St Germain – Tourist

Description

Long before the likes of Daft Punk and Air, Ludovic Navarre, better known as St Germain, was breaking new ground as one of the original french dance artists.Tourist, first released in April 2000, is the now legendary Blue Note debut album that went on to sell over 2.8 million copies worldwide.The critically acclaimed electronic / jazz fusion album picked up a host of awards around the globe including Number 1 Billboard Contemporary Jazz Album 2001, it was recommended as one of the best albums of the year 2000 in Rolling Stone magazine, as well as picking up nominations of Best French Act at the MTV Europe music award 2001, and Best Jazz Act at the MOBO awards 2001.A perfectly formed deep-house voyage, taking the listener through blends of jazz, blues, latin and hip-hop.