Langage Computer consists of two members: John Bloug takes care of all compositional aspects, while Detect handles the turntables for the scratched episodes and sonic add-ons.
Influences are plural and widely spread. The paths of experimental HipHop artists the likes of Anticon, Mush, Def Jux, Project Blowed or Living Legends crisscross with the catalogs of Warp (mostly Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, and Autechre), Tigerbeat6, or Rephlex, or even with artists such as Console, Murcof, Plaid, and Squarepusher. But in order to get the whole picture, you would also have to dig your way into the indie rock scene.
DJ Detect was hard at work prior to Langage Computer. He is a memberof the Metalcrabs collective, notably with DJ Fab (La Caution) and Orgasmic (TTC). He appears on La Caution's album 'Asphalte Hurlante' (2001), on the comps
Project Chaos (2001) and Panic Room (2003), and has produced several mix-tapes sold at a few hundred copies each and reviewed in the specialized press (Radikal, Clark, etc.). He is also a regular at the Batofar, either as La Caution's
and James Delleck's DJ, or as the in-house DJ, entertaining the crowd. He is also taking part on the 2003's edition of the Red Bull Music Academy in South-Africa. On the other hand, John Bloug was waiting for Langage Computer to stop fondling sounds in the shadows and step into the spotlight.
(Biography Last updated 10 May 2004)