Like an industrial-era Sixto Rodriguez, BT93 comes out of retirement in 2020, a bit by chance. Songs, composed between 1989 and 1994, can be heared on the dance floors of trendy evenings, without us really knowing where they come from ... Young people love them, fascinated by their “vintage” sound, fifties revel in “period” choreography and each one moves his body on a message, which could not be more current, that of the criticism of a wild and absurd capitalism.
“La hiérarchie chie” spits out the world of work, a daily reality that the young BT93 of the 90s recounts in music, alone in his room at night, after his hours of suit and tie. A young, disillusioned executive who flirts with girls at night without really believing it, he composes with synths that have become references today, Ensoniq ESQ1, TX7, TR707, Korg 01W, sends his cassettes to indie labels, dreaming one day of escaping this life.
But now, these songs do not want to disappear. Like posthumous albums or letters hidden in the back of the attic, they don't want to die. They are revolt before fatality, the last vital leap before adulthood. By dint of turning on unknown record players, they have become cult. And a few smart people investigated to find this famous BT93. He has become an entrepreneur, serious, at ease in his adult life when fans come looking for him.
He answers them, no poo!
And then, the memory of the dream prevents him from sleeping. BT93 exists with or without him. Rumor has it that he ditched everything, the suit, the tie and the watch. He remains anonymous, but accepts the broadcasting of his songs on digital platforms. They are not done with him.
Recently, BT93 came out of musical retirement, created the duo Hum Hum with French actress Sophie Verbeeck, produced Stupeflip's latest album and announced a new album "BT2033" for January 27th. A first single from this album, soberly baptized BT93, has just been released.
