Yeah, true.
― formerly EDB (ed.b), Friday, 21 December 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
Chris Cunningham is so so rub, and then there was a wacky-ness about the Warp crowd which came out in the worst possible way in the Windowlicker vid.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 21 December 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
where's thomas bangalter's "outrun"?
― the late great, Friday, 21 December 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
3. Daft Punk - Da Funk (Soma Quality Recordings, 1995)947 points, 15 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/dafunk_zpsb665f856.jpeg
http://youtu.be/IewQqGpdmh8
I still like Da Funk better than any of the songs on Discovery though. That song is the muthafuckin' bomb and there ain't no one who can tell me different. That's the best song ever.
― Ally, 6. kesäkuuta 2001 3:00
"Da Funk" until the day I die
― Lots of praying with no breakfast! (HI DERE), 18. helmikuuta 2009 7:13
re "alive 1997": the album opens with crowd noise. about one minute in, the synth riff for "da funk" comes on, and the cheer that goes up is hair-raising. by the time the breakdown of "da funk" starts, about two minutes later, the crowd no longer sounds like humans but instead like a pack of hooting baboons.
― vahid (vahid), 17. tammikuuta 2005 11:19
When "Da Funk" came out, even the radio DJs at my college were bagging on them.
― dleone (dleone), 30. heinäkuuta 2003 16:23
This is the thread where I sing along to "Da Funk"
― Tuomas, Friday, 21 December 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
unfuckwithable
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 21 December 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
The fact that I didn't vote for LFO means that I am of questionable value as a human being. Sorry.
― cajumerio (calumerio), Friday, 21 December 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
I am listening to Set You Free (my #1) on the Gla-Edi train and the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up and this is the best tune ever.
― cajumerio (calumerio), Friday, 21 December 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
And this poll has, for me, the best balance of education and nostalgia. Great stuff. Thanks Tuomas!
― cajumerio (calumerio), Friday, 21 December 2012 21:40 (eleven years ago) link
The tune which I was expecting to place somewhere, but am beginning to doubt will turn up, is Liquid - Sweet Harmony. I've been assuming Da Funk will be up there somewhere and feel pretty sure Show Me Love will be top ten.― A Yawning Chasm (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 21 December 2012 10:10 (11 hours ago)
I reckon Sweet Harmony will place, people LOVE that tune.― Matt DC, Friday, 21 December 2012 10:17 (11 hours ago)
Looking very unlikely now unless it's MUCH more popular than I thought
― A Yawning Chasm (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 21 December 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
not a bad top 5 so far
― the late great, Friday, 21 December 2012 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
did flylife not place either?!?
suspect BJ were the victims of bitch ass vote splitting. From memory I voted for "Same Old Show".
― Tim F, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
2. The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (Jumpin' & Pumpin', 1991)992 points, 15 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/papuanewguinea_zps148c62d3.jpeg
http://youtu.be/wfWMv8Y1V5E
"Papua New Guinea" is of course mindblowing.
― Tim, 25. helmikuuta 2002 3:00
"Papua New Guinea" = brilliant brilliant record. FSOL = bad band. No contradiction at all - it's a half-full/half-empty thing I suppose.
― Tom, 16. huhtikuuta 2002 3:00
"Papua New Guinea" stands up as a gorgeous pop record, whether it would work on a dancefloor (or in a chill out room) these days I neither know nor care.
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), 8. joulukuuta 2003 4:36
'Papua New Guinea' seemed to have an incredible reverence about it long before the myriad of remixed and reinterpreted chapters and appendices (the Massey and Weatherall mixes from the original Jumpin' & Pumpin' single release are pretty wondrous, but then everything from that edition (inc. the 'Journey To Pyramid' and 'Short Dub' versions) is really). It's haunting Dead Can Dance echo is an illuminated, magnified dagger that cuts cold straight to the bone, while the breaks tumble and grind, unrepentant despite the extraordinary sensation of sorrow that engulfs the track (the flatline blip, the falsetto soul voice, a bassline that starts low and just takes one solitary step even lower) - extraordinary in how the sadness bursts into an unstoppable euphoria every time.
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), 9. marraskuuta 2004 21:48
― Tuomas, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
Never expected this so high. Still not twigging what's no.1 either
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
Ah no, got it
pump it up
― crüt, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
don't do it Tuomas I want this moment to last forever
― hot slag (lukas), Friday, 21 December 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
how ironic that in a dance music countdown we are not getting a release
― Cunga, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
Then he'll drop Sandstorm again and we'll tear the thread up
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
he's trying to do a low pass filter sweep embedded with the reveal, hence the delay.
― Cunga, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
Which U2 track will it be?
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
he's working on a cash-in thread with all these results in a different order
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
i still can't for the life of me work out the number 1. there's 5 or 6 in my mind but i suspect it's something big daft and stoopid obvious.
― So: The Answers (or something), Friday, 21 December 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
This is going on forever
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
i am hoping for little fluffy clouds, because if it hasn't placed i will be SO SAD
― c sharp major, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
Am reaching for the lasers, hoping.
― cajumerio (calumerio), Friday, 21 December 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wiz7SQrI4GI
― jabba hands, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
come on, Oceanic
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
1. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (Big Life, 1990)1269 points, 21 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/littlefluffyclouds_zps73f3859d.jpeg
http://youtu.be/Kz4ounzGUFc
You don't see me writing this too often, but "Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld" could have done with a bit more drums.
"Little Fluffy Clouds" and "Perpetual Dawn" are classic though.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), 3. toukokuuta 2006 8:24
I have happy memories associated with Little Fluffy Clouds so I'll go with classic, even though I can't really remember what anything else on this album sounds like!
― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), 3. toukokuuta 2006 11:54
I voted Orb, if only for the first album and even if only for "Little Fluffy Clouds."
― Spencer Chow, 27. joulukuuta 2007 12:48
yeah 'little fluffy clouds' is yoga flame
― banriquit, 30. maaliskuuta 2008 16:58
In July 1990, to the traditional sounds of an English summer – the droning of lawnmowers, the thwack of leather on willow – was added a *new* noise…
Happy 20th birthday, Little Fluffy Clouds.
― Born too beguiled (DavidM), 7. heinäkuuta 2010 18:28
And, as the final quote, proof of how much a person can change in 9 years:
"Little Fluffy Clouds" is a fitting title for the new age drivel the Orb represented. Give me dance music over head music anyday.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), 4. huhtikuuta 2003 11:22
― Tuomas, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
I'm certain there was a music video of "Little Fluffy Clouds", because I used to see it on MTV's Party Zone, but it doesn't appear to be on Youtube.
― Tuomas, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
thanks for this, tuomas
― A Yawning Chasm (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 21 December 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
Never change, Tuomas. Thanks a lot, best genre poll ever!
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
My #74! I like it a lot, but felt queasy about it placing in a more dancefloor-oriented poll - I've never quite come around to Orbital/Aphex Twin kinda stuff, but I guess it was inevitable they'd do better than non-canonised MAW/rave/etc stuff. Thanks so much for the poll, Tuomas!
― etc, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, what NBS and IK said.
― calumerio, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
It's kinda funny that the top 100 is full of classic dancefloor bangers, and then it ends with the ultimate chill-out tune. I think more than half of all the people who voted voted for "Little Fluffy Clouds", you hippies!
― Tuomas, Friday, 21 December 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
Here are the full results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiVOdCUDZoLxdDgyTTJiQWxLZm93b3NlLXBvZzJUaUE
― Tuomas, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
Woah, didn't really expect that for no.1
― The Nightmare Before Christgau (Mr Andy M), Friday, 21 December 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
I've got an image now of the 90s as Easter Island, with all these tracks looming over the landscape like colossi. I'm sure when they were released they were mostly snotty little numbers that were great fun, but not exactly monolithic.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
yay / thanks Tuomas
I kind of regret voting, but these results have been more fun than any ballot I'd have put together. Looking forward to going through the full results dipping into things I'm not familiar with.
― a panda, Malmö (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 21 December 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
Uhh, I kind of regret NOT voting!
Halcyon was the only thing in the top fifteen to get a no.1 vote?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
Listening to LFC just now - I'd forgotten that the Orb could be (intentionally) quite funny at times. Choice of main sample is def kind of genius.Co-sign on all the thanks to Tuomas for sorting this all out, been a very fun poll.
― The Nightmare Before Christgau (Mr Andy M), Friday, 21 December 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
thanks tuomas. if the aliens landed tomorrow i prob wouldn't show them this list as a representation of the best 90s dance but fun poll nevertheless.
― So: The Answers (or something), Friday, 21 December 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
Basco The Beat Is Over 1 1 90Love Inc. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. 1 1 90
― etc, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, the only tracks to receive more than one first-place vote (two apiece) were "Dooms Night", "Set You Free", & "Acperience 1"!
― etc, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
Here's my ballot, by the way:
1. Love Inc. - R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2. Robin S. - Show Me Love (Stonebridge Club Mix)3. Paperclip People - Throw4. Blue Boy - Remember Me (Sure Is Pure Mix)5. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night6. Norma Jean Bell - I'm the Baddest Bitch (Moodymann Mix)7. Wink - Higher State of Consciousness (Tweekin' Acid Funk Mix)8. Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka - Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)9. Genaside II - Narra Mine10. Snap! - Rhythm Is a Dancer11. Hardfloor - Once Again Back12. Rotterdam Termination Source - Poing13. Atlantic Ocean - Waterfall14. Björk - Human Behaviour (The Underworld Mix)15. Moby - Everytime You Touch Me16. Pépé Bradock & The Grand Brûlé's Choir - Deep Burnt17. Lazonby - Sacred Cycles (Jens Mahlstedt Mix)18. The Prodigy - Break and Enter19. Yello - Bostich (Westbam's Hands on Yello Mix)20. DJ Soul Slinger - Abducted (T-Power Remix)21. Opus III - It's a Fine Day (Club Mix)22. Touch and Go - Would You...?23. M People - Moving on Up24. Marusha - Deep25. Gloworm - Carry Me Home (Will's Procastinatin' Mix)26. Thee Maddkatt Courtship - My Life Muzik27. Hidden Agenda - Dispatch #228. 4 Hero - Universal Love (Goldie Mix)29. Robert Armani - Hit Hard30. The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode31. Ellen Allien - Yellow Sky32. UK Apachi with Shy FX - Original Nuttah33. Air Liquide - Liquid Air (The Bionaut Remix)34. Bizarre Inc. - I'm Gonna Get You (Original Flavour Mix)35. Origin Unknown - Valley of the Shadows36. Innerzone Orchestra - Bug in the Bassbin37. The Real McCoy - Another Night38. Psychick Warriors ov Gaia - Obsidian (Deconstructure)39. Nightmares on Wax - Aftermath40. Utah Saints - Something Good41. Two Lone Swordsmen - Sticky42. Human Resource - Dominator43. Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor Mix)44. A Guy Called Gerald - Finley's Rainbow45. Guardians of Dalliance - Blue Green46. Drexciya - Sea Quake47. The Prodigy - Out of Space48. Dance 2 Trance - P.ower of A.merican N.atives (Vocal Mix)49. R-Tyme - Use Me (Carl Craig's R-Tyme Groove Mix)50. CeCe Peniston - Finally (Choice Mix)51. Leviticus - Burial52. Model 500 - Starlight (Moritz Mix)53. Carl Craig - At Les54. Westbam - Wizards of the Sonic55. DJ Hell - My Definition Of House Music56. Underground Resistance - Acid Africa (Roots Electric Mix)57. Ian Pooley - Chord Memory (Daft Punk Mix)58. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy59. Daft Punk - Around the World60. K-Hand - Horizon61. The Tamperer feat. Maya - Feel It62. Secret Knowledge - Love Beads63. Orbital - The Girl With The Sun In Her Head64. The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea65. Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction66. Laurent Garnier - Crispy Bacon67. The KLF feat. The Children of the Revolution - 3 A.M. Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.)68. Culture Beat - Mr. Vain69. Amazon II - King of the Beats70. Miss Djax - Voltage71. Dave Angel - Tokyo Stealth Fighter72. Burger/Ink - Bring Trance Back (to Las Vegas)73. Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman - I Like to Move It74. Jaydee - Plastic Dreams75. Dillinja - The Angels Fell
No one else voted for my #1... :(
― Tuomas, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
(xx-post)
Some observation on the top 100:
- Only a couple of tunes outside the UK/USA/Germany/France quartet, but I guess that's to be expected.
- No female producers made it to the top 100 (nor the top 50 albums list), which I guess is to be expected given the male/female ratio among electronic producers, but there were several good records by female artists nominated.
- Detroit techno did worse than I expected, being represented only by CC and the UR guys. No Juan Atkins, Drexciya, Blake Baxter, Kevin Saunderson, K-Hand, etc in the top 100.
- Only one Basic Channel/Chain Reaction tune made it to the top 100, that was perhaps the biggest surprise to me in the whole poll.
― Tuomas, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
just an observation and not calling anyone out on it but it's an incredibly 'white' list.
― So: The Answers (or something), Friday, 21 December 2012 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
that sort of fits with the general euro tendency of the list, no?
(i am part of the problem: i just realised, and got regretful about, the fact that 'from disco to disco' was never even nominated)
― c sharp major, Friday, 21 December 2012 23:37 (eleven years ago) link