As free spirits, musicians long to play the artistic field, unmarried to any genre or style. Record companies, of course, want them to put out as many similar-sounding albums as possible. But there’s ...

Rock and dance music sound like they should go together about as good as oil and water. Somehow, French electronic trio Rinocerose make the two go together more like ice cream and apple pie. Any music ...

I first heard about Rinocerose a few years back. Their debut album, Installation Sonore, was released amidst the wave of French house music hype (Daft Punk, Bob Sinclair, Cassius) and for some reason ...

The beat boogies down in four-four time. Then a guitar breaks in, followed by a porno-bass line, some electronic burbles and finally a soft voice, repeating endlessly: "Suicide. Suicide. Suicide." "We ...

Forever damned to critical purgatory, French house is generally best when it's entertaining its worst tendencies. Patterned on gaudy pleasures and wink-wink airs, the genre basically wills itself away ...

House music is inherently simple and generally repetitive, so no matter how creative the artist gets, the music is still primarily functional: If people don't dance, it doesn't matter how many ...