Les Masochats

Electronic project by French DJ, producer, and POF Music owner Fred Giteau and Serbian producer Dr. Vaki, active in 1998-99. Assisted by a guitarist and a percussionist, Les Masochats produced a full album in 1998, that was eventually released in 2023. The name "Les Masochats" is a French-Serbian word-play. Fred Giteau’s first wife and mother of his daughter Yelena was nicknamed "Maca" or "Maso" ("cat" in Serbian). Fred added the French equivalent "Chats" to form "Les Masochats" (cat-cat), a direct reference to the romantic musical film "Les Aristochats" (The Aristocats). The duo produced music with a simple keyboard and Cubase at Vaki’s room studio. Percussion and guitar were played and recorded live, and later technically processed. The style of Les Masochats is a mixture of techno, groovy and rhythmic claps that break and restart, bongos, and guitars reminiscent of S.U.N. Project. Some tracks incorporate riffs of traditional Serbian music.