VA French Disco Boogie Sounds

French Disco Boogie Sounds (1975-1984) is a compilation CD released in 2012 by Favorite Recordings. The disc was put together by Charles Maurice, who is considered to be the most knowledgeable of French boogie disco club dance musics.

The motor hasn’t had time to cool down and the belt drive is feeling the fatigue. But Charles Maurice is the kind of DJ who just can’t let a turntable rest. After steaming up the slipmat with three sexy compilations of French Boogie, Charles Maurice is back with Volume 4. In the late 70s and early 80s, while France was still firmly tuned into variety-show pop, a few enlightened ears and souls picked up the hypnotic beat of funk from across the Atlantic. These first warrior monks spread the good word in discotheques, jumped on newly available frequencies to fill the airwaves and, in some cases, took up instruments themselves to unabashedly build on the U.S. model. In a short decade stretching from the late 70s to the late 80s – just a blip on the scale of music history – they turned out material in abundance.

From Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo to Daft Punk and Justice, there is a long and illustrious history of Francophone dance music well-known to American listeners. Decidedly less well-known, however, is the strain of synth-heavy electro-boogie that flourished all too briefly in France between the disco of the mid-to-late ‘70s and the house music of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.

As the French Ambassador of stylish club sounds, Dimitri from Paris is everything his nation could be proud of: a DJ, producer, and remixer of the highest standard, and a stylish snake-hipped pin-up with French reserve. The story of Smoove & Turrell began in the post millennium North East of England with a group of working class lads and a shared passion for soul. Smoove had met keyboardist Mike Porter through the local music scene in Newcastle and recruited him for his ‘Smoove Live’ project for the label Acid Jazz. Kraak & Smaak On the road with their dj sets and full live band shows they have visited clubs and festivals across the world, with various tours across Europe, Australia and the US, and global festival highlights!