Matt otm re: sub sub. I've never heard that Moodymann track before - I like it, but 15 minutes of almost exactly the same thing is a bit much.
― A Yawning Chasm (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:21 (eleven years ago) link
35. Dem 2 - Destiny (Sleepless) (Locked On, 1997)493 points, 8 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/destiny_zpsa5d6fdd6.jpg
http://youtu.be/48zg8o-XzPA
Odd realisation re: Dem 2's "Destiny"
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:24 (eleven years ago) link
Great Air tune, probably one of my very favourites by them.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:25 (eleven years ago) link
Yassssss, to Dem2.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:35 (eleven years ago) link
YES YES YES YES
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:44 (eleven years ago) link
34. Carl Craig - At Les (Planet E, 199?)503 points, 10 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/atles_zpsc6fc1839.jpg
http://youtu.be/vm6pm5mCLXg
under his own name'at les' is stunning
― michael wells, 31. toukokuuta 2001 3:00
Can't believe no-one has mentioned "At Les" yet!
That record for me summed up a era of beautiful emotional techno music
― blue, 22. helmikuuta 2003 2:05
so many good tracks
at les, microlovr, rushed, dominas, stam, throw the list is almost endless.
― jed_ (jed), 21. maaliskuuta 2004 1:46
Search: all versions of 'At Les'
― Omar, 30. toukokuuta 2001 3:00
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:47 (eleven years ago) link
"Destiny" hell yeah!!!
very pleased with the amount of 2step in this poll
― Mind Taker, Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
Does anyone know what's the exact release history of "At Les"? I can't find any info on it been released as a single, so it doesn't seem like CC had on his own record before 1997 (on "More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art"), but it seems to have appeared on this compilation as far back as 1993...
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 10:50 (eleven years ago) link
"doesn't seem like CC had it"
The Virtualsex compilation is regarded by some as the best techno LP. Stefan Robbers 'Foreign Dimensions' is such an amazing track, which was also exclusive to it.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:22 (eleven years ago) link
and 'tedra' and 'desire'. 'tedra' is the high point i think, voted it top 3 in my ballot. in answer to tuomas' question i don't think 'at les' got an official release between 'virtual sex' and 'more songs...' though it was surely on white label or something.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:45 (eleven years ago) link
33. Adamski - Killer (MCA records, 1990)510 points, 8 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/killer_zps73dcb691.jpg
http://youtu.be/gIcPawP_0KM
I liked Killer. Also, I remember seeing on one of those nostalgia clip shows an old Smash Hits Pollwinners Party performance (I think) where he tried to trash his keyboard like you would with a guitar. Unfortunately keyboards are much sturdier than guitars and he only managed to break one key.
― Chriddof (Chriddof), 29. elokuuta 2004 9:20
That was a damn shame. It's like he blew his entire creative wad with "Killer" and "N.R.G.", both of which are good enough to keep him in the Big Book Of Dance.
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), 28. elokuuta 2004 19:44
Seal was only great in combination with Adamski.
― MarkH (MarkH), 25. lokakuuta 2002 16:44
Adamski-Killer, plus name more songs being given new context by the current climate in dance
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 11:58 (eleven years ago) link
32. Moby - Go (Outer Rhythm, 1991)511 points, 11 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/go_zps10f999cb.jpg
http://youtu.be/NLCHARjjrws
"Go" is classic indeed (and BTW look for the recent remixes by the Trance Allstars project = ATB, Taucher, Schiller, Mellow-D, Sunbeam and Talla 2xlc. All of them are very interesting.).
― Siegbran Hetteson, 2. elokuuta 2002 3:00
however the 'go' 12" (with vitalic remix!!) is wicked. (I forgot how good the original was.)
― slackety yax (H2-H4), 11. tammikuuta 2007 1:14
I think Moby has gained a permanent spot in my heart for "Go", to be honest.
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), 25. tammikuuta 2005 0:33
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:14 (eleven years ago) link
The original version of "Go" was released in 1990, but it's the Twin Peaks quoting mix from 1991 that everyone knows, so I included that one here.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:15 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man, I used to love Adamski (I think I had his album "Adamski's Musical Pharmacy"? Or something). Anyway, 9 y/o me always found Killer a bit dark and doomy but I loved NRG.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
Remember 'Space Jungle'? It was just a cover of 'All Shook Up'. Apparently it was an instrumental track until one day Adamski was playing live when he got possessed by the spirit of Elvis and started singing over the track. And the rest, as they say, is history.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:18 (eleven years ago) link
As a side note, Adamski's image gallery in Discogs.com is rather fun to look at.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't vote for it, but Le Soleil Est Près De Moi is probably my favorite track by Air. I haven't heard it for years, might be all you really need from them in the end.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:22 (eleven years ago) link
xp pictures of people who haven't figured out how to live
― ledge, Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:22 (eleven years ago) link
might be all you really need from them in the end.
hell no
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:25 (eleven years ago) link
It's still Casanova 70 for me. Love those early singles.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
Hm, knew this would be controversial! :)
Maybe I'm overstating things, I remember quite liking Virgin Suicides soundtrack, bits and pieces of their albums post-Moon Safari. The latter though, I can't say I ever need to hear again, and I still strongly associate them with that record.
Discogs tells me that they released a record this year, didn't even notice, also something called Love 2 from 2009 (?)
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:30 (eleven years ago) link
Adamski was one of the "Stupid Babies" you know...
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:46 (eleven years ago) link
31. Paperclip People - Throw (Open, 1994)519 points, 9 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/throw_zps75e41bc7.jpg
http://youtu.be/fuRKe9JVmAU
Back to the review-plate, I listened to AVH in full, chased with the recently-purchased The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich by Paperclip People (a.k.a. Carl Craig). Tracky and not a great listen, but lots of good tracks sorta made up for it, plus it includes "Throw," one of the best neo-disco records of the '90s.
― M. Matos, 22. elokuuta 2001 3:00
finishing second set of 50 scissor kicks to find that yr pulse is in perfect rhythm with "Throw" by the Paperclip People = CLASSIC
I think my ankles might still be emo though
― Millar (Millar), 30. heinäkuuta 2003 22:10
I feel like a lot of the filtering is drawn from a few chicago &detroit records. Paperclip People 'Throw' in particular, thoughfiltering is a trick thats been used since disco djs hit the decks.
― Ulysses, 27. marraskuuta 2007 16:27
throw remake uno by paperclip people is soooooo killer.
― hector (hector), 28. syyskuuta 2004 4:48
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
Dem 2 placing is kind of a relief, I thought speed garage was going to end up being pretty much the only genre not to place.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
is Gabrielle speed garage?
― jed_, Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
I'd call it deep house, personally.
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
can I just say the results are fuckin' A so far!
― Neil S, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
neither Destiny nor Gabriel(le) are speed garage tracks - the latter was a garage/2 step outlier but really unique
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
cral craig the autechre of tracks
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah but with Carl Craig it's more deserved b/c he's touched on so many different styles in his career, it's not like "At Les" and "Throw" could stand in for one another.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
wouldn't go with that really (as much as i'd rather listen to 90s CC than Autechre or indeed most things) - depends on yr definitions e.g. CC hasn't strayed out of a pretty narrow bpm range or structural framework in his time compared to AE
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
There's at least three acts who have more tunes on the list than Carl Craig, it's just that not all of those tracks have showed up yet.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
xpost crossed over many more dancefloors though. In dance music social demarcations are way more important than bpms.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
probably everyone has already said everything that needs to be said about "Go" but man, what a great, great, great track
― GIMME SOME REGGAE (DJP), Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
In dance music social demarcations are way more important than bpms.
i don't necessarily disagree but...in what sense? career longevity? critical reception? both? other?
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
As in I think the space between "At Les" and "Throw" in terms of the kind of contexts in which they work is actually more meaningful and impressive and worth representing on a poll than the space between (say) Amber and EP7.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
Slowly moving back through these, Roy Davis Jr. - Gabriel - what a track, but I'm probably more of a fan of the Large Joints Remix. At least, am more familiar with that one from Sound of the Pirates mix.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Just realised I accidentally left 'Rendez-Vu' off my ballot so I'm doubly glad it placed.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Large Joints remix of "Gabriel" is all time.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
My top Carl Craig vote hasn't placed so far, no idea if it will or not, this is a tricky-to-predict rundown!
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
This poll makes me notice the label Outer Rhythm for the first time.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
never seen that sleeve for 'throw' before. more than deserving of it's place here, i voted '4 my peepz' instead tho.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
it's hard not to see that as just boiling down to the love of dancing and surrounding culture over AE's primary values but that in itself is completely fair enough
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
30. Round Two - New Day (Mains Street, 1995)522 points, 7 votes, one 1st place vote.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/newday_zps29e15b9e.jpeg
http://youtu.be/0H6UKryRa4E
Never been a massive fan of vocal house, but New Day is a killer.
― Discordian, 15. helmikuuta 2010 11:56
my favourite time to hear "new day" is midway in a long 4-6 hr set, so the hopefulness of the vocal and those airy chords shine through and elevate the room. it has a completely different effect if played at the end of a set, and appears to be a much sadder song
― anita bonghit (rionat), 15. helmikuuta 2010 13:36
Voted Round Two: New Day
Andy Caine sounds so so sad and forlorn: the frustration at the position he finds himself, unable to understand why a relationship is over, is perfectly captured in the finest break-up song in house.
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), 15. helmikuuta 2010 21:17
round 2: i realized the new day in the last line is about moving on, not going back. such a for real break-up track but like opposite of hysterical, it's letting all those feelings develop and breathe.
― desk calendar white out (Matt P), 23. maaliskuuta 2012 3:23
ATTN Basic Channel and vocal house fans: who is Andy Caine?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Never been much of a house guy myself, but that's really nice.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
29. Wink - Higher State Of Consciousness (Tweekin' Acid Funk Mix) (Strictly Rhythm, 1995)540 points, 10 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/higherstate_zps0847e153.jpeg
http://youtu.be/1zkeEiUpEUQ
And sorry but Higher State is one of the best songs EVER.
― Ronan, 15. huhtikuuta 2002 3:00
i heard a mix of higher state while out one time which had the longest snare-rush breakdown i'd ever heard, just this minute build up to explosion. so for that reason alone, classic.
― jess, 15. huhtikuuta 2002 3:00
I first got into Orbital, and therefore into techno and electronica, through a free CD on the front of the Guardian (featuring Belfast, Impact USA, Sad But New and The Girl With The Sun In Her Head) in about 1996, so I wouldn't necessarily knock it...
Looking back, I was quite an astonishing rock-bigot until around then. That, Born Slippy and Higher State of Consciousness were what did it for me, I think.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), 22. marraskuuta 2002 14:14
"Higher State of Consciousness" natch (most fucked-up devastating climax evah)
― M Matos (M Matos), 28. tammikuuta 2003 12:36
That song makes me think of orgasms.
― Lara (Lara), 28. tammikuuta 2003 12:40
that song IS an orgasm
― M Matos (M Matos), 28. tammikuuta 2003 12:42
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
I remember back in high school, some friends of mine who knew nothing about acid used to call this tune the "orgasm song" too. They even knew the exact point where the orgasm began, it was towards the end of the tune, when the "crazy" modulation of the riff starts. People used to go nuts at that point, "THSoC" was a big hit.
Josh Wink may not have been the most original of producers, but IMO opinion on this tune he simply got every element right, so it remains the platonic ideal of a 303 tune to me, even moreso than "Acid Trax" or "Acperience".
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
Overplayed now but the first time I heard it — a girl I knew came to my room at university with the 12" and said "Listen to THIS" — I'd never heard a noise like it. Great example of a secondary remix totally eclipsing the original - I can't even remember what the first version sounds like.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
opposite to the above, i was a bit of a snob about this at the time but it now has a pleasant nostalgia about it.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link