Category Archives: French Touch

20 YEARS OF HENRY STREET MUSIC-THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION.

20 YEARS OF HENRY STREET MUSIC-THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION. Nowadays, not many independent record labels survive to celebrate their twentieth anniversary. Especially given how turbulent the last twenty years have been. During that period, the music industry was forced to reinvent itself. So much had changed. Many labels struggled to survive. Some fell by the wayside. …

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BEST COMPILATIONS OF 2012 PART TWO-JUNE TO DECEMBER.

BEST COMPILATIONS OF 2012 PART TWO-JUNE TO DECEMBER. JOHNICK-YOU KNOW HOW WE DEW. One of the most eagerly awaited compilations of 2012, was JohNick’s You Know How We Dew, released by BBE Music in August 2012. You Know How We Dew was a double-album featuring twenty-two tracks from Johnick, Johnny D’s collaboration with Nicky Palermo. …

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THE BEST OF BBE 2012.

THE BEST OF BBE 2012. Probably one of the most difficult jobs in music came when BBE Music decided to compile their latest digital release, The Best of BBE 2012 which will be released on 3rd December 2012. After all, BBE Music have been on something of a roll during 2012. That’s something of an …

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THE FOUNTAIN MUSIC AND PLAZA IN CROWD COLLECTION.

THE FOUNTAIN MUSIC AND PLAZA IN CROWD COLLECTION. Recently I wrote a feature on two of Electronic Dance Music’s most ambitious and innovative labels, Japan’s Fountain Music and Plaza In Crowd. Although Fountain Music and Plaza In Crowd were only founded in June 2008 by Shinji Tokida, they’ve been releasing innovative and groundbreaking music since …

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JOHNICK-YOU KNOW HOW WE DEW.

JOHNICK-YOU KNOW HOW WE DEW. Earlier this year, BBE Music released Johnny D Presents Disco Jamms Volume 1, compiled by legendary ‘Brooklyn’ DJ Johnny De Mairo. Johnny D Presents Disco Jamms Volume 1 featured some of the best edits I’ve heard this year. Along with Al Kent’s edits on The Best of Disco Demands, nothing …

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