Discovery – Daft Punk
Discovery arrived in 2001 as Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo's second album, a clear turn after the rougher club sound of Homework.
Moby – Porcelain
Moby’s Porcelain (Play, V2/Mute, 1999): Mott Street apartment, reversed strings, quiet vocal, licensing afterlife.
Recto Verso – Paradis
Paradis’s 2016 debut Recto Verso mixes French chanson vocals with house-leaning grooves, recorded late in a Paris apartment by Simon Mény and Pierre Rousseau.
The Fat of the Land – Big beat into the living room
In June 1997, The Prodigy's The Fat of the Land pushed British big beat onto living-room stereos and topped charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
Daft Punk – Digital Love
Daft Punk’s 2001 Digital Love, third single from Discovery, paired vocoder romance with a featured solo and a George Duke sample.
Benjamin Diamond – Little Scare
Benjamin Diamond’s Little Scare (Strange Attitude, 2000): after Stardust, Diamond Traxx/Epic, Paris house solo.
Homework – Da Funk from a Paris bedroom
On 20 January 1997, Daft Punk released Homework on Virgin and Soma, a debut cut mostly at Daft House in Paris after early Soma 12-inches.
Justice – A neon cross on the dancefloor
Justice turned Ed Banger electro into a rock-stage brand: Cross, a neon †, and bass that scrapes like a distorted guitar.
Daft Punk – One More Time
Daft Punk’s One More Time (Discovery, 2000): Eddie Johns sample cleared, Auto-Tune made audible.
C + C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat
C + C Music Factory’s Gonna Make You Sweat (1990): Clivillés/Cole, Freedom Williams, Martha Wash, Hot 100 No. 1.