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

okay so that mix sums up a lot of what i like about that period of music, too.

(as in it doesn't download any longer, which is sad, but i know these tracks nonetheless)

when you guys start talking about minimal and tech-house and whatever is when my eyes glaze over :/

Do you like any more techno-oriented stuff rev?

All this talk of mid decade tech house makes me want to go listen to Ripperton or something on Connaisseur again.

Sass: absolutely not, I don't even think I knowingly heard any of the Aeroplane stuff in this poll before the countdown. I hadn't realised Orange Mistake was 03, that's not too bad, but Luciano is soo ridiculously overrated on here, alongside a lot of other big-room minimal schminimal. If you want to see who I voted for, my votes are postd up thead though.

Luciano is hilariously bad, vagabundos lol

I hadn't realised Orange Mistake was 03, that's not too bad, but Luciano is soo ridiculously overrated on here, alongside a lot of other big-room minimal schminimal.

This from the guy with four Mathew Jonson/Cobblestone Jazz tunes in his ballot.

Also keep in mind that mental groove era early luciano is often a lot better than the Cadenza stuff he's known for too.

Hahahah, good call Tim. I think I hadn't listened to those Cobblestone Jazz tracks for a long time and they were just working for me when I polled. If you polled me again today I'd probably only have one Cobblestone in there and no Jonson.

Although, I'd probably only say India In Me was minimal. 5th Element most certainly isn't, and Marionette is straight-up prog really.

No jonson is pretty o_0 though, c'mon, marionette! typerope!

The only Jonson tunes I considered voting for were "Dump Truck" and "Typerope" and in the end neither made the cut. Not because they're not good enough, but the sheer glut of stuff I was in love with from that era means it's difficult to rep for it all properly.

Most annoyed at myself for leaving off "Ihre Personliche Glucksmelodie".

It sounds familiar that track, good pick.

Do you like any more techno-oriented stuff rev?

― Tim F, Saturday, September 1, 2012 2:30 AM Bookmark

Cybotron's "Clear" is about as far into techno as I've ever gotten :/

so no, not really.

1) Luciano's Sci.Fi.Hi.Fi mix is still a great document of a very specific time in electronic dance music.
2) Luciano's "Octogonal" is still a really great, menacing slice of minimal.
3) Anyone who put Cobblestone Jazz on their ballot can't talk shit about the "boring minimal" or whatever of the md-2000s. Cobblestone Jazz were, by far, the most overrated producers of that whole period.

and Rev, do you like UR stuff? Juke? Old Green Velvet or Cajmere?

Romanthony?

Nu Groove stuff?

Juke, yeah (but more the ghetto house-y end than the footwork-y end). Cajmere, yeah. Romanthony, eh. Not really that up on the other stuff.

I don't really think of Juke or Cajmere or Romanthony as "techno" tho.

Marionette (both sides) is sick

Luciano doubters need to check his lp on peace frog

It's not especially minimal

Do you like any more techno-oriented stuff rev?

― Tim F, Saturday, September 1, 2012 2:30 AM Bookmark

Cybotron's "Clear" is about as far into techno as I've ever gotten :/

― The Reverend, Saturday, September 1, 2012 6:25 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think there's a lot of techno and stuff that sounds more like techno (than house or dubstep or w/e) that rhythmically is quite interesting and would chime in well with the other dance music you like, even when adhering rather deliberately to a 4X4 beat (and i've rather deliberately chosen an example of such):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqEpyAW6fVg

Separately but connected, a lot of minimal was really house but with a lot of the same kind of ideas about rhythm as a lot of post-dubstep you like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RFp-3cbSh8

that metope tune is fucking incredible. bomb tune.

I know! I've always thought it was a bit underrated - Areal was one of those labels whose aesthetic (sonically, visually) was so strong that it was really hard for any artist other than Ada to define themselves separately during that era, and a consequence of that is that IME people tend to remember the Areal sound but not the individual tunes.

Which is an odd outcome given how idiosyncratic a lot of it was on a tune by tune level, and the fact that producers like Metope and Basteroid sound pretty different to one another.

First track didn't do anything for me, second one was really good tho.

You might really like some of the techno on the edges of broken beat like Titonton Duvante.

Some of the artists on Delsin, maybe even Aardvarck?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Nx1ova5BSG8#!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eI-mF0d03Y

Also I thank the ILM massive for not voting any Claude von Stroke into this poll.

OMG, we forgot Who's Afraid of Detroit!

Actually I'm pretty fine with zero fidget house in this poll. Some sounds we just shouldn't go back to.

Sass, sorry if I hit a nerve, just not feeling Luciano these days.

Yeah, Luciano, what happened?

http://www.inverted-audio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Luciano-Tribute-To-The-Sun-450x450.jpg

I suppose the relative lack of non-Villalobos mid-00s minimal in this poll reflects quite how tracky a lot of it was and I suppose there isn't that much consensus around it. I mean records like Full Clip and Seeing Through Shadows were great but difficult to hold in the same sort of affection several years on as a lot of the stuff in this poll. I suppose that accounts for the preponderance of grinny big field music in this poll.

Luciano's always been more chameleon-like/bandwagon jumping than he's given credit for - people always associate him with minimal for obvious reasons but there are sets from as late as 2005 that are totally maximalist and banging.

The inclusion I really don't get in this poll is that Still Going track, I mean it's not actively bad or anything but I've no idea what aspect of it would make someone vote one of the best of the decade.

Luciano had that really great DJ set of minimal goes deep house set around 2005-2006... trying to find it.

But seriously, that album was a real wtf moment for me. Cadenza had an awesome run imo probably up until around Los Updates album or the Mirko Loko one, sometime around mid-2008.

Oh yeah, that album, and the lead up up to it, was definitely like a moment of lost innocence for me. Why Cadenza? Why?

Although the digital/organic vitalist artwork should have already set off some signals, I suppose. It always had the potential to devolve into jazzy/latin-based 'sophistication', or a general weird Euro-fetishism of exotic alterity...

Miko my favourite Luciano minimal into deep house sets are actually 2007 - Silo Belgium and Kristal @ Bucharest. Do you mean one of those?

That's it! The Silo one, that was great. Somehow lost it between laptops.

I'll upload it somewhere. It's a classic.

The inclusion I really don't get in this poll is that Still Going track, I mean it's not actively bad or anything but I've no idea what aspect of it would make someone vote one of the best of the decade.

I gave it a sympathy vote bcz Spaghetti Circus wasnt nommed

I like the Still Going track a lot, more than Spaghetti Circus, but wouldn't have voted for it given the massive amount of other material on DFA and there's probably better examples of this neo-disco vibe anyway (Metro Area or Todd Terje, for instance).

This was a fun thread to read, love the images!! here's my ballot

1 M83 Don't Save Us From The Flames (Superpitcher Mix)
2 Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl craig remix)
3 Friendly Fries - paris (Aeroplane Mix)
4 Chelonis R Jones - I Don't Know
5 Royksopp - What Else Is There (Trentemoller Mix)
6 Justus Kohncke - Timecode
7 Luomo - Tessio (Vocalcity)
8 Phantom Ghost - Perfect Lovers Unperfect Mix)
9 Psychonauts - World Keeps Turning (Highfish & Zander Mix)
10 Rick Poppa Howard - Do What You have To
11 Lindstrom - I feel Space
12 Mathew Jonson - Typerope
11 Amp Fiddler - Faith (Jazzanova Mix)
14 Mayer/Auayo - Slow
15 Midi Rain - Always
16 Metro Area - Miura
17 Ricardo Villalobos - Easy Lee
18 Geiger - Cocain-E
19 Henrik Schwarz - Where We At
20 Larry Heard presents mr white - The Sun can't Compare
21 Superpitcher - Irre
22 Lawrence - Spark
23 Lifelike & Chris Menace - Discopolis
24 Gui Boratto - No Turning Back
25 Abe Duque - What Happened?
26 Ada - Each and Everyone (Blindhouse Mix)
27 Richard Davis - Bring Me Closer
28 Mari Bone - Vuoi Vuoi Me (Schwarz Remix)
29 todd terje eurodans
30 The MFA - the Difference It makes (Superpitcher Mix)
31 Isolee - Pillowtalk
32 Black Leotard Front - Casual Friday
33 The Shortwave Set - Now Til 69 (Aeroplane Mix)
34 closer music - One Two Three ( No Gravity)
35 Gui Boratto - Like You (Supermayer Mix)
36 Lindstrom & Prins Thomas _ Mighty Girl
37 Dondolo Dragon (Shit Robot Mix)
38 Underworld - Crocodile (Ame Remix)
39 ada - The Red Shoes
40 Ricardo Villalobos - Dexter
41 Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles remix)
42 Dj Koze - I Want To Sleep
43 Green Velvet - Shake And Pop
44 The Knife - Heartbeats (Rex The Dog Mix)
45 voigt & voigt - roxy
46 Margo - la Baumette (Broker/dealer Mix)
47 polmo polpo - kiss me again and again
48 John Tejade Sweat (On The Walls)
49 wighnomy brothers - Hide You hide you im schrankwand gewand
50 Gabriel Ananda - Ihre Persönliche Glucksmelodie