{
  "slug": "motorbass",
  "name": "Motorbass",
  "description": "Motorbass appears 2 times in our French House and The Waxonia Desk — French House lists, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/motorbass/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1996,
    "last": 1996
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 3,
    "list": "French House"
  },
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      "slug": "french-house",
      "name": "French House",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/french-house/",
      "entries": 1
    },
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      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "the-desk-french-house",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — French House",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-french-house/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
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    {
      "trackKey": "motorbass--ezio",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/motorbass--ezio/",
      "title": "Ezio",
      "year": 1996,
      "label": "Different",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Étienne de Crécy and Philippe Zdar making the scene's most sophisticated record before the scene existed. Pansoul is the album everyone else was quietly working from.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "the-desk-french-house",
          "name": "The Waxonia Desk — French House",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-french-house/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Motorbass%20Ezio",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=IFOzOp5Wolk",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 3,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "french-house",
        "name": "French House",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/french-house/"
      },
      "artist": "Motorbass"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "motorbass--ezio",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/motorbass--ezio/",
      "title": "Ezio",
      "year": 1996,
      "label": "Different",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "The trick done with taste. De Crécy and Zdar were making the sophisticated version before the scene had worked out there was a scene to be sophisticated about.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
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          "slug": "french-house",
          "name": "French House",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/french-house/"
        }
      ],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Motorbass%20Ezio",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=IFOzOp5Wolk",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": null,
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        "slug": "the-desk-french-house",
        "name": "The Waxonia Desk — French House",
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      },
      "artist": "Motorbass"
    }
  ],
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}