Qalomota is a small indie label from France created in 1998 by by producer Thierry Colau and DJ Chris Thomas. Artist roster now also includes Rufuss, Joyful Noise and 72nd deepstrict (which is the whole Qalomota crew). “Jou Sa” is…
Created by soulful house lover/DJ/producer from France Nicolas Vautier and australian born and now based in Paris singer/pianist/songwriter Rachel Claudio, Jaffa Music release primarily soulful house. They met in 2004, and to date produced a set of quality tracks: “Miscommunicate”,…
French house diva Hanna Hais hooked up with brazilian main man DJ Meme and dropped a great 1970’s cover version of “I Love America“. This single was recorded in Rio, with 14 piece orchestra including 8 strings and 5 horns…
First released by Animal House in June 2008, “Lion In A Cage” is now re-treated by no other than Distant Music’s Jon Cutler. Written by Alex Finkin and Reverend P, members of Animal House crew, track features the vocal of…
Rainbow Music Agency from France, responsible for many local clubbing events, turned into music publishing and launched RMA Records. Already announced artists include Soulchild, Franky Boissy, Chris Samba, Carlos Campos, Pablo Martinez, Spiritual Blessings etc. Their second release was out…
Parisian DJ and producer, the “French King of the underground”, Yass has delivered his first single on Defected on May 26th, after a number of remixes for this label. “My Only” continues the best traditions of Yass’s club bombs like…
Soulful Sessions, a sub-label of Louis Benedetti‘s SoulShine Recordings, just dropped a promo after a year since previous release. A new Melchyor A‘s EP is scheduled to be released on May 29th. “The Next Best Thing” is a strong deep…
The deep and warm voice of Italian singer Mario Biondi has been treated by French Ambassador of house music – Dimitri From Paris. Maybe not fully house music, but undoubtedly musical masterpiece, “This Is What You Are (Remixes)” was released…
Another great oldie from 1960s has been covered by house producers. “Vem Quente Que Eu Estou Fervendo” by Mustafa was released on April 1st at Stalwart. The release features brazilian singer Elisangela and has a great package of remixes.
Now living in NYC French saxophonist, producer and DJ named Felly has his another EP released on March 25th. Entitled “You Can Spread Your Love“, this is 11 minutes long trip to pure soulfulness!
French house scene has of course produced authoritative figures like Laurent Garnier and St. Germain, but the new generation is coming out, and Franck Roger is surely among the first ones (not forgetting DJ Deep & DJ Gregory tho). He…