazz pianist, producer, composer, Eurovision Song Contest candidate, humorist and radio host. The lounge music he made as a solo artist for the prestigious jazz label Bluenote was visionary. Musically, Marc Moulin is always ahead of his time. With Placebo he is one of the pioneers of jazz rock. He experiments with prehistoric synthesizers (the Moog) and very unusual sounds of rhinos and water drops, always looking for a new sound. Telex's 'Moskow Diskow' grows into an anthem in electronic music, which would have inspired Michael Jackson to write 'Billie Jean'. His lounge music hits like a bomb and inspires the work of St Germain, among others. Or was it the other way around?
Belpop Classics also devotes attention to the man behind the music pioneer. With the story behind Telex's noticed participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in The Hague in 1980. The story behind the tense relationship between Marc and Lio, Moulin's stage fright and the failed collaboration with the rock gods of ZZ Top.
With testimonials from: Jan Hautekiet (friend and radio producer), Philip Catherine (friend and guitarist), Alex Callier (musician), Bert Joris (trumpeter), Lio (singer), Christa Jérôme (singer), Michel Moers (Telex), Dan Lacksman (Telex), Jacques Duvall (lyricist), Herman Van Laar (employee RKM), Joëlle Dagry (manager), Jean-Pierre Hautier (radio producer), Richard Rousselet (Alex Scorier Quintet and Placebo), Alex Scorier (saxophonist Alex Scorier Quintet and Placebo), Jan Van Biesen (radio producer and DJ), Alain Debaisieux (sound engineer), Gilbert Lederman (Blue Note/EMI collaborator), Thierry Coljon (Marc Moulin biographer)
