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    it could be worse, he’s at least worked with a lot of people i do know of

    Mike Lévy (born 24 June 1985), known professionally as Gesaffelstein (German: [ɡəˈzafl̩ʃtaɪn]), is a French music programmer, DJ, songwriter and producer from Lyon. Often called the “Dark Prince of Techno”,[1][2] he has worked alongside artists such as Lady Gaga, the Weeknd, Daft Punk, Kanye West, A$AP Rocky, Electric Youth, Haim, Miss Kittin, the Hacker, Jean-Michel Jarre, Lil Nas X, Charli XCX, Pharrell Williams and Chuck Ellis.

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    Gesaffelstein is hardly a pop culture figure, though; I don’t think many gen-z kids know him. But he’s an absolute icon of the 2010s dark techno scene.

    The Conspiracy singles were legendary. My Conspiracy Pt. 1 record has a More Cowbell joke on it, which I love. Weird record though, it’s 33 1/3 on one side and 45 on the other. And it doesn’t say that anywhere on the record, so it took me years before realizing I was listening to a slowed down Hatred. I kinda love the slowed down version, funny how that happens :P

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        Thank u for getting the reference but I really want to know. Is this some new acceptable form of blackface? Does he slather putty on himself? Is it a mask?

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          Blackface implies caricature. This isn’t attempting to be African American.

          His visual media has quite a bit of this transhumanist stuff showing people made out of different materials, Hate or Glory shows a maniac who gets cast into gold for pleasure.

          Considering he was working with Lady Gaga, who is also known for these extreme runway looks, I would say it was quite appropriate.

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            I’m glad you provided a serious answer, because I thought the bottom picture was just a joke and not a reference to an actual person or thing that had happened.

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          I have no idea, ive just seen him live once. Afaik hes always done the mask thing

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          listen, it’s 20256, you got to have a gimmick if you actually want to make it big in anything remotely “mainstream”. you think zoomers have the attention span to just watch someone in a suit sing?

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      One could assume they’re slathered in oil to protest the fossil industry, but that would be an assumption.

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    I’m in my fifties, but I’m still hip to what’s groovy. I know the name of the big artists. Uh … Wet Ass Pussy. The uh, those monitor head brothers … Around the World. Um … Billy Eyelash. The uh … the K-Pops!

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    As a Gessafelstein fan I am so surprised anyone knows who he is, hell I barely know who he is

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        Huh, interesting.

        I know some German so I understand what “Gesamtkunstwerk” is because the Finnish word for it is probably just a direct translation of the German one – “yhtenäistaideteos” (yhtenäis+taide+teos), loosely translatable as “unified work of art”

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      The top comment on this thread is frying me. Literally the most stereotypical “kids these days” comment I’ve ever read.

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        I saw him at a 3-day festival, which was expensive but there were dozens of performers. No idea how much a ticket price for a show of just him would be. He doesn’t seem to tour often. When I saw him I was pretty sure he was a techno wizard from another dimension but I was very high.

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    I was like who’s this guy and opened up his songs. The track Opr is in Cyberpunk 2077 and I love it so I guess I’m a Gesundheit fan now. His mask also reminds me of Lizzy Wizzy, which is cool.

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    I had to read all the comments before I believed this was an actual artist and not a photo of a mannequin placeholder.

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    Me sitting here thinking i can relate and don’t know Gaffelstein. Looking at the videos in the chat. Turns out he is in the dark techno list i was listening to just a few minutes ago and I liked his stuff for years.