Review: Like many of its contemporaries within the French deep house scene, fast-rising label Copie Blanche has barely put a foot wrong since launching back in 2015. Saint Julien, the imprint's latest multi-artist extravaganza, is predictably enjoyable. Check first Pierre Moritz's bouncy and tuneful opener, where glassy-eyed synthesizer lines and heartfelt soul vocal samples cluster around a bumpin' bassline and bustling, U.S garage inspired beats, before wallowing in the stretched-out deep space chords, tactile bass and jammed-out electric piano motifs of Kicks' "Turn Off The Light". Richu M flips the script with the wonderfully weird - but also superb - off-kilter jazz house shuffle of "Tapass", while Armless Kid & Tour-Maubourg "New Stuff" is a techno-tempo house romp rich in rubbery drums, filtered disco vocal samples and bendable bass.
Review: One of the trends of 2017 was the seemingly unstoppable rise of dusty, jazzy and melodious French deep house. If this EP from Gallic imprint Copie Blanche is anything to go buy, it looks like the trend is set to continue in 2018. Young French producer Rochenoire handles the A-side, first peppering a crispy deep house groove with held-note strings and poignant pianos on "La Beaute", before opting for a thicker set bassline and fluid Rhodes keys on languid deep house roller "Wanna Tell U" (which, incidentally, also boasts a short vocal sample from a blazed Motown-era classic). Armless Kid handles the B-side, offering a dreamier and jazzier take on chunky deep house on "Joel, T'es Mon Jackpot" and the more percussive "Peter Tosh".
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