Tag: DFNSE Symphony Road EP

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstay DFNSE Teams Up With Mae Rojas on an Uplifting House Banger

Rising Paris-based electronic music producer DFNSE specializes in a sound and approach that sees him seamlessly meshing elements of French touch, funk and pop.

Before releasing his debut EP, 2015’s Pandorium, an effort inspired by the SoundCloud Future House scene, he participated in a number of attention grabbing producer battles alongside emerging artists like BlackDoe, Ikaz Boi, and Varnish La Piscine. Back in 2016, the rising Parisian producer released material through a handful of electronic labels including Darker Than Wax, Souletiquettte and Nowadays Records, who released a single on their Oceans compilation, as well as the  Moonrock EP, which features one of his biggest songs to date, “Show You.”

Last September saw the release of the Symphony Road EP, which featured “Getaway,”a breezy, 80s-inspired summertime bop featuring Australian vocalist AKA Lui’s plaintive falsetto paired with twinkling keys, a strutting bass line, some Nile Rodgers-inspired funk guitar, an irresistible, two-step inducing groove and an infectious hook. And while being a clear club banger, the song is an escapist fantasy, evoking summers full of seemingly carefulness, warm days and nights, hanging out at beach and rooftop are and clubs — and of vacations to tropical climes.

“No Limit,” the Paris-based JOVM mainstay’s latest single is a classic, upbeat and uplifting Larry Levan-like house banger built around twinkling keys, skittering hi-hats, glistening synths paired with Mae Rojas‘ soulful, swaggering delivery singing lyrics that advocate freedom and self-acceptance. It’s the anthem you didn’t know you needed — until now.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Lazywax’s Disco-Tinged Remix of DFNSE’s “Getaway” feat. AKA Lui

Rising Paris-based electronic music producer DFNSE specializes in a sound and approach that meshes elements of French touch, funk and pop. Before releasing his debut EP, 2015’s Pandorium, an effort inspired by the SoundCloud Future House scene, he participated in a number of attention grabbing producer battles alongside emerging artists like BlackDoe, Ikaz Boi, and Varnish La Piscine.

Back in 2016, the rising Parisian producer released material through  Darker Than Wax, Souletiquettte and Nowadays Records, who released a single on their Oceans compilation, as well as the Moonrock EP, which features one of his biggest songs to date, “Show You.”

Last September saw the release of his most recent EP, Symphony Road, an effort, that featured EP single “Getaway,”a breezy, 80s-inspired summertime bop featuring Australian vocalist AKA Lui’s plaintive falsetto paired with twinkling keys, a strutting bass line, some Nile Rodgers-inspired funk guitar, an irresistible, two-step inducing groove and an infectious hook. While “Getaway” is a club banger, the song is an escapist fantasy, evoking a summer full of seemingly carefree, warm days and nights, hanging out at the beach and rooftop bars and clubs — and of vacation to tropical climes.

After highly regarded remixes of L’Imperatice, Poolside, and Todd Edwards, Aussie electro pop duo Lazywax recently gave DFNSE’s “Getaway” feat. AKA Lui the remix treatment. The Lazywax remix retains AKA Lui’s plaintive vocal and pairs it with a disco-meets-French touch production centered around a funky bass line and glistening synths, turning the chilled out summery bop into a dance floor ready anthem.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

DFNSE is a Parsian electronic music producer, whose work frequently meshes elements of French touch, funk and pop. He has participated in producer battles alongside emerging artists like BlackDoe, Ikaz Boi, and Varnish La Piscine before releasing his debut EP, 2015’s Pandorium, an effort inspired by the SoundCloud Future House scene. 

In 2016, the rising Parisian producer released material through Darker Than Wax, Souletiquettte and Nowadays Records, who released a single on their Oceans compilation and his sophomore EP Moonrock, which featured his biggest song to date, “Show You.” 

Released earlier this year, the rising French producer’s latest EP Symphony Road features:

  • “Getaway,” a breezy, 80s-inspired summertime bop featuring Aussie vocals AKA Lui’s plaintive falsetto floating over twinkling keys, a strutting bass line, some Nile Rodgers-like funk guitar, an irresistible, two-step inducing groove and an infectious hook. And while being a club friendly banger, the song is an escapist fantasy of summer, full of seemingly carefree, sultry days and nights, hanging out with friends, vacations and meet-cutes at rooftop bars, the beach and clubs. 
  • “Good Enough,” is a sultry and strutting bop seemingly indebted to French touch, alt pop, and R&B centered around a slick production featuring glistening synth arpeggios, skittering beats, and an euphoric hook paired with Senpu’s achingly vulnerable delivery. The song details a swooning, flirtatious and vulnerable declaration of desire, love and human need — whether for a night or forever.

“Let It Go,” Symphony Road‘s latest single is a slickly produced and breezy bop featuring French musician Hoodie Boy that’s sonically one-part French touch, one-part disco, one part-funk centered around tweeter and woofer rattling boom bap, some Nile Rodgers-like funk guitar, glistening synth arpeggios and a strutting bass line paired with DFNSE’s uncannily unerring knack for infectious hooks. It’s the sort of upbeat bop that should shake you out of the doldrums and get you working towards a dance floor.