They obviously were on a mission 😱💃🕺🕺🕺

One of the best late night acts I've seen at the Sup 🤌 great to re-listen.

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

                              

Jeremy Underground at Polifonic Festival Milano 2024 - ADI Design Museum

This entry in our Offtrack Radio series highlights resident @darylknows with a big 4 hour session recorded right here in Leisuretown. The seasoned selector gracefully takes us through a well paced mix of leftfield house with funky and jazzy seasonings, firmly rooted in the soulful flavours that thread throughout the Darker Than Wax and Offtrack pedigree. Tap in.

OT Radio 027: Daryl Knows

Alex Kassian is a perfect DJ to have at the Sunrise Session with us as he knows howe to bridge the club and the blissed out. A fine set with Djum Djum sounding super good and an 'E2-E4' ending... You can follow Alex HERE on Instagram for more on what he is up to. Tidy.

TP530 Alex Kassian (Love International Sunrise Sessions)

A divine selection of house, disco, post punk and well placed drum moments, served sunny side up from our dear friend Suze Ijo. Live and direct from the paddock, while the clouds cleared the sky at Echo Beach V.

Echo Tones #3 - Suze Ijó

DJ Paulette & Prosumer live from the Horse Meat Disco takeover of The Pleasure Dome at #GALA24.

_

Signup for lineup and ticket updates on #GALA25 > https://presale.thisisgala.co.uk/

Live from The Pleasure Dome – DJ Paulette b2b Prosumer

One of the most requested files from the Figaro vault is being declassified. Prins’ set at Echo Beach this year sure was a doozy, it had the paddock bopping as day turned into night ~ undeniably fun, undeniably classy. Get your laughing gear around Prins Thomas’ Echo recording.

Echo Tones #4 - Prins Thomas

Say My Name

no one noticed (swenker edit)

This recording is the last 2hrs of the 4hr b2b set Tako (@redlightrecords-amsterdam) & myself did at Lente Kabinet Festival 2015, opening up the @redlightradio Stage. Enjoooooy & thanks @dkmntl for everything!

Tako & Orpheu B2B @ Lente Kabinet 2015

Big thanks to Hopkins Creek for letting me take it home for this years amazing festival <3 <3 <3

Image credit Dave Smiley :)

MDC.297 Braxe + Falcon

Melbourne Deepcast

Recent comments

Dougal Sully

user2345432

Vince Gent

alive

Related tracks