Released around twenty one years ago - Daft Punk's junior album Human After All divided many professional critics upon release, and for understandable reasons. I'll make this very clear, right from the get go, and admit that Human After All is a very, very different record from its predecessors - both in sound and in overall tone. Homework is built for clubbing, and had tons of American influence, and Discovery (which remains my favourite record of all time!) is a perfect record from start to finish, filled with iconic filter house classics, warm, glittery pop and themes of childhood. In comparison, Human After All is cold, somewhat dystopian, repetitive and machine like - which is somewhat fitting, seeing as it was around this time the enigmatic Parisian duo decided to lean fully into their robot personas, but despite the change in sound - which to many, seemed jarring and odd - in my eyes, Human After All is still a fantastic record, just with a little less glamour. Before I ...

Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! It's been a hot minute since I did a post centered around the stuff that's been on heavy rotation in my life at this moment in time, and seeing as we're now basically in autumn (which really sucks in my opinion, I absolutely adore summer!) - I thought that I'd give you readers some sweet recommendations for your month ahead, whilst also doing some mini reviews on tracks I absolutely love. Without further ado - let's get started! Eric Prydz - Slammin' (2003) I've been listening to French / filter house properly for almost around two years now, and while I'd consider myself to be decently knowledgeable on most of the genre's eras - the early to mid 2000s scene is where I'd like to think the majority of my gaps are, especially with the Swedish scene from that time, which pumped out loads of absolute classics in what was essentially a three year golden period, perhaps the most popular purveyor being Eri...

  Released right in the middle of the 'bloghouse era' - to be exact, August 2010 - the debut album from Melbourne based electronic music project Miami Horror, which was a solo project at the time consisting solely of Benjamin Plant is, to put it simply - an absolutely gorgeous record that manages to balance the sounds of nu disco akin to the stuff being released on Cut Copy's label Cutters during their late 2000s prime thanks to acts such as Knightlife and Nile Delta, synthwave and near flawless dance pop that has lots of French touch influence sprinkled throughout for good measure, particularly during Illumination's opening tracks. I first found out about Miami Horror around a year ago when listening to the first compilation released by legendary Lincoln-based label Moda (keen readers will know that it was founded by former Radio 1 residents Jaymo and Andy George!) - and I was very quickly floored upon hearing hit single I Look To You (which famously features New Zeala...

Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! I'm incredibly excited to write today's post (and I apologize for the gap, I've been really, really busy with college and life in general!) - as last Sunday, international filter house collective Creux La Nuit turned three, and celebrated with a huge day long stream that doubled down as a radio station, virtual party and mini festival, with several artists on the label coming together to deliver something truly epic, and before you ask - yes, it did one-up last year's party, and by miles! What I hope for this post to include, is a small rundown of CLN's history for new readers and fans, alongside detailed features for what was played on the radio station - and all of the DJ sets from ten of the members (including yours truly!) - so I hope you enjoy reading and listening back to what was a super awesome event. Let's get started! A BRIEF HISTORY OF CREUX LA NUIT: Creux La Nuit (which I think means 'the hollowness...