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Recommend me good Electronic Dance/House music
arcticmonkeysfan
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So I recently started listening to French electronic duo Justice again and I rediscovered just how good their music is. D.A.N.C.E. has gotta be one of my favourite songs of all time. However, my knowledge of this kind of music isn't very broad so I was wondering if you guys could recommend some similar music that is also good.
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Another good French Electro label is ekler'o'shock. I particularly enjoy listening to DatA. If you do a search for "Data Remix" on Youtube you'll end up with a pretty decent list of songs to keep you occupied. Justice actually played DatA's remix of Tepr's Minuit Jacuzzi in their play set. My current favorite is DatA - On In a Million It really hits at the 1 minute mark. I also recommend Terry Poison's stuff.
You can explore and find some good songs just by clicking on the videos that appear in YouTube's recommended list.
Some other recommendations
Check out Digitalism to get a little bit of the German Electro feel, or Soulwax for a Belgium flair.
Looking for a Hardcore Fantasy Extraction Shooter? - Dark and Darker
The Bloody Beetroots
Hot Chip
LCD Soundsystem
Deadmau5
LA Riots
Girl Talk
Kaskade - Steppin' Out
Grand National - Talk Amongst Yourselves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc8bLHznswA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=460Dzfo0wsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kccWTOEkvAs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mo-mwlDXyk
Shogun Streams Vidya
Also, if you're looking into French House, RA did a podcast not too long ago featuring Jef K. I remember it being pretty good and I haven't deleted it from my mp3 player yet!
http://www.podfeed.net/episode/RA.217+Jef+K+-+2010.07.26/2654238
Also, here's some different house tracks for yous. I realize they're not the same style as Justice, but they're pretty nice nonetheless.
Keep in mind that probably the first minute and a half of all these songs are just filler to make them easier to mix.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f56uxbdunNY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i3mBmQRBiM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho6DZMmgC9s&feature=related
I think that since I've tried to help in the thread it's dawned on me that I've been neglecting House for Techno too much lately :P
Also, I agree with checking labels. According to RA, they work with the three following: Because Music, Ed Banger, and International DJ Gigilo
One think that RA also does is keep top 10 DJ charts. This is basically a list of a DJ's 10 favorite songs for the month. So you can follow it backwards.
Start here by looking at the tracks on that label that have been on someone's chart:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=891&show=tracks
And look for any dj's that charted Justice (with browser search). From, there, you can either listen to other tracks that are on that DJ's top 10 list, see if they have any DJ mixes for sale, or if they're coming near you to see live.
Additionally, you can look and see who's remixed tracks by Justice and see who made tracks that they've remixed. From their Wiki, you can see the people that remixed their tunes. Chances are that the people that remixed it may have similar styles, though that's not always true.
Also, I'm surprised no one's mentioned Simian Mobile Disco yet since they did that collaboration with Justice on We Are Your Friends. Maybe it was too obvious :P
BT = great.
BT + Tiesto = awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYwLLyy-hZQ
Can't go wrong with anything by either DJ.
http://www.deejay-net.info/systpod/
I remembered today, because Friday is when the new ones come out :O
Edit: It has an annoying radio hype voice at the beginning sometimes, but the tracks are generally good.
Also, check out some Energy 52. They're nice, and have one of the staple trance tracks of all time, "Cafe Del Mar". But if you're looking for a house track, it's going to be tough to pinpoint. Most DJs spin multiple genres and it's going to be just a few of their songs that you'll find that fits your groove.
But then again, listening to something new might just break the house barrier
18 minutes of house music for ya. Before you all listen to it and criticize it like the bastards you are know a few things.
1) I know, the first song goes on a bit too long. No need to reiterate.
2) The ending falls apart. Again.. I know. There's a little accident towards the end where my dogs bumped into me and I knocked the volume fader up by accident. It was unintentional.
3) This entire thing is a WORK IN PROGRESS. I only posted up because a few people I know where asking me about what I was doing. So I just made something real quick and tossed it up there.. As a result the end is very abrupt. This is because the wife came home, and I had to put a cap on it and go pay attention to her instead of my music. Sue me, I've got priorities.
Just watch my soundcloud if you like what you hear. I'm hopefully going to be putting out a final mix with a much better flow, and more length. I'm dropping some of the tracks, changing up the dubs I use to make it flow from track to track better, and adding some other stuff. So just keep an eye on it.
Either way, there's a good variety of house in there. Top 40 house remix, My sharona(oh yea :P), electro, tech house, etc. Final mix is going to have everything from underground house, to disco, to jazz, to funk, to electro. It's going to be very esoteric. If you like a certain section of the mix, point it out and I'll tell you what track it is. I'm too lazy to put out a full track listing for an 18 minute mix.
Edit: See the comments on Soundcloud before commenting on anything else please. There's several things I already know. So there's no point in reiterating them. Like I said already, multiple times, this mix is very rough. It was pieced together in about the time it took to record it(18 minutes). I did not really think it through at all, and just picked random shit and started toying with it. Ended up liking the sound a bit, so I tossed it up for fun.
If you like it at all, just follow the page, if you like it but can't be bothered to follow the soundcloud page PM me or something. I'll let you know when I release something actually worth your time.