I like https://everynoise.com/ for this as well.
It tells me French 79 is "French indietronica" whatever that is. You can branch out from here though.
Re:Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
by doctorhandshake on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @05:11PM
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Never heard the term either but prob refers to the ‘French touch’ genre including daft punk, justice, stardust, et al
Re:Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
by rumblerock on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @07:15PM
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Historically French Touch was interchangeable with French House, dating back to late 90s origins (Daft Punk et. al.).
IMO what Spotify calls New French Touch isn't really a genre unto itself, more just a broad encapsulation of modern electronic music, predominantly from France, that retains some of the original DNA – whether that's the technical aspects, disco-samples, family trees of producers / labels, etc.
Colloquially I still just call it French House, even if that's technically inaccurate. The genre has evolved and been diluted with elements from other genres to the point of being extinct by its original definition, but the vibes live on :)
I've been listening to some french EDM for the last few years, artists like French 79, Point Point, Nhyx, N'to, and Spotify tells me this is 'french new touch' but I've never seen that genre described elsewhere, and when I tell people about it they have never heard of it. I feel like there's a better term.