French house is a style of
house music originally produced by French artists, a popular strand of the late 1990s and 2000s
European dance music scene and a form of
Euro disco. The genre has also been referred to as "French touch", "filter house" and "tekfunk" over the years. The defining characteristics of the sound are heavy reliance on
filter and
phaser effects both on and alongside
samples from late 1970s and early 1980s American or European
disco tracks (or original
hooks strongly inspired by such samples), causing thicker harmonic foundations than the genre's descendants. Most tracks in this vein feature steady
4/4 beats with a tempo range of 110–130
beats per minute.