Dance music recommendations

admanb

Hello all,

I'm looking for music that fits in a category that I may've made up. I've been flailing trying to find music that fits these categories (how bad is the flailing? Let's put it this way: Lady GaGa is a large part of my current rotation) and am now looking for outside help. Here are the basic criteria that I think describes this music: electronicish, generally with lyrics, strong beat (obviously). And here are the artists I have been listening to that best describe what I'm looking for: Lady GaGa, Basshunter, Royksopp, and Daft Punk.

Bring it PAers.

Chanus

Cut Copy.

mere_immortal

LCD Soundsystem

cyphr

Justice.

aaaaaand with the first 3 replies I think we've basically finished the thread

RocketSauce

Goldfrapp's album Black Cherry. Twist, Strict Machine, Tiptoe. The whole album is solid, though.

eternalbl

Underworld

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlLWFa1b1Bc

Jamiroquai

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=409ZGgb76b8

DJ Marky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzkirk2DMFc

ApexMirage

cyphr wrote: »

Justice.

aaaaaand with the first 3 replies I think we've basically finished the thread

Please don't associate Justice with Basshunter. Just don't. Please.

If you like Basshunter, try Cascada. And Britney Spears.

admanb

Thanks for all the suggestions. Glad to see it took six posts for some elitism to kick in...

Cut Copy reminds me of Royksopp. Good stuff.

LCD Soundsystem is a bit too punk/funk for dancing, still like it though.

Goldfrapp - good stuff.

eternal - the middle one won't play in my region (the US? :P) but I like the other two.

Apex - I like Justice and Basshunter. IS YOUR MIND BLOWN? I have liked what I've heard of Cascada though, gotta remember that one...

Yoipp

admanb wrote: »

I have liked what I've heard of Cascada though, gotta remember that one...

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/1/3/



Anyway, if you like Cut Copy, then The Presets are another great Aussie dance act:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NG0IzG4QNc

As are Sneaky Sound System, who are also Australian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUMgVdW0P7k

PracticalProblemSolver

A lot of the beats from lady gaga's music is pretty strongly influenced by the 'glitch hop' scene, obviously pop-ified. You can check the glitch mob, edit, ooah, kraddy and move on from there, it's pretty hard to find super strong vocals but there you go.

ApexMirage

admanb wrote: »

Thanks for all the suggestions. Glad to see it took six posts for some elitism to kick in...

Cut Copy reminds me of Royksopp. Good stuff.

LCD Soundsystem is a bit too punk/funk for dancing, still like it though.

Goldfrapp - good stuff.

eternal - the middle one won't play in my region (the US? :P) but I like the other two.

Apex - I like Justice and Basshunter. IS YOUR MIND BLOWN? I have liked what I've heard of Cascada though, gotta remember that one...

I didn't mean to sound like a dick. To me you either know and love music, or you simply listen to it like a sheep, which is very common when you don't know what you like yet (I'm not implying anything here). I used to love shit like Sylver and Fragma until I got a clue. (Throw those two in the bin with Basshunter and Cascada if that's really what you want)

If you truly like Justice, your next best bet is Boys Noize (the whole Oh Oh Oh album is FANTASTIC):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FPVTNfaKUY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwzRLgJorYQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK3jGjiaLho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXDzbAo6VT8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThKNt-GY1ww

Bonus: one of my favorite Justice songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=612ZWrw42X8

Come to think of it, you'll probably enjoy the entire Ed Banger label. But Definately get both Justice's 'Cross' album and Boys Noize's 'Oh! Oh! Oh!'

admanb

ApexMirage wrote: »

I didn't mean to sound like a dick. To me you either know and love music, or you simply listen to it like a sheep, which is very common when you don't know what you like yet (I'm not implying anything here). I used to love shit like Sylver and Fragma until I got a clue. (Throw those two in the bin with Basshunter and Cascada if that's really what you want)

No problem, and thanks for all the links.

I do both, but my music interests cover such a wide variety of music that by the time I'm digging around in it, I'm usually not too far from getting distracted by a shiny new genre.

ihmmy

I've been enjoying the Veronicas quite a bit lately, but they're pretty tacky (fun tacky mind you)

vegeta_666

Aqua.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr_ZHvY3no8&feature=PlayList&p=3669D27FE21AF0FD&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=18

Seriously.

ApexMirage

vegeta_666 wrote: »

Aqua.

gay

Seriously.

Seriously?

The Black Hunter

Boys noize is my favourite electro by far

youtube is down currently, but definately check out oh! and & down

Also check out danger

ApexMirage

The Black Hunter wrote: »

Boys noize is my favourite electro by far

youtube is down currently, but definately check out oh! and & down

Also check out danger

SebastiAn is also fantastic, which of course can only bring us to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnMgZAtKgTM

this is easily one of my favorites to open a set with or drop when I need some extra kick =D

Oh what the hell, some SebastiAn:
These first two usually givs me chills:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCDqBsY9_Do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv0F2NCJJg8

Turn on HQ and your Subwoofer, goddamn!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bny6olIDrs&feature=related

Edit: actually even HQ doesen't do this justice at all. You need that 320 =D

Really everything from the SebastiAn "Remixes" Album

Atheraal

Bankai is currently my favourite artist on thesixtyone, which is where I find most of the new music I like.

Check it out;

The group that I'm in on there is pretty decent, too; The Electro Freaks

I second Boys Noize as well, he's fantastic. Another good group, though it may not be quite as danceable per se, is Ratatat: (some random fan video with it, sorta meh)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zTkrPNNpkc&fmt=18

SnarfingChicken

I'm gonna recommend a website I like:

http://mixes.djfez.com/

This site has hundreds (thousands?) of dance music mixes from pretty much every sub-genre of electronic music. It's free to download them too, which makes the deal even sweeter! I'm a fan of not having breaks in my music, so putting on an hour long mix works well for me.

Electro-House is my preference (I love heavy bass) and along those lines, check out these mixes first:

DJ Dan Brown -- Digital Demon

DJ Pyro -- Hippie Jesus

DJ.Audiophile -- Electro Bitch Vol. 1

And pretty much everything by this guy: DJ Firewire but particularly Elektro Fun (which is older, but awesome) and e-Generation (which is newer, and awesome).

Also, a Breakbeat mix that tickles me: DJ.Audiophile -- Mission Misfits: 5-29-09

If I like a song I hear on those mixes, I'll copy the track list then go to my favorite legal song downloading source(s) to find the tracks I like. I recommend Juno Download and Beatport. A warning: this can become expensive.

There's nothing more elitist and fun than having good remixes for all your friend's favorite songs to play at a party.

Doc

Dimitri from Paris is good.

TaGuelle

Artist of the Year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1xnsAG_qcs

Boards of Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT0gRc2c2wQ


Kill The Noise

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2hBap9NWNQ

Ratatat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUthOxfpMo

strategery

Mstrkrft is fantastic. Daft Punk-ish with a slight electro slant. One of the guy in the duo is formerly from Death From Above 1979 too. fantastic stuff. I'd highly recommend downloading their Essential Mix from last year too. Google search MSTRKRFT BBC Radio 1 essential mix. You'll find it .