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’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 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 . TH-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
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 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!
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.
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 !
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.
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 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 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
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!
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.
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)
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.
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.
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!
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)
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.
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*
@@Estuera I just cant resist and bought this track on your Bandcamp haha. I am very happy that you are back in music production world and videos are very interesting to watch! Great content! And btw great interview on muzikexpress!
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.
I can't get over the speed with which you crank these out, and the quality. Another great one! surprised I didn't see a 3630 in there :) Not to plant ideas in your head, but lets create late 90s tech house?
Getting an Alesis 3630 just for this video was going a bit too far. I have no need for it all fir the rest so simply went for the convenience of the cubase built in compressor. 😁 btw 90's tech house is interesting but I'm not sure it has a very specific sound to focus on which isn't a bad thing, not everything needs to be pinned down. What would you call 90’s tech house ?
@@Estuera makes sense, you killed it with this one! for sure! when I think tech house I think late 90s / early 2000s: Terry Lee Brown Jr, Pure Science. it has an interesting background story of how the general sound came to be. good article in Spin mag from 2000 called "Whose House? Tech-house and the quest for dance music's post-rave soul" - have a scan of it I can send if you're interested in reading for fun. cheers man
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.
Just wow. I absolutely love this song so much - thank you so much for showing how it was all put together! Ive subscribed to your channel after just 1 video ❤
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!
This is like watching a magician showing their secrets
Yes, exactly, the content is really useful.
Well said
if Baron Zemo made beats
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
The French really loved their Alesis 3630 compressors..
And butter… and swearing… and smoking!!
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!
It DOES make me move and it DOES make me dance! nice job!
Thanks 🕺
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 . TH-cam is such a fantastic learning tool
why? back then you could do the same.... nothing really changes
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.
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 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!
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.
Best explanation of this genre I’ve ever seen. Sending this to my producer buddies. Thank you!!!
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 loved that Stardust track, it was -- and still is -- beautiful.
The music does, in fact, sound better with yewwwww
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.
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 ! :)
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.
One of the best song arrangement examples I've ever seen!
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 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.
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 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
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 !
As a french, I can say that ur pronounciation of " Thomas Bangalter " is very good ! Nice video, never stop listening to French Touch ❤️
Merci!
Love French House/NuDisco! This was amazing to watch, I'm gonna try some of this in my productions!
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.
This is very cool! Thanks for sharing!
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)
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 !
No idea what French House is, but anytime I see an MS-20, I am interested.
just found your channel.. I think I found a real nice gem here😻
Welcome 🎉
Awesome! That BASS really makes me move :)
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
So cool!!!! As the French would say; tres bien, merci!
Merci beaucoup 👌
This here takes me back to some fun times. Merci and cheers!
You are talented mate! Love watching your videos, brings me back! 🙏 thanks
Thanks ! :)
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.
That was soo good I went back to the 90s and bought this hit single. ;)
Another fantastic video man! The way you explain, it makes the things much easy to understand. Thank you very much! ;-))
Completely compelling, eye opening, and fun to follow step by step. Thanks for sharing!
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.
I am digging all these rabbit holes you are taking me into
I can't tell you how much I love all your "like we're back in the 90s" videos and songs :D
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!
I'm tripping on ecstasy. Nice breakdown and cool visuals.
“When I think about you.......my feelings can’t eaxplaiiiin”.
where has this video been all my life?
Love this series of videos!! Great content and a great teacher!
My pleasure ! This one was a _lot_ of fun to create :)
Not sure which are your next genres but maybe some Detroit Techno next
@@findjonmoses hell yes!
Great suggestion :) Detroit Techno already is on my list. I love that style. Not sure when but it certainly will happen.
You totally captured the essence with the final result. Good job!
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.
The gold standard keep up the fantastic content
Compression filters I personally would use tr-707, maybe a disco kick and snare . Great viseo
this channel is a pure (x-static)goldmine! love it!
love this French Touch house feeling, you nailed it!
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.
great video and nice music... I remember well, my weekend with French Touch and iceskating ...
That track is SOOOOO fire!!! Glad to see HOW it's created!
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.
Amazing. Quality mix. This could easily fit into a Daft Punk set.
Finally some melodies from scratch! Thank you!!
This is freakin' awesome! The final track is sooooo groovy.
Just simply wonderful! And I love that genre a lot!
damn, this track made me move and dance. also, when you introduced the vocal samples my jaw dropped. those were picked very well
Ohhhh those filters take me back (way back)
The first song I had in my mind was this one: th-cam.com/video/t4ZgnU5m27o/w-d-xo.html
I stillll fukin love this style of house music !!!!
You nailed that track. Great mix. Love your in-depth knowledge on your subject matter.
Thanks !
What we do here is go back ack ack ack *BWAAAA*
Great song. You should release it. Brings back cool memories of the 99-2000 :)
i just love this genre its special to me
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 🎉
Now this is seriously quality content and video. Awesome, good job man
You went heard on the music video at the end haha
Awesome video and what a banger track you made! This is sooo groovy! 10/10
And another Ed Banger ? :D (haha sorry can't resist )
Thanks !
@@Estuera I just cant resist and bought this track on your Bandcamp haha. I am very happy that you are back in music production world and videos are very interesting to watch! Great content! And btw great interview on muzikexpress!
Thanks a lot !
And there will be a new interview later this year. A _lot_ of things have changed since the muzikexpress video has been recorded.
Great video... thank you... keep bringing the funk
Nice protip with compressing that kick, I learned something
The arrangement was amazing
Nice beat, man! I love the mixing. Excellent job.
groovy as hell!!!💯‼️
Excellent presentation and sick track
Great Video ! your way to explain sutff is super educative ! and the sound is great
Fantastic video! Concise and informative
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.
Thank you! Coll content! That filter sounds really great.
Wow this sounds awsome! reminds me so much on the 90s! well done.
This is probably the first time I heard someone mention Motorbass outside my friends group
I can't get over the speed with which you crank these out, and the quality. Another great one! surprised I didn't see a 3630 in there :) Not to plant ideas in your head, but lets create late 90s tech house?
Getting an Alesis 3630 just for this video was going a bit too far. I have no need for it all fir the rest so simply went for the convenience of the cubase built in compressor. 😁
btw 90's tech house is interesting but I'm not sure it has a very specific sound to focus on which isn't a bad thing, not everything needs to be pinned down.
What would you call 90’s tech house ?
@@Estuera makes sense, you killed it with this one!
for sure! when I think tech house I think late 90s / early 2000s: Terry Lee Brown Jr, Pure Science. it has an interesting background story of how the general sound came to be. good article in Spin mag from 2000 called "Whose House? Tech-house and the quest for dance music's post-rave soul" - have a scan of it I can send if you're interested in reading for fun. cheers man
I'm always interested in these kind of things so if you have the article please send. You can find my contact info here: th-cam.com/users/Estueraabout
beautifully done, i always strive to get that aggressive justice sound
Great stuff dude, love it
why do the french have to BE SO GOOD AT THIS MAN.....ITS NOT FAIR.
Great job Estuera! You really captured the finesse and vibes of the French Touch sound.
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.
Just wow. I absolutely love this song so much - thank you so much for showing how it was all put together!
Ive subscribed to your channel after just 1 video ❤
Thanks and welcome ! :)
@@Estuera please keep doing what you do - one of the most entertaining, easy to follow and best sounding music tutorial chanels I've found so far 😁
Loved this ! Can’t wait to put some elements into other genres I produce !
I think it makes sense, thinking of Alex Gopher, very deep and hollow feel. Great video!
Great work, mate. Love it!
Looooove the finall outcome. Cant wait to get home and try recreating something similar :D
Wow would totally have bought this back in the day :D. Absolute banger.
I am sure that my mate had this track on vinyl back in 1998 ;-) Captured the late 90s Filter house/ French touch sound perfectly
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
This is so cool, thanks for sharing!