...AND THE BEAT GOES ON! The GRAND ILM DISCO POLL results are revealed!

pretty fuckin' solid 101-110 imo:

101 KC & the Sunshine Band That's the Way (I Like It)
102 Love Unlimited Orchestra Love's Theme
103 Change The Glow of Love
104 Sister Sledge Thinking of You
105 Charlie Space Woman
106 Cloud One Disco Juice
107 Hot Chocolate Every 1's a Winner
108 Passengers He's Speedy Like Gonzalez
109 Risco Connections Ain't No Stopping Us Now (Version)
110 Sylvester I Need Somebody to Love Tonight

I want your love got a boost in the late 90s when moodyman sampled it for I can't kick this feeling when it hits and then another huge boost when todd terje's edit borrowed some of moodyman's repetitions. the track has been huge since the terje edit and terje is huge on ILM ergo this placement, i think.

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xxpost to eric h

only on lim would two different versions of I feel love place on a disco poll separately

Yeah, I was surprised too that "I Want Your Love" was the most popular Chic tune, I would've expected that position to go to "Le Freak" or "Good Times". I've never really followed the disco edit scene, but I guess that makes sense. Seems like there were other tunes in the top 100 too that were boosted by the mid-00s disco revival (Dennis Parker's "Like an Eagle", for example). Not that this is a negative thing, though: it's great that some awesome-but-less-known disco tunes reach new listeners! But it's always interesting to ponder why some things are revived and other not... Still waiting for some taste-makers to lift Boris Midney back into the disco canon.

If I'd voted my top 5 would have probably been:

1) Dennis Parker - Like an Eagle
2) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
3) Donald Byrd - Love has Come Around
4) Voyage - Souvenirs
5) Sister Sledge - Thinking of You

Seems like there were other tunes in the top 100 too that were boosted by the mid-00s disco revival

I was surprised to see that "Let No Man Put Asunder" by First Choice didn't appear in this top 100. I forgot to submit a ballot but it would have been my number one. Maybe it was done to death in the late '80s to '90s and so didn't figure prominently in the recent revival (that's a guess because I have paid only limited attention to the revival)

It's funny because I started listening seriously to disco in 1978, but many earlier (even recent) records somewhat passed me by at that time, so I didn't really hear LNMPU (which was released in 1977) until the late '80s when I bought a Salsoul compilation that included it. I then became aware that it was regarded as an important record in terms of laying down the template for some house music. Even then, I was so into house music (perhaps in a rather superficial way) that it didn't really make a big impression on me. It's only really in the last ten or fifteen years that it's become a particular favourite of mine.

Is there a particular reason for Supernature's high placing? aiui Love In C Minor is his most celebrated track, and Give Me Love seems to me his best, but neither of those even made the hundred.

I think 'Supernature' might be better known in the UK? Though I'm not sure, certainly is amongst the friends of mine who dig disco. Not going to make any strong claims for the Lovich connection, tempted as I am.

"Supernature" was effectively Hot Gossip's signature tune, so it enjoyed prolonged TV exposure.

Oh yeah, final playlist! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFnRqkax44Q&list=PLfjjJkTR2EM1TJTMHGJJdu4KdFxZlOJDM

(oops sorry, didn't realise that would embed)

Supernature is more less sexy and more geeky than "Love in C Minor", plus it has that Moroder/Italo synth vibe, I think that's the reason ILM loves it more. ("Love to Love You Baby" also placed well below "I Feel Love", you could argue that these two have a similar relationship with each other as the two Cerrone tracks.) Don't get me wrong though, I think "Supernature" is a great and unique tune exactly because it is so weird and geeky. (Though I probably would've voted for "Love in C Minor" myself, if I had had any room left for Cerrone in my ballot.)

"Supernature is more less sexy"

such a great thread.
a classic.
bravo tuomas
love the fact its full of big chart hits, and more underground stuff.
i've learnt loads.
for various reasons, i did not take part.
just a shame this one did not get some love as i think its just perfect both in its original form, and tom moulton mix.

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

I was listening to that Tom Moulton remix box set the other day, and when The Three Degrees' "Year of Decision" played, I was like, damn! this is such a gorgeous and uplifting tune, why didn't I vote for it?! Ah well, too late now...

http://youtu.be/ZqWaxrv0QDE

Yep. Worst post of the entire thread.

Like you, I call it as I see it. The song is dreadful.

I'm pleasantly surprised to see "I Want Your Love" ahead of the rest of Chic. It's my favorite, beating out, oh, maybe "Everybody Dance" by a nose probably, but I don't think it's a universal pick, and may not even score as high if this poll were done on a different day. And maybe it has gotten a boost in recent years by Moodyman and Terje, but the thing about it is it's melancholy vibe and perfect chord construction just propel it and rip your heart out. Such a killer. And I think that moody vibe may make it the most timeless of Chic tracks for me because it sits so well in with my favorite dance music in general, which tends to be run through with huge streaks of melancholy.

I didn't have time to put together a ballot for this one, unfortunately, but I like how it's turned out and look forward to looking at everyone's lists and digging for tunes I don't know.

thx tuomas <3<3<3

Thanks Tuomas! Really appreciated the slooooow rollout, able to savor the buildup that way.

Yes indeed, thanks Tuomas! I didn't vote, but it's been fun discovering new tracks. I'm a big Kid Creole fan, but had somehow never heard the Machine version of "There But..."

didn't vote but have really enjoyed the consistently excellent results. mix of some of my all time favourites & new discoveries which are just as good, so thanks v much everyone especially tuomas

i need flopson to post itt: Post your disco poll ballots here

k 1 sec

it's not that good tho i threw it together in like 10 secs + i am a disco neophyte

ok nm then

yr ballot is super dope tho, listening thru those links now

thanks man i'm very proud of it

i think "that's the kind of love i got for you" was on a mix u posted to ilm and that's how i know it. all-time track

the source of immense learning :

2012 - the jazz poll/thread.
2013 - the disco poll/thread.

i still love ilm.

thanks tuomas (sp?)

yr ballot is super dope tho, listening thru those links now

Seconded. It's how I've been spending my workday.

What's happened to the spotify list? Three-quarters of it seems to have vanished.

Yep,some bright spark has managed to delete most of the playlist.

I did a non-collaborative backup playlist here, with track selections that are only guaranteed to work for UK subscribers:

http://open.spotify.com/user/miketd/playlist/0fajo4hMikuUoXgaFCEwx5

OK, I've restored from my backup playlist. US folk can add tracks that aren't showing up; a small number aren't available at all.

Thanks! That always seems to happen - I've seen other collaborative lists decimated when a poll concludes. I suspect mischief.

must read for disco lovers http://dalstonsuperstore.com/features/daniel-wang/

nice, thanks for posting

Link doesn't seem to be working anymore?

daniel wang
Posted / December 19th, 2013
(This article originally appeared in QX Magazine)

By Cliff Joannou

Tell us in one juicy sentence who Daniel Wang is…

Daniel Wang is a possibly typical California-born gay Chinese-American guy whose ten years in New York and ten years of living in Berlin have added up to a rather open-minded and musically entertaining DJ who plays mostly (but not exclusively) classic disco records – for the DJ world. Maybe not unlike what Margaret Cho is for the stand-up comedy circuit.

Well, that’s a mighty long sentence, but we’ll allow it. Now, finish this sentence: “Disco is divine because…”

Its classic incarnations from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, truly the meeting of the genius of jazz and classical forms with the rhythmic richness of diverse African rhythms, played and often mixed down by musicians and studio engineers who knew their trade, unlike the majority of laptop-based DJ/producers today who know little about either proper music-making or sound production.

Woah, tiger! Don’t hold back. You’re also quoted as saying, “The whole of house music can be summed up in 200 pieces of vinyl.” Like, wow. Please explain…

I still feel that way: most of house can be summed up in about 200 pieces of vinyl because the rules of the genre are extremely self-limiting. House is defined overwhelmingly as a machine beat with a mechanical repetitive bassline with some samples or vocals on top. Any real guitar, string or brass section, or real live drumming would be another territory. There are almost NEVER any proper chord changes or musical ideas, only jamming over a single non-changing groove. The best and strongest house records rely on their raw power and simplicity and the natural groove in the drum machines and synthesizers, like the Roland 909 and 303. And the rest is pretty forgettable. It doesn’t have to be a hit or even memorable to be good, but as a DJ and music lover, I would say, there aren’t a fraction of house records which have truly stood the test of time the way the great disco classics have. Not that I want to play only Salsoul classics or Dan Hartman’s Relight My Fire over and over again, but…!

DANIEL WANG’S HORSE MEAT DISCO @ DALSTON SUPERSTORE TOP 10

1. MFSB - Old San Juan

I just got this CD reissue of my favourite MFSB album, their last from 1980. The album was apparently a commercial failure, this classic jazz and orchestral disco sound was no competition against Donna Summer or the Bee Gees. Because it was too beautiful and maybe too sophisticated, not suited for AM radios, more for stereophile dancing…

2. Jean Carn - My Love Don’t Come Easy

A new remix from 2011 by master Tom Moulton, reissued on CD, just found it at a local electronics market near my home in Berlin! Actually it’s a 4 CD set, truly fantastic, 11 minute version!

3. Ben Cenak + Dream 2 Science - Dream2Science

A classic late night acid 303 track with hypnotic pads and jazz piano solo. One of a kind. Not disco. Simply gorgeous.

4. Ritchie Family, 1976 - Baby I’m On Fire

Album cut on Arabian Nights LP. I don’t like most of their songs really, too kitschy. But this one has a killer 106 BPM swinging groove and great arrangements!

5. Fancy - Slice Me Nice

Eurotrash disco 1984 just for fun! It’s a cheesy take on Passion by The Flirts. But the sound production is awesome. And the lyrics about wanting to be a piece of cake…

6. Maynard Ferguson - Invitation/ Pagliacci

Massive fusion-funk workout 1978-style with ARP synths, flute solos, and a classic jazz motif strangely reminiscent of the Theme From Star Trek.

7. Karen Carpenter - Slow Dance

That early ’80s slick production! Fat tinkly Fender Rhodes piano and a groove which is almost… danceable. Who cares when Karen’s voice is cooing so gorgeously like that…

8. Jeanne Shy - Night Dancer

Big orchestral 1978 disco 12″ clocking in at about 128 BPM, produced by Bob Esty who also did Cher’s Take Me Home among others. A bit over the top, but I love the instrumental break at the end.

9. Blaze - Can’t Win For Losing

The best of New Jersey soulful house music circa 1989. I love the instrumental version without the slightly rough vocals. This track seems a precursor to their successful later remix of Lisa Stansfield’s first club hit with Coldcut, People Hold On.

10. Ron Trent - JourneyN2U

It makes me wanna dance! I think this is from year 2005 or so? A loopy trippy pretty house music jam! Just so we don’t get stuck in a 1979 disco time warp, you understand. Say goodbye to screaming divas and say hello to the trancey hypnotic spiritual groove of contemporary electronic whatever!

Join Daniel Wang at HORSE MEAT EAST this Friday 20th December at Dalston Superstore from 9pm – 4.30am

Visit QX Magazine’s website: WWW.QXMAGAZINE.COM or pick up a copy here at Dalston Superstore.

am i crazy for being surprised that amii stewart knock on wood didnt even rank

I don't think I've ever heard of that song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ztZ7WFo3nw

srsly still can't believe no bohannon

http://youtu.be/FLCHN7gIT8Q

that song rips

"Let's Start the Dance" would've been the most likely candidate, but man, "Foot Stompin Music" is a Cosby Show credits sequence waiting to happen.

yeah on top of being fantastic "knock on wood" was also a huge hit! i thought for sure it would break the top 50 at least

i was expecting top 10 placing lol

all i want for christmas is this book

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-raunch-the-rollerskates-the-rampaging-bears-patrick-lejeune-reveals-why-he-became-obsessed-with-disco-album-sleeves-9829903.html

crown heights affair didnt even crack the top 250, and this song wasnt even nominated, such a pity

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