It is with deep re­gret and pro­found sad­ness that we in­form you of the pass­ing of Gérard Pel­leti­er, one of our most be­loved art­ists and found­er of the French syn­thpop duo known as Deux. Gérard was born on Janua­ry 15th, 1952 and pas­sed away on Janua­ry 1st, 2013 at 8:30 in the morn­ing, quiet­ly and with­out suf­fer­ing, in his home in Can­nes.

When asked about Deux sever­al years ago, Gérard re­cal­led, “I was in Ger­many when I heard Kraftwerk for the first time. It was a re­vela­tion for me… and I thought “I want to make electronic music” ! A month later, I took the train to Stras­bourg with the in­ten­tion of buy­ing a syn­thesiz­er and I found my first electronic mac­hine, a Kawai made of metal and wood. It was a sound re­search mac­hine, not very easy to use but I found it very power­ful to create my own sounds. I began to sing with other friends of mine every Satur­day night and so star­ted the be­ginn­ing of what would be­come Deux. In 1979, I de­cided to leave Ger­many and re­turn to Fran­ce. I found a work place in Lyon (the 2nd lar­gest city in Fran­ce). I was also work­ing on my music every weekend but I was alone. Then one day, I met Cati and I spoke with that mag­ical girl about music the en­tire night. Deux was born”

May his spirit live on through the be­auti­ful music he created with Cati Tête. Rest in peace Gérard Pel­leti­er (1952-2013), you will never be for­gott­en.

Li­st­en to the speci­al Minim­al Wave show on East Vil­lage Radio, archived from Janua­ry 6th, 2013. http://www.eastvillageradio.com/shows/player/main.php?p=1280&f=1280-45887-20130106

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