TuneLab
Breakbot
Salle Wagram in Paris, France for Cercle
Look, we all love a bit of French touch, but Breakbot at Salle Wagram for Cercle is less about the filter-disco revival and more about proving that funk is a universal language. This is the set you pull out when someone says 'disco is dead' — you just smile and drop this 122 BPM masterclass in groove. The room itself, all velvet and chandeliers, is the perfect foil for the relentless bounce: you can almost feel the parquet floor flexing under the weight of our collective shoulder-shimmy. Clocking in at a smooth 122.6 BPM average, the energy stays locked in 7A and 10B for most of the ride, which means transitions feel like butter sliding off a hot croissant.
The low end is polite but persistent (0.47), letting the mids and highs do the talking — snappy snares, clavinet stabs, and that certain je ne sais quoi that only comes from a crate dug deep into 80s boogie and early house. Crate diggers will lose their minds over the inclusion of Rabo de Saia's 'Ripa Na Xulipa Ripa' — a Brazilian carnival bomb that sounds like it was pressed on wax from a parallel universe. Voilaaa's 'Le Disco Des Capitales' brings the Afro-disco heat, while Crazy P's 'Stop Space Return' is that moment where the crowd collectively realises they've been dancing for two hours straight. And yes, Justice's 'Alakazam' is here — not as a flex, but as a reminder that these French producers all drink from the same well.
Opening with Gladys Knight & The Pips' 'Bourgie, Bourgie' is a statement of intent: we're here for the classy end of the spectrum. The peak? Probably the Yuksek remix of 'Devotion' — a five-minute handshake between disco and modern production. Closing on Chaz Jankel's 'Pretty Thing' is the perfect comedown: a slinky, low-slung groove that leaves us wanting more. This is nu-disco for the converted, and we are all converts.