Yay Atlantis. Yay Sincere.Inner City Life was one that didn't vote for because I knew it would do fine all on its own, but yay to it too and yay to Dub Be Good To Me which I hadn't even noticed was nominated.
― Ain't Too Proud To Neg (Mr Andy M), Monday, 17 December 2012 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
I don't like Leftfield but I think I already moaned about that in the albums rollout so will keep it to a minimum here.
― Ain't Too Proud To Neg (Mr Andy M), Monday, 17 December 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
haha yay, someone was around to express Leftfield ire in my absence!
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Monday, 17 December 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
65. Armand van Helden featuring Duane Harden - U Don't Know Me (Armed Records, 1999)388 points, 8 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/udontknowme_zps56591b8b.jpeg
http://youtu.be/J8L3_xQr0Z8
"U Don't Know Me" is one of house's great "I'm fabulous, fuck you" anthems
― M Matos (M Matos), 10. maaliskuuta 2003 8:48
The extended version of UDON'TKNOWME (with the Orson Welles vocal clip at the start) is god.
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), 15. marraskuuta 2004 20:23
he just needs to pump up the sweetness a bit more, and possibly make it sound wetter too, i mean do you remember how exciting it was when 'u dont know me' came out?
― minna (minna), 2. lokakuuta 2005 18:15
and yeah "U Don't Know Me" is one of those magic 90s dance records that will pop up on the radio here now and again when you're driving the car and cause you to ramp the volume to ridiculous levels.
― Ronan (Ronan), 4. lokakuuta 2005 0:03
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
Total jam.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Monday, 17 December 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
I have to say I've never been particularly impressed by AvH... Like everyone, I liked "The Witch Doktor", but the stuff I've heard after that sounds like totally generic loop-based house to my ears, and "U Don't Know Me" is no exception. I guess it works on the dancefloor, but that's about it for me.
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
"Flowerz" is def better (sample sourced from a better song, more striking falsetto, atmospherics, et al), but Matos' blurb is basically right. To be on board, you have to have a taste for "get out of my way" statements.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Monday, 17 December 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah was goin to say it worked great on the radio as well as the dancefloor, a lot of people clicked with that defiant underdog-anthem aspect of it I think.
― Ain't Too Proud To Neg (Mr Andy M), Monday, 17 December 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
64. Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix) (Clean Up records, 1997)392 points, 6 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/spinspinsugar_zps73aecc52.jpeg
http://youtu.be/9V73VBUNCMg
The Armand Van Helden remix of "Spin Spin Sugar" is godlike; the rest is pffft.
― M Matos (M Matos), 3. joulukuuta 2002 9:25
If we need a destroy, I'm going for Sneaker Pimps as long as we can keep Armand Van Helden's remake of Spin Spin Sugar.
― Martin Skidmore, 8. toukokuuta 2002 3:00
True history of rock house:
"Rolling & Scratching"/"Rock'n'Roll" --> "Spin Spin Sugar (Armand Van Helden Remix)" --> "Alienz" --> "Yo-Yo"/"Don't Give Up" --> "Little Black Spiders" --> "Where's Your Head At" --> "I'm So Crazy" --> various Subliminal Records efforts --> "Shiny Disco Balls" --> populist electro-house (Deep Dish/Bodyrockers/Rogue Traders etc.)
― Tim F, 29. syyskuuta 2009 5:39
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
Now, that one is actually better than I remembered, too bad the Sneaker Pimps singer is so weak. Maybe if AvH would've gotten a proper house singer to do the vocals and released this as an original tune, I might've actually liked it.
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
^Big big big tune, never get sick of that bassline.
― Ain't Too Proud To Neg (Mr Andy M), Monday, 17 December 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
Now this next track is very dear to my heart, and I was afraid it wouldn't place at all, so I'm happy it made this high...
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
that remix is super stompy and awesome
I love the syncopation of the original a lot, which is stompy and awesome in a completely different way, but this remix is undeniable
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Monday, 17 December 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, fantastic, glad this is back on! And nearly every track posted will get a TOO LOW response (though I'm less familiar with the David Holmes/Aphex Twin end of stuff).
Both the Armand tracks are immense, and I've been hearing the "Spin Spin Sugar" remix out and about again recently, to my delight.
― etc, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
63. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night (DWA, 1993)395 points, 6 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/therhythmofthenight_zps4371b9eb.jpeg
http://youtu.be/DFGOC_Yy-ow
Indeed, "The Rhythm Of The Night" by Corono almost defines eurodance.
― JoB, 5. syyskuuta 2001 3:00
we listened to a Corona tape single of 'Rhythm of the Night' for about fifteen minutes during a July 4th barbecue. The song is appearing everywhere again, somehow.....
― trees (treesessplode), 6. heinäkuuta 2006 18:33
This is the rhythm of the night, the rhythm of my life. . .
― mehlt, 16. helmikuuta 2008 5:54 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Also, is it wrong to kind of, uhhh, like a lot of rhythm of the night?
― mehlt, 16. helmikuuta 2008 9:15 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think a number of people around here would call it a classic, especially those contributing to this thread!
― Spencer Chow, 16. helmikuuta 2008 9:42
it sort of sounds to me like they read a simon reynolds article on the greatness of early rave music and decided to build on that, almost by intentionally making all of the "bad taste" mistakes they can
but rave's committment and sense of mission looks almost bolshevik compared to the attitude here
i've been to a couple of nights like this and by far the best thing i heard was "energy flash" into "the rhythm of the night." it was pretty intensely emotional and weird to me.
― goole, 8. joulukuuta 2008 23:09
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Do you mind if I post a link to AvH’s finest moment? https://soundcloud.com/homeroespinosa/kim-english-nitelife-avh-vs
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
It's almost impossible to describe how much "The Rhythm of the Night" epitomizes my teen years: drunken summer nights, youthful optimism, hopes and promises of things to come, the sort of nervous joi de vivre that only exists at that stage of life... Also, this tune has everything that's great about Eurodance, and Eurodance was alway better than it was given credit for.
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
(xpost)
Links are okay, it's only embedded Youtubes that slow the thread down.
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
Rhythm Of The Night was my no.3 pick, i think. It has such a perfect blend of Euro-bounce and melancholy.
― Go Narine, Go! (ShariVari), Monday, 17 December 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
62. Underground Resistance - Jupiter Jazz (Underground Resistance, 1992)396 points, 6 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/jupiterjazz_zpscd022bcf.jpeg
http://youtu.be/EIey7uk8D8E
Detroit is a raw and nasty working town and it likes to party. That is the thread that runs through everything from Real Cool Time by the Stooges, Goin' To A Go Go by Smokey Robinson, to Jupiter Jazz by Underground Resistance. It might not be nice or pretty, but we are going to have a good-ass time. and the rest of the world is going to pick up on it and bite it because they know how good it feels.
― Michael Taylor, 2. elokuuta 2001 3:00
AGENT TRIFE, UNDERWATER BASS SPECIALIST, DJING TONIGHT AT HEADQUARTERS, DOWNTOWN. INSPIRATION IS THE KEY, THE TECHNO COMMUNITY IS WORLDWIDE, LIBERATION IS AT HAND, TRANSITION IS INSPIRATION, THE JUPITER JAZZ WILL FREE US FROM OPRESSION. TURN ON THE 909, TURN ON YOUR MIND...THE FUTURE IS HERE
― gareth (gareth), 5. tammikuuta 2001
yeah, our definitions are coming from different places. My version of techno doesn't have to be "tracky" at all. It's more an aesthethic. My recent idea is that techno IS electro-house. i.e. the Electro-funk aesthetic applied to house music. The techno I love most of often very ornate and lush, I Believe by Octave One, for instance, or 808 State's Pacific or UR's Jupiter Jazz. I wouldn't call any of those songs "tracky."
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), 24. elokuuta 2004 22:27
i just finally picked up the World 2 World 12" with Jupiter Jazz on it this weekend, i love that song so much but i hadn't even realised i only had it on CD. what a stunning record. UR tunes (especially when performed live!) have brought me to tears on numerous occasions, i dont think any medication aside from more UR in your life is necessary ;)
― pipecock, 30. toukokuuta 2008 6:03
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
Tune with a 4-line drop-cap capital T.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 17 December 2012 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
The greatest moment "Rhythm of the Night" brought me was when I was a college freshman and, very early on in the first semester and the morning of what would end up being my one and only 7 a.m. class for the remainder of college, my alarm clock came on at the precise moment the singer was tearing into the refrain "THIS IS THE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT!"
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Monday, 17 December 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
Was "Rhythm of the Night" popular in the US too? Somehow I thought it was a hit only in continental Europe...
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
it hit #11 and on certain stations/markets it was inescapable
― Jesus, the Total Douchebag (DJP), Monday, 17 December 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
Bunch of younger hipster-house/etc art school types got into "Rhythm of the Night" via the Ital/Sex Worker cover; been great to hear the original at house parties again.
― etc, Monday, 17 December 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
61. Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song (Warp Records, 1996)399 points, 6 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/girlboyep_zpsd6b100f6.jpeg
http://youtu.be/YCSrMEsaNAM
Gareth wrote: wonder how much of a role 'energy flash' (the book) played in rehabilitation of rave? forced a rethink on part of some artists?
I've just looked and Energy Flash appears to be copyright 1998, by which time the breaks style of idm was in full swing. Doesn't mean he didn't lead to more specifically ravey influences creeping into idm and other styles, and as I've said I think it did have some impact on the critical reassessment of rave (plus presumably Reynolds was evangelising on behalf of rave for quite some time before the book was published), but to my mind even without adding Juno Alpha hoover mentasms a lot of breakbeat idm, even (or do I mean especially?) the early stuff is already quite rave- esque thanks to the snare rushes and the sheer joyful, cheeky exuberance and freneticism of the beats. (Thinking of stuff like Girl/Boy from 1996, etc.)
― rebecca, 3. heinäkuuta 2001 3:00
2) The comparative "intelligence" of IDM vs rave circa 92-93 seems somewhat arbitrary now. While it seemed obvious then that believing complex melodies and spacey atmospherics were more "intelligent" than hyperactive breakbeats and mutating samples, once "artcore" bridged the gap between the two the binary dichotomy fell apart, opening up opportunities for IDM producers to explore the other end of jungle not represented by the intelligent end of it (note for example how after "Girl/Boy" drill & bass got progressively darker/wackier, with more hints of ragga and rave coming through).
― Tim, 10. elokuuta 2001 3:00
Girl/Boy Song is entirely a drum machine solo, but theres a part where all the other things stop and the drum goes wild solo, its grate
― Chupa-Cabras, 28. huhtikuuta 2002 3:00
I think "Windowlicker" and "Come to Daddy" are incredible and important records, but I prefer him when he's being sweet and nice. "Girl/Boy Song" and "Melodies from Mars" are two of the most beautiful bits of audio I've ever heard.
― Lynskey (Lynskey), 21. tammikuuta 2003 18:29
― Tuomas, Monday, 17 December 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
I always preferred Milkman.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 17 December 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
Girl/Boy Song is stunning.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
Gaz was a regular ILM poster, might still post under some other name?
gaz posted as other names during his time here (eg mullygrubber, bulbs) but has been gone for years. He’s alive and fine though!
― ( ͡° ͜ʖ͡°) (sic), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
60. Shanks & Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate (Chocolate Boy Recordings, 1999)406 points, 7 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/sweetlikechocolate_zpsb506be18.jpg
http://youtu.be/_eC6hVbgIv8
Search c90: Twee UK Garage
UKG meant for regressive isolated young men locked away in their bedrooms.
the best i can come up with so far is Sweet Like Chocolate.
― Wyndham Earl, 11. toukokuuta 2003 4:29
well, "Babycakes" isn't that much inferior to "Sweet Like Chocolate" which was one of the most amazing and beautiful things I heard in whatever year it happened.
― The Lex (The Lex), 23. elokuuta 2004 10:45
I'm voting For Sweet Like Chocolate, as there's something wonderfully unjaded about it, and it never fails to put a big stupid grin on my face.
― chap, 5. helmikuuta 2008 17:10
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 08:19 (eleven years ago) link
59. The House Crew - Euphoria (Nino's Dream) (Production House, 1993)410 points, 6 votes, one 1st place vote.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/euphoria_zps35dccd38.jpg
http://youtu.be/rynXubglrTA
there were a lot of other cool records on production house though too, notably the house crew's euphoria (nino's dream), which is, like, the best dance record ever, obviously...
― gareth, 8. kesäkuuta 2001 3:00
choosing great jungle/hardcore tracks is like shooting proverbial fish.
as for hardcore, my vote still goes to "euphoria (nino's dream)" by the house crew
― jess, 2. toukokuuta 2002 3:00
even then its complicated, as stevem mentions The House Crew - Euphoria (Nino's Dream) (and also some of the manix tunes), because they are definitely post-rave/hardcore, but pre-jungle, but they weren't dark either. you could sense that something was definitely changing with these records, they were totally london, and they were more vibey than hyper, like the tempo same but more woozy. to me ninos dream is a record that falls outside of genre classification
― gareth (gareth), 7. toukokuuta 2003 11:23
The House Crew's "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)" really is the greatest record ever made, I've come to realize after playing it over and over again for amonth.
― M Matos (M Matos), 28. kesäkuuta 2003 7:03
´just be glad you didnt have to listen to "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)" every night for 3 years (as i did) and you can enjoy it for what it is today...actually after those 3 years i think i went another 5 years without hearing it once so all this recent revivalism is fine by me.
― stevem (blueski), 28. kesäkuuta 2003 13:32
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 08:45 (eleven years ago) link
I'M SURPRISED THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE EVEN HEARD THIS TUNE. I MADE IT IN A WEEKEND AFTER COMING HOME FROM A RAVE WITH JONNY L'S 'HURT U SO' GOING ROUND & ROUND IN MY HEAD, THINKING 'THIS TRACK IS AMAZING- I WANNA MAKE A TUNE THAT MAKES ME FEEL JUST AS EXCITED ABOUT HARDCORE/JUNGLE AS WHEN I HEAR THIS IN A RAVE!' BIG UP DICE FOR LETTING ME USE THE STUDIO THAT WEEKEND, THANKS 2 EVERYONE WHO POSTED COMMENTS ABOUT IT, LOOK OUT 4 NEW NINO TRAX NOV/DEC 03
PEEEEACE!NINO
― NINO, Friday, 15 August 2003 09:39 (9 years ago)
― nashwan, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 09:43 (eleven years ago) link
aahh.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 09:53 (eleven years ago) link
TOO LOW. <3 gareth constantly repping for it over the years, this + DJ DB's A History Of Our World Pt 1 are my quintessential ILx ardkore picks.
― etc, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 09:59 (eleven years ago) link
Whoops, sorry, somehow I failed to notice there was a whole thread devoted to the tune, it didn't show up on search for some reason:
Euphoria (Nino's Dream): Best Record Ever?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:02 (eleven years ago) link
Yes yes, big up the last two tunes.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:06 (eleven years ago) link
58. Autechre - Eutow (Warp Records, 1995)413 points, 5 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/eutow_zpsb1e84fb7.jpg
http://youtu.be/z205WM8qLoM
Eutow
its a great oldskool acidy track and the title reminds me of Bousch in Return Of The Jedi
― stevem (blueski), 4. helmikuuta 2003 21:24
Tri Repetae: Eutow; this seems to regarded as the most pop song on the entire album, and from the results achieved here I wish they would have continued in that direction this decade.
― Belldog, 8. helmikuuta 2008 5:38
a dozen years out and eutow + 2nd bad vilbel are the only two that I think I'd be able to recognize as being autechre instead of some random wanker's blittered diminished-chord dickaround demo used in some gadget advert
― El Tomboto, 8. helmikuuta 2008 8:19
Eutow is the ultimate Autechre girlsong and it's ace. Actually I think I only like girl songs - Amber and Anvil Vapre are my favourite Autechre releases.
― rah rah rah wd smash the oiks (a passing spacecadet), 2. elokuuta 2010 15:44
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:19 (eleven years ago) link
This was one hell of a run until we got to Autechre.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:33 (eleven years ago) link
Had no idea that ilxors were so into Autechre... Going by the last poll, it won't be the last of them either :/
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:37 (eleven years ago) link
So, they labelled that one IDM, literally!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:41 (eleven years ago) link
lol at "192kbps" label also
bit surprised at any 'Eutow' dislike, and i'm not a fan of their later stuff
doubt i'd dislike anything in this list tho
― nashwan, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:53 (eleven years ago) link
Only thing I actively dislike so far is Nightcrawlers, though a few of the more housey tracks leave me a bit cold.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 10:59 (eleven years ago) link
I've got nothing against Autechre really, Eutow or otherwise (in fact, I voted for Flutter), it's just the overrepresentation in the last poll.
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:06 (eleven years ago) link
I am hoping the bangers/chinstrokers ratio in the lower reaches of the countdown is suitably skewed towards the former. Certainly room for a bit of chinstroking though.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that the chinstroking stuff fares better in the albums poll than in the tracks poll. I think the top 20 of this poll has only one or two chinstroking tunes (with a couple of borderline cases).
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:22 (eleven years ago) link
Eutow? Good track, unexpected choice though.
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:38 (eleven years ago) link
The next tune is another favourite of mine that I didn't expect to make it this high, and I can't really explain it except as a sort of "you had to be there" thing...
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
http://katebushforum.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/th_drumroll.gif
― nashwan, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 14:04 (eleven years ago) link
57. Rotterdam Termination Source - Poing (Rotterdam Records, 1992)414 points, 6 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/poing_zps584b51b8.jpg
http://youtu.be/dqD1OohY2to
Does anyone know a song called "Poing" by Rotterdam Termination Source?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
15 places above Born Slippy! Excellent work all concerned.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link