French Touch is heading to the big leagues! For anyone who lives and breathes electronic music, here’s one announcement you can’t scroll past: Disney+ has officially announced a documentary series dedicated to the movement that reshaped electronic music and projected a French underground scene onto the global stage. Titled Une Histoire de la French Touch, the mini series is set to land on the platform in 2027, marking a rare moment where club culture, house music, and streaming giants truly collide.
This isn’t framed as a nostalgic recap or a surface-level playlist story. According to early announcements, the ambition is clear: trace the roots, the rise, and the long-lasting impact of French Touch as a cultural force — from smoky Paris clubs to festival main stages and pop dominance worldwide.
For a genre that has always lived slightly outside the mainstream spotlight, this feels like a long-overdue acknowledgment..
A legendary story told by the people who lived it
The project is directed by Thibaut de Longeville, already known for capturing the spirit of French electronic culture with DJ Mehdi: Made in France. This time, the scope is wider. Much wider. The series promises a deep archival dive, rare footage, and firsthand testimonies from the artists, producers, and insiders who shaped the sound. French Touch wasn’t a single genre — it was an attitude. Disco filters, house grooves, sampling culture, and a DIY mindset that blurred the line between underground credibility and international success. Names like Daft Punk, Cassius, Étienne de Crécy, Alan Braxe, DJ Falcon and others loom large over the story — not as legends frozen in time, but as innovators who quietly rewrote the rules of electronic music in the late ’90s and early 2000s.
These figures — and others like them — helped turn what started in Paris underground clubs like Le Palace, Queen, Rex Club, La Locomotive or Folies’s Pigalle into a global musical force. This is about creation, context, and cultural impact — not just hits.
Who we expect in the spotlight
French Touch isn’t just history. Its DNA runs through today’s electronic landscape — from house and indie dance to pop, techno, and beyond. The way modern producers think about sampling, groove, identity, and global reach still carries echoes of that era.
Disney+ positioning this series as part of its investment in original French storytelling sends a strong signal: electronic music culture is no longer niche — it’s heritage. Something worth preserving, documenting, and sharing with a global audience. With a 2027 release on the horizon, expectations are high. If done right, Une Histoire de la French Touch won’t just explain where the movement came from — it’ll remind the world why it still matters.
French Touch didn’t just change how we dance. It changed how electronic music speaks.
📷 : Cover Photos Credits / Courtesy of Disney+ Newsroom
