What has become the French house scene? The decade that has just ended has brought a new momentum with a generation of producers and labels following in the footsteps of their predecessors who have made all the fame of the French touch era.
Four years after its launch, Pont Neuf Records, considered as « one of the most essential house labels of the hexagonal scene » by Mixmag, continues to « participate in the revival of the genre » (Trax Magazine) by producing a large part of these young producers who represent the new French house scene. For its 4th birthday, the label makes no exception to its rule and brings together 10 artists from this hyperactive scene on a new compilation.
Hexagonal Club presents a multiple range of sounds – from filtered disco-house to more percussive deep- house sounds – with original tracks from Tour-Maubourg, Madcat (and his alias Chaus), Mangabey, Herr Krank, Vitess, KX9000 , Cosmonection, Calmos & Berzingue (formerly ALVA) and TAOS.
The compilation opens just like an early evening, with a first side on which Madcat and KX9000 put some funky basslines and guitar riffs in the spotlight. TAOS and Mangabey then introduce us to more breaky tones mixing heady melodies with brokenbeat rhythms. With the tracks of Herr Krank and Cosmonection the Hexagonal Club definitively opens its doors to a delicious combination of euphoric deep house and acid bass lines. Calmos & Berzingue and Vitess are rushing a little more into more mental house universes with hypnotic and clearly pure dancefloor tracks. Madcat then shows us the full extent of his producing palette with a track on the edge of jungle influences and a jazzy-liquid-drum’n’bass ones under his alias Chaus. The Hexagonal Club finally closes its doors on an electronica and a dreamlike synth arpeggio from Tour-Maubourg that ends in an emotional way this new compilation.
You can listen to the full premiere of Cosmonection‘s track ‘Nuría’ exclusively on When We Dip. Enjoy!
Release date : February 28th, 2020. Buy Here
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