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Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! It's now the end of July (holy crap, where did all of the time go?) - and as per usual, the last two weeks were stacked full of absolutely incredible releases and lots of news - so much so, that if I had to add on the drops from the last few days, we'd be here for hours, so I'll be doing a separate post for them. There's some debuts on the blog, several anticipated returns and a super eclectic mix of stuff today, so buckle your seat belts - this is going to be a great one! Let's get started! Dequame - Seaside To kick this post off strong, I want to talk about something that's a little bit different from the stuff usually covered on the blog, and that comes in the form of French musician and producer Dequame's brand new EP, which was released on legendary net-label Creux La Nuit on July 25th. A far cry from his usual house productions - Seaside is an absolutely incredible record that borrows from the early 80s c...

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...

Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! Today officially marks the return of bi-weekly promotion posts (woo, finally!) - and I'm super excited to talk about some of the awesome drops that have surfaced over the last two weeks - because quite frankly, there's been a ton of epic new music from, as per usual, a ton of awesome, awesome people. If this is anything to go by, July is looking to be a damn fine month! Let's begin! La Voyage - Feel The Need After an eight month hiatus - the legendary duo La Voyage - which pays tribute to iconic Welsh duo Vanguard came back in full force last Saturday with an absolutely brilliant new single that manages to capture the early 2010s French house sound with ease, while sounding effortlessly catchy, clean and so, so damn awesome. Building on from the ground covered with their brilliant remixes, singles and a classic EP on Creux La Nuit which was released last summer, Feel The Need features all of the same whistles and bells that li...

Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! For today's post - I'd like to bring you the next batch of amazing things that released last month, and there's a very eclectic mix of things that I'm planning to cover in this post - ranging from killer French house, some sweet future funk and some more quirky things to boot - alongside some long-awaited drops and the return of several awesome artists. Without further ado - let's get started! Oran Jusu - Miss You Released independently everywhere on June 12th - if you've been keeping up with the blog lately, then you'll have seen me mention this album plenty of times, and now it's finally arrived - the debut album from the blog's resident Scotsman Oran Jusu - which cleverly manages to blend modern future funk, nu disco and French house in a gorgeous fashion, is absolutely incredible - and I suspect that it'll be making waves for months to come for its smooth, high quality production, genre hopping ...

Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! As per usual, June was such an awesome month that was full of absolutely brilliant releases from a ton of amazing artists - so much so, that similar to May's post, it's having to be split into two parts. On this promotion post, there's new talents, some of the biggest drops of the year so far, and in general - lots of great music to soundtrack your upcoming summer. or while watching the world cup (which, I'd like to say, I haven't been watching!) Without further ado, let's get started! VA - Creux La Nuit: Volume 4 Released on June 26th - the long-awaited fourth major compilation from international filter house collective and record label Creux La Nuit is an absolute spectacle of an album. Featuring eighteen tracks (if you don't include the Oizo-influenced intro produced by the blog's resident Liverpudlian Luv4Loop!) - there's buckets to unpack here, ranging from late 90s sounding club tools, smooth pop,...