Tristesse Contemporaine is a unique multicultural band like only France can bring out nowadays : Narumi is Japanese, Mike is British-Jamaican, Leo is Swedish ; Paris is finally the right place for the trio to meet. Raw and minimalist, mesmeric and catchy, pop and melancholic, they seized the hazes of shoegaze, krautrock and madchester to compose the soundtrack of an era lost in the night. They unite behind one pop flag: that of their new album UNITED , produced by French prodigy Lewis OfMan. Between New York disco, 90's breakbeat, reggae, pop-dancehall, some jungle, some brutal electro, digital pop of the 2000, and British rock like their first music. A patchwork album, powerful in it's diversity and timeless, unexpected and yet definitely modern.