Tempovision

Tempovision is the second studio album by French DJ and producer Étienne de Crécy, released on 23 October 2000 through Disques Solid and V2 Records.[1] It includes the singles "Am I Wrong", "Scratched" and "Tempovision", which had 3D computer-animated videos made for them by de Crécy's brother, Geoffroy de Crécy. "Am I Wrong" and "Scratched" charted at numbers 44 and 80 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.[2]

Tempovision
Studio album by
Étienne de Crécy
Released23 October 2000 (2000-10-23)
GenreFrench house
Length59:55
Label
  • Disques Solid
  • V2
ProducerÉtienne de Crécy
Étienne de Crécy studio albums chronology
Super Discount
(1996)		 Tempovision
(2000)		 Super Discount 2
(2004)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Dean Carlson of AllMusic wrote that "Squiggling past looping divas, afternoon glares, and funkadelic body bops, De Crecy manages to manufacture a trail of songs that reach for that Anglo-French brass ring with nothing but admirable gravitas". He found "Out of My Hands" to have "bouncing squelches in the Zombie Nation-vein" and "Relax" to have "classically skewed big beat stomps", and concluded that the album is "probably a response to seeing De Crecy's own Air/Daft Punk disciples get the coiffured crossover treatment", hence its "pop diva production".[3] Blender felt that listening to the album is "all in all, time well spent".[4]

Reviewing the album for musicOMH, Michael Hubbard found that "really on the whole it is chill-out room material, full of time signature changes (When Jack Met Jill) and random relaxing rhythms (Noname)", calling "Am I Wrong" the exception as it is "full of flangey synth, a riotous beat, diva-esque backing vocals and funky bass". Hubbard concluded that the listener should "switch off the lights and let [their] mind switch off", as "it is in such an environment that Tempovision comes across best".[1]

Track listing
Tempovision track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Intronection"0:53
2."Relax"3:58
3."Out of My Hands"5:15
4."Am I Wrong"3:51
5."Noname"4:51
6."When Jack Met Jill"5:35
7."Tempovision"6:11
8."Scratched"4:03
9."3 Day Week-End"6:37
10."Rhythm & Beat"4:32
11."Hold the Line"14:09
Total length:59:55

Sample credits

Charts
Chart performance for Tempovision
Chart (2000) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[5] 57

References
  1. Hubbard, Michael (23 October 2000). "Etienne de Crecy – Tempovision | Album Reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. "Etienne de Crecy | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. Carlson, Dean. "Etienne de Crécy – Tempovision Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. "Tempovision by Etienne de Crécy Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  5. "Lescharts.com – Etienne de Crécy – Tempovision". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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