A few weeks out from Defqon.1, and if the mainstage hardstyle isn’t doing it for you, frenchcore is both the answer and the warning. Faster, rollier, 200 BPM and climbing, built on a kick that gallops where hardstyle stomps. Defqon hands it real estate every year because the people who love it do not love it quietly. Three to start with.
1. Dr. Peacock & D’ort - Frenchcore Lullaby
Dr. Peacock basically built the modern frenchcore audience, and “Frenchcore Lullaby” is him being funny about it. Nothing here is putting anyone to sleep.
2. Billx - Jump Now
Billx came up through the French hardtek scene and “Jump Now,” out last September, is a straight instruction. The kick refuses to let up.
3. Dr. Peacock & Sefa - Adagio
Sefa is the one who runs frenchcore through a conservatory, and this collab keeps the melody while the bottom end stays brutal. Pretty and violent at the same time, which is the whole trick.
Bring water. You’ll move more than you planned.