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The French kids have lost it

25 SEP 2007 | Posted By: Luke

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The French kids have lost it As a nation they have produced a high proportion of cool shit over the last few years but I'm not sure i can forgive them for this. I may be on my own here but I'm going to put it out there, that tecktonik style dance craze that has taken the French kids by storm is fucking retarded. If you're lucky enough to not have been subjected to this, it's kind of like that Les Mill's Body Attack fitness program crossed with an epileptic seizure and the French kids are losing their shit over it.



Exhibit A - YELLE - "A Cause des Garçons" Remix Video


Millions of lanky and impressionable French kids with fringed mullets and face paint, sporting peel on denim, their favourite 80's high tops (with their token splashes of flouro of course), have their arms a flailing in an uncontrollable frenzy to the rapid bass of Eurodoof. It's times like this i appreciate Australia's isolation but I fear the tecktonik virus may well have entered the country.



Exhibit B - Loungeroom Tecktonik action


The style apparently originated in a complex of nightclubs on the south eastern outskirts of Paris and thanks to Youpube and the likes has spread like fucking wildfire. There are kids all over the world with video cameras in their lounge rooms and garages filming themselves convulsing. They've borrowed all of the mistakes from the 80's rave scene and for some reason have tried to mix it with the battling styles of hip hop... not good.


Exhibit C - Tecktonik Dance Off - Paris Techno Parade 07


Maybe I'm being a little too harsh and maybe it's just a combination of the wack elements that i find irritating. I mean the technicolored space men in the video below are essentially doing the same kind of movements but if you remove the shit music and add some pyrotechnics it's fresh as hell.



Tecktonik Inspiration Perhaps? Maybe all they need is space suits and pyrotechnics



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There are "17" comment(s) on "The French kids have lost it"

Respect Dimitri
Ahh those Frenchies, they were doing so well...
Dimitri  -  4 years ago
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Respect Jamie
I am with you on the vid by Yelle, those moves are actually awesome. The other kids 'battling' are totally gay. It's just like hardcore 4am rave dancing back in the early 90s for Gods sake.
Jamie  -  4 years ago
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Respect Jamie
Pay that.
Jamie  -  4 years ago
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New Lounger 3479CD03
the first vid is awesome because it's to yelle. and yelle is just fantastic by nature. hottest french girl around with attitude. seeing her at parklife this saturday!!! i don't know if this whole tektonikcraze will sweep the guys here off their feet. i doubt they can even pull of retardedness like that. it's such a different culture, probably too extreme for the guys here to pick up on. which may be a good thing...
3479CD03  -  4 years ago
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Member 58BF43F7
wow thats some funny moves
58BF43F7  -  4 years ago
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New Lounger canuck
but what will they call it? Le crunk light?
canuck  -  4 years ago
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Advanced Member miro-classic
.....^ Le Crunk Lite! Just as much of ze crazeee movements with zero percent of ze furious coolness, style or charisma of crunk d'originale.
miro-classic  -  4 years ago
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Respect NOTORIOUSJAY
isnt this just a totally French, fagged up Melbourne Shuff Shuff boggie boggie???
NOTORIOUSJAY  -  3 years ago
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Senior Member 8D48455C
This is amazing in a hilarious kind of way. I dig it though, to an extent. The battling is kind of lame. Still gotta love the french kids, giving us justice and busy p (L) -yep that was from me. kinda forgot to log in.
8D48455C  -  3 years ago
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Respect pashoncoop
Incredible, you can't go wrong with a mullet and Reebok pumps but please leave the dancing to mc hammer.
pashoncoop  -  3 years ago
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Respect Ryzz
Say what you will, but I kind of like it (well, in the first video at least. I imagine most people that do it are at a similar level of mediocrity as the guy in the 2nd vid). It's like a mix of old-school locking, popping and rave. Very interesting when done well...
Ryzz  -  3 years ago
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Respect Ryzz
Say what you will, but I kind of like it (well, in the first video at least. I imagine most people that do it are at a similar level of mediocrity as the guy in the 2nd vid). It's like a mix of old-school locking, popping and rave. Very interesting when done well...
Ryzz  -  3 years ago
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Senior Member futuretron
Ummm, has anyone seen youtube footage of Summadayze. At least they are dancing and not bashing the fuck out of each other.
futuretron  -  3 years ago
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Member 1D621C1F
ill stick to moshing
1D621C1F  -  3 years ago
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Senior Member CILLIAN
whoa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just played all that music at once and it is SICK! and your wrong. i dunno what it is, but i wanna try that.
CILLIAN  -  2 years ago
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New Lounger 261FA117
well it may have started in france, but it sure as hell didnt stay there. this has gotten so INSANE in D.C. !! =) at first i thought it was funny and a little weird, but after trying some of the more difficult moves out myself, it became a hobby and i love it now. by the way, the dancers in the Yelle video arent doing this justice... if you want to see GOOD tecktonik dancing check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH7sEDnwfn0 OR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbzYXWLVU3o&feature=fvw
261FA117  -  2 years ago
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New Lounger 92177B7F
At first, I thought it was quite silly really... But that point of view did not last long. Given there are a few silly aspects of the scene, it does take quite some skill and fitness to pull off. It reminds me of liquid mixed in with several other dance moves from other scenes but does have its own originality as well. The key is that there are way more variations and specific moves than in liquid and and sub-genre dance style. That's why these kids practice... And practice a ton they must in order to keep their moves fresh. Hardly any of it is random. I give tecktonik a +1.
92177B7F  -  2 years ago
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