The world of French house is by now legendary. The
music created by bands like Daft Punk, Justice and SebastiAn define a huge part
of modern music today. They led an electro renaissance, brought back disco
and it could be argued sparked the EDM revolution we see today.
Despite these successes French house has been quiet in
recent years. Daft Punk almost abandoned French house with it being just one of
the many types of music present on their triumphant “Random Access Memories”,
Justice has been anonymous since their last album “Audio,Video,Disco”
disappointed and there has been very little for fans of this genre to get
excited over.
One of the reasons for this is certainly due to the high
concentration of releases. Being the most popular electronic genre at the
advent of the internet age has led to an incredible amount of saturation being
felt in the market. Finding the next innovators in a genre can be incredibly
difficult when there are seemingly limitless “Edgy” electro remixes of rock
songs.
I fear that Mr Coquedeux may be caught up in this. The 2
original tracks on this EP are filled with sparkling production. The songs
sound really crisp and the samples are well handled. On the first track on the
EP also entitled “1983” The hooks hit impressively well and there is a great
groove to the track. I do however have
some scepticism. The volume drops seem kind of clunky and although a stylistic
choice I felt the sample from the film “Purple Rain” added little.
The second track “Flamboyant Twist” is my favoured of the
two. I can really get behind the rhythms it is putting out and the clipping of
the sound on this track sounds a lot more suitable and better placed to me than
in the previous track. Incredibly danceable, the progression is nice with the
inclusion of the cymbals being exciting and feeling far more like an actual
part of the song rather than just a tool to drive the song like so much
percussion does.
I am really impressed with Mr Coquedeux. I hope he manages
to improve and incorporates some new ideas to forge his own unique sound as one
of my main criticisms of him would be the lack of anything really new. However I would still certainly recommend
this song and would encourage you to support him, listen to this EP and look
out for more from him in the future.
Dominic Allan.
You can listen to the
EP here: https://soundcloud.com/fluctus-records/sets/1983ep
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