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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Dimmukane on 22 Apr 2009, 16:01
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Alright, so here's the deal. Summer is coming up, and some friends want to take me clubbing. Thing is, I'm a shite dancer and I want to have a trial run (with the help of some tiny pills with little pictures on them, but that's not important. I want music I can dance to sober or at least not necessarily on a serotonin rush). So I need music for that.
Problem: There's a fuckton of electronic music, and I have no idea where to start. I mucked around that one guy's 'Guide To Electronic Music', but I can't seem to find any style that stands out based on the samples he had.
Much of what I have right now is remixes and original songs by Soulwax or MSTRKRFT, and a couple other 'house anthems' such as that one song from Venture Brothers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGO5KikbZio) and stuff Eric (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4V86zaq0bo&feature=PlayList&p=A3ABE7A99B9DE2B7&index=9) Prydz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtzH3NArQiI) wrote. Also a Crookers remix of 'Day and Night' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPHqf9qw-GU). So basically I'm looking for stuff that's got a somewhat upbeat melody and some thick bass steaks.
With this in mind, I am not looking for the more disco-y stuff like Cut Copy, Justice, Daft Punk, etc. In other words, slap bass is a no-no. Also I don't really dig on trance-y stuff like Infected Mushroom or Shpongle.
So if anyone has any suggestions as to good music blogs for this or bands/songs similar to the stuff I found, I'd much appreciate it.
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Deastro and Holy Fuck are the two best electronic bands of that variety I can recommend. That said, I'm interested to see what other people post, as I want more music like them. :-D
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pendulum (D&B), Judge jules, and guru josh project infinity (original not 2008 version) they're all stuff i listen to.
seeing pendulum on saturday :D they're aces
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Deastro, M83, and Holy Fuck
never heard of Deastro, Holy Fuck would probably work, though it's not really club music, but...M83? really? that's, like, the exact opposite of club music. unless, of course, he does some wacky techno shit that i haven't heard.
let's see...there are probably some tracks on the new Animal Collective album that would work too. EDIT: the last track "Brother Sport" is a definite must, now that i think about it. even i couldn't resist jumping around and shaking my ass when that song is playing and I DO NOT DANCE, EVER.
also, the song "No Use Crying Over (Some Techno)" from 65daysofstatic's new album Escape From New York would probably work, as well (everyone should just get that album right now anyway because it is fucking sweet).
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I wouldn't call daft punk or justice "disco-y" and I never fucking listen to infected mushroom or Shpongle, but I'll do my best.
The Carl Craig sessions are pretty awesome, and provide an interesting "best of" for a seminal American artist . It's two disc, two and a half hours dj mix of some of his remix's and original tracks.
LCD Soundsystem (aka James Murphy and Co.) is always a solid bet. Both the self-titled and Sound Of Silver have excellent and completely danceable tunes. The entire albums may not be ideal for your 'e' adventure, but parts of them certainly.
For really fantastic "minminal techno" Ricardo Villalobos is fantastic, perhaps too "trancy" for your taste, but check him out. Anything of his really.
Hot Chip, Junior Boys both usually great.
start with some of those
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Yeah, I added M83 as an afterthought, but then I thought again and went, "Wait. M83 is not club music at all. I just like them a lot." So I have rescinded them from the list. Holy Fuck and Deastro still stand, though.
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Hallucinogen's "Twisted", if you really want to get tripped out.
Other than that, maybe some Chemical Brothers? "We Are the Night" might be their most straightforward techno-y dancey album ever. "Do it Again" is the song to look for.
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I'd second Hot Chip, Junior Boys and LCD Soundsystem.
I'm not totally sure what you mean you're looking for, but I mean the premier gay 80s techno sounds can be found via the Human League and New Order. I feel weirder and weirder about recommending Crystal Castles to anyone because they seem pretty terrible people, but the music they make is amazing so make your own decision. I dunno man. Annie? Basement Jaxx? Have you heard any of the Fabric compilations? Fabric and Fabriclive are a pretty excellent series of dj sets and you can find lots of them in the mf thread.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsCXZczTQXo
Get dancin'.
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dude im no expert on electronic music/club music but i think all you really have to do is listen to soulwax and the fabric mixes.
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It's probably fifteen years old at this point, but the US version of Messiah's 21st Century Jesus is---for my money---the best straight-up techno album *ever*. Basically, awesome breakbeats + awesome samples from the golden age of rave.
Temple of Dreams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzR8YT6P3Sw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzR8YT6P3Sw)
There Is No Law: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29CninNVtRY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29CninNVtRY)
I Feel Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSnx6AXZs_k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSnx6AXZs_k)
Creator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALhh2b2o_fE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALhh2b2o_fE)
Destroyer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scuz-hGR4h8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scuz-hGR4h8)
Thunderdome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dq4plrh7FE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dq4plrh7FE)
To bad the UK version of 21stCJ has some dodgy mixes and their follow-up album was terrible.
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Okay...when I said Daft Punk and Justice were disco-y, I meant in the slap bass, lots of samples from 70's-80's bands type of thing. I guess I'm looking for stuff that does not use a lot of samples and uses synths and drum machines for most of their sound.
65daysofstatic is a song-by-song thing, depending on how post-rocky they get. 'The Distant Glow of Eastern Mechanized Dance Parties' (I know that's not right) is something I'd be able to dance to.
Hot Chip and Junior Boys never seem to get to a point where I'd consider dancing to them. LCD Soundsystem is a little better at this. Not all of their songs, but some of them (Daft Punk Is Playing At My House is more of what I'm looking for, although the Soulwax remix is better). Deastro is a great dude, I love his music, but not really danceable. I guess another requirement is that there is a lot of stuff going on/loudness? A lot of what's been recommended so far is a bit more restrained than what I'm looking for.
That Animal Collective song kind of works. I already have the Soulwax/Holy Fuck angle covered. What's the difference between Fabric and Fabriclive? I was under the impression that Fabriclive was all dubstep.
Also, the Health remix album is kind of working better than Crystal Castles, because it's got less screaming.
Maybe this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10-ifHrj3GE) is a better guide? At least in terms of the kind of sounds used. Stuff where the melody is modulated and faded and messed with.
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I would call Daft Punk disco of a sort. I'm not really enamoured of the brand of cheese that they've spawned (MSTRKRFT, Justice etc.)
Anyway, Fabric is a good place to start. The nice thing about compilation albums / DJ mixes is that every track is a potential doorway to more music of its kind. Look for a song you like, and look up the artist. You might get lucky and find something you really like.
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Dude just find some classic italo comps.
they're not really glowstick music as much as they are cocaine music but whatever
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OK, this I guess is sort of part of my job.
To start I will just post a ton of stuff of several different styles, of you like any tell me and we'll narrow it down further.
This is Tiga, he is a dude from Montreal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw6k0kMVcCI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wq6W2Ln_Kg
This is Hercules and Love Affair. They are a thing from New York, they are mostly known for making new disco but they often have other sounds, like the second song which is a very Chicago House track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb8S51M2GAc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4x9XrMRjgQ
Ratatat are also from NY. They are a dude who is a pretty major session guitar player from mainstream acts and a dude who plays bass and laptop. I guess a way of describing them would be like wailing cockrock guitars BS hiphop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYCKGG4VOZY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0VAkPjrnWM&feature=related
Chromeo are from Montreal too. It is like uhm, cheesy toungue in cheek gangsta electropop?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjI9WLG7Gr0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc7ND4Qrd3I This is a DJ mehdi song with them on it, it is more hip hoppish.
Crookers, they make some of my favourite dirty sounding electronic musics. They are prime glowstick music. Specially Love to Edit, the second track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iCYeslMDg0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nyFq9X9pkE
Kraftwerk are a million years old and german but they are still pretty dang awesome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQdUZaUKKNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2N2EAesfPI
Digitalism are also from germany, they are fans of that overcompressed synth that mstrkrft uses extensively
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIX7QFrheQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwiwmUWjCN8
Mantronix are old school electro. They still sound awesome though some might say a bit dated
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcV4Rz-O2Ss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY0S2Yb2WUQ
Simian Mobile Disco, SMD used to be a rock band (http://) and then broke up but one of their songs had been remixed by Justice and it became a huge hit and in the meantime two of the band members formed an electronic project which is based on simple but often heavily distorted synth and repetition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzNTCxOJK3g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8J4Qzt7sso
John mentions italo as coke music but in my mind they are always associated with qualuudes or some other sedative. See also: slow motion disco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWHE2RmeNTQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFWdobNIcPQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCyw5A219-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTWRohDj-Cg
some other random tracks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb1jBn0uEOc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQSHg-SJXR8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2QGfeHIIXU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHxNWMqMqP8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk08nrYPrTc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG5Go5qJrcU
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To be honest, I'm not sure you want "glowstick music." Granted, I haven't been to a rave in quite a while, but in my experience the only people who used glowsticks were candy ravers who listend to crap like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfSMOW3095k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfSMOW3095k)
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Digitalism and Simian Mobile Disco are a lot closer to what I'm looking for. I think it is the overcompressed synths. Thanks, Emilio!
In the meantime I am hoping those Fabric albums are still up.
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Klaxxons, CSS, Les Georges Lenigrad, Haudoken are all "New Rave"-y so I don't know if that's what you're after, but when I've seen them play there were a lot of glowsticks and dancing. I also like dancing to MIA but again that might be totally wrong.
I agree with Fabric comps. LCD sound system and pretty much all of the reccomendations. Maybe try and find anything remixed by Paul 'phones' he takes a lot of indie guitar stuff and makes it dancey. Nice for bridging the gap on mixtapes to.
(I may add, I love dancing and do so whether drunk or not.)
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nobody should ever have to listen to CSS.
that's just cruel.
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nobody should ever have to listen to CSS, Hadouken or MIA.
that's just cruel.
Corrected.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h83J3AEBw-k
That, surely.
or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cUjii3tMo8
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E. Spaceman is doing it right.
Also recommend SebastiAn,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELsdmF18TrE
Vitalic,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGOaXphpT7w
Boys Noize,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PysYTEJiso8
(although this isn't what you're looking for I think)
and Underworld,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlLWFa1b1Bc
is very much glowstick music.
I came across this recently which I quite enjoyed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq5GdutCRo8
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Vitalic and Boyz Noize are also kind of what I'm looking for. SebastiAn, not as much, and the other two are a little off.
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Really? I always associate those more with Justice. Might be because of Last.fm though.
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I think I am really looking for more stuff that uses synths in the same way as the stuff I've posted. I can't get any narrower than that, because I don't know enough about making electronic music to describe what it is they're doing, and to say that I want stuff that uses the same synths will probably give me way too many groups to sift through. The MSTRKRFT remix of D.A.N.C.E. and a lot of the stuff on Most of the Remixes is a little more representative of those sounds.
I guess Electro House type stuff is kind of okay too? I grabbed a compilation torrent and only liked about a third of what I heard, but that's more than I can say about any other particular genre.
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You might be in luck. My brother's girlfriend's gay friend just got an apartment in New York, he decided that he doesn't want a whole box of house/techno/tribal CDs. The kid was a DJ and apparently knows some good dance music. So my question is, do you just want album titles or do you want actual uploads? I can do both, but the uploads might take a bit because I've only listened to two CDs so far.
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Ratatat are also from NY. They are a dude who is a pretty major session guitar player from mainstream acts and a dude who plays bass and laptop. I guess a way of describing them would be like wailing cockrock guitars BS hiphop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYCKGG4VOZY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0VAkPjrnWM&feature=related
Don't forget their awesome bootlegs. I kinda wish they'd do an album with an MC at some point.
Jay-Z - "Sunshine (Ratatat Remix)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr_tqMLWXcA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr_tqMLWXcA)
Ghostface Killah - "Run (Ratatat Remix)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJqJFAzWlx4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJqJFAzWlx4)
Memphis Bleek - "Alright (Ratatat Remix)" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g19jqy5W0Nk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g19jqy5W0Nk)
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You might be in luck. My brother's girlfriend's gay friend just got an apartment in New York, he decided that he doesn't want a whole box of house/techno/tribal CDs. The kid was a DJ and apparently knows some good dance music. So my question is, do you just want album titles or do you want actual uploads? I can do both, but the uploads might take a bit because I've only listened to two CDs so far.
I've got FiOS, so youtubing/googling/myspacing them isn't exactly difficult. Toss me some titles when you get the chance.
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Do you care if I toss names at you and you check them out on your own?
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Yeah, go ahead and do that. Everyone's got schedules to keep, I'm not gonna hold you up while you wait for a response. I'm working on a paper right now, anyways.
On a side note, I checked out some of the Fabric/Fabriclive stuff. Most of the Fabric stuff seems pretty minimal, and the Fabriclive stuff seems geared towards hip-hop and whatnot. I did like Fabriclive 41 (Simian Mobile Disco), I consider it to be more dancy than most of the Fabric stuff I've heard so far. Are most of the Fabric albums as minimal as the first few, or do they vary a lot?
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They do vary a lot. Which Fabriclives have you listened to?
OK, how about
John's Addiction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLUb0NBeok8
Fake Blood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc3QNcec5RE
I was going to say the Alan Braxe remix of Royksopp's Only This Moment but i could not find it in youtube so i just uploaded it. http://www.mediafire.com/?jyt2q3yyntm
I was also going to post a ton more things but then i thought about askin g you if you have any 2Many DJs live sets so, do you have any 2Many DJs Live sets?
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Oh yeah, i do want to mention this one. It is an LCD Soundsystem track remixed by Soulwax, it is not on Most Of The Remixes. It starts slow but it is a monster of a track
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTwSIEanj_c
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John's Addiction yes, Fake Blood not really, like I could see this awesome track play out from tiny parts and then it did something else entirely, which was frustrating.
I have that LCD Soundsystem track, and I love it. And the Alan Braxe remix is pretty good.
I listened to Fabric 1 and 3, and listened to 41 from both, and Fabriclive 41 is the only one I liked. Even then, it's still a little more restrained than the kind of stuff I'm looking for. I don't think I have any 2manyDJ's stuff, I have Looking Up Evolution's Skirt and Radio Soulwax Live - Get Yer Yo Yo's Out, but I think those are both under the Soulwax moniker.
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Looking Up Evolution's Skirt was actually done by me!
There are several Get Your Yo Yo's out sets, does the one you have begin with YMCA?
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Yeah, it's that one.
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The Dewaele brothers also did a little side project (one of many) called Samantha Fu. I remember this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB3rfqxs_Co) track being huge last summer, in Belgium at least. I don't know whether they've done any more.
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Carl Cox, Deadmau5, Glitch Mob, DJ Dan, Donald Glaude, Bloody Beetroots, Rabbit in the Moon, all play really dirty really heavy dance music. Most of that is straight house or progressive house, but it's all good if you like taking drugs and dancing.
Crookers were really really terrible when I saw them live. Like, horrendous.
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Hey, thanks for the Rabbit in the Moon and the Bloody Beetroots, definitely enjoying them.
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Yeah, they're both awesome. And they both put on fucking incredible live shows.
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Crookers were really really terrible when I saw them live. Like, horrendous.
I've heard this from a few people and it disappoints the shit out of me.
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Okay, let's start things of with some french house and we'll work from there.
Since you liked the d.a.n.c.e. remix by Braxe, a Braxe original
Alan Braxe & Kris Menace - Lumberjack (http://hypem.com/#/search/braxe%20menace%20lumberjack/1/)
Braxe and Falke together are pretty much amazing, a bit more filter house though
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro (http://hypem.com/#/search/braxe%20falke%20intro/1/)
Epic synthy goodness by Falke
Fred Falke - Sanctuary (http://hypem.com/#/search/fred%20falke%20sanctuary/1/)
Classic French house, old school by now
Modjo - Chillin con carne (Por favor mix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/modjo%20chillin%20con%20carne/1/)
And some Lifelike for more synth on synth action
Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis (http://hypem.com/#/search/lifelike%20menace%20discopolis/1/)
Moving deeper into neo-disco territory via more Lifelike
Lifelike - So electric (http://hypem.com/#/search/lifelike%20so%20electric/1/)
College, founder of the Valerie (http://valeriecherie.blogspot.com/) collective, purveyor of smooth synths
College - She never came back (Outrunners remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/college%20outrunners/1/)
Bit more synth-pop, part of Valerie
Anoraak - Nightdrive with you (Grum remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/anoraak%20grum/1/)
Australians are also pretty good at this synth-pop-disco thing
Bag Raiders - Nil by mouth (Knightlife remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/bag%20raiders%20knightlife/1/)
Fellow Australians Cut Copy, remixed by the awesome Moulinex, getting a bit louder now
Cut Copy - Lights and music (Moulinex remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/cut%20copy%20moulinex/1/)
Moulinex remixing his D.I.S.C.O.Texas labelmate Xinobi (both connected to Valerie, starting to see a pattern here?)
Xinobi - Bmx (Moulinex remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/xinobi%20bmx%20moulinex/1/)
Even more Valerie love with Russ Chimes
Russ Chimes - She's got the heat (http://hypem.com/#/search/russ%20chimes%20heat/1/)
Back to the Australians with Shazam
Shazam - Pool Party (http://hypem.com/#/search/shazam%20pool%20party/1/)
And Bag Raiders in their own remix
Bag Raiders - Fun Punch (Bag Raiders remix) (http://hypem.com/#/track/802074/Bag+Raiders+-+Fun+punch+Bag+Raiders+Remix)
And quickly back to France for Decalicious (with Kitsune I think, full time hipster label)
Decalicious - La Faviere 76 (Larsz Chaptier remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/decalicious%20larsz/1/)
More bass via Kitsune's Autokratz
Autokratz - Stay the same (http://hypem.com/#/track/649340/AutoKratz+-+Stay+The+Same)
Firmly in club territory now
Joe and Will Ask? - Surge (http://hypem.com/#/search/joe%20and%20will%20surge/1/)
Wait for the breakdown @ 3:55, brainmelting
Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler (Joakim Remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/simian%20joakim/1/)
Fidget intermezzo
Foamo - Everything Cool (http://hypem.com/#/track/635987/Foamo+-+Everything+Cool)
More love for the French
Yuksek - Tonight (The Krayz remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/yuksek%20krayz/1/)
And finally...
The Toxic Avenger - Poker Face (Lies in disguise remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/toxic%20avenger%20poker%20face/1/)
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Oh yeah. Don't forget to watch this video. it is basically all you will ever need. Performed by our forum member Hat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a1lJ8CqjXA
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Daft pun and Kieffer are really good at this. These are great!
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Hot Chip and Junior Boys never seem to get to a point where I'd consider dancing to them.
Clearly you haven't been listening to the right tracks, try these:
Junior Boys - FM (Tensnake remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/junior%20boys%20tensnake/1/)
Junior Boys - In the morning (Hot Chip Remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/junior%20boys%20hot%20chip/1/)
Hot Chip - Hold on (D.I.M. remix) (http://hypem.com/#/track/746191/Hot+Chip+-+Hold+On+DIM+Remix)
Hot Chip - Touch too much (Fake Blood remix) (http://hypem.com/#/search/hot%20chip%20fake%20blood/1/)
Dude just find some classic italo comps.
they're not really glowstick music as much as they are cocaine music but whatever
Oh man, so true.
This isn't true Italo, but probably a bit more suited for this topic
Poni Hoax - Budapest (Joakim Italo dub) (http://hypem.com/#/search/budapest%20joakim/1/)
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Those are remixes, though. When someone suggests a band to me, I go looking for their songs, not their remixes. Is that the case with a lot of electronic music? That the remixes are usually better?
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I'm surprised that Benny Benassi hasn't been mentioned yet. His stuff's pretty formulaic but if it's a flavor you like, you'll love basically all of it.
Honestly I like dancing to dubstep and Shpongle probably more than anything else so I'm probably not going to be of much use to you.
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hot chip tune that get's pretty dancy and isn't a remix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGfJ4shG4ak (2 min in is what I'm talking about)
I think the thing with hot chip is that, yeah they're electronic, but pretty relaxed at the same time. This lends to great remixes that are a lot more exciting.
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Those are remixes, though. When someone suggests a band to me, I go looking for their songs, not their remixes. Is that the case with a lot of electronic music? That the remixes are usually better?
No, I don't think so. There are particular bods who've made their reputation on their remixes though - e.g. Carl Craig was one of the biggest names in the second wave of Detroit techno, still massively well regarded, and he said his remixes are the thing he's most proud of.
I'd say one of the key things about dance music is that, in all its flavours, it's about the singles. The best artist albums tend to be compilations / best ofs.
Shouldn't come in here without a recommendation, I guess, but the kind of stuff you're rating upthread's not really my thing. Heard MSTRKRFT or whatever remixing Armand Van Helden's NYC Beat? I like that one...
May be quite different, but what do you think of Petter's Some Polyphony? Can recommend a bunch of tracks along those lines if you like it.
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Remixes aren't necessarily better than the originals. Most of the time the remix will be better suited for the dancefloor, but it all depends on the original material and the remixer.
Fish across face brings up a good point in dance revolving around singles. If you want to know what a band sounds like, you listen to their albums, with dj's or producers you listen to their singles. Most of the time they won't even have an album, and if they do it probably isn't very good. Now of course there are some exceptions to this rule, but it's a decent guideline.
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May be quite different, but what do you think of Petter's Some Polyphony? Can recommend a bunch of tracks along those lines if you like it.
Listening to it right now, and it's pretty good. What else do you recommend?
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Has anybody mentioned Dan Deacon yet? I just got his new album, which I much prefer to his too-goofy debut.
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May be quite different, but what do you think of Petter's Some Polyphony? Can recommend a bunch of tracks along those lines if you like it.
Listening to it right now, and it's pretty good. What else do you recommend?
Uh-oh, now I actually have to think. :)
Midimiliz - Crsh or Crsh (mit Crsh)
Lots of James Holden (http://www.jamesholden.org.uk/) stuff pushes the same buttons in me, and he released the Petter track though his label Border Community (http://www.bordercommunity.com/).
Holden - Idiot
Holden - Lump
Holden - 10101 (I forget how many times, but you get the picture!)
Nathan Fake - The Sky Is Pink (Holden Mix)
Black Strobe - Nazi Trance, Fuck Off! (Holden Mix)
Even if you don't like his own stuff so much, a bunch of the aove tracks are on James Holden's mix 'At The Controls', which is also where I first heard the Petter track... may also be worth investigating. Huge variety of stuff on there from Massive Attack through Aphex Twin to Fennesz - somehow sounds like it'd be great fun to dance to still.
Like the Petter track, but would prefer something a bit less intense? Booka Shade - In White Rooms
First time I heard Some Polyphony this is what it reminded me of, but In White Rooms doesn't go into the massive distortion territory and could probably fit into a house set in a way that Petter definitely couldn't. Has those syncopated sorta old school trancey pam pam pam synth stabs, similar dynamics. But, yeah, nicer. Justifiably one of those tunes people have gone on and on about in recent years.
Or conversely, is Petter too dinky and silly? Stephan Bodzin - Pendulum
It's more minimal but I love it to bits, and it doesn't seem very well-known. I'll be honest, friends who like going dancing mostly either found it just boring or way too cold, but for me it epitomises the idea of the "cold rush" - when you get goosebumps on the dance floor, want to dance like a dick, but the vibe is more Roast Beef from Achewood going "OHHH SHIIIIT" (http://rbeef.blogspot.com/2007/05/had-some-poems-pilin-up.html) than feeling the love. The breakdown's amazing - it really, truly, breaks down but somehow that makes it all the better, rather than just wrecking the flow.
Sorry, feel like this is quite lengthy without that many recommends... will see if I can think of more.
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Much of what I have right now is remixes and original songs by Soulwax or MSTRKRFT, and a couple other 'house anthems' such as that one song from Venture Brothers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGO5KikbZio) and stuff Eric (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4V86zaq0bo&feature=PlayList&p=A3ABE7A99B9DE2B7&index=9) Prydz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtzH3NArQiI) wrote.
I may have missed it, but don't think anyone mentioned that Eric Prydz also does stuff as Pryda (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Pryda), among other (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sheridan) aliases (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Cirez+D). I think Frankfurt (weirdly a b-side) is a particularly ace tune under that name... may be worth digging about through that material.
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Has anybody mentioned Dan Deacon yet? I just got his new album, which I much prefer to his too-goofy debut.
Bromst is quite good, it does come across as a lot darker though. But man, I have pulled some crazy faces and in place dance moves while walking through the park listening to it on my ipod.
fish across face, I'll give those a listen when I'm through with the next two days (two exams woot!), cheers!