Just got this CD today: Putumayo Presents – French Cafe. As someone who knows nothing about French cafe music (is that even a genre?), I absolutely love this album.
The album on the whole has a careful little bounce to it that’s inherent in much of French contemporary music. It forces the listener to tap their feet, but not quite hard enough to force any dancing. It’s this careful line that the music walks throughout the album. Vocals are expressive, but not so much that they scream emotion. It’s all implied, but rarely given explicitly, and the music echoes this concept.
A short dance mix for you! I am posting this just because I haven’t posted a mix in a while (because I haven’t recorded in a while). This is actually part of the set I did live at snatch, but I tried to make it a little tighter… And it shows. There are a lot of things I could do better with this one. Next time.
Track list
- Detroit Grand Pubahs – Sandwiches (Krafty Kuts Remix)
- Daft Punk – Around The World
- Eric Prydz – Proper Education (Noah Gibson 2007 Edit)
- Junior Jack – See You Dancin
- Mark Knight, Richard Dinsdale – Crunch
- Fatboy Slim – Star 69
- Freestylers- Superstylin’ (Breaks Mix)
- Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
- Freestylers – Push Up
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