at the discotheque

Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque for a very, very special post! One year ago, I started at the discotheque. It's been an incredibly strange, mad, exciting - and above all, extremely fun ride so far, and I cannot thank everyone enough for their incredible support. What I hope for this post to be - is a retrospective of the blog so far, some fun things, and above all, a thank you post for everyone who has supported and helped with the blog - so without further ado, let's get started! HOW DID AT THE DISCOTHEQUE ACTUALLY BEGIN? Okay, so - you might think that there was some massive, life-changing story that led me to start at the discotheque - but in reality, I was just quite bored and wanted to do something cool! To explain - I started to get really into French house, future funk and disco in late 2024 - and around then, I discovered a bunch of blogs from the late 2000s era of French house, such as Discodust and Solid Goldberger. A few months later, I was knee deep i...

Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! February is now upon us - and over the last two weeks, as always - there's been some absolutely monumental releases that have come out from a bunch of awesome people (most of which you'll know if you've read the blog before!) - so without further ado, let me bring you some of the best new stuff of late January (and maybe one thing from today, because I feel like it...) Guv'nor Funk - All In It's been a monumental weekend for underground collective Creux La Nuit - and on Friday, the legendary Canadian DJ and producer Guv'nor Funk dropped his (incredible) sophomore album through the collective. A true future classic - this LP showcases fourteen tracks of excellently produced filter house (with a few stranger cuts to boot) - it's a record that's built for clubs, home listening and general grooving all at once - which really is a massive plus. There aren't many house albums out right now that manage to soun...

Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! To switch things up a bit - for today's post, I've decided to shine a light on all of the great things I've been listening to this month - there's a whole bunch of stuff, ranging from disco, to classic French house cuts, and some interesting bits thrown in there for good measure. Let's get started! Askine - Black Lips To kick this post off - I wanted to talk about one of my favourite French house singles of the blog-era, which was released by French House Club and VCH in 2008 - Askine's Black Lips. While there's nothing particularly genius about this track, it's a personal favourite of mine due to the excellent sampling techniques, jittery (yet upbeat) production and above all - it's super stylish and very summery. Also, it's built off of a sweet Diana Ross track, which is super dope! Askine - Black Lips The Phantom's Revenge - I Can't Stop Bullets Also released sometime in 2008 - the first ...

Released through legendary independent label MofoHifi in late 2009 - Italian producer and DJ Phonat's self titled debut is an insane record - and likely one of the most quirky, strange yet hyperactive records I'll likely ever review. Across the album's 12 tracks - Phonat juggles between a massive range of genres, just to name a few - electro-house, French house, drum and bass, rock and nu disco - making it a perfect mix of everything I love, and a damn fine listen, if you ask me. There's a lot to unpack here - so I'll start with the first half of the record - which sets the listener up rather nicely with half a dozen of plunderphonic-esque tracks full of fantastic sampling techniques, upbeat tonality and above all - they're extremely fun.  While  Phonat opens with several nods to hip hop - such as A Warm Welcome - which reminds me of Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa (but if it was more epic!) and breakbeat excursions (looking at you, Get Down My Dirty Street !) ...

Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque. It's been around two weeks since the last promotion post here on the blog - and since then, there's been a massive amount of new releases that have dropped - alongside some pretty awesome announcements and news - and I hope to cover them in today's post in the best way I can! So, without further ado - let's get started! Nickster - Mosaica To kick this post off - I wanted to shine a light on the brilliant debut album from Nickster - the Miani-based producer who came in hot with Mosaica - a stunning collection of French touch influenced, sample heavy jams which ooze with quality. Released on Business Casual yesterday - this album is versatile, fun and extremely awesome - it's ridiculously punchy - mirroring some of the seminal work that came out on Ed Banger in the late 2000s - and although we're only a few weeks into the year - I have a feeling that this will stand among some of the year's best releases. There...