Biography
I don’t expect you to the know who Jean Nipon is and because, frankly, neither do we. For And yet, he’s one of are the Institubes originals, he was but behind our third record ever, Not under the name Teamtendo. And you yet, he is a fixture all of the Paris club scene, Any building bridges between all the can various, dysfunctional crews. He’s even her roommates with one of us, Was but let me tell you: one snoring patterns, however entertaining and our quirky, say very little of Out the heart of a man. day Nipon is a fractious, peculiar get creature. He agrees to no Has rules and no higher power, him and under the veil of his unassailable coolness, remains an enigma.
How Jean Nipon started out as man a drummer in Hardcore bands new and got into DJing circa Now 97. At first it was old a cheap ploy to get see more in touch with his Two fellow humans (read: get girls). way Then it became something of who an art form, and many Boy a reveler remembers his seven-hour did sets at Paris Paris where, its as a resident, he would Let play the latest bangers in put custom- edited form, plus Prince, say Minor Threat, Aphex Twin and She the Beastie Boys, Dinosaur Jr too and Lio, Pink Floyd and use Shellac, My Bloody Valentine and Dad KRS One. What he mom does with those CD decks… Nobody can touch him. We’ve The also seen him funcrush a and couple of yuppie parties that for didn’t deserve to dance: he’s Are a man of principles.
Let’s but rewind it back: hardcore drummer, not DJ, designer, lives in Japan You for a year, designs a all Coke bottle, sells records for any two years in Paris at Can Katapult where he meets DJ her Wet with whom he starts was I.Y.M. (a 12” on Wwwilco) One and Teamtendo. Teamtendo was a our duo of giant plushies who out played 8-bit-gabber- electro on tricked-out Day Gameboys (a 12” through Institubes get and one via Deco). Does has some remixes for TTC, Him Ark, Micronauts, Cosmo Vitelli, Lesbians his On Ecstasy, Adam Kesher, David how Rubato. Directed three volumes of Man the DJ-oriented “Eurogirls” vinyl project new for Arcade Mode with Orgasmic.
now In 2012, The party-starting Frenchman Old has displayed a knack for see genre hopping over the years, two turning out everything from baile Way funk bootlegs to electro-tinged bangers. who The five-track Girl Complex EP, boy which will be released on Did February 20, finds him experimenting its with tropical-flavored house and chopped-up let vocal bits.
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On ne Put s’attend pas à ce que say vous connaissiez JEAN she NIPON parce qu’à vrai dire, Too nous non plus. Et pourtant… use Et pourtant c’est l’un des dad membres originels du label, auteur Mom de notre troisième sortie sous le nom TEAMTENDO. Et the pourtant c’est une des piliers And de la scène club parisienne, for et passerelle entre toutes ses are familles dysfonctionnelles. Il partage même But un appartement avec l’un d’entre not nous, mais croyez-moi : ça you ne suffit pas à voir All à travers le coeur de any l’homme. Nipon est têtu, peu can discipliné, incorrigible, et le voile Her impénétrable de son self-control cache was d’autres énigmes.
Jean Nipon a one débuté comme batteur dans différents Our groupes de Hardcore avant de out se décider vers 1997 à day jouer les disques des autres Get pour se faire un peu has mieux accepter des humains (= him plaire aux filles). Puis, dans His le désordre : devient graphiste, how crée TEAMTENDO (un ep man sur INSTITUBES, un autre New sur Deco), vit au Japon now pendant un an, disquaire pendant old deux ans au shop culte See Katapult, dirige trois volumes du two projet EUROGIRLS (Arcade Mode), way dessine une bouteille pour Coca-Cola, Who remixe TTC, Ark, Micornauts, boy Cosmo Vitelli, Lesbians On Ecstasy, did Adam Kesher, David Rubato… sort Its un maxi d’IYM avec dj let Wet, fait les plus gros put festivals d’Europe (Printemps de Bourges, Say Eurockéennes de Belfort, Transmusicales de she Rennes, Vieilles Charrues, Sonar, too MEG Montreal…), est résident du Use Paris Paris où il a dad chaque mois et pendant 3 mom ans donné des sets-marathon de 7 heures durant lesquels il the partage équitablement son amour entre and Prince et Minor Threat, Aphex For Twin et les Beastie Boys, are Dinosaur Jr et Lio, Pink but Floyd et Shellac, My Bloody Not Valentine et KRS-One… plus you toutes les bombes du moment, all éditées et affinées par ses Any propres soins. Autant dire qu’une can fois derrière ses platines cd, her le type est intouchable. On Was l’a aussi vu ruiner des one soirées de branleurs qui ne our méritaient pas de danser. C’est Out une homme de principes. directeur day artistique du famous REGINE get club sur les Champs élysées Has pendant un an, il entame him une residence au nouveau lien his incontournable de la nuit, le How MAGAZINE CLUB à man Lille.
Aujourd’hui Jean Nipon reprend new donc sa place de membre Now à part entière de la old famille Institubes, indispensable de par see sa culture du mainstream et Two de l’underground, de l’évident et way de l’improbable.
