Who are the key artists in French Touch House?

Key artists include Daft Punk, Cassius, Motorbass and Étienne de Crécy.

What are the essential French Touch House albums?

Essential albums include Homework by Daft Punk, Pansoul by Motorbass, Super Discount by Étienne de Crécy, Discovery by Daft Punk, 1999 by Cassius. The full pack covers 10 albums.

When did French Touch House emerge?

The French Touch House era spans 1987-2005. The pack covers 18 key timeline events.

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French Touch House

How Parisian producers filtered disco samples through space-age gear and transformed global dance music in the 1990s

Paris / 1987-2005

10 min read · 5 sections · 18 timeline events · 10 albums · 5 stories · connections

Era: 1987-2005
Region: Paris, France
Key Artists: 4
Albums: 10

Overview

Artists8

Albums10

Timeline18

Stories5

The Scene

July 1987. The Palace, Paris. Laurent Garnier, Guillaume la Tortue, and a young David Guetta spinning records from Chicago and Detroit. Photographer Jean-Claude Lagrèze organized the two nights and called them "French Touch." House music arrived in France that summer, carried in on American imports. The phrase surfaced again in 1991 when Éric Morand printed "We Give a French Touch to House" on bomber jackets for Fnac Music Dance Division. But the sound that would claim the name was still forming, shaped by France's refusal to let disco die.

Key Artists

Daft PunkCassiusMotorbassÉtienne de Crécy

Essential Albums

Homework

Daft Punk · 1997

Pansoul

Motorbass · 1996

Super Discount

Étienne de Crécy · 1996

Discovery

Daft Punk · 2001

1999

Cassius · 1999

Au Rêve

Cassius · 2002

+4 more albums inside

Full pack includes

5 deep-dive sections8 artist profiles10 essential albums18 timeline events5 stories

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