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Sunday, 29 February 2004 |
 Aloud are Cyril Bodin and Greg Louis and both grew up in Paris.
After meeting, hitting it off and realising they shared not only the same friends but also a vision, the pair formed Aloud in 2000. Greg also formed his own label We Rock with Romain and within months, the remix offers came flooding in: they'd soon overhauled micro-club classics like Modjo ‘What I Mean', IIO's ‘Rapture' and WFB feat Mani Hoffman ‘The Thing'.
Born and bred in the city, both boys were raised in musical families. Gregory has been studying the piano since the tender age of five. "My Grandfather loved music," he smiles fondly. "We've even used one of his old synths on the album in his memory."
Cyril adds "...my mother was a model and my stepfather was an artist...They took me to my first concert when I was three and I saw Bob Dylan! There was always music on when I was growing up - anything from the Rolling Stones to Pattie Smith. And I must have started singing along to Thriller when I was about 10 years old. By the time I was 17 I was DJing in over 50 clubs throughout Paris playing hip hop..."
The first single from their album Bob O'Lean is released on 22nd March. Bob O'Lean is a fictional character central to the new album. As Cyril explains "‘Bob O'Lean'' is our central character, but this guy's losing his mind because when you think you've got everything, you become more reflective, and it's only then that you realise that something crucial is missing.
The single includes remixes by Paul Play, Serge Santiago and Armand Van Helden.
To check out the video, click on the links below:
[url]http://www.ministryofsound.com/asx/videos/Aloud/Aloud_BobOLean300k.asx[/url]
[url]http://www.ministryofsound.com/asx/videos/Aloud/Aloud_BobOLean56k.asx[/url]
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