With roots in disco, soul and funk going back to the 1970s, filter house took shape as a subgenre of house music in the mid-’90s. Often affiliated with the “French touch” scene, the defining sound of filter house centers around the heavy use of filtering and sampling, evoking a warm, nostalgic vibe and emitting a modern-yet-classic soundscape.
Originating in France with trailblazers including Daft Punk, CASSIUS, Stardust, Modjo and more, the filter house sound has seen waves of resurgence while remaining a dominant influence on dance music and the culture at large. Daft Punk’s landmark albums ‘Homework’ and ‘Discovery,’ both of which took the filter house sound global, paved the way for the electronic dance music explosion that would follow over the next decade. Fellow Parisians Justice proudly carried the torch in the late aughts and have remained a force, notching two 2025 Grammy nominations for their acclaimed album ‘Hyperdrama.’
While the French scene still looms large, artists from around the world continue to build on its aesthetics and legacy. Los Angeles-via-Portland producer Yung Bae, for example, put his spin on classic filter vibes on his 2024 collaboration “BETTER,” with Danny Quest. The Australian electropop outfit (and former Daft Punk collaborators) Parcels emphasize a disco-laden filter groove on “Gamesofluck.” English house guru Laurence Guy has leaned in with his warmly emotive floor-filler “Hey Baby,” while the modern torchbearers Justice continue to innovate on the sound that their home city put on the map with their recent collaboration with Tame Impala. Dive into a collection of modern filter tracks from artists spanning the globe, including Young Franco, Digitalism, Folamour and Boston Bun, each of them taking the sound way beyond the genre’s motherland.
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JUSTICE - Neverender (Extended)
Opening track from the group’s fourth album, ‘Hyperdrama,’ one of two Justice made with Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker
Braxe + Falcon - All This Love
Recent work from the French production duo, featuring the Brit Bibio on vocals and guitar
Yung Bae & Danny Quest - BETTER
One of two tracks the Portland-based future funkster recently dropped with Danny Quest
Boston Bun - HOLD ON // MOVE ON
From the producer’s brand new second full-length album, ‘MIXED FEELINGS’
Passerines - Happy People
The British DJ took inspiration for this one from the song of the same name by the ‘70s funk band Brass Construction
Dombresky - It's a Party (PRX002)
The French house producer has a knack for bringing the party to you
Laurence Guy - Hey Baby
The London-based house producer makes “music to make you feel feelings”
Filta Freqz - Maybe
Simon Cortez and Marco Manrique met in secondary school in the UK way back in the mid-’80s
Folamour - Pressure Makes Diamonds
Ten years in, the French artist reached back to his tumultuous childhood for his first single of ‘2024
L'Impératrice - Danza Marilù (feat. Fabiana Martone)
Italy has a long connection to disco, and the French band taps into it here by featuring the vocals of Fabiana Martone
DIGITALISM - Echoes
A classic from the debut studio album of the German electronic duo, released in 2007
PROUX - WANDA - I MUST BE DREAMIN (PROUX 'FUTURE DREAM' EDIT)
The Mexican artist dropped this remix on Valentine’s Day, “always a good time to post dreamy music”
Yuksek - Fantasia (feat. Alex Rossi & Jo Wedin)
The French EDM producer was a conservatory-trained pianist until his musical transformation at 17
Pat Lok, Julian Roy - take my time (3kelves & Dylan C. Greene Remix)
Canadian artist whose music “joins the dots between R&B and club culture,” according to one magazine
Oden & Fatzo x Poppy Baskcomb - Tell Me What You Want
For their latest single, the French duo partnered with the London-based singer-songwriter
Folamour - Poundland Anthem
2023 jam that celebrates budget shops around the globe, including the UK chain of this name
Art Of Tones - Not The Same
Ludovic Llorca has been releasing edgy music under this moniker for more than a decade
Young Franco - Daydreaming (Phil Fuldner Remix)
2023 collab with the London-based funk duo Franc Moody
Satin Jackets - Know Me
The disco-loving brainchild of German producer Tim Bernhardt
Parcels - Gamesofluck - from Le Palace, Paris
Breakout track from the Aussie electropop five-piece now based in Berlin
Turbotito - Galaxy Fame
Multi-talented Danish-Yugoslavian artist who first emerged in the band Ima Robot
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