Artist
X-Ray Pop
67 releases · 67 collaborators · 31 labels
- Date active
- 1984 – 2024
- Relevance
- High, strong ties with the core dub techno cluster
Bio
X-Ray Pop, stylized as X-RAY POP, is a French underground electro-pop group, originally from Tours, Indre-et-Loire.
The group was formed in 1984 in Tours by Didier Doc Pilot and Zouka Dzaza (Isabelle de Saint Loup). They released various albums on independent labels with their single El Gato been record of the month in Melody Maker and New Musical Express. Currently X-Ray Pop, is considered a cult group and groups such as La Femme, Stereolab or the Beastie Boys cite them as one of their influences.
On April 2, 2021, the group released a live album in tribute to Patrick Gicquel, their bassist who died in 2019 at the age of 48. It was recorded at the Rockomotives festival in Vendôme in 2020.
The group was formed in 1984 in Tours by Didier Doc Pilot and Zouka Dzaza (Isabelle de Saint Loup). They released various albums on independent labels with their single El Gato been record of the month in Melody Maker and New Musical Express. Currently X-Ray Pop, is considered a cult group and groups such as La Femme, Stereolab or the Beastie Boys cite them as one of their influences.
On April 2, 2021, the group released a live album in tribute to Patrick Gicquel, their bassist who died in 2019 at the age of 48. It was recorded at the Rockomotives festival in Vendôme in 2020.
X-Ray Pop (Artist)
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- Releases: 12 Relevance: very high Active: 1984 – 1989
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2012
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active:
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 1988
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 1989
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2023
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active: 2015
- Releases: 1 Relevance: very high Active:
- Releases: 2 Relevance: high Active: 1992 – 2024
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 1991
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 1987
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 2022
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 1988
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 1989
- Releases: 1 Relevance: high Active: 1989
- Releases: 12 Relevance: medium Active: 2012 – 2013
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 1989
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 1989
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 2011
- Releases: 1 Relevance: medium Active: 1986
- Releases: 8 Relevance: low Active: 1997 – 2003
- Releases: 4 Relevance: low Active: 1986 – 1987
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2021
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2022 – 2023
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2024
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1990
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1987
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active:
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1988
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 1988
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: