I miss the 00ies and French House / Downtempo / Lounge

Haven’t heard this one for a while!! I used to DJ for few years as well - such an amazing thing to say - class 🫶 Recently I stumbled on Mr. Pooley’s Instagram - love all the gear he owns, but clips with the 3000 are the best!

https://www.instagram.com/ianpooley.ofc?igsh=MTkweHNueTl6NjY1ZQ==

French house is for me more of a late 90s thing, never really dug the Ed Banger era which always seemed a separate style or later outgrowth from the original music. Remember, there was that whole Electroclash period in between as well…

Nevertheless, here’s some bangers.

Also when Les Rhythmes Digitales first came out ‘Jacques le Cont’ (aka Stuart Price) would do interviews in Franglaise to try and ride the French house wave of the time… Quite funny.

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Excellent, this is where I wanted this to get: this style of music but being made today :ok_hand:t2::ok_hand:t2::ok_hand:t2:

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How could I forget Club Soda

or Bangalter’s Start Stop Mix of Roy Davis Jr.'s Rockshock

but most importantly, Daft Punks’s legendary Essential Mix from 1997. It’s mandatory listening folks, I did buy a bunch of records just because of that mix (though years later, only got into house and techno in the mid-2000s):

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Club soda is the one that sent me down the hole

For me it depends what you mix it with.

And yes, that is a very clever double pun… I’ll see myself out.

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Here’s another:

I love the loungier side of things, but probably have a thousand or more sets spanning all my favorite genres saved on YouTube now, so it takes a while to sort through them. :smiley:

That “Book Club Radio” channel has a TON of this sort of thing. Ranging from jazzy, funky, disco-y, etc.

Ok, better get back to working for a bit. :smiley:

I’ll probably think of some others later. :smiley:

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Ok, so it’s hard to work when I’m in a musical mode…

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That is good. Thanks for bringing attention to these guys.

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it was an absolute crowd pleaser:

and that was mixing up with literally anything:

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My personal favorites of the genre that would qualify have been mentioned throughout the thread like Cassius, Ian Pooley, Daft Punk, Etienne de Crecy, and one I’ll add, Alex Gopher:

This is the last song I made and it was an active genre exercise. My first attempt at French house or French touch if you like. I shared this one in another thread but honestly it belongs here moreso. I swear I won’t shares it no more, in any other topic.

It’s definitely a genre where minimalism is key but still quite a bit to it. Musically simple but technically layered in execution of all the effects and mixing.

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Ohhhyessss, The Child. :ok_hand:t2::ok_hand:t2::ok_hand:t2:

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This after dining while smoking a cigar in a café:

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Yes it does belong here

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I know a lot of the music posted in this thread but never knew this is called french house?

Something to explore a little more :slight_smile:

Thanks all for posting :smiley:

Perhaps not all French or House strictly, but from a similar period in time, and most important, with a certain vibe that evoke on each.

Oh yeah:

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