Paris-based DJ, composer, party-promoter and label-head Alexandre Paounov aka Popof is an indispensable institution of France's techno and house scene. His debut on Cocoon is an uncompromising dancefloor attack, proving that Popof has a sound grasp of contemporary developments. On "Blue Dream," a penetrating alarm clock provides magic moments within all the flickering rhythms while "Dancing Moon" makes the bass membrane vibrate and finally, "Hockner" transforms his sparingly accentuated Chicago acid into collective ecstasy. This is how electronic energy sounds in 2012.