nomination and discussion thread for possible top 100 electronic dance tracks of the 00s

hopefully you guys mean edit the nominations, not the ballots

anyway for me the fear is not that pitchfork-type choices will crack the top 10 but that they will dominate the top 10. i personally have no problem w/ lcd topping the poll but i would be mighty disappointed if it was all lcd, the knife, etc in the top 10

but, now that pipecock's gone, i can confidently say i am the realest n***a alive. and even for me, the joy of seeing stuff i like in polls is not from seeing it dominate a list from the usual sources (for example, lwe) but rather from seeing stuff i like make the cut in unlikely places - from seeing, for example, ostgut-type techno crack the RA list, or from seeing functional dance music of any stripe infiltrate the pitchfork list.

in fact, i find "true. techno. music." sites like LWE pretty tedious when it comes to year-end listmaking and critical opinion, though i do appreciate them as a source for finding out about new music.

wait what was that really good idioteque remix again

and your point is? do you think something needs to be done about the lcd's and knifes? I mean, as pompous as this may sound, this poll can be a chance to bring out more house/techno to people. just see some enthusiastic reactions above from people who are not heavily into this kind of stuff.

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lcd soundsystem should not be eligible

not that the world needs another list about how great that one shed album is or w/e either but i mean

Too long didn't read but anyhoo... remove BOC and Fever Ray from my noms.

can i remove some of mine too?

well i thought i was being fairly clear BUT if you need clarification i am arguing against "purity", and my thinking is that as much as i am a "real techno" fan (ie berlin-detroit axis oriented), i am not too interested in the question of whether EQD 001B places higher than workshop 08, but rather how EQD 001B might fare compared to jacques lu cont and michael mayer and lcd soundsystem.

FWIW I was thinking of nominating the Stuart Price extended version of Madonna's Hung Up, but it's not on YouTube and I can't remember exactly how it goes. But anything which there's an equivalent to an "Extended Club Mix" is fair game tbh.

That Stuart Price Remix of Hung Up

which I really loved at the time, but totally forgot about and as I seem to recall dancing to it a number of times at Optimo

Madonna - Hung Up (Stuart Price Extended Remix Dub)*

*how I have it named for whatever reason in my itunes

i like that song a lot but likely will not vote for it

perhaps would vote for his coldplay remix though, that was pretty epic

"talk" remix, not "viva la vida"

For your consideration beatportals top 30 club tracks of the decade. Some good choices that havent been nommed so far:
http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/the-top-30-club-tracks-of-the-decade/

Price's "Mr. Brightside" remix is my favourite of his. Already been nominated though. It would be hard to just vote for one. He was pretty prolific for a while there.

i think the only one on that beatport list i'd nominate is

andré kraml - safari (james holden mix)

(shades of jae is actually from 1999)

well, i might nominate "bay of figs" and "the terrace" and maybe a couple of others but they are already on our list

kind of surprised switch's "this is sick" made it in, props, otherwisezzzzzzzzz

Hmm, definitely plenty of memories in that list, but it's amazing how dated most of them sound now, and I've heard them all far too many times.

'This is Sick' sounds pretty fresh I'll agree.

"this is sick" - like most fidget house - wears on me badly these days

would have nominated his mix of the pack's "vans" if he had actually released it (not really but love that track)

I would like to nominate the following and be laughed at by Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr thx

Adam Beyer - Ignition Key (Speedy J remix)
$tinkworx - Coelacanth
Luke Vibert - I Love Acid
Chasing Voices - Acidbathory
Motiivi: Tuntematon - Mankind Failed

(yeah this is a weird list but most things I thought of were already nominated so)

(shades of jae is actually from 1999)

this was the first of many tracks I wanted to nom only to check the original release date and be disappointed.

somebody - maybe pipecock or mike taylor / disco nihilist - once said that shades of jae was one of the only songs they'd ever seen where people would come running onto the dancefloor from other rooms when they'd hear it start up

believe that

Yeah totally.

It helps of course that "hear it start up" is basically what the entire song feels like.

uh, is there anything else in this genre that sounds like moodymann?

just listened to "shades of jae", "forevernevermore" and "j.a.n." and uh...

may i suggest moodymanc

jk

igi

contenderizer, check out kenny dixon

especually the soul sounds ep

the joke is just that there is a ton of stuff that sounds/tries to sound like moodymann, and there is even someone who goes by the moniker moodymanc

oh wait, i just realized you said "igi", rather than "idgi"

lurl

thx for the kenny dixon tip

Srsly though:

- firstly, check out Moodymann albums - A Silent Introduction and Black Mahogani being most key, then Mahogany Brown and Forevernevermore.

- Theo Parrish is not exactly like Moodymann but they're mentioned in the same breath for a reason; their styles complement one another. Get Parallel Dimensions first and foremost, then First Floor. For a third pic I would go with the Rotating Assembly album.

- Norma Jean Bell is a saxophonist/producer who worked a lot with Moodymann, and her album Come Into My Room is (to be reductionist) basically Moodymann with added sax.

- Andres is another Moodymann protege and his self-titled album is like a short, focused Moodymann album which I probably listen to more than any Moodymann other than ASI and BM.

- Trus'me is basically a Moodymann clone but that doesn't change the fact that his debut Working Nights is about on a level with ASI and BM (in my opinion).

Wow that's a huge statement (re: trusme). Dunno though, never got the urge to listen to it. I remember one ace track from it though

Make that behind ASI and BM, but ahead of FNM and MB (and other Moodymann albums).

new andres is good

best moodymann is this http://www.discogs.com/Kenny-Dixon-Jr-Soul-Sounds/release/4289

Almost forgot… Kavinsky - Nightcall

Kenny Dixon is Moodymann it needs to be said.

Kavinsky - Nightcall

electro pop / synth pop, sorry..

also check this out, its like a detroit supergroup thing with kdj, theo parrish, rick wilhite, etc. surprisingly great and cohesive for how many people were working on it.

http://www.discogs.com/3-Chairs-3-Chairs/master/6370

i agree that silentintroduction is the best

but i would rank mahogany brown as my second - its so murky, dusty and funky. i think it also has the widest emotional range and the most sui generis tracks

after that it's black mahogany and forevernevermore. i think silence in the secret garden is kinda weak

contenderizer if you wanna hear other ppl using vocal samples of moodymann/kenny dixon talking, listen to these:

http://youtu.be/PzV11AUobVg
http://youtu.be/P4Pud3_7kn0

if they - somehow - fit the cannon, i'll add :

alena – turn it around (hard house banton remix)
mala – forgive
mala - alicia
dj ng ft. katy b – as i
basement jaxx – breakaway
x5 dubs ft. teresa - i wish
n10-tainment ft. ruth - i pray
hyetal – phoenix
mario basanov – up
drake ft. alicia keys – fireworks (deadboy's tearjerking slo-mo house remix)
royal p – like that
photonz - xabregas
t2 ft. h boogie – better off as friends (remix)

I love all of those! Except I have already nominated "As I" I think.

Oh wait maybe you meant "Tell Me"?

If the nomination deadline is April 30 when are ballots going to be due? I ask because I'll be travelling from April 30 to May 12 and want to earn my ivotedtoday.jpg

may 1st is the nomination deadline, definitely at least 2 weeks for the voting window if not longer

probably take us a week to narrow down the nominations list and let everyone debate about the knife and whatnot

wow can't wait.