A French Touch icon thanks to the track Starlight, The Supermen Lovers’ first album is above all a disco record that landed just at the right time. At least this is what we can take from the story behind the aforementioned hit, told by the man behind the project, Guillaume Atman: “I felt that I had a very strong track but it lacked a voice. The things that started to work in French Touch all had gimmicks and I thought that the next step should be a song. I composed the vocal melodies in gibberish and then called a friend, Mani Hoffman, who had never sang but had a good voice, we wrote and recorded the lyrics in the bathroom.” The track was a worldwide hit, from Norway to New Zealand, and the rest of the album naturally followed suit. An augmented disco free ride, between funky bass, soul vocals and dance floor tracks (Hard Stuff (Get Your Ticket for a Ride), Party’z Up). There’s a nod towards Daft Punk on the ten minute (mostly house due to its thump) Dance With You where his voice uses a talk box. A whole era condensed into one record. © Smaël Bouaici/Qobuz