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Trisomie 21

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T21 are Philippe and Herve Lomprez, two brothers from the North of France, near Lille (200 KM from Paris). Though some people think of their music to be gothic, industrial, electro-pop,ambient, 80's, or like New Order or Joy Division, their music cannot really fit into just one category. Their music consists of lush soundscapes which fuel the imagination into dreaming movie-like images and scenes.
The name derives from Trisomy 21, the medical term for the extra chromosome resulting in Down Syndrome.
Sites:
trisomie21.com, swerquin.net/t21.htm, nordwaves.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=132, MySpace, tursa.franken.de/Trisomie21_discog.html
Members:
Bruno Objoie, Hervé Lomprez, Laurent Dagnicourt, Martin Blohorn, Pascal Tison, Philippe Lomprez
Variations:
All | Trisomie 21 | T 21 | T.21 | T21
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Discography

Releases:
Le Repos Des Enfants Heureux (MiniAlbum) ◄ (3 versions)   Himalaya ... 1983
Passions Divisées (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Stechak ... 1984
Wait & Dance ◄ (2 versions)   Scarface 1985
Chapter IV - Le Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi Et Le Presque Rien (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Scarface 1986
Joh'Burg And Two Other Songs ◄ (2 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1986
Chapter IV And Wait And Dance Remixed (CD, Album)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1987
Million Lights - A Collection Of Songs By Trisomie 21 (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1987
Shift Away / Jakarta / Ravishing Delight ◄ (2 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1987
The Official Bootleg (Million Lights Tour) (LP, Album)   Not On Label (Trisomie 21 Self-released) 1987
The First Songs (CD)   LD Records 1988
Works (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records USA ... 1988
Final Work ◄ (2 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1989
Raw Material ◄ (2 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1989
T21 Plays The Pictures (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1989
Works In Progress ◄ (2 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1989
Side By Side (CD, Comp)   Play It Again Sam Records 1991
Distant Voices (CD, Album)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1992
The Songs By T21 Vol. 1 (CD)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1994
Le Fete Triste (12", Maxi)   Old Gold (3) 1995
The Songs By T21 Vol: 2 (CD, Comp)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1995
Gohohako (CD)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS], Rough Trade Germany 1997
Happy Mystery Child (CD)   Le Maquis 2004
Happy Mystery Child (CD, Smplr, pro)   Le Maquis 2004
Happy Mystery Child - Promo Copy (CD, Smplr, pro)   Le Maquis, Productions Spéciales 2004
Remixes (CD, Promo, car)   Le Maquis 2004
The Man Is A Mix (3xCD, Ltd)   Le Maquis 2004
Midnight Of My Life (Remixes) (12")   Wicked Music 2005
Red Or Green (Remixes) (12")   Wicked Music 2005
Red Or Green / She Died For Love (CD, Maxi, Promo)   Le Maquis 2005
The Official Bootleg (Million Lights Tour) (CDr, Album)   Not On Label (Trisomie 21 Self-released) 2005
Happy Mystery Club - Lady B Remixes (2xCD)   Chromo Management 2006
The Woman Is A Mix (2xCD)   Chromo Management 2006
25 Years ◄ (2 versions)   Alfa Matrix 2007
Rendez-vous En France (CD, Album)   Alfa Matrix 2007
Remixes (12")   Repress 2008
Black Label (CD, Album + CD, Ltd)   Le Maquis, Le Maquis 2009
Remixes:
Le Grand Secret (Single) ◄ (2 versions) Le Grand Secret (Remix... Columbia 2002
Production:
Generate (CD) Another Move Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1989
Inner Visions (CD, Album) Personnal Feelings (Ja... Module Records 2009
Appears On:
Generate (CD) Another Move Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1989
New Wave Soft Class-X 1 (CD, Comp) La Fete Triste Antler-Subway 1993
Dressed In Black 2 (2xCD) The Last Song Universal TV 1999
Guitars And Machines Vol. IV (2xCD, Comp) Jakarta Blanco Y Negro (2) 2006
Skyline Part Two (CD, Comp) The Last Song Adequat Music 2006
Return Of The Legend! (CD, Comp, Mixed, Car) Hear Me Now (Timo Maas... Mixmag 2009
Tracks Appear On:
The Dice Are Rolling: A Play It Again Sam Records Sample (LP) Waiting For (New Version) Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1986
Generate (CD) Another Move Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1989
Best Sampler (CD, Mini, Smplr) Moonlight (1) Play It Again Sam Records, Play It Again Sam Records, Play It Again Sam Records 1990
Difference (CD, Mini, Single, MP) Moonlight (1) Rough Trade Germany, Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1990
Romantic Sound Sampler - Indie Classics Volume III (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Il Se Noie Zillo 1991
Electrocity Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) The Last Song Ausfahrt, EFA 1992
Les Editions Confidentielles Volume 1 (CD, Promo) Long Rider Les Editions Confidentielles 1993
Les Editions Confidentielles Volume 2 (CD) La Fête Triste Les Editions Confidentielles 1993
Les Editions Confidentielles Volume 3 (CD, Comp, Dig) The Green Fuse Les Editions Confidentielles 1993
New Wave Soft Class-X 1 (CD, Comp) La Fete Triste Antler-Subway 1993
Guitars & Machines ◄ (3 versions) The Last Song, Logical... Blanco Y Negro (2) 1995
Return Of The Banshee (CD) The Last Song Sub Terranean 1995
For Films - Selected Works For Moving Pictures: Edit. 2 (CD, Comp) Westwind Freibank Music Publishing 1997
Techno Pop 2 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) La Fête Triste Contraseña Records 1998
Ballade Nocturne (CD) Youth Calls To Age Virgin France S.A. 1999
Dressed In Black 2 (2xCD) The Last Song Universal TV 1999
Musiques De Nuit Vol. 4 (CD) La Fête Triste Labels 1999
Pearls Of Passion (2xCD) A New Outset Zoomshot Media Entertainment 1999
La Planète Bleue (CD) The Morning Rain Naïve 2001
Shhhhh... Volumen Tres. Ibiza Afternoons (CD) La Fete Triste (Piano ... Blanco Y Negro (2) 2002
Belgian Independent Music Compilation 3 (CD) No Works Of Words Dark Entries Magazine 2004
CD Side 21 (CD, Smplr) No Search For Us D-Side 2004
CD Side 24 (CD, Smplr) Midnight Of My Life D-Side 2004
Mosquito Bar 5: Chill Out Sessions (2xCD, Comp) West Wind BMG Belgium NV/SA 2004
Obscur (2xCD + CD, Enh, Dig) No Work Of Words EMI Music (France) 2004
Cyberl@b Volume [5.0] (2xCD) Red Or Green (Diskonne... Alfa Matrix 2005
Dark Summer 2005 • 2 (CD, Smplr) Red Or Green Zillo 2005
Synthphony REMIXed! Vol. 6 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Dig) Midnight Of My Life (D... Synthphony Records 2005
Audio Hygiene (CD) No Works Of Words (Min... NRG Komrads 2006
CD Side 34 (CD, Smplr) Personnal Feelings (Da... D-Side 2006
Guitars And Machines Vol. IV (2xCD, Comp) Jakarta Blanco Y Negro (2) 2006
Skyline Part Two (CD, Comp) The Last Song Adequat Music 2006
CD Side 43 (CD, Smplr) La Fête Triste (Live) D-Side 2007
Electronic Manifesto 2 (CD, Album) The Sweet Running Over... Divine Comedy Records 2007
Extended Electronics Vol. 2 (2xCD) Midnight Of My Life (I... Skizzo 2007
Le Maquis Five Years (CD, Comp) Red Or Green, She Died... Le Maquis, SSG 2007
Sounds From The Matrix 06 (CD, Comp, Pro) The Last Song (Live) Alfa Matrix 2007
Advanced Electronics Vol. 6 (2xCD, Comp + DVD, Comp) Now (Leæther Strip Ve... Synthetic Symphony 2008
Alfa Matrix Re:connected [3.0] (2xCD, Comp + DVD, Comp + Box) Hear Me Now Alfa Matrix 2008
Sounds From The Matrix 07 (CD, Comp, Promo) Hear Me Now Alfa Matrix 2008
CD Side 51 (CD, Smplr) The Camp D-Side 2009
Elegy Sampler 58 (CD, Smplr) The Camp Elegy 2009
Puro Techno (3xCD, Comp) La Fette Triste Contraseña Records 2009
Return Of The Legend! (CD, Comp, Mixed, Car) Hear Me Now (Timo Maas... Mixmag 2009
Return To The Classixx Vol. 1 (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) The Last Song (Live) Infacted Recordings 2009
Wave Klassix Volume 3 (CD, Comp) Breaking Down Wave Propaganda 2009
♪ (A Play ♪t Aga♪n Sam[pler] US) (Cass, Smplr) Right To Replay Play It Again Sam Records USA  
Unofficial Releases:
This Is The Dark Side Mixes Volume 08 (CD, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Unofficial) Waiting For (Dark Side... Dark Side Remixes Records 2009
New Wave Mix Vol. 10 (CDr, Mixed, Ltd) Joh'Burg (12" Version) Not On Label (New Wave Mix Series)  
Treibhaus Compilation (CD, Unofficial) The Last Song (Officia... Black Sundays Release  
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Review by Alastis Feb 13, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
Judging by one of their pictures shown on Discogs, its easy to think that T21 (duo of Philippe and Herve Lomprez) are yet another cheesy new-wave act from the 80's. Their records, however, tell entirely different story - while they're not totally devoid of pop elements, there are many experimental pieces many of which still sound fresh, in my opinion. From what i can understand, Trisomie 21 just recently started to get attention outside of their native France and its about time, since they reformed after a long hiatus and recorded an entirely new album called "Happy Mystery Child" which may or may not tone down ambient/experimental influences in their sound.
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