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Étienne de Crécy
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Étienne de Crécy

Étienne de Crécy is a french house artist formed in 1969. 90 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

French House

90
Releases
1996–2026
Active years
1969
Formed

Discography

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Superdiscount 2

2004 · 12 tracks

Singles & EPs

69

Live & compilations

6

Credits

1

Records Étienne de Crécy worked on for other artists — the roles are as credited on each release.

Collaborators

4

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About

Étienne Bernard Marie de Crécy, also known as Superdiscount, EDC, Minos Pour Main Basse and Mooloodjee is a French DJ and producer who composes Electronic music, primarily House. Crécy was born in Lyon, but moved to Versailles from Marseille in the mid 1980s, attending the same Jules Ferry college as Air and Alex Gopher, with whom he later created the Solid label. He then worked in Paris as a sound engineer at studio +XXX ("plus thirty") where he met Philippe Zdar of Cassius, with whom he worked on the Motorbass album, a preview of what would be his second album: Super Discount, released in 1996, with Air, Alex Gopher and other French artists on Solid. Étienne de Crécy has been involved in various music projects where he worked as a producer. Super Discount was Étienne de Crécy's first release, including the well known singles "Tout doit disparaître" (Everything must go) and "Prix Choc" (Shock Price). Super Discount is considered by many as the first album of what is called the French touch. Super Discount received very favourable reviews and sold over 200,000 copies.

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Six years after Super Discount, Étienne de Crécy released Tempovision. Unlike Super Discount, which was perfectly adapted for the radio, Tempovision is a mature album, a deep reflection on the electronic music of this time. In Étienne de Crécy's opinion it was a blues album, differing from some of his earlier and more recent work. The Tempovision track "Am I Wrong" used a sample of Millie Jackson's voice singing "Am I wrong to hunger...", from the song "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right". "Am I Wrong" peaked at #44 in the UK Singles Chart in January 2001. The three 3D animated videos to accompany singles from the Tempovision album were directed by Étienne's brother, Geoffroy de Crécy. Eight years after the first Super Discount album, came Super Discount 2 with the original team, and the addition of Cassius. For this album, he used only old analog instruments, for example a TB303, and produced twelve electro-house-pop-new wave songs designed for clubs, in the continuity of the first Super Discount. Pursuing the 'discount' concept of the first album, all the tracks are named after peer-to-peer clients: "Overnet", "Napster", and so on. Étienne de Crécy, talking about the concept for the third album, said: “you have to be autistic in working in the music industry not to realize that something happens through the MP3 exchanges. It’s not discount anymore! It’s free!” and added “what the music industry doesn’t understand, is that young people will not build their own music culture if they don’t have free access to the music.” Étienne de Crécy's more recent tracks have focused more on an electronic sound. They have also begun to be released on the Pixadelic label.

Étienne de Crécy in brief

How many Étienne de Crécy releases are on Riffiter?
90 releases are catalogued, spanning 1996 to 2026.
When was Étienne de Crécy formed?
Étienne de Crécy formed in 1969.
What genre is Étienne de Crécy?
Étienne de Crécy is catalogued under French House, Electro House, Electronic.
What is the most recent Étienne de Crécy release on Riffiter?
Karma (A-Trak Remix), released in 2026.