French house is a late 1990s form of house music, part of the 1990s and 2000s European dance music scene and the latest form of Euro disco. House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Euro Disco (also Eurodisco or Euro-disco or "80s European dance" is a term that was first used during the 1970s to describe a variety of non UK-based European Disco The genre is also known as "Disco house", "Neu-disco" (new disco) "French touch", "filter house" or "tekfunk". The early mid-to-late 1990s productions was notable for the "filter effect" used by artists such as Daft Punk. Daft Punk ^[1] Other productions use more mainstream vocals and samples. A part of the earlier "French house" productions, largely overlaps with modern "funky house", depending on the artist's interpretation of the bassline's depth. A bassline (also spelled bass line) is the term used in many styles of Popular music, such as jazz blues funk and electronic Music for the low-pitched

Contents 1 Influences 2 Timeline 3 Terms, origins and variations 4 Artists associated with the style 5 References

Influences

French house is greatly influenced by the 1970s Euro disco and especially the short lived space disco music style (a European (mostly French) variation of Hi-NRG disco). Euro Disco (also Eurodisco or Euro-disco or "80s European dance" is a term that was first used during the 1970s to describe a variety of non UK-based European Disco Space disco, a music genre was a short-lived Euro Disco variation associated with synthesizers and Science fiction themes Hi-NRG (High Energy is a type of high-speed Electronic dance music which was popular in Nightclubs in the late 1970s and 1980s Space disco was very popular in France, with artists like Cerrone (Supernature), Sarah Brightman (I lost my heart to a starship trooper), Space (Magic Fly) and Sheila B. Devotion (Spacer) during 1977 - 1979. Jean-Marc Cerrone (Born May 24 1952) is a French Eurodisco drummer singer and music producer born in Vitry-sur-Seine nearby Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960 is an English classical crossover Soprano, actress songwriter and dancer Sheila (born Annie Chancel on August 16, 1945 in Créteil) is the Stage name of a French Space disco was very similar to Hi-NRG disco and the main difference was artistic and on the fact that it was focused on Sci Fi themes. Hi-NRG (High Energy is a type of high-speed Electronic dance music which was popular in Nightclubs in the late 1970s and 1980s Those artistic influences and the sci fi themes, became a part of French house, and that specially shows on the music videos. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics

The second influence was the late 70s / early 1980s P-Funk music style, and especially the George Clinton and Bootsy Collins hits of that era. P-Funk (also spelled P Funk or P Funk) is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic William "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a Funk Bassist, Singer The main reason for this, could be that during the early 80s, the discoteques in France use to handle P-Funk as part of USA's disco, especially after the Disco Demolition Night took place in USA. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Disco Demolition Night was a Promotional event that took place on July 12 1979 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Also USA's legendary disco band Chic produced Sheila B. Devotion biggest hit, "Spacer", a milestone of the space disco style, still popular at the time (as a dancefloor memory) to most Center / Center-West Europeans. Chic ( pron. ˈʃiːk ("sheek" sometimes fully capitalized as CHIC is an American Disco and R&B band that was formed in 1976 Sheila (born Annie Chancel on August 16, 1945 in Créteil) is the Stage name of a French Space disco, a music genre was a short-lived Euro Disco variation associated with synthesizers and Science fiction themes So, the local marketing did the connections and labeled P-Funk as disco for a short while. A third reason was the appearance of those P-Funk artists, which looked very "space age" and somehow looked relatives to "space disco".

A third influence are the productions of Thomas Bangalter. Thomas Bangalter (born January 3 1975 Biography Thomas Bangalter began playing the Piano at the age of five His solo material, along with his work as a member of Daft Punk and Stardust, significantly impacted the French house scene during the mid-to-late nineties. Daft Punk The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 ^[2]

MCM Europe was the first TV channel that promote French house to the rest of Europe during that time. For the years 2000-2002, French house became the main addition of MTV France's "Party Zone". MTV France (also known as MTVF is the French speaking version of MTV After 2001 M6 and M6music also aired many French house videos. Métropole 6, known popularly as simply M6, is a French Television service owned by a company called Métropole Télévision.

Timeline

The first French house experiments (at the time called "disco house" and "neu disco") became notable in the international market between 1997 - 1999. Daft Punk, Stardust and Cassius were the first international successful artists of the genre and their videos show their "space disco" roots. Daft Punk Stardust was a one-time musical collaborative effort consisting of producers Thomas Bangalter, Alan Braxe and vocalist Benjamin Diamond. Cassius is a French House music duo consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom

The mass international commercial success of the genre started in 2000 because of artists like Bob Sinclar, Etienne de Crécy and Modjo. Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as " Sinclair " (born Christophe Le Friant, 10 May 1967) is a Grammy Award -nominated Etienne de Crécy (also known as Superdiscount, EDC, Minos Pour Main Basse and Mooloodjee) is a French DJ and producer Modjo is a French house / pop musical duo made up of producer Romain Tranchart and Vocalist Yann Destagnol Galleon followed the next year. Galleon is French Electro-pop duo from Marseilles, founded by Gilles Fahy (who also sings) and Phillippe Laurent.

Today most French house bands and artists have moved on to other music styles, notably a French variation of electro, that is danced on the milky way/Tecktonik style. Electro ( electro-boogie, electro-funk) is a Genre of Electronic music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 and Funk Tecktonik (also known as " tck "" electro dance "" vertigo " " Milky Way " is a form of Dance based

Terms, origins and variations

The term "French house" first used on MTV UK & Ireland during the Christmas holiday period of 1999. MTV One is part of MTV Networks Europe. The channel is broadcast in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It used on an MTV News special, to describe a so called "French house explosion" phenomena. Bob Sinclar was interviewed, as well as Air and Cassius. Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as " Sinclair " (born Christophe Le Friant, 10 May 1967) is a Grammy Award -nominated AIR is a French (from region Île-de-France) music duo consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. Cassius is a French House music duo consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom That news special later aired on all the MTV local variations worldwide, spreading the term and introducing the "French house" sound to the mainstream.

Prior to that (1996 - 2000), "French house" was known to the Europeans as "neu disco", "disco house" and "new disco".

One of the biggest markets for neu disco at the time, was Greece and especially Athens. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's A local music shop called Discobole Records imported the records direct from France and middle class clubs like City Groove dedicated totally to the genre between 1998 and 2001. In Greece this music style was promoted as "disco house". At the same time, disco house began to gain success in Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page During 1999 many events also took place on Spain's Ibiza, a very popular destination for British tourists. Ibiza (Eivissa is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea about 80 km off the coast of Spain

French house always had two very close music flavors: The dominate one, is what the French still refers as "the French touch" and it is the style that greatly influenced by the 70s space disco. Space disco, a music genre was a short-lived Euro Disco variation associated with synthesizers and Science fiction themes The second one, is more close to pure Euro disco and greatly influenced by the 70s productions of Alec R. Costandinos. Euro Disco (also Eurodisco or Euro-disco or "80s European dance" is a term that was first used during the 1970s to describe a variety of non UK-based European Disco Alec R Costandinos, (b Alexandre Kouyoumdjian in 1944 in Cairo Egypt) During 2002, those two flavors split. French house remained faithful to the established "French touch" sound, focused more on Euro disco-like vocals and calm down the "space disco" themes. The last tribute on the space disco genre, is Bob Sinclar's 2006 megahit "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)", which had a video based on a science fiction theme. Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as " Sinclair " (born Christophe Le Friant, 10 May 1967) is a Grammy Award -nominated "World Hold On (Children of the Sky" is a song by Bob Sinclar, featuring Steve Edwards. Space disco influenced productions continued during 2007, but with local only success. Disco house grew to a "heavy" instrumental version of French house. After the split, very quickly became a "gay" music style, very popular on Greek Islands like Myconos, Lesbos, Zakinthos and Lefkada. In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. Mykonos ( Greek: Μύκονος is a Greek island and a mass tourist destination renowned for its cosmopolitan character and its intense nightlife Lesbos (Λέσβος also transliterated Lesvos, Midilli is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. Lefkada, or Leucas (Λευκάδα le̞fˈkaða Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς Leukás; Santa Maura is a Greek

On Ibiza, disco house took later another direction: It combined vocals and some elements from the UK's speed garage (a mid 90s music style) with a local latin flavor. UK Garage ( UKG) is an umbrella term that refers to several different varieties of modern Electronic dance music generally connected to the evolution of house On 2007, many underground disco house productions belonged to this Ibiza school.

French house influenced Benny Benassi for the creation of his "tek-house" music style (also known as "pumping house"). Benny Benassi (born Marco Benassi on July 13 1967) is a Grammy Award winning Italian Disc jockey and producer of Electro That short lived music style became very popular during 2002-2004 in continental Europe, with artists such Benassi Bros., Royal Gigolos and Shana Vanguarde. Benassi Bros is a Italian dance group The members of the group Benny Benassi and Alle Benassi, started DJing in the late '80s in their During 2007, a crossover of tek house and French house appeared in the French market, with limited success (promoted mostly through the M6Music music channel, W9 and NRJ Music). Most of those hits end up remixed in a 2000s electro to reach mainstream audiences, mostly of the new established dance music style called Tecktonik. Tecktonik (also known as " tck "" electro dance "" vertigo " " Milky Way " is a form of Dance based

Artists associated with the style

• Thomas Bangalter
• Alan Braxe
• Cassius
• Etienne de Crécy
• Daddy DJ
• Daft Punk
• Dax Riders
• Digitalism
• Dimitri from Paris
• Fred Falke
• Laurent Garnier
• Alex Gopher
• David Guetta
• Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
• Justice
• Sébastien Léger
• Lifelike
• Kris Menace
• Modjo
• Rinôçérôse
• SebastiAn
• Bob Sinclar
• Martin Solveig
• The Supermen Lovers

References

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