Tecktonik! Super chouette!

I can't stop watching.

During my recent trip to Chicago, my Pakistani, Dubai-native, Londoner friend kept teasing me with what he described as "TECKTONIK! C'est super chouette (its super cool). I'll send links." Dubai had the same level of excitement he reserves to relating stories about Turkish trysts, or Scandanavia so I assumed it had to be something. So, alas, after a whirlwind Chicago weekend when Dubai was Stateside, I have been the very fortunate recipient of the aforementioned links. I'm certainly no stranger to electronica, but this is a weird mix of dancing that borrows alot of break-dancing, hip-hop, and techno. Add some arm-flailing and bingo, you've got yourself Tecktonic. Its interesting that this has been brought to the same people that produced Descartes & Sartre. In any case, I thought I'd share. I've got vacation in Paris later this month and my desire to check this out...or even participate...is struggling with my desire not to be a herb. That and my Afro-American pride refuses to be recipient of retro-grade trends from that side of the Atlantic. It's supposed to be other way around right à la rock, jazz, blues, hip-hop, break-dancing, etc., right?

Perhaps not always. We'll see if I get all Tecktonik in France.