I'd call it deep house, personally.
― Rolling "2 chainz" draadje (The Reverend), Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
can I just say the results are fuckin' A so far!
― Neil S, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
neither Destiny nor Gabriel(le) are speed garage tracks - the latter was a garage/2 step outlier but really unique
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
cral craig the autechre of tracks
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah but with Carl Craig it's more deserved b/c he's touched on so many different styles in his career, it's not like "At Les" and "Throw" could stand in for one another.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
wouldn't go with that really (as much as i'd rather listen to 90s CC than Autechre or indeed most things) - depends on yr definitions e.g. CC hasn't strayed out of a pretty narrow bpm range or structural framework in his time compared to AE
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:12 (eleven years ago) link
There's at least three acts who have more tunes on the list than Carl Craig, it's just that not all of those tracks have showed up yet.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
xpost crossed over many more dancefloors though. In dance music social demarcations are way more important than bpms.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
probably everyone has already said everything that needs to be said about "Go" but man, what a great, great, great track
― GIMME SOME REGGAE (DJP), Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
In dance music social demarcations are way more important than bpms.
i don't necessarily disagree but...in what sense? career longevity? critical reception? both? other?
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
As in I think the space between "At Les" and "Throw" in terms of the kind of contexts in which they work is actually more meaningful and impressive and worth representing on a poll than the space between (say) Amber and EP7.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
Slowly moving back through these, Roy Davis Jr. - Gabriel - what a track, but I'm probably more of a fan of the Large Joints Remix. At least, am more familiar with that one from Sound of the Pirates mix.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Just realised I accidentally left 'Rendez-Vu' off my ballot so I'm doubly glad it placed.
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Large Joints remix of "Gabriel" is all time.
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
My top Carl Craig vote hasn't placed so far, no idea if it will or not, this is a tricky-to-predict rundown!
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
This poll makes me notice the label Outer Rhythm for the first time.
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
never seen that sleeve for 'throw' before. more than deserving of it's place here, i voted '4 my peepz' instead tho.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
it's hard not to see that as just boiling down to the love of dancing and surrounding culture over AE's primary values but that in itself is completely fair enough
― nashwan, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
30. Round Two - New Day (Mains Street, 1995)522 points, 7 votes, one 1st place vote.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/newday_zps29e15b9e.jpeg
http://youtu.be/0H6UKryRa4E
Never been a massive fan of vocal house, but New Day is a killer.
― Discordian, 15. helmikuuta 2010 11:56
my favourite time to hear "new day" is midway in a long 4-6 hr set, so the hopefulness of the vocal and those airy chords shine through and elevate the room. it has a completely different effect if played at the end of a set, and appears to be a much sadder song
― anita bonghit (rionat), 15. helmikuuta 2010 13:36
Voted Round Two: New Day
Andy Caine sounds so so sad and forlorn: the frustration at the position he finds himself, unable to understand why a relationship is over, is perfectly captured in the finest break-up song in house.
― De que estas hablando? (Tannenbaum Schmidt), 15. helmikuuta 2010 21:17
round 2: i realized the new day in the last line is about moving on, not going back. such a for real break-up track but like opposite of hysterical, it's letting all those feelings develop and breathe.
― desk calendar white out (Matt P), 23. maaliskuuta 2012 3:23
ATTN Basic Channel and vocal house fans: who is Andy Caine?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Never been much of a house guy myself, but that's really nice.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
29. Wink - Higher State Of Consciousness (Tweekin' Acid Funk Mix) (Strictly Rhythm, 1995)540 points, 10 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/higherstate_zps0847e153.jpeg
http://youtu.be/1zkeEiUpEUQ
And sorry but Higher State is one of the best songs EVER.
― Ronan, 15. huhtikuuta 2002 3:00
i heard a mix of higher state while out one time which had the longest snare-rush breakdown i'd ever heard, just this minute build up to explosion. so for that reason alone, classic.
― jess, 15. huhtikuuta 2002 3:00
I first got into Orbital, and therefore into techno and electronica, through a free CD on the front of the Guardian (featuring Belfast, Impact USA, Sad But New and The Girl With The Sun In Her Head) in about 1996, so I wouldn't necessarily knock it...
Looking back, I was quite an astonishing rock-bigot until around then. That, Born Slippy and Higher State of Consciousness were what did it for me, I think.
― Matt DC (Matt DC), 22. marraskuuta 2002 14:14
"Higher State of Consciousness" natch (most fucked-up devastating climax evah)
― M Matos (M Matos), 28. tammikuuta 2003 12:36
That song makes me think of orgasms.
― Lara (Lara), 28. tammikuuta 2003 12:40
that song IS an orgasm
― M Matos (M Matos), 28. tammikuuta 2003 12:42
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
I remember back in high school, some friends of mine who knew nothing about acid used to call this tune the "orgasm song" too. They even knew the exact point where the orgasm began, it was towards the end of the tune, when the "crazy" modulation of the riff starts. People used to go nuts at that point, "THSoC" was a big hit.
Josh Wink may not have been the most original of producers, but IMO opinion on this tune he simply got every element right, so it remains the platonic ideal of a 303 tune to me, even moreso than "Acid Trax" or "Acperience".
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
Overplayed now but the first time I heard it — a girl I knew came to my room at university with the 12" and said "Listen to THIS" — I'd never heard a noise like it. Great example of a secondary remix totally eclipsing the original - I can't even remember what the first version sounds like.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
opposite to the above, i was a bit of a snob about this at the time but it now has a pleasant nostalgia about it.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
I remember him doing an ambient set at Tribal Gathering in what must have been '95, climaxing with HSoC. Awesome. White dreadlocks NAGL though.
― Neil S, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
tho i'd still prob never listen to it by choice.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
xp
and 'never trust a white man with dredds' has always been one of my rules-to-live-by.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:02 (eleven years ago) link
28. Pépé Bradock & The Grand Brûlé's Choir - Deep Burnt (Kif Recordings, 1999)542 points, 8 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/deepburnt_zps728d9579.jpeg
http://youtu.be/MCWoa3fHCBo
my favourite french record is pepe bradock's 'deep burnt', possibly the finest deep house record ever made. ooh, those strings. makes me tingle just thinking of it; which i do, often.
― michael wells, 30. toukokuuta 2001 3:00
Deep Burnt -- now there's a contender for favorite track of the '90s (house or otherwise). I could listen to that push broom shuffle and those swirling effects all day.
― Andy K (Andy K), 18. syyskuuta 2002 12:12
that is the beauty of "deep burnt", stevem. it works in either context. imagine, if you will, you've been dancing four hours solid, you're tired, the beats are starting to lose your attention. silence, that beat, the strings, pulling you back up and along until they kind of melt into interference at the end. eyes closed. no?
― michael wells (michael w.), 14. marraskuuta 2002 16:58
If I like Pepe Braddock ('Deep Burnt', especially), I would love... ?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
I'm glad Deep Burnt made it so high, such a simple and elegant tune, the deepest deep house tune of them all?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
TOO LOW!
i figured if there were no comments from me on this one then i must've spent my entire time on ilm not talking about music i love.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
god that tune is just the best, takes me to another place every time
― jabba hands, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
Thread delivers again. First time I've heard this and what a sweet tune.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
Probably the best poll/ballot roll-out since the "fifties" one.
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
I thought the Saint Etienne poll was pretty good.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh they've all been good
― Mark G, Thursday, 20 December 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
Really starting to heat up! Thanks for your work Tuomas
― du mein bestie (micarl), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
27. The KLF - What Time Is Love (Live at Trancentral) (KLF Communications, 1990)549 points, 10 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/whattimeislove_zpsb7b56901.jpeg
http://youtu.be/3UlxmOHC1SA
Best KLF/JAMMs/etc Single - POLL ENDS FRIDAY 11 MAY INNIT
What time is love?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
Wooooo Wooooooo
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
if the "pure trance" version had been nominated it might have been my no. 1.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
X-post.
Such a superb track.
And KLF too!
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
Someone did nominate the Pure Trance version, but that one is from the 80s, so it was not eligible.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
i momentarily forgot the premise of the poll.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 20 December 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
the dance of the 00's totally kicked the arse of the 90s didn't it? these polls are great.
― piscesx, Thursday, 20 December 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
I first heard Higher State of Consciousness in the summer of 95 a month or two before it was released (or before it charted, anyway) in the Zap Club in Brighton - one of those magical moments where everyone went mad (though obviously it helped that most were in a, er, higher state of consciousness already). Like R2D2 gone wrong. I was obsessed with it for about a month, it sounds a bit gratuitous now.
― A Yawning Chasm (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 20 December 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
Even though I'm a huge fan, I get why people were annoyed with how much Autechre showed up on the albums list (less room for other worthy contenders). Saying Carl Craig is more deserving because of all the different dancefloors he occupied (vs. variation in BPM/structure) I think is fair in terms of the tracks poll. Electronic albums (particularly the ones that made up the poll) - as I think we'll agree on - are much less about the dancefloor.
Again, I don't really want to argue that Autechre should have that many slots on the albums poll, but I could argue about the roll their albums have played in the larger context of electronic music/R&B. I hear their influence (direct or indirect) on a fairly wide range of artists I've listened to over the years: from the Neptunes/Timbaland era to Southern Hip Hop/Witch House, Pantha du Prince/Burial to The-Dream/The Weeknd...
Ok, I'm going to shut up now.
― azaera, Thursday, 20 December 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.noveltyproducts.co.uk/images/products/982_Round_Bread_Roll.jpgis this the roll their albums have played?
― A Yawning Chasm (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 20 December 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
26. SL2 - On a Ragga Tip (XL Recordings, 1992)554 points, 10 votes.
http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/onaraggatip_zps2812a16c.jpeg
http://youtu.be/01KHO-WuOV4
15 (7) On A Ragga Tip, SL2 - were we on the train by this time? Maybe this was the closest I came to being one of the ravers who wormed their way into the countryside, gormless kid though I was. In context, a lovely gaping huge aerodrome hanger in a desert of quaintness and charm.
― robin carmody (robin carmody), 5. joulukuuta 2002 10:01
Haha I remember at the bus stop swapping tapes of DJ rave on feel da voibe whatever - but the thing to remember was that the ravers were the townies and the ENEMY, as were the popkids, so the thought of highschool me getting into it would have been absolutely ridiculous and in fact it is only NOW that double cd RAVE ON is available to me in the HMV sale for 3.99 that I have decided that ON A RAGGA TIP is the best song ever.
― starry (Groke), 4. helmikuuta 2003 20:20
I heard "On a Ragga Tip" for the first time in my life this past Thursday!! Holy CRAP
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), 15. marraskuuta 2003 21:38
(I am now mad at myself that despite quite rightly liking the Shamen and the Prodigy in 1991 I spent a good chunk of 1992-1993 being all "REAL music with REAL guitars". smh@me.) (man I hope On A Ragga Tip is on the '92 list) (is the MC on On A Ragga Tip really called R0nan F!tzgerald or is wikipedia being funny?)
― how do i shot slime mould voltron form (a passing spacecadet), 25. lokakuuta 2011 23:30
― Tuomas, Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
man, I bought this on a total whim when I was living in Germany solely because it was on XL Records
obviously that purchase made me very, very happy
― GIMME SOME REGGAE (DJP), Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
Always always always rocks the party that tune. Any kind of party.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 20 December 2012 20:26 (eleven years ago) link