Having spent three years tirelessly growing the La Vie En Rose label from strength to strength, championing avant-garde House music and helping launch the careers of fresh new talent, label boss Terence:Terry: now steps forward with a string of his own works. Inspired by his blossoming collective and following his recent remix of Marcos Baiano on LVR015, ‘Acid Heroes’ EP contains three original Terry productions truly for the club.The title track enters in strong punchy form, concocting deep industrial vibes and sinister vocals that echo into the darkness, until, half way through, it takes a more upbeat turn, lifted by reverberating synth chords. ‘Cliché’ slaps a little harder with a pounding bass and clashing symbols, before warming up with female wails and woos. A short, sharp taste of chord jabs and the journey builds up to what seems like the climatic futuristic ending, before melting into softer territory and a much welcomed infectious kick, for that last lease of life. Rounding off with the murky, splashing number ‘Testing The Water’, deep keys and the expert layering of techno effects equals a sublime underground House track, most certain to arouse the dancefloor.‘Acid Heroes’ is served as the perfect appetiser to get you salivating before ‘House Couture’; the first compilation from Terence:Terry: on LVR, mixing producers past and present, as well as a handful of unreleased future-gems to come on the label.

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La Vie En Rose commences its 2016 campaign with a tight little package from the delirious Ibiza dwelling duo, Acid Mondays. The British lads are well known for their ability to concoct deadly dance floor weaponary for labels such as Rumors, Illusion, One Records and 2020Vision among others and now they’re back on the French label with two hot new tracks plus a remix from Greek grafter John Dimas. Lead track ‘Garaldo’ is a heady stepper with warped, galactic vocal snippets, glowing FX and a killer bassline. Coming in at just over 10 minutes, it’s a trip into the deepest recesses of Acid Mondays cosmic craniums. Lola ED family member John Dimas weighs in with his reinterpretation of ‘Garaldo’, putting the original on a diet and cultivating a slimline, though equally effective version of the track. His delicate use of twinkling melodies, barely there vocals and skippy percussion gives us a whole new piece of music, which is wonderfully restrained.On the flip, ‘Machette’ lives up to its name, with the percussion slicing and dicing its way through a gnarly bassline and bubbling toms. As the track progresses, the pace picks up and we’re gripped by its superglue-esque groove. A trippy breakdown around the five-minute mark is the icing on the cake. SupeR More

During the rave explosion in Paris, beginning of the 90s, ravers & different kinds of people started to go out in big warehouse on the outskirts of the city. DJs from USA (Detroit, Chicago, New York) and European DJs (Italy, Holland, Germany) were playing together. Something new was happening and from all these tendencies, another kind of house was born. We called it “Progressive”. As Guillaume La Tortue, Jerome Pacman and Armand to name a few (truly the best Parisians DJs at that time), Sonic aka Jean-Charles Rousselle was a messenger from this period, educated by Producers & DJs likeDerrick May, Eddie Flashin Fowlkes, Francesco Farfa, Miki, Roby Jay, Baby ford, Joey Beltram or Lenny Dee. Sonic quickly became a key component of the Parisian electronic underground, playing in the biggest events in France and beyond. He started his own label Omnisonus in 1993 with the first release being produced by Jerome Pacman “China Shika & A Voice Spoke To Me”. As it received such acclaim from so many, we decided to repress this legendary EP from Sonic “Q.Bick & The Game” played recently by Ricardo Villalobos, Rhadoo, Nicolas Lutz, Raresh among others ..This two-track EP was truly the future house of the 90s : “Q.Bick (Excursion Mix)” has classic house rhythms, with shorts pads that really captivate, reminding us of the atmosphere of today. The strong bass line that comes at the middle of the track creates a feeling of future & mystery. Following this, a kind of harmony made with an acid bassline & weird voices results in something new & industrial, definitely a French approach! “The Game (Minimal Mix)” was more of a ‘peak hour’ track at that time, that now we might call tech house. It starts with a sample from Touché Records (Dobre & Jamez label), then utilises a heavy bassy beat. A simple yet effective loop that will grip you, helped by some samples taken from the Martin Luther King speech in Washington 1963 “I Have A Dream”. We are so happy to repress this legendary EP from such a period of happiness and madness that we had in Paris We send love to Jean-Charles Rousselle aka Dj Sonic… thanks for trusting La Vie En Rose.



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Having spent three years tirelessly growing the La Vie En Rose label from strength to strength, championing avant-garde House music and helping launch the careers of fresh new talent, label boss Terence:Terry: now steps forward with a string of his own works. Inspired by his blossoming collective and following his recent remix of Marcos Baiano on LVR015, ‘Acid Heroes’ EP contains three original Terry productions truly for the club.The title track enters in strong punchy form, concocting deep industrial vibes and sinister vocals that echo into the darkness, until, half way through, it takes a more upbeat turn, lifted by reverberating synth chords. ‘Cliché’ slaps a little harder with a pounding bass and clashing symbols, before warming up with female wails and woos. A short, sharp taste of chord jabs and the journey builds up to what seems like the climatic futuristic ending, before melting into softer territory and a much welcomed infectious kick, for that last lease of life. Rounding off with the murky, splashing number ‘Testing The Water’, deep keys and the expert layering of techno effects equals a sublime underground House track, most certain to arouse the dancefloor.‘Acid Heroes’ is served as the perfect appetiser to get you salivating before ‘House Couture’; the first compilation from Terence:Terry: on LVR, mixing producers past and present, as well as a handful of unreleased future-gems to come on the label.

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The "Wish I Could Fly" EP welcomes Boris Horel back into the La Vie En Rose fold, following up the sun drenched supreme "LE KIFF". "Wish I Could Fly" opens with an injection of the trademark high energy levels that we have come to expect from Horel, placing the skewed vocals into a juxtaposition within the waves of frenzied percussion. Next up, Psychonauts Acid Mondays beam in to the future on remix duties and deliver a sharp slab of spaced out techno which is quickly becoming one of the main attributes within their signature cosmic sound. Recovering from the hallucinogenic deep cut "New House" fights its own corner within hypnotic pockets of textured deep house; the track bobs and weaves between sporadic percussion stabs and atmospheric keys subtly bringing the EP to a climax. As October marks the release of "Wish I Could Fly", La Vie En Rose will see its captivating series reach a ninth release, witnessing the label mature into a figurehead for the avant-garde within electronic music. More