Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! Today, we have an extremely special person in the blog's virtual hot seat - French master and house music legend The Phantom's Revenge - a pioneer of the late 2000s filter house scene who has influenced pretty much everyone in the modern filter house scene - and has since released for legendary labels such as Nervous, La Valigetta, Happiness Therapy and Montaime, remixed the likes of Peking Duk, Grum, Calvin Harris and Moullinex amongst many others, released several epic mixtapes which have received acclaim, he has millions of streams across various platforms - and he has played in over forty cities in a career that spans almost two decades and counting. It is an absolute honor, to have him on the blog - and without further ado, I'll let him do the talking! For those who don’t know you – who are you, where are you from, and what music do you make? Hi, I’m Anthony, I’m from Nîmes in the south of France - I have been making musi...
I've only been a fan of France born, Berlin-based producer and DJ Strip Steve for a couple of months - which is something I'm slightly ashamed to admit, as he flew under my radar for far, far too long, and his sophomore EP - which was released through BNR in October 2009 - is an absolutely brilliant five tracker which manages to blend hard-hitting French house, the late 90s American sound, acid and electro with dashes of hip-hop and breakbeat influence to boot - and, as to be expected, I was instantly hooked, largely because it's extremely fun, at many points rambunctious yet effortlessly stylish, and above all - it has the power to completely destroy clubs almost seventeen years after its initial release - which is why this EP has stayed firmly in my digital DJ crate since my first few listens! I suppose that's not really a surprise though. Seeing as he grew up on funk, disco, rap, Daft Punk's seminal debut album Homework and one of his heroes is Chicago legend R...