Louis La Roche - The Peach EP

One welcomed side effect of the near-embarrassing amount of time I've spent compiling the playlist for this year's Space Party has been the rediscovery of Louis La Roche. The initial credit goes to Nick J and his ever-perked ears for sending me a link to this French-House prodigy's myspace page, and it should be noted that I've heard some of his tracks on more than one of KEXP's shows in the last week (seems they've gotten his awesome 2007 Peach EP in their mailboxes recently?). Either way, it's great to see his records get some proper love and representation, so I'm gonna try and keep his hype snowballing.

The few records that La Roche has put out in his burgeoning career are in the vien of all great booty-shaking music: their insanely catchy, musically straightforward, and dance-populist. Some might find La Roche's method formulaic or repititive, even for house music, but the basslines and hooks he strings together are undeniable. They could seduce even the most timid of wallflowers.

I'm pretty sure you can still download the Peach EP from his myspace page free of charge, and I've posted an unreleased song called "Be Brave" below.