Martin Solveig

Rocking music from the US, UK, and his French homeland, Parisian producer Martin Solveig dons a DJ headset to bring us the latest in the peerless line of Defected In The House mixed CDs.

Relatively unknown to North Americans, except to a posse of loyal connoisseurs of French house music, Martin Solveig is one of a fistful stellar French producers who've shot to global prominence this century including Dimitri From Paris, David Guetta, Julien Jabre, DJ Gregory and Bob Sinclar (on Defected in the UK, Tommy Boy in North America). (Solveig includes tracks by the latter three in this mix.)

Those familiar with his brilliant debut album, "Sur La Terre," and it's successful follow-up, "Hedonist," which featured the worldwide breakthrough hit, "Rockin' Music," are aware that Solveig's fondness for African, Caribbean and Latin rhythms is only matched by that for American Soul and R&B. This is clearly in evidence on the lively and varied "Martin Solveig In The House" double mixed CD as it features exotic tracks by Monica Nugueira, Jorge Ben and Stephy Haik, future classics by Blaze, Barbara Tucker, Dennis Ferrer, Copyright, and Julien Jabre, certified classics by 51 Days and Paperclip People and defining moments in American R&B by The Jackson Sisters, The Chi-Lites, George Clinton and Kurtis Blow.

"Martin Solveig in the House," is at the same time a passionate reminder and sunny introduction to the talents of yet another in Defected's champion stable of soulful, song-oriented DJs.