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 musicTone and melody : At the beginning, sample of disco Music 80s modified with filter and phaser;- Sound from syntheziser (Pictures : Jupiter, MS-20, MOOG, etc.)

Synthesizer : Moog ModularSampler, synthesizer, drum machine and numeric sequencer.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

20042008: Human After All

Discography

Covered with helmetsII. Replaced by animation

"We don't want to be photographed. [...] We don't especially want to be in magazines. We have a responsibility." (Jockey SlutVol. 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 9:09am 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