⇢ Lifetime #25 | Mix, Low Jack
Philippe Hallais is a French electronic music composer born in Honduras and living in Paris. Since 2014, he co-directs Editions Gravats / Les Disques De La Bretagne with Jean Carval.
His music plays on the use of sound clichés, media folklore, and is inspired by the multiplicity of musical languages associated with underground subcultures. He is the author of six albums, including five under the pseudonym Low Jack (" Garifuna Variations " L.I.E.S., 2014 ; " Sewing Machine ". In Paradisum, 2015; "Lighthouse Stories" Modern Love, 2016; "Riddims du Lieu-dit" Editions Gravats, 2018; "Jingles du Lieu-dit" Editions Gravats, 2019) and one under his own name "An American Hero" (Modern Love, 2017). His work has been commissioned by the Ina GRM, the Musée du Quai Branly, the Fondation Ricard in Paris and the Société des Arts de Genève. His live performances include collaborations with artists as diverse as the musician Ghédalia Tazartès or the rapper Lala&Ce. Since 2017, he has been a member and active contributor to the Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement with Dominick Fernow (Hospital Productions). His most marked collaboration, in the form of installations with visual artists, Mediengruppe Bitnik ("Alexa, Who is Joybubbles?" 2017; "Alexiety" 2018), plays with the bleeps and ritornelli of personal digital assistants (Google Home, Siri, Amazon Echo), navigating between dancehall and sound art.
Tracklist
Carl Bradney - Slipping Into Darkness
The Dynamites - Mr. Midnight
Jah Joe - Dreadlocks Song
Clancy Eccles - Africa
The Wailers - Guided Missile
Singers & Players - Devious Woman
Jojo Hookim - Balistic Affair
Alpha & Omega Ft. Nishka - It's Alright
Merciless - Just Get A Dub (Version)
Intense - On my Mind
Mad Professor - On My Dub
Mad P. - Jumbie Umbrella
Mad Professor - False Curl Girl Dub
Jackie Brown - Take A Message To Mary
Big Youth - Streets in Africa
Augustas Pablo - A.P. Special
John McLean - If I Give my Heart To You (Dub Version)
Robert Lee - Leader
The Hax - Duppy (Version)