On temporary hiatus from injecting the spirit of acid house into the French dance scene as half of , crafted one of the catchiest dance anthems of the late '90s, Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You." A warm, breezy, endlessly catchy mid-tempo anthem that launched hundreds of similar filter-disco tracks over the next few years, the single was recorded quickly by with co-producer and released on his own Roulé label in June 1998. After ruling the roosts at Ibiza that summer -- along with another co-production, 's "Gym Tonic" -- the track was licensed by Virgin and hit number two on the British charts that fall. Though the label offered three million dollars to produce a Stardust LP, he decided instead to make it a one-shot project. ~ John Bush, Rovi