Monologues.

Ethyène and his Moonrise Hill Material crew have come seemingly out of nowhere to become some of 2017’s most in-demand deep house & disco purveyors. Alongside Folamour, Kaffe Crème and St. Clair, the quartet have delivered tonnes of acclaimed music on their own and other labels , as the French themselves might say. Ethyène’s love of hip-hop as well as 4/4 also shines through on this mix which takes in some of his downtempo excursions alongside dancefloor grooves, with plenty of unreleased action on the way. Sample-heavy, charming stuff with an almost pop-like sensibility.

*How would you describe your sound?*

I mainly produce downtempo house music and hip-hop built around samples. As a producer who loves to sample, I guess my music is at the crossroads between all the genres I'm daily digging with an important focus on natural grooves & ‘90s black music.

*What and who inspires you and influences your sound?*

I've been listening to tons of hip-hop when I was younger thanks to my family living in Philadelphia which is close to NYC and is the city of Jazzy Jeff and The Roots. As a huge Nas fan, I think I discovered sampling through DJ Premier and immediately felt in love with it. I discovered then sample-based house music thanks to the French scene classics like Pépé Bradock, St Germain and started to have a huge interest in this genre until I got into the early Detroit house scene—Theo Parrish, Moodymann, Andrés—and decided this was the music I wanted to do.

*Can you tell us a little about this mix and what it means to you?*

This mix features tracks from almost of my releases until today. I feel kind of proud to have been asked to record a 100% Ethyène mix and being able not to spend such an unpleasant hour listening to it, haha...

Tracklist:
Ethyène - This Must Be The Place [Unreleased]
Ethyène - Playin' With Fire [Better Listen Records]
Ethyène - Sound Of Freenidad [Groovence Records]
Ethyène - Cinnamon Flavor [Kyoku Records]
Ethyène - Ain't No Love Lost [Moonrise Hill Material]
Ethyène - Whatcha Been Doin ? [Unreleased]
Ethyène - A Common Soul [Moonrise Hill Material]
Ethyène - Strangers Must Be [Kolour LTD]
Ethyène & Folamour - Why My Love [Better Listen Records]
Ethyène - Every Drop [Moonrise Hill Material]
Ethyène - May The Ghost Leave A Body [Unreleased]
Ethyène - 'Lone At The Mall [Unreleased]