Etienne De Crécy – Super Discount

Wow - first listen in 25 years this evening (thank you discogs) - what a quality album - now defining ‘slept on’ for me🙃

If anybody is willing to sell this to me for a reasonable price please message me!!!!

Le top of the top , un des meilleurs morceaux de la vague french touch’. Un disque indispensable.

The greatest fucking dance music album ever made. It blew my mind when I first heard it. It made house music sound like it had more depth, more sublety, more groove and more style than I had ever heard before. Also, it was an ALBUM, not a collection of 12"s stuck onto a long player. It works as an album better than a collection of individual tracks - like all the best albums. Put it on now and have a listen - it's still as fresh as a daisy.

Never mind Daft Punk (who I love, don't get me wrong) - but EDC was the French Touch artist that made it happen.

I found a promo sticker inside the sleave . 20 years later !

I'm looking to buy the first disc only (A/B) since my copy is damaged. If you have what I'm looking for, pls direct message me. Thanks.

It was in 1997 at the Fnac Italien (before it closed), i saw Etienne in live with Radio Nova and he was mixed the album. Great moment !

with air & some other... one of my fav french records.....played it 1997 & the some years after often in dj sets on parties.....but works 2016 also, because is is so lovely stuff..!!

Etienne de Crécy is one of the earliest names from France that helped established "La French Touch". His work with Phillipe Zdar under the group name Motorbass is considered to be the precursor to the entirety of the French House sound.

But Etienne de Crécy doesn't really sound too similar to say, the sounds of Daft Punk, DJ Falcon, Alan Braxe, Sedat, or some of the other big names in the French House scene. His well-known Super Discount album is more of a downtempo, lounge album, much like Cassius' 1999. Super Discount is more reminiscent of the kind of music you would hear while shopping in a supermarket, but more dance-friendly. It's definitely something you could spin at a club, but moreso in the beginning or end of a set, or when you just want to slow things down. But it's also music that's easily listenable to at home, the sound isn't intrusive or sounds good only on the dance floor.

One criticism I do have about this album though is that there is a lot lost in translation. All of the song names are in French, and there's some speech on the tracks that you won't understand unless you can talk French, along with a couple of tracks that aren't more than a few seconds long. The album is just very French, and doesn't have a big worldwide appeal.

The best tracks here are Prix Choc, Super Disco, and Affaires a Faire, they're nice to listen to at home but have a good dance floor appeal as well. The rest of the album is significantly more downtempo and lounge music.

Overall, Super Discount is a good album, but it's definitely leaning towards a different realm of French House. If you like Dimitri from Paris, Cassius' 1999 album, La Funk Mob, AIR, and Motorbass, then I would definitely recommend Etienne de Crécy. But if you're a fan of Daft Punk, Alan Braxe & Fred Falke, Roule, and Crydamoure, then the sound found on here might be a little too calm for your tastes.

This is truly a seminal (french) house record. Its spacy and dubby feel sounds fresh 9 years later. Although some tunes are (still) great for mixing at the parties, while some are perfect to be enjoyed in your household, the entire release has a fluid form which can be consumed in one take over and over again.

The video for the tune "Prix Choc" by Etienne De Crécy is my favourite video of all times. And I saw it only once. Imagine this sexy tune played to judo fight filmed from various angles with a hi-speed camera and played in slow motion. A total trip!

This compilation has converted an ex-colleague of mine into the world of house and electronic music. Go figure! :-D