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French culture has had a global impact on music since the beginning of the recording industry. The rise of French house in the 1990s was particularly transcendent, still permeating popular music and filling dance floors across the world, with dance producers.

The “French touch,” as we’ve come to know it, is a subgenre of house music that grew out of an affinity for classic Chicago house and disco, with tastemaking producers like Philippe Zdar from Cassius, Daft Punk, Laurent Garnier, Dmitri from Paris, St Germain and Motorbass (the duo of Zdar and Étienne de Crécy), to name a few, rebelling against the Euro disco of their parents’ generation and incorporating funk, soul, house, techno, hip-hop and ‘90s breakbeat influences to pioneer a fresh take.

Inspired by the punk attitude of creating music with equipment that was easily accessible at the time, these French music pioneers created their own distinctive sound with the use of repetitive loops and filtered samples from the aforementioned genres, which came to be referred to as “filter house.” In an era before laptops could power this type of production, the use of drum machines like the Roland TR-909 and TR-808, as well as synths, sequencers, samplers (notably the E-mu SP-1200) and effects processors like the Alesis 3630 gave it qualities that stood out from other contemporary dance music styles.

Tracks such as Daft Punk’s “Around the World” and Modjo’s “Lady (Hear Me Tonight)” became worldwide sensations, but French touch’s quintessential offering is widely cited as “Music Sounds Better With You” from Stardust, a collaboration between Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and producer Alan Braxe featuring the vocals of Benjamin Diamond. Despite the single's commercial success and widespread cultural impact, this was the only track ever released by the project.

As the ‘90s gave way to the aughts, a new crop of French touch disciples arose, led by Parisian production duo Justice, who expanded the movement with rock-laden dancefloor grooves. Cue the pair’s 2007 debut album, ‘Cross,’ which featured their landmark single “D.A.N.C.E.” and placed an international spotlight on the pivotal French house label, Ed Banger Records, and its roster of Parisian peers including SebastiAn, Busy P and the late DJ Medhi.

Though the French touch sound is still proudly rooted in the Parisian music scene, its influence has permeated widely across the globe and across generations alike. Artists including the late American producer/singer Romanthony (who notably provided vocals for Daft Punk’s “One More Time” and “Too Long”), Basement Jaxx, Simian Mobile Disco and Boys Noize – all of whom do not hail from France, but have carried the torch – while Justice has returned after an eight-year hiatus, reemerging as leaders of the scene.

In 2022, Alan Braxe and DJ Falcon dropped an infectious heater reminiscent of the Stardust era, and Breakbot has continued to drop filter-laden, feel-good dance grooves over the past decade. Dombresky, who hails from the south of France, has exploded on the scene with his soul-sample heavy shakers. In celebration of this enduring, beloved subgenre, we’ve compiled a collection of modern tracks that exude a similarly impassioned energy and are capable of lighting up any dancefloor.


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French Touch

Remedy

Breakbot, Irfane - The Less I Know

Step by Step / Creative Source

Creative Source

I Made It (feat. Picard Brothers)

Myd - I Made It (feat. Picard Brothers)

Systematic EP

Picard Brothers - Systematic

Step By Step

Step By Step (Axel Boman’s In The Air Version) [feat. Alan Braxe & DJ Falcon]

IRRESISTIBLE

Yuksek - IRRESISTIBLE

Loving you so bad

Loving You So Bad

It's You

It's You (Alan Braxe Remix)

Heartquake

Heartquake (Picard Brothers Remix)

Fantasy

Fantasy (feat. Franc Moody)

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