Alan Braxe announces re-release of 2005 album ‘The Upper Cuts’

Alan Braxe has announced that 2005 album The Upper Cuts, a key long player associated with the so-called ‘French Touch‘ scene, is set to be re-released on 31 March, on Smugglers Way.

The album, which features tracks such as Stardust’s Music Sounds Better With You, Alan Braxe & Fred Falke’s Intro and The Paradise’s In Love With You, has been remastered and is being released on digital platforms for the first time, as well as on vinyl and CD. You can pre-order here.

Six bonus tracks have been added, including new track True Love; You’ll Stay In My Heart, an instrumental with Fred Falke; and Braxe’s remix of Britney Spears’ Anticipating.

According to the press release, upon its release in 2005, the album helped to ‘create a new template for the French house sound in the early 2000s’ and ‘provided a bridge between the first wave of French house and the Ed Banger / Justice / Kitsuné axis that followed’.

Check out a video for the remastered version of Intro below.

Braxe is set to perform alongside DJ Falcon at Ed Banger Records’ 20th anniversary celebrations at London’s Printworks on Friday 3 March.

Tracklisting

1 – Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Most Wanted
2 – The Paradise – In Love With You
3 – Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
4 – Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Intro
5 – Shakedown – At Night (Alan Braxe Remix)
6 – Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Love Lost
7 – Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Palladium
8 – Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Arena
9 – Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Rubicon
10 – Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Penthouse Serenade
11 – Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Chrystal City – Bonus Track
12 – Alan Braxe – Voices (Remastered 2022) – Bonus Track
13 – Britney Spears – Anticipating (Alan Braxe Remix) – Bonus Track
14 – Alan Braxe – One More Chance (Feat. The Spimes) [Redux] – Bonus Track (new version)
15 – Alan Braxe – True Love – Bonus Track (new song)
16 – Alan Braxe – Never Coming Back (Feat. Annie) [12 “ Dub Version] – Bonus Track (new song)
17 – Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – You’ll Stay In My Heart (Instrumental) (Remastered 2022) – Bonus Track