Sacred cows from the dance canon that are now irrelevant

I do agree with Tim Simenon and Mark Moore's inclusion, as much as I think Tim's work post BTB was a bit underrated and overlooked (i.e. Depeche Mode production)

The line of questioning for this thread (granted, it's two years old) is a bit suspect though.. Sacred cows aren't born sacred calves.. or at least weren't in the late 80s. There wasn't this type of eager journalism scrambling to proclaim the "next big artist" as much as "the next big scene". Time, and falling apart before being discovered en masse, are the two elements that make a "sacred cow", usually.. see: Pixies, Slint.. in the college rock context.

That song used to kill on dancefloors here (even the full version), so my sense of its public perception is extremely different from yours, DF.

lil louis isn't on the warp compilation! your point is well taken, though ...

one artist who currently does enjoy a massive (and perhaps for the wrong reason) reputation in large part thanks to the warp 10+1 collection: MR FINGERS.

if most people knew that most of his output sounds closer to men at work or simple minds than to "can u feel it" or "washing machine", would he be this popular?

also, would people have a different perspective on the evolution of dance music if "what about this love?" were considered as canonical as "washing machine"?

What do you have in mind by this Vahid?

1) the vocal end of poppy microhouse (luomo-core?) is getting deep housier all the time, as is vocal broken beat.

2) it's the one dance music that goes over well w/ hipsters and proles over on the other side of the rap/dance divide (theo parrish for the hipsters, jill scott remixes for the proles)

"twister (dynamic bass mix) / get up on your feet"!!

"dig the new breed"!

"under glass"! "se15"! "boomin back atcha"!

Vladislav Delay going more R&B with the next Luomo album seems like a logical progression.

Prima why you gotta hate Target???

(fuck it, if anyone else is reading i have a strong dislike for riko too *gasp*)

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i dont really like target either. i dont like all the stuff he does with pianos, and his beats wobble between "really good" and "really boring". those aim high comps are peppered with boring tunes by target on it. "they dont know", that doneao tune is a good example. its sort of ok because of his trademark accordian, but it could really easily be Another Rubbish Target tune. i dont mind riko but D double is awful. that stupid sound he makes is, well, stupid!

i think breaks are a bit of an easy target. like big beat, they are super populist and kinda naff but they are sort of compelling, in a listless way (?!). like, i was dancing to breaks at the weekend, and it was good to just sort of feel...nothing...just like beats, and bass.

but, it sold a million copies or something. it was thee dance track of '89.

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yeah, that's a pretty good way of putting it - maybe no wonder j lavelle is calling his new (fashion) project "surrender"? you could also note his predilection for black-on-black-on-black color schemes ...