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We're beyond thrilled to welcome French house music pioneers Alan Braxe & DJ Falcon who share with us with their recent set from Golden Plains Festival! 

Fasten your seatbelts for a high-octane genre bending encounter, packed with plenty of cult French house classics mixed with the duo's signature blend of indie pop, disco and techno with some special edits they made just for the set. 

@braxe1 + @djfalconofficial

Q. What inspiration did you both draw upon when planning for this set at Golden Plains? How would you describe the feeling in the crowd, and what kind of a story were you hoping to tell with the music that night?

Alan Braxe:

Weeks before playing at Golden Plains many people and friends told us this one is going to be special, you’ll love it! So we were very excited. When we arrived on the site we immediately felt very good energy with a big crowd focusing on the music. All these lights everywhere made it quite unreal, a bit like in a fairy tale. When we played we tried to be quite eclectic covering a wide range of the music we like. We even prepared some special edits backstage before the set when we realized how good the atmosphere was.

DJ Falcon:

As Alain said we were already excited to play there as we had tonnes of great feedback from our Australian mates weeks before the show. We knew this festival was going to suit us well as we’re constantly flirting with pop, rock and electronic music. Honestly we simply play the music we love and tell a little bit of our story, some of our French classics combined with a selection of tracks we like from the moment. 

Q. What were some of your favourite moments from this particular set, and how do you guys find the right balance between the nostalgic classics and the newer French house sounds when preparing for your sets together? 

AB:

As said above we love to play eclectic with a bit of techno, house, French house, indie pop, we don’t really prepare the set, it’s more an improvisation based on our respective selections. It doesn’t really matter to us if the music is new or made 20 years ago, it’s more about playing tracks we love 100%. My fave moment was probably when I played the 1st track “I Saw” by Young Fathers that I edited a few minutes before the set. On stage, when I saw this very enthusiastic crowd, I felt like wow we have full freedom to play whatever we want.

DJF:

Favorite moment, for me, is when you arrive at the place and you instantly know that you’re gonna have a good time. Also after 10/15 mins of our set we were able to know that the audience is super receptive, that’s a good satisfaction for us. Talking about the right balance between classics and newer tracks is mainly dictated by the energy of the audience. I feel like we’re simply going with the flow, we’re somehow just some kind of energy sensor…

Q. Now having completed this long awaited Australia tour, how did you find the experience of returning to the country after so many years, this time as a duo, and where are you hoping to take the Braxe + Falcon project next? 

AB:

It’s been a very pleasant tour, we did other festivals with also a very positive reaction from the people, touring as a duo is also very exciting as there is this common excitement backstage before playing, and also my son is now living in Sydney so I had the chance to spend a lot of time with him. Next for us is studio time to release more music, our next single is set to be released on July 10th on Smugglers Way / Domino, and there will be more to come later in 2024.

MDC.297 Braxe + Falcon

Lake Shore Drive Series | Episode 8
Published: June 2024


Back to the series. Deep set has long been needed here. Music for the Club, full of fat bass. Mostly very recent tracks, and a chance to celebrate some amazing labels, like Bobby Donny and Blur Records. By the way, thanks to @housesaladmusic @blur-records and @spinzone_radio for hosting and supporting with new radio shows in recent weeks.

Play it loud.

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Tracklist:

01 - DJ Jauche - Soulcapella [Flaneurecordings]
02 - Freudenthaler - The Detroit Jazz Incident (Dj Jauche Rework) [Do It Now Recordings]
03 - Joy Jenkins - Flowers [Bobby Donny]
04 - Tuccillo - Talk To Me [House of Tucci]
05 - Randy Rizzo - Wallflower [Bobby Donny]
06 - Klaves - Come On [Eton Messy Records]
07 - Makèz - Gonna Getya [Heist Recordings]
08 - Nanky Nimbo - Formal Frank [Bobby Donny]
09 - Mindbuster - Respect The Finest [Irma Dancefloor]
10 - La Riff - Acid at the Piano Bar [Scruniversal Records]
11 - Balloon Boys - Bob Bonádis [Bobby Donny]
12 - Close Counters - Lonely Feeling [Close Counters]
13 - La Riff - Flash Funk [Scruniversal Records]
14 - Sven Wegner - Back of the Van (Original Mix) [Blur Records]
15 - Mara Lakour - Inhale [Normandy Records]
16 - Joint4nine, Erik Rico - Keeping My Distance feat. Erik Rico (Original Mix) [Blur Records]

Lake Shore Drive Series | Episode 8

WE WILL PRESENT YOU EVERY THURSDAY THE LATEST OUTSTANDING AND UNRELEASED TRACKS AS A DJ MIX.

RE - WEEKLY ROUNDUP 150
by @jeffswiff

Tracklist:

Don't Tell Me - Faithman, Raul Sanchez (Chile) [Blur Records]
Lofloat - HNQO [Apparel Music]
Midnight Vibes (Dj Mix) - Lee Wilson, El Funkador [Lee Wilson Music]
St. Croix - Motion Parallax [Vicario Musique Recordings]
Elevator Music - Justnique (Scruscru Remix) [Blur Records]
Nostalji - Scruscru, Jehan) [Blur Records]
The Light- Reginald SA [Groove On Recordings]
Around Me - Sven Wegner [Moment Cinetique]
Turn Me Loose - Diskobar, Reiner Von Vielen [Blur Records]
No Good (Original) - Ignazio Cabras [RF Digital Factory]
One More Time  - Giorgio Luceri (Orlando B Remix) [Seven Musi]c
Anniversary (Instrumental) - Ezel, Lee Wilson [Bayacou Records]
Computer Jazz - Soul Of Hex [km 4.5]
Got Somethin'  - Shabi [Anxiety Therapy]

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