Dancehall

Guillaume and Jonathan Alric’s debut album is named after the dancing space, not the Jamaican music genre, but you’ll hear hints of dub reggae and electro in their lullabies. The Paris-based cousins tend to bundle their influences in warm house beats, patient arrangements, and yearning vocals that sound like distorted, distant weeping. The result can sometimes be sparkling and euphoric, like the gently rocking “PLACES,” or it can be dark and transfixing, like the throbbing pulse in “RUNAWAY.” But it’s always more headphone introspection than nightclub escapism that ties the album together and sets the duo apart. “FACES,” the project’s lone instrumental, was one of The Blaze’s earliest tracks. “To have that kind of emotion,” they told Beats 1 host Hanuman Welch of the song, “it’s a bit different. It’s more a kind of—how do you say?— growing up.”

On their debut album, Guillaume and Jonathan Alric make big, staid dance music tailored for main stages at music festivals where subtlety falls victim to the pursuit of big moments.

'Dancehall', the debut album from Parisian dance duo The Blaze packs uplifting and life-affirming house bangers

The French duo behind "Territory" settles for formulaic house music on its debut full-length.

With their debut album, Dancehall, The Blaze release a longer set of tracks fairly similar to their last EP, 2017's Territory.   The track...

Initial cuts from French duo The Blaze showcased their electronic influences, however with this new album they’ve gone above and beyond with their