Hottest remix in the game right now. The Count & Sinden have done it again. This is going to smash dance floors across the globe this summer. Sam Sparro must have gone mental when he heard this for the first time. We did! Would love to see Sparro drop some vocals on some new Daft Punk material. His voice is reminiscent of one Benjamin Diamond.

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And as a special treat, here is a mix that The Count & Sinden did recently for Fact Magazine. A few exclusives sprinkled throughout for good measure.

Tracklist:

1. Lil’ Wayne - A Milli [Cash Money]
2. Erykah Badu - Honey (Seiji Remix) [Universal Motown]
3. The Count and Sinden - Stinging Nettle (VIP Mix) [Domino CDR]
4. DZ - Down [True Tiger CDR]
5. Skream - Fick [CDR]
6. The Count and Sinden - Beeper (D1 Remix) [CDR]
7. Ricky Blaze - Cut Dem Off [CDR]
8. DJ MP4 - The Book Is On The Table [CDR]
9. Pretty Titty - James Brown Is Dead [Fools Gold CDR]
10. The Count of Monte Cristal - B-More Forward [Cheap Thrills]
11. Jonny L - O Yeah (Remix) [CDR]
12. Stuffa feat. Mapei - Pretty Girls (Sinden Remix) [Trunk Funk CDR]
13. Machines Don’t Care - How You Like Me [Machines Don’t Care CDR]
14. Action Man - Alarm Bell [Cheap Thrills CDR]
15. Fake Blood - Mars [Cheap Thrills CDR]
16. Young MC - Bust A Move (Dom Rimini Remix) [Delicious Vinyl CDR]
17. Malachi - Snowflake (Herve Remix) [CDR]

There is no question that over the past couple of years there has been a resurgence in quality electro/house music coming out of France. Spearheaded by the Ed Banger Records crew lead by long time Daft Punk evangelist Pedro “Busy P” Winter. Acts like Justice, Kavinsky, Sebastian, and Surkin have defined a harder, more electro and rock inspired take on “French Touch.” But core to it all…..is house. Of course, the original house forefathers from Chicago and Detroit spawned it all but more specifically, for todays discussion, the producers who drove the first big house movement out of France back in the early to mid 90’s. It was a sound inspired by disco, funk, and hip hop. Producers and record labels such as Buffalo Bunch, Alan Braxe, Fred Falke, Modjo, Benjamin Diamond, Diamond Traxx, Play Paul, Raw Man, Sebastien Leger, Jess and Crabbe, Roulé, Crydamoure, We In Music, Fiat Lux, Cassius, and many others. And of course…Daft Punk (prior to the freak accident in their studio that morphed them into the robots we know and love today). Check this page out to see a laundry list of the amazing records I am referring to and the samples used to make them.

As a kid who grew up on rock and hip hop it was these producers and this music that really got me interested in house music. The “French Touch” sound melded together all my favorite parts of the genres that I loved into a new and exciting format. So this one goes out to them. Your music still continues to move me and others. Both newbies and long time fans. Cheers!

In the spirit of sharing (and in some cases…education) we have bundled up a few favorites for your enjoyment.

French house goodness can be downloaded here.

And as an added bonus, here is one of the masters at work at a recent gig in Australia. Fred Falke rocking the live bass in the mix!!