Parisian electro producer Captain Mustache has released his new album, Metal Body, out now on DJ Hell’s International Deejay Gigolo Records. It marks his fifth full-length project, following prior albums released through Kompakt and Mobilee.
The signing carries some weight for Captain Mustache beyond just a new label home. Gigolo is the imprint that helped define the electroclash sound he grew up on, having put out early work from artists like Vitalic and Miss Kittin & The Hacker. For an artist whose own sound draws heavily from that era, landing on Gigolo is less a career pivot and more a homecoming of sorts.
Since 2020, Captain Mustache has built a catalog across some of electronic music’s more respected imprints, including Kompakt, Mobilee, Exploited, Permanent Vacation, and Helena Hauff’s Return To Disorder. He also released an album through John Digweed’s Bedrock Records. It picks up support from DJs across the house and techno circuit along the way.
Metal Body leans into his long-running interest in synthesis. The album functions as something of a sonic diary, tracing his history with the genre and the gear that’s shaped his sound over the years.
