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by rumblerock 983 days ago
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 :)