Jess and Crabbe are without no doubt one of the less known duos of the French Touch. Nevertheless, their musical intelligence should have transported them above. They are known mainly for their tracks “The big booya”, "Crack head" released in 1999 that we will review now, and "In your eer" released in 2001 on Fiat Lux Recordings. These two artists have different musical cultures. Indeed, Jess is fan of rap and Crabbe fan of drum'n'bass but they share a common passion since the mid-90s: house music. They give us their best for each production. Actualités Electroniques can’t ignore such talented producers. Don’t you think?

"50 degree" is the latest track of David Guetta. It was released on June 7, with the launch of the compilation "Fuck me I'm famous" in its 2010 version. 10th track of the album mixed by David Guetta himself, this track has quickly generated a controversy on the net that reached its peak a few days ago. Indeed, you can read on various websites/blogs that the track is greatly inspired by the production of the Swedish House Mafia « One » that we reviewed at the end of April.

One the website objectives is to help you to discover unusual music tracks. The cover of "Around the World" by Daft Punk on piano fully meets this objective. The video that you can see in the following article will undoubtedly leave you on the spot, as it is a music UFO. The production is not really a remix, even if it contains the notes of massive track of Daft Punk, played entirely on piano by Maxence Cyrin.

Jon Hopkins will release in early August an EP, with 2 of his own productions, remixed by Four Tet and Nathan Fake, under Double Six / Domino Records. This outstanding composer, is still relatively unknown outside his native territory, England, but has a past that leaves nothing to be desired... In fact, after having released three albums: "Opalescent" in 2001, then "Contact Note" in 2004, and "Insides" in 2009, Jon Hopkins influenced some tracks of the latest Coldplay’s album "Viva la Vida", especially the song "Light the Trough Veins". Thus, he was invited to the opening shows of Coldplay, on the world tour.

Lifelike is one of my favorite artists, and his latest release "Love Emulator" confirms once again all the good that can be said about his, as a flagship of the French touch music. The EP, released on June 14 on the label Computer Science, consists of three tracks resolutely house, that evolve in a universe composed of beautiful and smooth synths, as Lifelike done so well. The productions have been performed with the vocalists Namebrand and Yota.

Marina and The Diamonds released at the end of June the video clip of "Oh no!". The original track will be released as a single edition on August onto the label 679. It is extract from her latest album "The Family Jewels" that was released during February. The track "Oh no!" will be available with several remixes from Active Child, David Lyre, Steve Pitron, Andy George Moda and the Scottish producer Grum, that we will review here.

Sometimes it is great to discover new music, but sometimes too it is even more exciting to rediscover some old ones... Pezzner, an American artist, is the new flagship of the London Freerange Records. This man has already proven him since 2008 on this label including his first EP "Other Lover", and just after that in October 2008 there was the famous "Almost Here" that we will review in the following article. Later, Pezzner produced other goods tracks signed on this label, but also on the Roger Sanchez’s label Strictly Rhythm's and also OM Records...