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Teki Latex (born Julien Pradeyrol) is a member of the french group
TTC. Singer from Paris with italian origins, he also is a cofounder of the
hip-hop/
electro independent label "Institubes".
Member of
Bladazz with Tido Berman, he created the rap group
TTC with him and his cousin
Cuizinier. After EPs and mixtapes, they made two albums,
Ceci N'Est Pas un Disque (2002) and
Bâtards sensibles (2004), on Big Dada, from the label Ninja Tune. Their third album,
3615 TTC, was released on December 26, 2006 on V2 Records.
The album
Bâtards sensibles is nominated at the Victoires de la Musique 2005 (a french award ceremony) in the category “Album
rap/
hip-hop/
rnb of the year”.
Teki Latex also took part in many collaborations in the independent French
hip-hop scene in which he is regarded as "one of the leaders", in particular on the
L'Armée des 12 (gathering
TTC,
La Caution and
Saphir), which album
Cadavre exquis went out in November 2002 at Kerozen, the label of La Caution.
The other major project of Teki Latex relates to
L'Atelier, which album
Buffet des anciens élèves, rejected by various labels, the creation of its own label accelerates, Institubes, in order to allow its finalization. You can find on this project
Teki Latex,
Fuzati (
Klub des Loosers,
Le Klub des 7),
Cyanure (
ATK,
Le Klub des 7) and
James Delleck (
Gravité Zéro,
Le Klub des 7), also
Para One and
Tacteel, who worked on the second album of
TTC, as producers. The disc went out in 2003.
Teki Latex also went on a solo career in 2006 to the accents much more
pop. After having signed at Virgin France, he made his first EP
Disco Dance With You in June 2006, produced by Gonzales and Renaud Létang (
VV).
His first solo album
Party De Plaisir (resolutely
dancefloor according to him) is scheduled for march 2007, before which he has also released a second EP
Les Matins De Paris featuring the french
pop artist
Lio.
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