It wasn’t quite as big in North America outside of the popularity of Daft Punk and the DJ scenes in New York and L.A., but the disco/house/garage/electronic scene known as "french touch" was huge in Europe in the ‘90s, especially in Paris where it originated. French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve, the director behind the great but still underrated "Goodbye First Love," came of age during this period —her brother Sven Løve was a fairly prominent DJ in the scene at the time.
So in her partly autobiographical "Eden," Hansen-Løve chronicles the halcyon days of the vibrant scene and the rise and fall of one musician trying to make it big. Co-written by her brother, “Eden” is a bittersweet look back on the seasons of life, relationships, heartbreak, struggle and more set along the backdrop of this dynamic music renaissance (read our review here).
"Eden" screened at the New York Film Festival this past weekend, and a list of all the music featured in the film has also arrived. The movie’s soundtrack includes Daft Punk, The Orb, Frankie Knuckles and Martin Solveig among many others. The movie should a trip down memory lane for anyone who spent time at the New York clubs PS1 or Centro-Fly or equivalent clubs in Paris in the late ‘90s/early aughts. "Eden" has no release date yet, but will likely land spring 2015. In France, the movie arrives on November 19, so you can see the French poster below as well.
Listen to all 42 songs featured in the movie below and or dial it up for your next nostalgic dance party.
“Eden” Soundtrack Tracklist
1) Plastic Dreams (original version) – Jaydee
2) Sueno latino (illusion first mixt) – Sueno Latino
3) Follow me (club mix) – Aly US
4) A Huge Evergrowing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The
Centre Of The Ultraworld (Orbital Dance Mix) – The Orb
5) The Whistle song (original version) – Frankie Knuckles
6) Going Round (UBQ original mix) – Aaron Smith feat D’Bora
7) Caught in the middle (Gospel revival remix) – Juliet Roberts
8) Promised land (club mix) – Joe Smooth
9) Sweet Harmony – Liquid
10) Private Number – Catalan FC & Sven Love feat Nicole Graham
11) Da Funk – Daft Punk
12) Solid ground (spensane vocal) – Jasper Street Company
13) Closer than Close (mentor original) – Rosie Gaines
14) The MKapella – MK
15) Get up everybody (parade mix) – Byron Stingily
16) One More Time – Daft Punk
17) Makin’ a living – The african dream
18) Happy song (4007 Original mix) – Charles Dockins
19) Sweet Music – Terry Hunter
20) Unique The cricket song (club mix) – JT Vanelli
21) Odoru (unreleased version) – Watanabe
22) Cheek – Venus (Sunshine people)- Dj Gregory Full length Mix
23) Finally (orignal mix) – Kings of tomorrow
24) Blackwater (string vocal mix) – Octave one ft. Ann Saunderson
25) It’s yours (original distant music mix) – Jonn Cutler
26) Little Girl (version originale) – Viola
27) Shout to the top – The Style Council
28) To be in love (12 inchees) – Masters at work feat India
29) Brotha (DJ spen & Karizma remix) – Angie Stone
30) Just As Long As I got you – Love Committee
31) Jealousy – Lee Fields & Martin Solveig
32) Gyspsy Woman (La Da Dee) (Basement Boy Strip to the Bone
Mix) – Cristal Waters
33) Within – Daft Punk
34) Tak a lickin (and keep on ticking) – Paul Johnson
35) Veridis quo – Daft Punk
36) Energy Flash – Joey Beltram
37) Photomaton – Jabberwocky
38) Rivolta (Get A Room! Remix) – Polo&Pan
39) Amazing – Kenny Bobien
40) Lost in Love – Arnold Jarvis
41) We are (I’m here for you) – Kerry Chandler
42) Your Love – Terry Hunter
Finally, while not in the final press notes, this Spotify claims these two songs are in the movie as well (and given how many spelling mistakes there are in the tracklist order, we’ll give them the benefit of the doubt).