Music knowledge heavyweight or not, it might be time to take note of Parisian duo Dirty Sound System. Already popular as DJs across the globe, the pair is also responsible for providing some of the coolest playlist’s going proving that you don’t need to be able to play records or have an I-pod spare when it comes to hosting a party to remember. 

Clovis Goux and Guillaume Sorge are the men behind the noted Dirty Sound System, based in Paris, they pride themselves on creating original, diverse selections of Parisian pop with a few classics thrown in for good measure. ‘We’re trying to prove that France isn’t only about Serge Gainsbourg’ they explain when it comes to telling Ponystep about themselves. ‘French music is known all over the world for Electronic music but we feel there’s more to show for our country’s music than people know’. 

By this they mean the history behind French music. Listen to a Dirty Sound System compilation and it’s clear they love to soak themselves in a certain era of music and this is no different when it comes to their latest offering Dirty French Psychedelics which not surprisingly prides itself on offering listeners a trip through vintage French rock. The kind your parents might have listened to. ‘Amnesia is an all too common disease,’ they explain ‘and we love to be able to make a connection between all music past and present’.

Right now, they’re favouring exactly what their new work says on the tin. ‘There was a very ambitious and interesting pop scene in France in the 70s. It sat under the psychedelic umbrella but it was less hectic and way more sensual’. So, are they staying true to the notion that the most popular French music of yesteryear is the kind you can seduce someone with and strip off to? ‘We love all the music that’s come out of our country, whether its disco or rock but what we were personally trying to do with Dirty French Psychedelics is re-create our own childhoods and show our fans what we know’.

Not that the pair veto music that isn’t from their homeland. ‘On this record we took inspiration, as usual, from everything: Velvet Underground, Saturday Night Fever and John Carpenter is the type of music we’ve listened to whilst working on this new compilation’. As for music they dislike, you’ll be happy to know Mika comes high on their list, proving that whilst they enjoy pop music, they like most music fans should be are good as distinguishing the difference between inspirational popular music and the type that’s just plain naff hence why Dirty French Psychedelics is well worth a listen. 

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