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This was a band that inspired a thousand other house bands, Was there in the early 90s at the start of the House/electronic experimentation in the French underground, got an animated film done by Leiji Matsumoto and won several awards with their album in 2013. So yeah, it's sad to see em go.
As to why they'd break up, Rumor has it that they broke up because one of them was developing health issues with hearing (tinnitus) and didn't want to hold back the other one because of it… which is also why they haven't done anything, neither tours nor new albums, in ages.
Saw the news yesterday. They weren't my favorite by any means but they did a lot for house music and put out a lot of great stuff over the years. Really sad I never got a chance to see em live.
Expect to start seeing more acts retire or die. Ffs Carl Cox turns 60 next year. The big names are getting old :(
Alot of the old rockers back from the 80s are turning around 60 or so yet they still go on, having done alot of hard living as a result.