Dude, I made house and techno back in the early to mid 90's. This is pumpin mad man, bad ass music you just made!. I actually just spent the last two days re-mixing 4 old house tunes of mine from 1994-98, one is very French house style, that's how I ended up here actually. Very cool, couldn't stop my body from grovin to it as it played, you got that magic touch for sure.
I spent a fortune on hardware back in the 90s Akai sampler , analogue synths , drum machines mixers and there was nob to show me how to use it and the manuals were like reading a science book and it still wouldn't explain to you how to make a club banger . UA-cam is such a fantastic learning tool
Lol, u guys are the equivalent of dad rock. Keep in mind that, at the time, it was something new. Today electronic music is well known to everyone and comes in various genres. We have techno and groovy house, as well as chill dance, drum n bass, psytrance and goa, acid house, and in Europe all of this is very present and people love all of that. Our times are the best ever for electronic music. It "sounds all the same" if you only listen to commercial dj sets and tracks which are made for the masses. It's like saying rock sounds all the same just by listening to ACDC
I’ve been trying to make French house forever and the mixing section in this video finally gave my tracks the touch they needed to sound authentic. Thanks!
I can totally see myself downloading this song on Kazaa in early circa 2002/3 and getting pumped like it was an original daft-punk-cassius-modjo-esque created song! Amazing!
I made the mistake of watching this video right before I went to bed. It kept me up all night! It's just so damn catchy! It made me move, it made me dance, if made me move, it made me dance!
Whoa, you nailed not only the composition/arrangement, but also the sound/texture of the whole thing (pumping, overcompression, some "grit" like from older samplers and cheaper hardware workflows on both keys and bass). Sounds really like a rediscovered older classic French/filter house tape. :)
I haven’t heard of the Stardust record label since 2001. Wooh. It should be mentioned one of the most popular hardware filters of this genre was the analog Akai MFC42 and was Ian Pooly’s secret weapon.
@@SiliconPrairie No sadly not. But the 42 is never be used in france house because the use the SP1200 for its filters like Intro by Alan Braxe and Fred Falke
As been teenager during the French Touch era (which imo could be prolonged until early 2000's), I can confirm this is very faithfull with I listened at this blessed epoch. Congratulations !
I can’t put my finger on what constitutes the ‘French’ vibe but I know it when I hear it and you captured it brilliantly! Very inspiring and thank you🙏 new sub👍😎👊
As a french, our Rock and Indie scene has always been behind the english speaking countries, but the french speaking rap scene and electronic scene are so huge it makes up for it ahah
Wow, You did a great job. I DJed house throughout the 90s and this was my specialty, we called it filtered disco house as well. The daft boys were influenced by Chicago (e.g. DJ Sneak). They definitely took it to the next level though via their unique craft (compression, side chaining, big synth lines, and vocoders, etc). Thanks for sharing more great content!
The PROD sounds great on my shite iphone speakers which is a good test of a tunes basic ability to sound level on a setup less than ideal. The, “It Makes You Move, It Makes You Dance” vocal is a great test for any system and where it sits in the Mix is a testament to the quality of your Mixdown.
the problem with the 'French Touch' stuff is usually the more mainstream tracks were quite irritating and cheesy, the real gems only started to appear once you scratched below the surface and started finding the real bangers.
I love how you dissect the elements and theory behind different genres. I used to thumb my nose at genres, as they appeared to me to be restrictive, but over the past few years I have realized that knowing the rules lets the composing, arranging and mixing process be more about the music, rather than stumbling in the dark until something sounds good! The unstructured creative play is fun and valuable, but sometimes you just want to play with within a different set of rules. It's like painting with a limited palette. Awesome videos, and I look forward to exploring your back catalogue.
Thanks :) There are some videos related specifically related to (old school) trance on this channel as well. (and hardcore also gets touched upon here and there)
Awesome tutorial once again, i love how you teach the overall elements properties instead of locking the learner to very specific techniques. Well done sir!
Honestly one of the best music production channels I've come across. Brilliantly explained, concise, very inspiring. Keep up the amazing work! Loved the Old School 90s Rave video too.
Amazing breakdown, this is what i needed to calm down my inner Teenager who tried and fail to understand Daft Punk prod back in 1997. So good that with the soundtrack at the beginning of the video I thought you were going to say 'My name is Giorgio Giovanni'. Congratulations on this series of videos, thank you for sharing !
It's so interesting looking into the '90s dance music production. What most artists had wasn't much (and even then - mostly used stuff from the '80s) - yet they've pushed their quite basic hardware to the absolute limit.
The riffs and the fiddly groovy composition of this track are divine. Like a very beautiful fractal français. Like a hangover from 70s disco in a Renault Clio.
Damn I miss my old 909, had a 606, Ob-8, J3p etc... Good times, Still haven them but back then it was so fresh and new and frankly a great time to be young. Cool groove, this is my second time watching, thanks.
One of my favorite little tricks for French house sounds is the free Rough Rider compressor plugin. It has a very gritty smashed sound that reminds me of the Alesis 3630 (which was an integral part of Daft Punks sound)
Amazing video, I respect that you first started off with a quick run down of the big French house players at the start. I am a massive fan of bangalter and cassius and this gave me a good view into their world of music!
French House Did sound like Disco. Kind of cool. Daft Punk of course legends. What I like is the chords. Can't escape the groove. One more time Jonas!! 😂😂😂😂
I could picture Dua Lipa singing over this track (she's a pop star all the kids are into right now), that hook is so infectious! Amazing vid as always 😁
Saw this video pop up in my youtube feed thinking "oh great, some new kid who stole one of my favorite trance producer aliases to promote his crappy content"..... Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised to see you pop up :-D So happy to see you're still making music!
oh cool i always wondered how Daft Punk had achieved that echo-ee, far off sounding type of effect on my favorite song of theirs- ‘Around the World’. Fully explained here! Very cool.
French house is one of my favorite varieties of music; big into making my own stuff in the genre. Instant click as soon as I read the title. Edit: You should probably include a flashing light warning.
That is an impressive piece of work, and so well done. Now I know that it takes more than just a MIDI keyboard, a loop station and a Mac with Pro Logi to come up with a gem like this. Thank you so much for making and sharing... *Subscribed*
Excellent video, it's like you have raided the crate of late 90s house I have stashed away... I can almost feel the stick club carpet under my feet LOL. I really enjoy these 'Let's create...' videos, they're brilliant.
This is like watching a magician showing their secrets
Yes, exactly, the content is really useful.
Well said
if Baron Zemo made beats
The French really loved their Alesis 3630 compressors..
And butter… and swearing… and smoking!!
Dude, I made house and techno back in the early to mid 90's. This is pumpin mad man, bad ass music you just made!. I actually just spent the last two days re-mixing 4 old house tunes of mine from 1994-98, one is very French house style, that's how I ended up here actually. Very cool, couldn't stop my body from grovin to it as it played, you got that magic touch for sure.
Thanks :)
If you like that kind of genre, check our YT channel and music guys! Greetings
Keep making music bro we need all the house we can get!!! 🤘🙌
Where can I hear your magic?
Now we want to hear it 😀 what's up
I wish there was videos like this around when I was 18
its never too late!
Yeah me too xD i remember times where everything was like a mystery and now you can find everything what comes to your mind.
You and I both !!!!
I spent a fortune on hardware back in the 90s Akai sampler , analogue synths , drum machines mixers and there was nob to show me how to use it and the manuals were like reading a science book and it still wouldn't explain to you how to make a club banger . UA-cam is such a fantastic learning tool
why? back then you could do the same.... nothing really changes
It DOES make me move and it DOES make me dance! nice job!
Thanks 🕺
Electronica music in the 90s just bounced, something that is very lacking these days and replaced with bombastic arena loudness.
It was made with love back then that's why it sounded so amazing.
Today its just massed produced and it all sounds the same.
@@darrenhirst9900 that is so true. I remember those days, because I was a teen in the early 90s. Sad what is happening to music now.
@@synthoelectro It is sad i agree.
Lol, u guys are the equivalent of dad rock. Keep in mind that, at the time, it was something new. Today electronic music is well known to everyone and comes in various genres. We have techno and groovy house, as well as chill dance, drum n bass, psytrance and goa, acid house, and in Europe all of this is very present and people love all of that. Our times are the best ever for electronic music. It "sounds all the same" if you only listen to commercial dj sets and tracks which are made for the masses. It's like saying rock sounds all the same just by listening to ACDC
@@dedalomusic It's commercial music I'm on about.
And i know electronic music I've listened to it all.
I’ve been trying to make French house forever and the mixing section in this video finally gave my tracks the touch they needed to sound authentic. Thanks!
I can totally see myself downloading this song on Kazaa in early circa 2002/3 and getting pumped like it was an original daft-punk-cassius-modjo-esque created song! Amazing!
I made the mistake of watching this video right before I went to bed.
It kept me up all night! It's just so damn catchy! It made me move, it made me dance, if made me move, it made me dance!
Whoa, you nailed not only the composition/arrangement, but also the sound/texture of the whole thing (pumping, overcompression, some "grit" like from older samplers and cheaper hardware workflows on both keys and bass). Sounds really like a rediscovered older classic French/filter house tape. :)
I loved that Stardust track, it was -- and still is -- beautiful.
The music does, in fact, sound better with yewwwww
I haven’t heard of the Stardust record label since 2001. Wooh. It should be mentioned one of the most popular hardware filters of this genre was the analog Akai MFC42 and was Ian Pooly’s secret weapon.
I wonder if there are any VSTs that are modeled after the 42?
@@SiliconPrairie No sadly not. But the 42 is never be used in france house because the use the SP1200 for its filters like Intro by Alan Braxe and Fred Falke
I have that filter! Use it on all my tracks!
Man Music Sounds Better with You is still such a classic
As been teenager during the French Touch era (which imo could be prolonged until early 2000's), I can confirm this is very faithfull with I listened at this blessed epoch. Congratulations !
I can’t put my finger on what constitutes the ‘French’ vibe but I know it when I hear it and you captured it brilliantly! Very inspiring and thank you🙏 new sub👍😎👊
Thanks and welcome :)
As a french, our Rock and Indie scene has always been behind the english speaking countries, but the french speaking rap scene and electronic scene are so huge it makes up for it ahah
LP filter on the sample usually, although this guy didnt use a sample
@@MrMiguelForster was gonna say phasers... lots and lots of them...
Filters, swing, heavy compression. Disco like.
Wow, You did a great job. I DJed house throughout the 90s and this was my specialty, we called it filtered disco house as well. The daft boys were influenced by Chicago (e.g. DJ Sneak). They definitely took it to the next level though via their unique craft (compression, side chaining, big synth lines, and vocoders, etc). Thanks for sharing more great content!
This music was a few years before "my time" but I was in "prime time" when Daft Punk did their thing in the late 2000s. SOOO many fond memories.
As a french, I can say that ur pronounciation of " Thomas Bangalter " is very good ! Nice video, never stop listening to French Touch ❤️
Merci!
Sounds way better than a lot of the French House I heard back in the day. I would dance to this.
The vocal is really badass, man.
Thanks ! I must say it turned out quite nice now I'm relistening it, especially the mixdown.
The PROD sounds great on my shite iphone speakers which is a good test of a tunes basic ability to sound level on a setup less than ideal.
The, “It Makes You Move, It Makes You Dance” vocal is a great test for any system and where it sits in the Mix is a testament to the quality of your Mixdown.
the problem with the 'French Touch' stuff is usually the more mainstream tracks were quite irritating and cheesy, the real gems only started to appear once you scratched below the surface and started finding the real bangers.
just found your channel.. I think I found a real nice gem here😻
Welcome 🎉
I love how you dissect the elements and theory behind different genres. I used to thumb my nose at genres, as they appeared to me to be restrictive, but over the past few years I have realized that knowing the rules lets the composing, arranging and mixing process be more about the music, rather than stumbling in the dark until something sounds good! The unstructured creative play is fun and valuable, but sometimes you just want to play with within a different set of rules. It's like painting with a limited palette.
Awesome videos, and I look forward to exploring your back catalogue.
I've been using cubase for years making hardcore and trance but your process has made a lot of things clearer for me. Brilliant.
Thanks :)
There are some videos related specifically related to (old school) trance on this channel as well. (and hardcore also gets touched upon here and there)
It makes me dance, it makes me move. The song is right! Great work!
Awesome tutorial once again, i love how you teach the overall elements properties instead of locking the learner to very specific techniques. Well done sir!
My pleasure !
Honestly one of the best music production channels I've come across. Brilliantly explained, concise, very inspiring. Keep up the amazing work! Loved the Old School 90s Rave video too.
Thanks a lot ! :)
“When I think about you.......my feelings can’t eaxplaiiiin”.
I stillll fukin love this style of house music !!!!
Amazing breakdown, this is what i needed to calm down my inner Teenager who tried and fail to understand Daft Punk prod back in 1997. So good that with the soundtrack at the beginning of the video I thought you were going to say 'My name is Giorgio Giovanni'. Congratulations on this series of videos, thank you for sharing !
Love French House/NuDisco! This was amazing to watch, I'm gonna try some of this in my productions!
One of the best song arrangement examples I've ever seen!
i just love this genre its special to me
where has this video been all my life?
The quality of your content is so good. I'm especially glad that you go over the mixing process too.
Thanks.
And in this case the mixing really is an integral part of the sound so didn't want to skip it.
Compression filters I personally would use tr-707, maybe a disco kick and snare . Great viseo
I always wondered how this DJ MIX like house was done. I thought it was DJ mixer filters used, never thought it was done in the studio. Good video.
It's so interesting looking into the '90s dance music production. What most artists had wasn't much (and even then - mostly used stuff from the '80s) - yet they've pushed their quite basic hardware to the absolute limit.
Less is more indeed. And limits trigger creativity
The riffs and the fiddly groovy composition of this track are divine. Like a very beautiful fractal français. Like a hangover from 70s disco in a Renault Clio.
I'm tripping on ecstasy. Nice breakdown and cool visuals.
What we do here is go back ack ack ack *BWAAAA*
Best explanation of this genre I’ve ever seen. Sending this to my producer buddies. Thank you!!!
That was soo good I went back to the 90s and bought this hit single. ;)
So cool!!!! As the French would say; tres bien, merci!
Merci beaucoup 👌
The parallel compression tip was pure enlightenment
You are talented mate! Love watching your videos, brings me back! 🙏 thanks
Thanks ! :)
I'm no producer nor do I plan to be. but as someone who really enjoys french house this was really interesting to watch and well produced.
Ohhhh those filters take me back (way back)
The first song I had in my mind was this one: ua-cam.com/video/t4ZgnU5m27o/v-deo.html
This brings back memories!
Eff me, that's good stuff
The gold standard keep up the fantastic content
I am digging all these rabbit holes you are taking me into
This is probably the first time I heard someone mention Motorbass outside my friends group
why do the french have to BE SO GOOD AT THIS MAN.....ITS NOT FAIR.
French house is massive W
Damn I miss my old 909, had a 606, Ob-8, J3p etc... Good times, Still haven them but back then it was so fresh and new and frankly a great time to be young. Cool groove, this is my second time watching, thanks.
This here takes me back to some fun times. Merci and cheers!
One of my favorite little tricks for French house sounds is the free Rough Rider compressor plugin. It has a very gritty smashed sound that reminds me of the Alesis 3630 (which was an integral part of Daft Punks sound)
Gonna have to check it out. NightShine (a 3630 emulation) doesn't work on my machine.
Thanks
Amazing video, I respect that you first started off with a quick run down of the big French house players at the start. I am a massive fan of bangalter and cassius and this gave me a good view into their world of music!
Amazing. Quality mix. This could easily fit into a Daft Punk set.
French House Did sound like Disco. Kind of cool. Daft Punk of course legends.
What I like is the chords. Can't escape the groove. One more time Jonas!! 😂😂😂😂
Nu disco ftw.
House music _is disco's revenge_ after all
love this French Touch house feeling, you nailed it!
The arrangement was amazing
I could picture Dua Lipa singing over this track (she's a pop star all the kids are into right now), that hook is so infectious! Amazing vid as always 😁
Saw this video pop up in my youtube feed thinking "oh great, some new kid who stole one of my favorite trance producer aliases to promote his crappy content"..... Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised to see you pop up :-D So happy to see you're still making music!
Haha 😁 The OG here indeed
That track is SOOOOO fire!!! Glad to see HOW it's created!
Another great video. Small note though: As far as I know, the most prevalant drummachine in the genre/time was actually the 707.
Yeah I felt a bit adventurous and basically wanted to have some fun with the 606 :D
I miss the sounds of Cassius and Pepe Bradock. Great times in house music.
No idea what French House is, but anytime I see an MS-20, I am interested.
oh cool i always wondered how Daft Punk had achieved that echo-ee, far off sounding type of effect on my favorite song of theirs- ‘Around the World’. Fully explained here! Very cool.
French house is one of my favorite varieties of music; big into making my own stuff in the genre. Instant click as soon as I read the title.
Edit: You should probably include a flashing light warning.
Gotta love the French touch indeed !
And yes a flashing light warning might be a good idea. Although its quite short. Lets see if I can still add something.
Those french had it down to a T, I swear. Love it.
Great song. You should release it. Brings back cool memories of the 99-2000 :)
I am sure that my mate had this track on vinyl back in 1998 ;-) Captured the late 90s Filter house/ French touch sound perfectly
I can't tell you how much I love all your "like we're back in the 90s" videos and songs :D
Completely compelling, eye opening, and fun to follow step by step. Thanks for sharing!
damn, this track made me move and dance. also, when you introduced the vocal samples my jaw dropped. those were picked very well
You totally captured the essence with the final result. Good job!
Nice protip with compressing that kick, I learned something
I can't wait for this music trend to come back
0:38 all gas no breaks
Manman wat is mooi gedaan ......
Vet hoor. Ik hou echt van deze phased out filter funky house. HEERLIJK!
Yes!
That is an impressive piece of work, and so well done. Now I know that it takes more than just a MIDI keyboard, a loop station and a Mac with Pro Logi to come up with a gem like this. Thank you so much for making and sharing... *Subscribed*
Thanks ! And welcome to the channel 🎉
Just simply wonderful! And I love that genre a lot!
Dare I say that it would be even greater with some French lyrics
I think it makes sense, thinking of Alex Gopher, very deep and hollow feel. Great video!
Luv the music video too.
this channel is a pure (x-static)goldmine! love it!
beautifully done, i always strive to get that aggressive justice sound
awesome thanks!
This track is an effin banger
This is freakin' awesome! The final track is sooooo groovy.
i listened to this style and funky house in the mid 2000s
C'est juste génial, ça sonne mortel 😀
Excellent video, it's like you have raided the crate of late 90s house I have stashed away... I can almost feel the stick club carpet under my feet LOL. I really enjoy these 'Let's create...' videos, they're brilliant.
Fantastic! You are a great teacher and musician!
This recommendation was soooo helpful👍
Another banger, great job, thank you
Wow this sounds awsome! reminds me so much on the 90s! well done.
Great video... thank you... keep bringing the funk