French

touch (or French

House) is a kind of
electronic music
who grew up in the
1990s in France .
The style has also
been referred to as
"nu-disco", "filter
house" and
"tekfunk" and came
from the England
techno culture.

The symbol of F communications, a famous label of French

touch

Short chronology of French touch

Rhythm : The base is Techno

music : 4/4 beat, repetive
music

Tone and melody :

-At

the beginning, sample of

disco Music 80s modified with
filter and phaser;
--

Sound from syntheziser

(Pictures : Jupiter, MS-20,
MOOG, etc.)

Sampler, synthesizer, drum machine and numeric sequencer.

Synthesizer : Moog Modular

MS 20 by Korg

First Generation : Air, Alan Braxe,

Cassius, Demon, Etienne de Crcy, Laurent
Garnier, Mr. Oizo, St Germain and mainly Daft
Punk.

Second Generation : Justice,

Kavinsky, C2C, Breakbot, M83,
Gesaffelstein.

Discography

Discography

Discography

20042008: Human After

All

I.

II. Replaced by
animation

Covered with
helmets

"We don't want to be photographed. [...] We don't

especially want to be in magazines. We have a
responsibility." ( Jockey Slut Vol. 2, No. 1 (April/May 1996).
page 55)

"We did not choose to

become robots. There was an
accident in our studio. We were
working on our sampler, and at
exactly 9:09 am on September 9,
1999, it exploded. When we
regained consciousness, we
discovered that we had become
robots. (Chris
Gill, "ROBOPOP"(May
2001) Remix Magazine Online.
Retrieved 6 March 2007.)

The mystery of their identity and the elaborate nature of their

disguises have added to their popularity.

Hugs,
Madalina Fotache

Gabriel Rouet
Enver Sattarov