Famed worldwide for their exuberant live performances, The Youngsters are a product of an  encounter between two personalities : Olivier M, 25, and Gil le Gamin, 34. Describing their sound as "a perfect fusion of cold electronic groove and warm soul", they have been taking the world by storm.

Gill le Gamin, aka Gilles Escoffier has been a DJ since 1988. In 1993 he became involved in national events (MCM NIGHT, DRAGON BALL, D.MENTION). In 1995 he opened his own record shop, Z'APPIES RECORDS in Montpellier, and started to produce his own music alongside Ultracolor, another rising artist who later establishes Scandium Records. Whilst performing abroad for the first time (Spain, Switzerland, Canada...), Gil formed an event-organizing enterprise in 1997 - Happy People at Work - and co-ordinated about twenty major events in the south of France in the space of two years. In 1998 he established his own label G-FUNK, and after his encounter with Olivier M. the adventure of The Youngsters began under that same label....

Olivier Mateu, also known as Olivier M. was introduced to music at the age of 6, when he started classical piano lessons. By the end of the 80's he became familiar with the electronic sounds of Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Tangerine Dream and Jean Michel Jarre... and it was a revelation : these sounds and the way they are created mix music and science - his two equally deep passions - perfectly. Olivier starts trying out his first synthesizers on his own in the beginning of 1990 and, at the same time, discovers LFO, Inner city, Laurent Garnier and other pioneers of "electronic groove"... he then takes a close interest in alternative and experimental music through the work of Pierre Henry or Staukhausen, and there he discovers ways and methods of manipulating raw and revolutionary sound effect that will influence him deeply even today. This is how, for several years, he worked his way up to his first productions in his student bedsit using some very rudimentary musical equipment. In 1999 he encounters Gil in his record shop and lets him listen to some of his work. The chemistry is right, and they start working together at once. Their first title is G-Funk's third production, and it's a big success- thanks to the support of a number of international DJ's.

This promising success is used by the two musicians to develop the label and to express their deep and mutual love for techno originating from Detroit. In this music their respective influences perfectly combine cold electronic groove and warm soul. The following titles ensue: "SAMPLER EP", "IN CHARLY WE TRUST EP" and "A DIFFERENT THEORY EP", under the label G-Funk, and "THREE HOURS IN BARCELONA EP", on the French label Tekmics. Their Live performances also contribute to their growing success, by allowing them to communicate their music to the audience. These concerts combine all the heat and energy of "rock" concerts, with atmospheres, rhythms and perfectly re-mastered electronic colours.

During 2000, after meeting Laurent Garnier, they start working on another project, trying to find new artist directions and expanding their Horizons to other styles that are more "down-tempo". They then contact and sign up with the label F.COMMUNICATIONS, the first French label of electronic music. This represents a turning point in their career, and one witch allows them to reach a wider audience with their music, a series of EPs '"SPANISH HARLEM EP", "ILLOGIQUE EP", "END EP", "ABUSIVE MELODY EP"), videos, and an album in 2001 -"LEMON ORANGE" in witch we discover other aspects of their talent. They appear in all the main international events such as the SONAR festival in Barcelona, "10 DAYS OF TECHNO" in Belgium, "T IN THE PARK" in Scotland, "TIME WARP" in Germany.... as well in renowned clubs: THE END & FABRIC in London, the REX and the 4 sans in France, THE ZOUK in Singapore, THE ARCHES in Glasgow, THE LOFT in Barcelona, CREAM in Liverpool, THE C-CLUB in Hong-Kong.....

At the moment Gil and Olivier are working together on several different projects : a series of EPs, "CONFIDENTIAL MUSIC Vol. 1 & 2", a new album for 2003, a mixed CD as well as other more alternative projects....keep an eye out!