A brief history of the French House

Inspired by the sound of American house records with a sprinkle of disco and funk, French DJs copied the style, but left only savoury pieces of samples and modified them through a phaser or equaliser, endlessly repeating fragments throughout the track with a playful bass and a loud bassdrum. Filters brought variety to the tracks and gave the subgenre a second name, Filter House. It’s often confused with French Touch, the heyday of French electronic music, which also occurred in the second half of the 1990s. Here is an example—a 100% French House mix ↓