The Dance Music Nobody Talks About S & D

despite all this, MTV Europe was instrumentally useful for exposing dance music throughout Europe with the Partyzone, MTV Dance and so on. which just leaves the question, are Scooter better now than they were 8/9 years ago or not?

are Scooter better now than they were 8/9 years ago or not?

The great thing about Scooter is that they're exactly the same as 9 years ago. I still remember a 1993 review of the first single Hyper Hyper which went along the lines of "it's absolutely pants. One of those novelty acts we can be sure of that nobody will ever hear of again".

Incidentally, I saw the video for the new Scooter single Weekend a few days ago and it's beyond bizarre. A troupe of Buddhist monk slaves and bare breasted girls, discomforting "faces under skin" CGI FX, all in a fetishist Roman setting. And of course another classic line for HP Baxter: "We Are Not The Monkees! But We've Got The Key!"...

what was the first video you ever saw on MTVE? mine was actually u96's 'Das Boot' or maybe Adamski ft Nina Hagen's 'Get Your Body' - this was when on holiday in Mallorca in '92. we finally got satellite tv in '93 and i think the first vid i saw then was CultureBeat's 'Mr Vain' or Sven Vath's 'La Esperanza' - as you can see MTVE's influence on me is so huge that remembering shit like that comes very easy.

this is an amazingly prophetic post

Also: Billie Ray Martin to thread...

Oceanic - Insanity
The Bassheads - Back To The Old School
Culture Beat - Anything
CeCe Peniston - Finally
Utah Saints - Something Good
Sub Sub feat. Melanie Williams - Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)*
Robin S - Show Me Love

*still my favourite Doves song

Farley and Heller - "Ultraflava"
Todd Terry - "Keep on jumpin"
Underground Sound of Lisbon
Junior Vasquez
DJ Pierre - "Muzik sets you free"

and on a different tip:

Ultra-sonic - "Annihilating rhythm"
DJ Technotrance - "YRS Stomp"
Neuro-Tek - "Cocaine"
Chill FM - "Strobelight"

and 'Ultraflava' - liked that one a lot

i've been thinking about loads of mid 90s happy handbag anthems again...

Nush 'U Girls'
Nu-Birth 'Anytime'
2 Men Will Move You 'The Goodbye Thing'
Nightcrawlers 'Push The Feelin' On' (but everyone remembers this)
Jinny 'Keep Warm'
The Swimmer 'Let It Come'
DSK 'What Would We Do' (they play it on 24HPP in the first Hacienda club scene)
E-Motion 'Naughty North, Sexy South'
Kadoc 'Night Train'
Klubbheads 'Klubbhopping'
DJ Supreme 'Wildstyle'
Technocat ft Tom Wilson 'Technocat'

and more Westbam ('Alarm Clock', 'The Roof Is On Fire', 'Celebration Generation')

and Marusha ('Deep' and 'Unique' her best tunes i think, everything else probably TOO cheesy)

Also: Livin Joy - "Dreamer"

this thread reminds me... can anyone remember the producer of a track from the early 90s called "take it"? It consists of a sample of those words being sung plus a little sax loop. I heard it on bassquake (RIP) a few years ago... thnks!

Zoe - Sunshine On A Rainy Day
Rozalla - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)
Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman
Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives
Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love

I picked up a 50 track megamix CD from 1991 used for next to nothing. Lots of forgotten gems:

Dr. Baker - Kaos
Petra & Co - Just Let Go
Space Trax - Atomic Playboy
The Mixmasters - In The Mix
Fire On High - Float In A Dream Of Ex-TC
Westbam - Hold Me Back
How II House - It's Time To Feel The Rhythm
B-Sides - The Tape
B-Sides - Moral Soundabuse
Lewis Lovebump - Mallorca
Digital Boys - Kokko
The Break Boys - My House Is Your House (And Your House Is Mine)
A Homeboy A Hippy & A Funky Dredd - Total Confusion
DJ Dick - Weekend
T99 - Anastasia
Dirty Mind - The Killer

And some more oldies:
Kellee - My Love ("...is the only key that can set you free")
RMB - Spring
RFTR - Extrasyn
D-Mob - Put Your Hands Together

Technocat ft Tom Wilson 'Technocat'

Recently reissued with new mixes!

Scotland is grate.

i always thought this song would be perfect if covered by dag nasty (in their best period)... could work so well as a skaty hardcore tune...

Deep Zone - It's Gonna Be Allright
Kadoc - The Nighttrain
The Original - I Love You Baby
OT Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down
Gala - Freed From Desire
Novy vs Eniac - Superstar
The Course - Ready Of Not
Red 5 - I Love You...Stop
Kellee - My Love
Jean & Peran - I Give My Life

Culture Beat - "Mr. Vain" & "Got to Get It"
Cosmic Baby - "Loops of Infinity" (not the album version, though)
Westbam - "Wizards of Sonic"
??? - "Don't Want No Short Dick Men"
??? - "Poing"
RMB - "Redemption", "Universe of Love", "Spring" etc.
Robert Miles - "Children"
Microglobe - "All Our Colors"
Jens - "Loops & Tings"
Robotnico II - "Backtired" (not the vocal version, though)
Raver's Nature - all their singles, basically (except "Fire")
Hardsequencer - "Plastic Fantastic", "Dancing Nations" & "Broadcast"
Tony di Bart - "The Real Thing"
D:Ream - "Things Can Only Get Better"
K-Klass - "Let Me Show You"
Westbam - "Wizards of the Sonic" & "Celebration Generation"
Marusha - her first LP (can't recall the title)
Utah Saints - "Utah Saints"

and, 'loops and tings'? people talk about that, its a trance classic!

i have two Kiss In Ibiza compilations that i still think are fantastic

Cool Jack 'Jus Come'
Ian Pooley 'Rollerskate Disco'
all the Van Helden stuff, remixes ('Spin Spin Sugar' etc.)
Alcatrazz 'Gimme Luv'
Deep Dish 'Hideaway' of course