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French house can be described as a combination of three production styles. One is what the French refer to as 'French house' or 'French Touch,' heavily influenced by the space disco sound. The second style is a continuation and update of Euro disco, drawing inspiration from the productions of Alec R.
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French house initially maintained the established 'French Touch' sound, emphasizing Euro disco-like vocals and downplaying the 'space disco' themes. However, over time, most successful acts have evolved their sound. For instance, Bob
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The term "French Touch" was first used in Paris in July 1987. Jean-Claude Lagrèze, a photographer of parisians' nights created a couple of "French Touch" parties at The Palace in an effort to help people discover house music. The parties were driven by DJ
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was also incorporated into the French house scene with "jack house" becoming a short-lived descriptive term for the sound in the UK. The influence of 1970s French pop music, championed by musicians such as
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were among the first in France to produce house tracks largely based around samples and filtered loops and released their seminal album,
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inspired by these samples, providing thicker harmonic foundations than the genre's forerunners. Most tracks in this style are in
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label were some of the earliest examples of French house. His solo material, along with his work as a member of
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344:. P-Funk was played alongside disco in many French
924:"Everything you need to know about: French touch"
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18:French touch
1495:Dance moves
1486:Witch house
1464:Moombahsoul
1459:Moombahcore
1357:Latin house
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1342:Italo house
1322:Dutch house
1307:Changa tuki
1205:Lo-fi house
1148:Funky house
1109:Disco house
1056:House music
791:23 November
736:MasterClass
585:Astralwerks
545:Bob Sinclar
475:Bob Sinclar
442:Spike Jonze
403:St. Germain
332:. American
318:space disco
274:Bob Sinclar
211:devised by
209:house music
140:future funk
135:funky house
1557:Categories
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322:France
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