Editing Telex (band) (section)

==History==
In 1979, mixing the [[aesthetics]] of [[disco]], [[Punk rock|punk]] and experimental [[electronic music]], they released a stripped-down synthesized [[cover version]] of "Twist à St. Tropez" by [[Les Chats Sauvages]]. They followed up with an ultra-slow cover of "[[Rock Around the Clock]]", a relaxed and dispassionate version of [[Plastic Bertrand]]'s punk song "[[Ça Plane Pour Moi]]", and a mechanical cover of "[[Dance to the Music (song)|Dance to the Music]]", originally by [[Sly and the Family Stone|Sly Stone]]. Telex built its music entirely from [[synthesizer|electronic instruments]], employing joyously irreverent humor. The group's debut album, ''[[Looking for Saint Tropez]]'', featured the worldwide hit single "Moskow Diskow".

In 1980, Telex's [[Talent manager|manager]] asked the group to enter the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1980|Eurovision Song Contest]]. The group entered and were eventually sent to the finals, although they apparently hoped to come in last.

{{quote|"We had hoped to finish last, but Portugal decided otherwise. We got ten points from them and finished on the 19th spot."|[[Marc Moulin]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telex - The Belgian Pop & Rock Archives |url=http://houbi.com/belpop/groups/telex.htm |access-date=25 June 2016 |website=Houbi.com |archive-date=21 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121074213/http://houbi.com/belpop/groups/telex.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

The group's song "[[Euro-Vision]]" was a cheerful bleepy song with deliberately banal lyrics about the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], which they competed with in [[Eurovision Song Contest 1980|1980]] and placed 17th of 19 with 14 points.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telex |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/telex |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330212726/https://eurovision.tv/participant/telex |archive-date=2023-03-30 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=eurovision.tv |language=en}}</ref>

For their third album, ''[[Sex (Telex album)|Sex]]'', Telex enlisted the US group [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] to help write the lyrics. However, the band still refused to play live and preferred to remain [[Anonymity|anonymous]]—common practice in the [[techno]] music artists the group later inspired but, nevertheless, unusual in 1981. The fourth Telex album, ''Wonderful World'', was barely distributed. In 1986, [[Atlantic Records]] signed Telex and released the album ''Looney Tunes'' in 1988. In 1989, Telex revisited their old tracks and remixed them to resemble [[house music]] and other genres then prevalent in electronic pop. The result was ''Les Rythmes Automatiques'', released in 1989.
After a long hiatus, Telex returned in March 2006 with ''How Do You Dance'' on [[EMI|EMI Records]]. It contained five original compositions as well as five covers. The group's last single was a cover of "[[On the Road Again (Canned Heat song)|On the Road Again]]", originally by [[Canned Heat]]. They also produced [[remix]]es for other artists' [[single (music)|single]] releases, including "[[A Pain That I'm Used To]]" by [[Depeche Mode]] and "[[Minimal (song)|Minimal]]" by the [[Pet Shop Boys]].

Following the death of band member [[Marc Moulin]] in 2008, the surviving members of the band announced their retirement from making music with the band's final release, a compilation album titled ''Ultimate''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telex Home |url=http://www.telex-music.com/home_bis.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025344/http://www.telex-music.com/home_bis.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=25 June 2016 |website=Telex-music.com}}</ref>