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What dance music do you guys listen to at the moment?


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I often talk about "dance music"...but it's only about 1% of this boards taste...I figured (?)

I've been listening to :

Maurizio

Cabinet Classics

Min to Max comp (plus 8 - Richie hawtin)

VR96 (moreminimal experimentation than "dance music")...

then there's all the "electronica" we (a few) talk about too...

are you drunk again?

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Nah i'm not drunk, i was just wondering what dance music you guys listened to. Since i am a dj who predominantly plays dance music.

Just interested really, although will say that the term electronica is an americanism that i am not too keen on.

I class dance music as non rock, dancable music, so from say Ricardo Villalobos to Dj Assault to Escort to Switch.

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Silent Shout has never failed to get people dancing when i have dropped it, but its strange you feel Simian Mobile Disco aren't dancable. I felt they were so overtly aiming to be dancable (124-130bpm, four the floor beats etc) that they border on being cheesy.

The Whip have never really managed to fill a floor for me, even though i do like them.

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I've managed to get really good floors to The Whip's "Sister Siam" on occasion. It's not a staple by any means but it does fill the gaps very nicely.

What do you play by Simian MD? I've given "It's The Beat" and "Hustler" ample opportunities, but they just generally fall flat.

Weird! I get requested for Hustler and It's The Beat so much that i have gone from thinking they are okay to actually resenting having to play them. I usually play the dub version of It's The Beat, stick some acapella over it, then quick mix into Pump Up The Jam and quickly get into something less cheesy.

That M.A.N.D.Y and Booka Shade tune Body Language is another tune i get requested so much i am now not really a fan any more.

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I really don't understand why it has about a minute and a half of bare beats at the start of it, but dropping it into the mix at the right moment (especially if you drop it melodically) will pretty guarantee a reaction.

Any Kitsune or Ed Banger fans on here?

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I really don't understand why it has about a minute and a half of bare beats at the start of it, but dropping it into the mix at the right moment (especially if you drop it melodically) will pretty guarantee a reaction.

Any Kitsune or Ed Banger fans on here?

oh, majorly. i've gone mad recently for the kitsune maison comps. especially enjoying:

guns n bombs

riot in belgium

boys noize

fox n wolf

van she

other dance music that i'm enjoying:

kavinksy

jence

para one

datA

uffie

surkin

lofi fink

as well as others already mentioned.

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I've got to admit, I passed on that one after a single play. It obviously benefits from a bit of sonic manipulation when you're playing it live

Live in what sense?

but playing it straight just leads to tumbleweed city. Maybe I'll give it another shot once I've got to grips with Ableton!

Maybe you should read a book or something.

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I've been getting some tracks from the charts on Beatport.com, mainly tech house/house/minimal, there's so much good stuff you can check out there.

Funkagenda - What The Fuck (original club mix)

Oh and that Archangel remix that was linked on here is amazin too.

Yeah that Archangel remix was on my blog, which after reading this thread i will update alot more.

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