No, not Ice Cube, but rather I:Cube , the awesome Frenchman whose work contributed to the evolution of the French sound. Also featured is a random track which I can't recall where I got it from but it was released in '97 and is awesome so I'm including it. Also, a little insight into what was happening in House music outside of France. Also want to give a big shout out to our one reader from Budapest, Hungary. Major props. -M [...]
If there's somebody who sits on top of the rave house world right now it's Afrojack . In fact, he's definitely M and my's favorite artist of the moment. Putting out crazy good shit, and just throwing down tons of great beats. This crazy minimal/electro/tech house just really gets me going (it kinda varies for him from song to song), and I can say confidently that if I was going to play a set of whatever the hell I wanted, there would be multiple Afrojack songs in my set. Something about those Dutch guys is just so amazing. [...]
Boys Noize Records are officially on top with both the release of Jeffer and now this. Serious bomb. D.I.M. may not be the best dj in the world, but this make up for it in every single way possible. I couldn't really find out who TAI is but i'll make sure to let everyone know when I do. I'll be playing this track for months, I might even start some sets with it. Don't miss you, it's HUGE. -J Lyposuct by D.I.M. & TAI (320) Bonus: [...]
Ed Banger hasn't been releasing much this year, they'd built up so much momentum over the past few years but have been relatively quiet since, probably due to all the touring, but they need to pick up the game considering how prolific Boys Noize manages to be, however with that being said, wait, i would also like to comment that Krazy Baldhead 's release wasn't that great i was dissapointed after his earlier material, ok with all that being said, their latest release, by none other than french electro house DJ/Producer and former Uffie -mate, [...]
Back on track and in our favorite year ever (the year I picked up Piano actually) 1997. This year marked the release of the quintessential French House/Touch album, being Super Discount from Etienne De Crecy (pictured). However, it was actually released a few days (really days) after Homework, so it definitely was not the first like many claim. Also, I'm including the first release on the label Crydamoure , a label set up by Guy-Manuel De Homem Christo of Daft Punk and Eric Chedeville. Discogs describes the [...]
Taking a very short break from French House Arrest to give you this track. Been looking a while for any Joey Youngman tracks, and I finally found one. Joey Youngman would be the real name of Wolfgang Gartner , and he used to make Jackin House, which I guess is like an energetic blend of Disco House and Deep House. -M Double Stacked (Original Mix) - Joey Youngman Some of the coolest shit I've heard in a long time. Definitely want to include this in my [...]
I do still insist that 1997 is the biggest year for French House, but I realized that I left out some important/awesome developments that occurred in 1996. -M Venus (Sunshine People) - Cheek Now I can't really speak for its significance in terms of the evolution of the genre, but this did predate '97 and is just awesome. The true winner is the remix from DJ Gregory (my favorite track in [...]
So we've now made it to 1997, the biggest year for French House, most importantly the year that Daft Punk released their debut LP, Homework. Some other really important things happened too, and they'll be covered as well, but this episode is about Daft Punk. I've also got a very early release from Alan Braxe , who would go on to make very important contributions to the direction of French House towards a more synthy sound with Fred Falke . 1997 was they year when French House really became known to the world [...]
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