A selection byThe Waxonia Desk
French House
Four records for anyone who thinks the French touch was one trick. It was, and the trick was good enough to survive being done four completely different ways.
- Picks
- 4
- Genre
- French House
- Years
- 1996–2007
- Curator
- The Waxonia Desk
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
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Stardust / Music Sounds Better with You
1998 · Roulé
The trick at its purest: one guitar figure, one filter, one line sung until it stops being a lyric. Start here, because nothing else in the genre is this complete.
Motorbass / Ezio
1996 · Different
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.
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Alan Braxe & Fred Falke / Intro
2000 · Vulture
The trick done with strings and no ceiling. Six minutes that only go upwards, and still the record DJs reach for when a room needs lifting off the floor.
Justice / D.A.N.C.E.
2007 · Ed Banger
The trick done wrong on purpose — filter distorted past clipping, children's choir on top. Divisive then, and the proof that the tradition could still produce something nobody expected.
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About the curator
The people who write the rankings on this site. We keep the lists honest, we argue about the order, and we get asked the same question more than any other: where should someone actually start. These are our answers.