NRJ Deep

NRJ Deep is a French radio station built around deep house and the slower end of electronic music. As French radio goes, few stations commit this hard to a single mood. Think Larry Heard's Mr. Fingers records, Kerri Chandler's warm piano chords, the melodic house Dixon and Âme made fashionable in Berlin. Nothing here is in a hurry. Tracks stretch out, vocals float, and the bass does most of the talking. If you know NRJ only for its pop-heavy main channel, this one will surprise you. The mood stays consistent: after-hours, hypnotic, a little bit melancholy. Mornings are gentler. Evenings push t…