{
  "slug": "lil-louis",
  "name": "Lil Louis",
  "description": "Lil Louis appears 2 times in our Chicago House and The Waxonia Desk — Looped and Filtered lists, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/lil-louis/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1989,
    "last": 1989
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 7,
    "list": "Chicago House"
  },
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    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "chicago-house",
      "name": "Chicago House",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/chicago-house/",
      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "the-desk-chicago-looped-and-filtered",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Looped and Filtered",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-chicago-looped-and-filtered/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
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    {
      "trackKey": "lil-louis--french-kiss",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/lil-louis--french-kiss/",
      "title": "French Kiss",
      "year": 1989,
      "label": "Diamond / Epic",
      "isrc": "USSM18900036",
      "whyItMatters": "The tempo drops to a near-halt in the middle and then climbs back. A structural gimmick that should not work, executed so confidently it became one of house music's defining moments.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "curator",
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          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Looped and Filtered",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-chicago-looped-and-filtered/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Lil%20Louis%20French%20Kiss",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=rmOAVfEDyhA",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 7,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "chicago-house",
        "name": "Chicago House",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/chicago-house/"
      },
      "artist": "Lil Louis"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "lil-louis--french-kiss",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/lil-louis--french-kiss/",
      "title": "French Kiss",
      "year": 1989,
      "label": "Diamond / Epic",
      "isrc": "USSM18900036",
      "whyItMatters": "A record whose entire architecture is one filter sweep held past the point of comfort, and then held longer. Every filtered house record of the next decade is downstream of it.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "genre",
          "slug": "chicago-house",
          "name": "Chicago House",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/chicago-house/"
        }
      ],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Lil%20Louis%20French%20Kiss",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=rmOAVfEDyhA",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
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        "name": "The Waxonia Desk — Looped and Filtered",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-chicago-looped-and-filtered/"
      },
      "artist": "Lil Louis"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}