Ludovic Navarre, who works under the name St Germain, returns this week with a new album, his first in 15 years. In a fluid mix that’s characteristic of the French producer-composer’s work, he pulls together various schools of mellow electronica, funk, jazz and R&B, much as he did on his 2000 world-wide breakout hit, “Tourist.” Mr. Navarre also demonstrates again his affection for the blues, employing samples of piercing moans, key vocal phrases and guitar bits by African-American blues legends as a counterpoint to the infectious electronic environment.

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