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Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! It's been a little while since the last interview on the blog (to be exact, a month!) - so I'm extremely pleased to welcome one of my good friends (and label-mates, via Creux La Nuit!) - American producer and DJ Phobos, who's been making a name for himself over the last two years from his fantastic music, eclectic mix tapes and sets that span multiple genres and eras - and in general, a damn fine taste in jams - so I had to get him in the hot seat for today. Without further ado, let's get straight to it! For those who don’t know you – who are you, where are you from and what music do you make? Hi, I am Phobos! My real name is Grayson, of course and I'm from Fresno, California. I make French House, Deep House, French Electro sometimes, and in my free time I like to experiment with breakbeat/big beat. To kick things off strong, last month you released your new EP through Creux La Nuit, and I’d like to ask – how long did ...

Hey everyone - welcome back at the discotheque! As I always seem to say - the last couple of weeks have been absolutely monumental for French house, future funk, disco and electro house - so much so, that today's promotion post is likely one of the biggest on the blog so far - as there's a huge stack of A-list releases from a massive range of people - including some legends, many underground stalwarts and also lots of new people who I've never blogged about before, so buckle your seat belts - this, is going to be a big one! Let's get started! Moe Shop - EVO EVO (B-SIDE) To kick this post off in a rather strong fashion, I wanted to talk about the brand new release from France born, Tokyo-based producer and track-maker Moe Shop, who came in hot last Saturday with a digital release of the exclusive tracks present on the CD version of their latest EP - EVO EVO - and readers, I'd like to assure you that this is an absolutely awesome companion to an already stunning EP, c...

Released through independent Wales-based-label My Pet Flamingo in December 2019 - the sophomore album from American YouTuber, music fanatic, DJ and producer Pad Chennington - who initially shot to fame a few years prior for his explorative deep dives into underground music - is an absolutely brilliant, and incredibly fun and playful record that manages to expertly meld the sounds of future funk and choppy, tight French house, with a few slower excursions thrown in there for good measure - that boasts an extremely impressive line-up of collaborators and serves as a major step forward in almost every way from his debut album Contrast, which I thought would be pretty hard to top after lots of listens! I initially discovered Pad's incredible music a couple of years ago after watching a plethora of his amazing YouTube videos that were focused on the genres explored in this album, however I only managed to give this record a full listen a few months back, and boy, was I impressed. The fi...

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...