Born in the mid-1990s, the F Communications label, often referred to as F Com, was a pioneer.
"It was the first time that a French label was set up with the ambition to have an international influence",
explains Jean-Luc Marre, responsible for reissues within the record company PIAS.
Among the 280 references produced by the house founded by superstar DJ Laurent Garnier and Éric Morand, PIAS has just selected 25, which have emerged for the brand's 25th anniversary.
If F Com has been at a standstill since 2007, it has made a significant contribution to the development of French electronic music abroad.
Besides the productions of Laurent Garnier himself, or of St Germain, house star, F Com had its greatest success with
Flat Beat
, by Mr Oizo, alias Quentin Dupieux, in 1999. These precursors of the French Touch revealed major artists in the electro sphere, such as Scan X or Jori Hulkkonen.
The availability of the F Com catalog on the platforms of
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