Dance Music

[Lupus]

Quick give me recommendations, don't care what genre just as long as it's awesome.

[StreetlightRock]

Justice - Cross (Electo)
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Sustain Decy Release (Electro)
The Prodigy - Fat of the Land (Big Beat Electro)
The Presets - Apocalypso (House/Electro)
Fluke - Risotto (Techno)
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman (Techno)
Hallucinogen - Twisted (Trance)
Shpongle - Tales of the Inexpressible (Trance-ish?)
Aphrodite - Aftershock (Drum N' Bass)
Klaxons - Myths of the near Future (Indie-Dance/New-Rave)

Whole bunch of genres to get you started.

[dubplanet]

Justice - Cross (Electo)
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Sustain Decy Release (Electro)
The Prodigy - Fat of the Land (Big Beat Electro)
The Presets - Apocalypso (House/Electro)
Fluke - Risotto (Techno)
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman (Techno)
Hallucinogen - Twisted (Trance)
Shpongle - Tales of the Inexpressible (Trance-ish?)
Aphrodite - Aftershock (Drum N' Bass)
Klaxons - Myths of the near Future (Indie-Dance/New-Rave)

Whole bunch of genres to get you started.
nice mix

[UmphreysHead]

Lotus
Sound Tribe Sector 9
Disco Biscuits
Lords Of Acid

[Interstate]

The Faint

[Brad Norris Fan 777]

http://myspace.com/setthesewingsablaze

[Lupus]

Thanks for the recommendations guys, anyone have any specific songs I should check out?

[Brad Norris Fan 777]

set these wings ablaze - it's time to dance
set these wings ablaze - artists and dreams; paintings and feelings

[cashh]

Crystal Castles. You must listen to them. They're awesome. (listen to crimewave)

http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles

[jonspeaks22]

Crystal Castles are effin rad, and so are the klaxons

[Arucard]

All the bands Streetlight mentioned are more associated with Electronica, bar the trance and drum n bass choices. Oh god i hate those genres. If you are talking traditional dance, atm House is the biggest [and certainly the best] movement to be out for ages. Check out -

MYNC Project + Dirty South - Everybody Freakin'
Kid Cudi - Day n Nite [Crookers Remix]
Spektrum - Kinda New [Dirty South Remix]
Deadmau5 - Faxing Berlin
Diovanii - Feel The Party
Filthy Rich - Get Down With Me
Mark Knight + Dirty South - Black Spot On The Sun
The Presets - My People [D.I.M Remix] The drop in this tune is insane.
Justice - Phantom PT2 - [Soulwax Remix]

And some good minimal techno acts to check out -

Thrash Jelly
Max Cooper
Spamchop

Yes i am a DJ. I also find 'Cross' to be a terrible album, the remix's is where its at.

If you want any tracks just message me.

[Brad Norris Fan 777]

ALAT's sick too

[2muchket!]

Darren Styles (hardcore and trance)
Mark Breeze (same)
Scott Brown (trance)
Dj Hixxy (happy hardcore and trance)
Eddie Halliwell (trance)
Alex K (House and techno)
DJ John Neal (House)
Dj Greenie (House)

I'm not too fond of many electronica artists as mentioned above as I think artists like Klaxons just dont make proper dance.

Justice are ok as are Simian Mobile Disco but I feel they make dance music for people who normally dont like or appreciate dance music.

But whatever

[Arucard]

Happy Hardcore and Trance are usually the genre's liked by people who don't have knowledge of Dance IMO.

[StreetlightRock]

All Happy Hardcore is made by nine people sitting in a dark room with no windows high on every drug known to man, illuminated only by small neon lights on the roof. All of it.

[2muchket!]

Happy Hardcore and Trance are usually the genre's liked by people who don't have knowledge of Dance IMO.

depends really. If we're talking about people jizzin over Tiesto or the Children of the night song then for sure they have no real knowledge.

But out of the DJ's and acts that I listed can you really say I have no knowledge at all of Dance ?

[Iai]

Tiesto is the ultimate name for Myspace kids to drop to try to prove that they listen to more than just Franz Ferdinand.

[2muchket!]

Or bring me the horizon

See the only song they know by him is Adagio For Strings. I challenge kids by asking them if they've listened to much of his Just Be album and they look at me strange. One lad was a fan of his didnt even know he released any albums.

[Arucard]

Only trance artist i have alot of respect for is Dogzilla.

[barbarian]

Happy Hardcore and Trance are usually the genre's liked by people who don't have knowledge of Dance IMO.

posts like these are usually made be pretentious elitists IMO.

[krovvy]

MGMT - kids
Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

[Nadinus]

Storm - Time to Burn
Hybrid - Finished Symphony
Tomcraft - Loneliness
Gouryella - Gouryalla
Adam White/Andy Moor - The Whiteroom
PPK - Ressurection
Planet Perfecto - Bullet in the gun
Agnelli & Nelson - Hudson Street
Above & Beyond - Can't Sleep
Darude - Sandstorm
Milk Inc - Walk on Water
Dogzilla - Without you
Ferry Corsten - Punk
Delirium - Silence (airscape mix)

Okay those are a load of trance classics - essential listening for the the genre plus a couple of songs I like a lot.

But if you're looking for something more like Daft Punk, then you've got Justice (seems to be in with the indie scene), Simian Mobile Disco, (electro house)...if you don't listen to Prodigy then you should.

Then if want hardcore stuff (which you probably don't) then download the Clubland x-treme hardcore albums (Styles, Breeze, ultrabeat, hixxy, dougal & gammer) but hm it doesn't appeal to heaps.

I don't know much about mainstream dance, but the Clubland albums (not the hardcore ones) are worth taking a look at.

Also some of the suggestions in this thread are crap, js.

[StreetlightRock]

I'd just listen to the entire Wide Angle (by Hybrid) album, it's so goood. I second that Delirum pick as well =D

[Arucard]

posts like these are usually made be pretentious elitists IMO.

Pretentious elitists that pack dancefloors on a regular basis.

[Nadinus]

Who the **** cares, seriously? If people want to listen to happy hardcore and trance then let them. They're not pretending to know loads, they're just listening to music that they like, why have people a problem with that? I listen about 5 metal bands, woot, and some elitist would probably critisise my taste in metal.

Stop complaining about other people's tastes, or that you have an exlusive right more than others to listen to certain genres because you know more about it :/

[2muchket!]

Pretentious elitists that pack dancefloors on a regular basis.

funny as trance and happy hardcore artists do this a lot more and more reguarly :p

[Arucard]

Sorry, i should have said that i pack dancefloors with people *other* than pilled up knife wielding chavs.

[2muchket!]

Well if you play house thern I'm surprised you manage to fill them with people who aren't chavs.

Especially when you come up north. All the clubs tend to play is bouncy tehcno and scouse house

[dinosaurxbrocore]

Sorry, i should have said that i pack dancefloors with people *other* than pilled up knife wielding chavs.

is this the type of dancefloor you're referring to, joe?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3oK0mGLtlAE

[1338 h4x0r]

No he wanna git out on the FLO'

[Iai]

Sorry, i should have said that i pack dancefloors with people *other* than pilled up knife wielding chavs.
If you don't want people to think you're a pretentious elitist, this really isn't the way to go about it. If your posts in this thread are anything to go by, then I'd be much more proud to consider those 'knife weilding chavs' among my friends than you.

[Arucard]

I enjoy being a pretentious elitist, its so much more fun that liking crap.

Oh and dino, nice video but try again.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=duKmmbPS7Wo

oh and sorry for sounding like an idiot, but i haven't posted here for ages and forgot that trolling isn't generally seen as funny or acceptable

[barbarian]

oh right on. don't worry. it is acceptable!

[2muchket!]

tbh I'm glad theres more people other than myself who enjoy house.

Still think you're wrong about the new wave of Happy Hardcore and trance artists tho :p

[Iai]

I used to be really into funky house. Just feel out of the scene though really; I grew apart from the friends I had who were into it too.

[2muchket!]

I like some funky house and electro house every now and then when I get sick of Bouncy House.

Which aint that often actually

[Iai]

Can you explain Scouse House to me?

edit: and bassline house, actually. People are throwing those two phrases around a lot lately and I remain completely ignorant to what they mean.

[Arucard]

Scouse house isn't technically house atall, its more hardstyle. Bassline house is literally what it says it is - you put a bassline bass track into a 130bpm song and make it less grimey. Lots of it going round today, check out the Time Waits For No One remix by the Gridlockd Boys for a great example of bassline house.

Unfortunatley, most of it is ****.

[2muchket!]

Can you explain Scouse House to me?

edit: and bassline house, actually. People are throwing those two phrases around a lot lately and I remain completely ignorant to what they mean.

scouse house's most distinguishable feature is probably what many have labelled the 'donk' it comes in at around 30 seconds in this video http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ataghsDrAXc

thats a good example of scouse house and if the genre had an anthem it'd be that song

but yeah theres some good stuff out there with Dj Greenie and John Neal.

I'd say theres enough elements of House for Scouse to be classed as house music. But you are right there is a lot of prevelant Hardstlye influences.

I've been listening to a lot more ambient house lately its f'ucking great to chill out to after a few joints

[Arucard]

Yeah i've been well into minimal techno at the moment - after a night out on the wire, its great to come down to.

[Tyr]

I really should check out house sometime. It's been on my "to do"-list for quite a while.

[Surf]

I've been listening to a lot more ambient house lately its f'ucking great to chill out to after a few joints

I like the Orb, but I've only got one album. The first one ...beyond the ultraworld. Really good.

Yeah i've been well into minimal techno at the moment - after a night out on the wire, its great to come down to.

If you like minimal techno, you might like micro-house. Isolee, Trentmoller, Isan, superpitcher etc.

Great chill out music.

[Arucard]

Yeah i love Trentmoller, but i've never heard him called micro-house before.

[Surf]

He's not the best example of the genre, like you say he's more minimal techno. But there's some similarities; they're very similar genres.

Isolee are probably my favourites out of what I've listed/listened to.

[2muchket!]

Anyone ever been to Gods Kitchen @ Air In Birmingham ?

I've heard some good things

[StreetlightRock]

So I finally got my hands on the Crystal Castles album. I so completely digging the atari/gameboy chipset sounds here, lol, So damn cool. Wish it was a bit more consistent though.

[Iai]

My girlfriend loves them, as does her incredibly gay best friend. This makes me skeptical.

[StreetlightRock]

lol, but you can trust Me!

[Jellyspoon]

Try Tektonic! It's French and you do a special dance to it.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bytf3gZMFkY

[2muchket!]

My girlfriend loves them, as does her incredibly gay best friend. This makes me skeptical.

your skepticism is right placed as Crystal Castles are terrible.

As for Drum n Bass btw as much as I dislike his band, Rou from Enter Shikari's side project Shark And Blitz is pretty good.

[Buttloaves]

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork

One of my favorite albums.

[Arucard]

Chromeo are great, but they are more pop band. The house remix's are good though. Vandalism one of Needy Girl kicks.

[Bukowski]

Boys Noize - Oi Oi Oi

After seeing Alex Ridha live, especially. I love this album.

[2muchket!]

Havent been listening to much House lately

Infact I need some new recommendations anyone wanna help me out ?

[badtaste]

Are we all familiar with TechnoViking?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwsntHcWiy4

No one seems to know who the tracks that feature in the video belong to, so I'd like assistance in identifying the specific genre of music that is. Please?

[2muchket!]

From memory (sound on this PC is ****ed up so I didnt watch again) the music in Technoviking is Hardstyle

could be wrong tho'

[badtaste]

Ah sweet, thanks Frankie, time to do some album hunting.

[StreetlightRock]

yepyep, hardstyle it is.

[2muchket!]

Gave the new Pendulum album a propa listen today. Not impressed at all like. I really wanted some more stuff in the style of Tarantula and other more Drum n Bass stuff. Instead it's like generic stadium rock. Despite this I was in a club the other week and the Dj banged on Propane. Place went mental.

A good Drum n Bass artist on the other hand is Mc Eksman. Some of his stuff is on Youtube and it's ****ing great if you like a good mixture of DnB and Grime.

I also gave another listen to Justice as well. I just dont get the hype.

[Misfit_Fiend]

Bugged Out! Presents Suck My Deck Mixed By Boys Noize
you have to check this out!

[butanebob]

So much misinformation being spread in this thread, jesus.

[superjoe89]

i don't know about what other people listen to when you're in the mood to dance, but i enjoy listening to r&b, hip hop. that's that beat that makes me wanna get up out on the dance floor.

[rony11]

Cassino & Laben
The Backlash - Now That U R Gone.

[DeathMagnetic]

static x

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