RESULTS (of the very nebulously defined) 110 ELECTRONIC DANCE TRACKS of the 00s

i hope 'deck the house' showing up doesn't mean 'skidoos' won't place as it's different class. it probably does mean that tho :(

Skidoos was my #2 I think

Was the #1 vote you Tim?

I went to Las Vegas once and I swear one of the best moments I had there was hearing 'camino del sol' on a club. I don't know if that makes my Vegas trip lame or awesome.

― Moka, Wednesday, August 22, 2012 4:55 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No, and i'm a bit surprised you're asking! Great tune though.

I like basically everything so far. Even overrated stuff like Blawan.

This last stretch was a bit barren for me in terms of stuff from my list making it - all I had was Brutalga Square at #21.
Still plenty of goodies though. Love Cry is easily one of my favourite Four Tet tunes, far and away better than most things I've heard from them. Aeroplane - Whispers and the Camino Del Soul remix are right up my street at the moment, Whispers especially. Life's A Beach I'm enjoying way more than West Side.

Fizheuer Ziheuer I almost voted for but I dunno, something about the length of it made it fit awkwardly with most other things on my list. It's kind of a classic anyway, obvs.

Even though I'm not like a raving Villalobos stan I'd be very curious as to how a poll of his tunes would pan out.

lots of stuff i love but some v weird inclusions, that partial arts thing, i literally can't even remember what that sounds like. or "mushroom" for superpitcher seems an odd choice, though i don't know what one track of his i'd pick. the mfa remix i guess will probably feature.

That Partial Arts tune is of an era of Kompakt tunes where I listened to them a fair bit at the time and then never again. This covers basically everything the label did from 2006 onwards mind.

bit disappointed 'out there' wasn't on the noms list, that's my favourite of the studio tracks. might also have thrown a vote to either the kylie or shout out louds remixes. ailtough none of them really fit the brief to my mind.

xp. i voted for partial arts, kind of as a representitive of all those sparkly kompakt late 2000s tunes.

To be clear I do think it's a great tune! But I had to think for a moment to remember what it was and was startled to see my own description quoted...

i always used to mix it up in my head with 'for penny and alexis'.

fizheur fine at time but appeal wears off

Even though I'm not like a raving Villalobos stan I'd be very curious as to how a poll of his tunes would pan out.

― Tim F, Wednesday, August 22, 2012

for me - tia, samma, andruic, roric, frank mueller melodrom, defixia

Mushroom isn't my favourite Superpitcher but its probably one of the more widely heard ones, especially as its on Mayer's Fabric mix. Would be quite surprised if its the last Superpitcher tune we see here.

Trauermusik is marvellous in a widescreen summer headphones listening track but it's never made me want to actually dance and I couldn't imagine hearing it in a club, but at the same time that's not really the point of the tune. Think I prefer that 07-08 era of Kompakt to the ones immediately before and after it (obviously 00-02 is the best).

fizheuer's appeal does not wear off for me at all. i wouldn't listen to it over and over again, but every time i go back to it it's still entrancing. when making my list i listened to a ton of stuff that i have loved at some point but haven't heard in a while, but i only voted for things based on the effect that they have on me right now, rather than memories of how i enjoyed them, and fizheuer and a few other villalobos tracks totally surprised me. i don't identify as a raving villalobos stan, but i guess my list makes me look a bit like one.

I'm far from a Villalobos stan and didn't vote for anything here (except maybe Belle Epoque 06, can't remember) but Fizheur is fantastic.

would have given my #1 to Losing My Edge. That Partial Arts track is silky smooth - anything else by them people recommend?

There's a follow-up called Telescope, which is pretty good, and maybe a couple of early non-Kompakt singles but not much else.

Partial Arts was Ewan Pearson and Al Usher right? So search other stuff they did but not under that name, like their beautiful remix of Feist.

'crusing' was ok. this is otm tho^^

Trauermusik is A+ kompakt gold! P.A. Never got close to that level of euphoric wonder, which is a shame - though pretty unfollow-up-able

It's unfollowupable, that is. I think it was 12 on my ballot.

that feist mix is good, better than trauermusik!

i find myself (unfairly) switched off pearson's music after reading too many of his trite/pompous articles.

I haven't really paid much attention to his stuff post-Cortney Tidwell remix but I remember being really surprised to find out he looks like an old lady from a UK soap.

he's still done some great stuff since then, the junior boys and kelley polar remix (with al usher) were both excellent. agree about the tone of some of the writing tho. oh and his remix of 'am' by flowers & sea creatures is as good as anything he's done.

Al Usher's Lullaby for Robert and the Bogdan Irkuk remix are definite recommendations and pretty much in line with Trauermusik.

That Partial Arts track is silky smooth - anything else by them people recommend?

'canopy'. the ritton rmx it's also quite good, iirc. but none of them really have that much to do with 'trauermusik'.

Short on time but ill give the next 10 a run.

3 of my favorite songs in the next 10 so pretty glad to roll them

http://i.imgur.com/HI9mO.jpg
49. Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles remix) (233 points, 7 votes)
Year: 2008
Youtube: http://youtu.be/NZ6sLFDUPWg

i know im just jockin but that frankie knuckles remix with antony makes me want to go down on dudes, in a good way
― max, Friday, January 25, 2008

I think (maybe with some time, to echo arguments made elsewhere on ilm these days) that knuckles remix might stand out as one of the better things to come out of H&LA. in context, it's proper garage, done like no other nowadays. it's lush, the production is both restrained and faultless. and I agree that tune is impossibly catchy!
― blunt, Tuesday, February 12, 2008

http://i.imgur.com/M6Cx6.jpg
48. Isolée - Schrapnell (235 points, 11 votes)
Year: 2005
Youtube: http://youtu.be/mBfhQisZDpg

Knuckles mix is bangin'

http://i.imgur.com/7iTpc.jpg
47. Omar S - Here's Your Trance, Now Dance! (245 points, 9 votes)
Year: 2011
Youtube: http://youtu.be/BYVyDXJB3Xc

Transcendent Beauty.

you linked to the remix which is also great. here is the original though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMEy4IFzsFM&feature=related

http://i.imgur.com/HoqUS.jpg
46. Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink (Holden remix) (246 points, 9 votes)
Year: 2004
Youtube: http://youtu.be/6jmZTtFxcUg

http://i.imgur.com/MRUlm.jpg
45. Ellen Allien and Apparat - Way Out (251 points, 9 votes)
Year: 2006
Youtube: http://youtu.be/zxeQ85PYChc

In terms of pure sound, nothing in 2006 rivalled techno goddess Ellen Allien's collaboration with ex-boyfriend Apparat: these immaculately crafted tracks with their gorgeous textures and restless, propulsive rhythms made for some dizzyingly dreamy head music. This was the default Sunday morning record of 2006, the perfect accompaniment to sitting back, sipping tea and watching the sun rise as we came gently down; it was also the default DJing tool, with 'Way Out' an inevitable anthem at most parties. Its constant presence throughout 2006 - more than any other, this was an album I lived - was immensely satisfying.
-lex pretend

Last two both made my shortlist.

http://i.imgur.com/HoqUS.jpg
44. Theo Parrish - Falling Up (Carl Craig remix) (256 points, 8 votes)
Year: 2007
Youtube: http://youtu.be/AG-h27tajtg

Oops wrong image.

http://i.imgur.com/EzdQc.jpg
44. Theo Parrish - Falling Up (Carl Craig remix) (256 points, 8 votes)
Year: 2007
Youtube: http://youtu.be/AG-h27tajtg

i want to start a band that does a schrapnell cover.
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:11 PM (7 years ago)

"Falling Up" is the best remix I've heard in ages. Tremendous. Reminds me of Coil in places - dunno why exactly - but , damn - when's that new album coming?
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, February 9, 2006 2:04 AM (6 years ago)

Plus I still think the "Falling Up" remix is fucking boring!
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:39 AM (5 years ago)

I think the Holden mix of 'The Sky Was Pink' was the first tune to acquire this 'legendary' status without me really being aware of the track at the time. Things would never be the same!
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Wednesday, August 9, 2006 1:51 PM (6 years ago)

wow, that here's you trance remix is pretty nice. would be perfect for shifting from first gear.

Omg live band shrapnel cover I would die

http://i.imgur.com/kO1GS.jpg
43. Laurent Garnier - The Man With the Red Face (253 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote)
Year: 2000
Youtube: http://youtu.be/3UDzAv-twYA

I reccommend taking a peak at this live version of man with the red face:

http://youtu.be/KJkoBH68njQ

Also I think I fucked up the ranking and just realized. Laurent Garnier is actually 44 and Theo Parrish 43. Sorry about that :P.

http://i.imgur.com/g9UPh.jpg
42. Ricardo Villalobos - Easy Lee (257 points, 9 votes)
Year: 2003
Youtube: http://youtu.be/Nzxyw_XgMyU

easy lee
chemicals
ghetto funk
ghetto funk
ghetto funk
it's the crunk
in my trunk
easy lee
nigga please
chemicals
in my junk
easy lee
sherm and weed
and e
chemicals
ozs and keys
realest gs
mushy bees
chemicals
― vahid (vahid), Thursday, June 9, 2005

I always thought it was:
Easy Lee....Time to run....Killathon
(I assume a 'killathon' is a charity mass murder event)
― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, June 9, 2005

i remember being at a party (that i think philip sherburne was dj'ing the side room) and someone played easy lee, and my friend was pumping his fist singing along "eaasy leee, kill the poor, kill the poor, kill the poor, kill the poor, time to run in the streets." but i think those are not the correct lyrics.
― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, June 9, 2005

http://i.imgur.com/TTpHn.jpg
41. Justus Kohncke - Timecode (259 points, 9 votes)
Year: 2004
Youtube: http://youtu.be/H0d_NdN1zoc

Normally, I hate justus kohncke but 'timecode' almost makes up for his inherent shittiness.
― :| (....), Saturday, January 15, 2005

Alright Mr. Gill- no joke- I've actually got the 'Timecode' 12" waiting for me right now in the mailroom at my work. Just arrived from Forced Exposure with some other stuff.
*I need to know*
Is there some magic dust on all of the 'Timecode' 12"s that makes you break down into some Otto's Irresistible Dance (oh shit! check that Old School reference!) type groove and fall madly in love with Justus or something?
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Friday, August 5, 2005

this year for midnight i have done a massive clock sound collage and then at the stroke of midnight justus kohncke is going to take to the stage to perform 'timecode'.
― stirmonster (stirmonster), Thursday, December 15, 2005

http://i.imgur.com/QSGtH.jpg
40. Todd Terje - Inspector Norse (260 points, 8 votes)
Year: 2012
Youtube: http://youtu.be/gHiqPG0526U

the first seconds of inspector norse always bring a smile to my face. can't remember the last time a song did that to me
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Friday, January 27, 2012

is the joke about inspector norse that there is a british tv show called inspector morse and so it's funny to name a song inspector norse because todd terje is from norway
― (dayo), Sunday, February 5, 2012

This clip from the short film Whateverest follows Inspector Norse, the real life internet alias of Marius Solem Johanson, who has a penchant for dancing and drugs.
― brony ver (s1ocki), Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I feel like I'm the guy in this video
― owenf, Friday, June 22, 2012

Wait... is Easy Lee a play on Isolée or viceversa? Just looking at these two so close together I finally made the connection, don't know if it's accidental.