Dompe – French Collection Vol. II EP [Jackfruit]
Berlin stalwart Dompe flexes his deep-digging selector’s ear on French Collection Vol. II, out 9 May 2025 via Jackfruit Recordings. 11 cuts flow like a DJ set that nips from warm-up sparkle to peak-time delirium. Opener “French Toast” is pure 4-AM velvet: rubber-band bass, clipped disco guitar and the sort of filter-sweep that would make Daft Punk blush. From there, the LP rewinds club history—“Touch The Sky” twirls in star-bathing strings, while “Energy Haze” revives smoky Paris lofts with sultry chords and crunchy hats. The secret weapon is “Dialog Loop,” a heads-down roller that leaves space for brave selectors to blend three decks deep.
What lifts the collection above nostalgia-bait is Dompe’s command of groove. He teases French-touch tropes—vocoder flickers, Rhodes stabs—then flips them with modern low-end pressure. The mixdown is luscious, mastered by Deafhouse Audio for wide, vinyl-first dynamics. French Collection Vol. II is a love letter to 90s house, but it feels startlingly fresh, perfect for sunrise rooftops or Bucharest basements.
- Dompe
- French Collection Vol. II
- Jackfruit
- 09/05/2025 00:00
- https://soundcloud.com/dompe