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

The Sky Was Pink remix is much better and more exciting than I remember it being.

I hated the Knuckles remix of "Blind" at first but eventually came to love it. Don't remember which version I voted for, though.

I never get the appeal of the frankie knuckles remix, too. It's OK but could've been made by a random soundcloud guy.

the original mix of 'blind' was my fave. had a certain swagger to it.

i always liked that 'icelandic version' of 'the sky was pink' the best - more of a swirly laptop shoegazer thing though really.

OG Blind > > Club mix > > > > > > > > Knuckles mix

Fairly substantial bias in favour of microhouse and post-microhouse

this bias came from who got involved in the noms thread, rather than reflecting sifted-down taste overall I think

Club Mix is the best b/c it's the one that sounds most like Adamski's "Killer".

One of my favourite moments in self-googling was stumbling across a feminist blog takedown of a year-end write-up of "Blind" I'd done on the basis that I repressed its queer content.

The club mix is the best version of Blind because it removes a lot of the superfluous ingredients - his voice, especially the "to see you now" bit, works so much more powerfully with more space around it. It's like he's singing to an empty club.

As far as I can remember there's not much going on in the club mix either than beats, bass and vocals whereas the original is kind of cluttered and messy.

YES to both the last two posts.

It's like he's singing to an empty club.

Easy to understand why, given the context.

sounds like I'm late to this party but I don't buy that the Frankie Knuckles mix of Blind is any better. The interplay of all the different sounds on the original is amazing, especially the repeating sixteenth notes and the brass. Without those repeating notes the track takes on a totally different and more laid back character. Frankie Knuckles might play better in a club though.

Club Mix >>> Original >>>> Frankie Knuckles mix.

The right one won.

Presuming you can see into the future and mean that the Club mix will place in the future, then OTM.

The club mix still blows me away, the other mixes are ok, I guess.

this results thread and the related spotify playlist are one of the best things about my week, thank you so much, everyone

I'll take either mix over the original, at any rate.

I hear that!

always remembered the FK mix being best (and voted for it,) but i'll have to listen to the club mix again and compare, maybe i'm wrong

i don't get "time code", sounds boring

My new favorite discovery so far is the DJ Koze mix of "Minimal".

xpost yeha they called that style micro house

I wonder how high 'Blind' would've placed if we'd only had one entry to vote for (voted for the original mix myself). Top 20, if not Top 10, I suspect. It seems a lot of us agree that it's crème de la crème.

much overrated track imo, i mean a good pop hook does not make a good house track

i should say decent pop hook + competent house production != god-like genius

it is a good track but the idea that it placed 50 places ahead of "live goes on" and "transition" is crazy to me!

i don't like it at all, the frankie knuckles mix is v by the numbers. not to mention antony's voice.

'transition' however slays everything. placed it low teens, with hindsight maybe should've gone higher.

The problem with Transition for me is that it's just too big a statement for almost anyone to get away with playing. If I was picking a UR from this period I'd go for Timeline.

Y'all are mad, the Knuckles Mix is sooooo lush and gorgeous. It just glides on air. Never like the Club Mix myself.

xp i'm not sure i really get that. but, hey, if 'transition' feels a bit, um, intimidating for the moment then flip it over and there's 'inspiration'!

transition is intimidating like the percolator

if the crowd is not ready to MAKE YOUR TRANSITION then yeah it can got south and seem pretentious

if the floor is ready ... KABOOOM

see also "black water"

I understand what you're saying tho, like it has to be TIME for the percolator, and if it isn't.....

…It's time for the loose leaf ceylon.

that;s right rev

I get angry when people play Percolator and it's clearly not yet time for the Percolator. By people, I mean my often DJ partner Mike.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 6 August 2004

similarly many people don't MAKE THE TRANSITION

if you're not MAKING YOUR TRANSITION when you play that song you're doing it wrong, it needs to be the EPIC OFFICIAL PEAK of your set no matter what

well, look at the relative DJ careers of Mike Simonetti and myself since 2004, then ask yourself how important it is to only play Percolater when it's actually time for the Percolator.

no matter how you spell it.

perc you later, losers!

* throws record at crowd *

truth bomb is a truth bomb whether nobody hears it or not

death to false HIPSTER HOUSE

lol @ mh

hmmm no berghain-ish techno so far...and probably there won't be one?

Seems like the whole Berghain sound is kind of opposed to the sort of anthemic song of the season type tracks that make it in these lists. Excepting stuff like Yours by Steffi, how many Dettman tracks stand out as individual works of mastery?

dettmann-type tracks, that is.

yeah, I get what you mean. but I thought something like EQD would place.

all of them

and some of that EQD will place high i think

I think the only Shed I voted for, actually, was Well Done. That said, I would support seeing a handful of his stuff in the top 40.

I'm doing penance for never having heard "Transitions" before today by putting it on repeat.

I wonder how much of "Once In a Lifetime" I can sing along to it.