Saturday, November 27, 2010
Size 9 - I'm Ready (1995)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGKA92-yWrk&feature=related
Posted by joegiu at 11:53 AM 0 comments
Debbie Harry - Feel The Spin (1985)
"Feel the Spin" is a song by the American vocalist Debbie Harry ( former lead singer of the new wave/punk band Blondie) featured on the soundtrack album for the film Krush Groove (1985). The song was co-written by Harry and producers John "Jellybean" Benitez and Toni C. (the latter of whom would go on to collaborate with Harry again on the albums Rockbird and Debravation). Both producers went on to work with Whitney Houston on her 1988 hit "Love Will Save the Day", from her album Whitney.
"Feel the Spin" was released as an extended 12" single on Warner Bros. Records / Geffen Records in the U.S. (where it charted on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart at #5). It was also released as a single in Canada, but not in the UK (though the track would surface in 1987 as the B-side of the UK single "Free to Fall").
The extended dance version of "Feel the Spin" was included on both the 1988 Blondie/Debbie Harry remix compilation Once More into the Bleach as well as Harry's 1999 greatest hits compilation Most of All - The Best of Deborah Harry.
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7rlc0kjEBg&feature=fvst
Posted by joegiu at 11:21 AM 0 comments
Stop - Wake Up (1985)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUn-5WPDsVg
Posted by joegiu at 11:12 AM 0 comments
Sureal - You Take My Breath Away (2000)
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxP9T05PkNM
Posted by joegiu at 8:15 AM 0 comments
Billy Ocean - Stay The Night (1980)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UI9iGbyDzs&feature=fvst
Posted by joegiu at 7:35 AM 0 comments
Carl Craig - No More Words (1991)
Carl Craig is a Detroit -based producer of techno music and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJ's. His first release might be one of his best, certainly one of my favorite. On Retroactive Records Detroit, released during techno's massive year of 1991 , this song, with its tribal beats and driving bassline worked crowds over from LA to Berlin. It worked on my dancefloor in New York City very well. Classic Detroit techno. An Amazing first song by Carl Craig.
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvTzI6PYJsY
Posted by joegiu at 7:29 AM 0 comments
Kathy Sledge - Another Star (1995)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AI6WZzuUWQ
Posted by joegiu at 6:55 AM 0 comments
E-N - The Horn Ride (1995)
audio link
Danny Tenaglia Ballroom Mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ORwtEzkOEc&feature=related
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYymPU9vJIM
Posted by joegiu at 6:45 AM 0 comments
Moguai - U know Y (2002)
Dont know whether to classify this as electro-clash or breakbeat, but this Loleatta Holloway sampled hard breakbeat classic sounded fresh and different as night and day when it came out. Cutting edge, not for Cher fans, and u have to have eclectic taste for this banger. Still the track did quite well on the European dance charts.
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0arpGsIFU4c
Posted by joegiu at 6:38 AM 0 comments
Paul Oakenfold - Hypnotised (2003)
Its the Deepsky Reaktor Mix that drives me and places this on this list, though there are a slew of mixes to choose from. As with most trance records, they all have a different feel, with the original mix a tad more ...ambient. This driving beat Deepsky layed over the ethereal vocals = trance classic. The record peaked at only # 41 on the US Billboard Dance Chart , though it reached # 17 on the Finland pop chart and # 97 on the Dutch pop chart. Most trance fans woulnt pick this as their favorite Oakenfold song most likely, but hey , were all different. Being a house head, this trance mix worked for me. Quite well I might add. Especially considered it followed as a single 'Starry Eyed Suprise' and ' The Harder They Come' , and was followed by 'Rubberneckin'.
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb2O-ga9qyU
Posted by joegiu at 6:30 AM 0 comments
Stacey Q - Don't Make A Fool Of Youself (1988)
Stacey Q (born Stacey Lynn Swain) is a pop singer, dancer and actress. Her most successful period as a recording artist began in 1986. "Two of Hearts", the first single off Better Than Heaven, became a best-selling effort, reaching #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Two of Hearts" could have hit the #1 spot, but Swain was signed to Atlantic and On the Spot Records at the same time, and both labels released and promoted the single simultaneously, therefore competing with one another. The follow-up single, "We Connect", was released in 1987 and became a Top 40 hit.
Swain released her second album, Hard Machine , in 1988. Hard Machine was not nearly as successful as Better Than Heaven, although the single "Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself" hit #66 on the Billboard Hot 100, and a remixed version by Shep Pettibone was a top five hit on the Hot Dance chart.
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKlpwKXHO4U
Posted by joegiu at 6:19 AM 0 comments
3 Down - Deep Trip (1991)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfOoudpyeuU
Posted by joegiu at 6:09 AM 0 comments
Paperclip People - Throw (1994)
Carl Craig is a Detroit based producer of techno music , and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of techno producers and DJs. Carl Craig has released many successful albums under a large number of aliases, such as BFC, Psyche, Paperclip People, 69, Designer Music and Innerzone Orchestra. In 1994 he released (as Paperclip People) Throw, on Open Records, a division of Ministry Of Sound UK. The record was huge in both the rave scene and in house music nightclubs, becoming pretty much an instant underground dance classic. At 14 minutes long , its intense and driving buildup drove crowds mad.
audio link 'edit'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x243bo-4os8
Posted by joegiu at 6:00 AM 0 comments
Cause & Effect - What Do You See (1991)
Cause & Effect was an American electronica/synthpop band. They were formed in Sacramento, California, consisting of founding members vocalist/guitarist Rob Rowe and keyboardist Sean Rowley. They originally released their debut in 1990 as a self-titled album on minor label Exile Records. C&E was subsequently picked up by BMG Music subsidiary, Zoo Entertainment, and a reworked version of their album was released in 1991 as Another Minute.
The re-released album spawned two top-ten dance singles, "What Do You See?" (number 8, Billboard Hot Dance Club Play) and "You Think You Know Her" (number 9, Billboard Hot Dance Club Play).
Just as the fortunes of the band looked promising, co-founding member Sean Rowley died in November 1992, while on tour as the opening act for Information Society. Rowley died immediately at soundcheck for the tour's seventh show in Minneapolis, Minnesota, of heart failure brought on by a severe asthma attack.
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQMd2kR3KU0
Posted by joegiu at 5:47 AM 0 comments
Ministers De La Funk feat Jocelyn Brown - Believe (1999)
audio link
original mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM2CqElsF0M
Antoine Clamaran & Sandy Vee Mix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g36zZpkiG98&feature=related
Posted by joegiu at 5:40 AM 0 comments
Skee W - Burn (1992)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJh5quN2BKM&feature=related
Posted by joegiu at 5:29 AM 0 comments
Friday, November 26, 2010
Detroit Grand Pubahs - Sandwiches (2000)
They combine electro, hip hop, and bass music. While both were active on the Detroit scene they did not meet until they both happened to be working in the same restaurant in Michigan. They got together and started producing music; their first release was "Sandwiches" – released in 2000 on Throw Records and as its popularity spread it was picked up by New York based Jive Electro.
the record peaked at # 29 on the UK pop charts in 2000.
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94IdL3djJVU
Posted by joegiu at 12:40 PM 0 comments
Rhythim Is Rhythim - It Is What It Is (1988)
"It Is What It Is" followed one year later on Transmat Records US (Detroit)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7FHiG3OHGw
Posted by joegiu at 12:28 PM 0 comments
Hypertrophy - Just Come Back To Me (1997)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coqpOQm7mzM
Posted by joegiu at 7:52 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage (1980)
"Fantastic Voyage" is a 1980 funk single by Akron, Ohio-based group, Lakeside. The song hit number one on the R&B chart and was the group's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number fifty-five.
In 1994, hip-hop artist Coolio sampled the Lakeside song for his own hit of the same title.
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1YjmXSyHa8
Posted by joegiu at 6:50 PM 0 comments
2 Brothers on the 4th Floor - Can't Help Myself (1990)
2 Brothers on the 4th Floor is a eurodance band, consisting of the Dutch brothers Martin and Bobby Boer. The Boer brothers had already been experimenting with music in a small bedroom when they finally gained note in 1990, when their single Can't Help Myself was picked up by Dutch radio stations and became an international hit. The song was basically a remake of the 1979 Dynasty funk/dance classic 'I Dont Wanna Be A Freak' . The brothers then brought together rapper Da Smooth Baron MC and singers Peggy "The Duchess" and Gale Robinson to form their stage act. The release of their next single, Turn Da Music Up was somewhat less successful, but helped the band to gain name recognition.
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64ueatTzIiU
Posted by joegiu at 6:47 PM 0 comments
Milo - Jungle Of Mirror (2001)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQt7iEubdxw
Posted by joegiu at 3:13 PM 0 comments
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Syreeta - Can't Shake your Love (1981)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmvC2Of0rww
Posted by joegiu at 1:25 PM 0 comments
Angela Lewis - Dream Come True (1995)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HPvRSgtoYQ
Posted by joegiu at 1:12 PM 0 comments
Teena Marie - Behind the Groove (1980)
Lady T is the second album by Teena Marie, released in 1980. Lady T peaked at #18 on the Black Albums chart and #45 on the Pop Albums chart. Lead single "Behind the Groove" peaked at #21 on the US Black Singles chart and became Marie's only top 20 hit in the United Kingdom, reaching #6 in that country.
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38S1uaz3Pow
Posted by joegiu at 11:56 AM 0 comments
Monday, November 22, 2010
Ralphi Rosario - Brinca (1995)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRtpr4yyWu0
Posted by joegiu at 7:25 PM 0 comments
Blake Baxter - Sexuality (1988)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct9auzlBpag
Posted by joegiu at 7:19 PM 0 comments
Manijama - No No No (2002)
Familiar vocal meant instant recognizability for everyone. It actually got my hip hop/reggae crowd to dance. Not that i had a lot of that crowd. Nonetheless, it was a quality record that always increased the population of my dancefloor. And i loved it. Bonus.
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4-DmdTHlTo
Posted by joegiu at 7:13 PM 0 comments
Infernal - Slave to The Rhythm (2000)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1692V9kKXMw
Posted by joegiu at 7:07 PM 0 comments
Baby Ford - My Innersence (1988)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX_q3zsp16I
Posted by joegiu at 6:30 PM 0 comments
Hayden Andre Presents Subculture - The Voyage (1991)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ln4LSf5edY&feature=related
Posted by joegiu at 6:11 PM 0 comments
DJ EFX - Is It Like My Dil-Doe? (1993)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPSVYU_7wTA
Posted by joegiu at 6:04 PM 0 comments
E-Culture - Tribal Confusion (1990)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvpPAImE_aY
Posted by joegiu at 5:56 PM 0 comments
Danny Tenaglia - Bottom Heavy (1994)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKGvPRXiNFk&feature=related
Posted by joegiu at 4:46 PM 0 comments
Mission Control - Outta Limits (1990)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5F5VVk2u00
Posted by joegiu at 4:27 PM 0 comments
Information Society - What's On Your Mind (1988)
"What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" is a song by dance artists Information Society which was released as a single in 1988. The "Pure Energy" subtitle derives from a sample of Leonard Nimoy's voice from the Star Trek episode "Errand of Mercy".
In March and April 2009, VH1 ran a countdown of the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders Of The 80s. Oddly enough Information Society's "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" placed at #74 on the countdown despite the fact that the group had two other Top 40 hits: "Walking Away" (#9) and "Think" (#28). ('Running" , which came out before this, is also on this blog/chart.)
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPuXvpkOLmM
Posted by joegiu at 4:20 PM 0 comments
Transformer 2 - Just Can't Get Enough (1993)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9jbc0uSziE
Posted by joegiu at 4:14 PM 0 comments
Maurice - I Gotta Big Dick (1988)
audio lnk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtJt4peBqz4
Posted by joegiu at 4:05 PM 0 comments
Oscar G & Ralph Falcon - Dark Beat (2002)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZt7n3gdQ0o
Posted by joegiu at 3:58 PM 0 comments
On The House / Marshall Jefferson - Ride The Rhythm (1986)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebxZisnfd6E
Posted by joegiu at 3:45 PM 0 comments
The Grid - Boom ! (1991)
The Grid are an English electronic dance group, consisting of Richard Norris and David Ball (formerly of Soft Cell), with guest contributions from other musicians. They are best known for the hits "Swamp Thing", "Crystal Clear", "Rollercoaster", "Floatation", and "Cybernetic" (with Robert Fripp and Phil Manzanera).
The Grid formed in 1988 and had their first success with debut single, "Floatation", released on East West Records UK in 1990. Three releases later came the deep funky underground house classic Boom! .
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slWrAFyUxBk
Posted by joegiu at 3:37 PM 0 comments
Bobby Konders - The Poem (1990)
audio link
The Poem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwSYO66SnYU
audio link
Nervous Acid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkwoJvL_-Yc
audio link
Let There Be House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn-pLV9tN3I&feature=related
Posted by joegiu at 3:29 PM 0 comments
Suburban Knight - The Art Of Stalking (1990)
Pennington pioneered the Detroit techno scene since the mid '80s with moody tracks like "The Art of Stalking" and "The Groove. The Art Of Stalking was a wildly popular hard-yet smooth Detroit Techno classic, cutting edge and a standout among the dozens of Detroit techno classics coming out around that time.
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7N8tNuuGv8
Posted by joegiu at 3:14 PM 0 comments
Cabanban - I Can't Decide (1990)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTt1Wd4Upw
Posted by joegiu at 3:09 PM 0 comments
Industry - Release Me (1994)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PXAMCPl9f0
Posted by joegiu at 3:03 PM 0 comments
DHS - House Of God (1990)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVRPEDOVJzk
Posted by joegiu at 2:55 PM 0 comments
Jomanda - Don't You Want My Love (1989)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1YebQna77w
Posted by joegiu at 2:49 PM 0 comments
Cerrone - Supernature (1977)
Supernature is title track of Cerrone's 1977 album. "Supernature (Cerrone III)", along with the tracks "Give Me Love" and "Love is Here", hit #1 on the disco/dance charts early in 1978. The single crossed over to both the pop charts, where it peaked at #70, and the soul charts, where it peaked at #72. The lyrics were written by a young Lene Lovich, though she was not credited.
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avBTofQOU2c
Posted by joegiu at 2:39 PM 0 comments
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (1983)
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (or simply "Sweet Dreams") is a song by the British pop music duo Eurythmics. It was released as a single in early 1983, and was the title track of their album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). It is notable for being the song which provided the group with their breakthrough into commercial success and one of their biggest hits. Its striking music video helped to propel the song to number two on the UK singles chart, and number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was the fourth single released from the Sweet Dreams album in the UK and the first ever single to be released by Eurythmics in the United States.
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" is arguably Eurythmics' signature song and it is their only chart-topper in the U.S. Following its success, their previous single, "Love Is a Stranger", was re-released and also became a worldwide hit. On Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time issue in 2003, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" was ranked number 356 (the group's only song on the list).
In 1991, the song was remixed and reissued to promote Eurythmics' Greatest Hits album. It re-charted in the UK, reaching number 48, and was also a moderate hit in dance clubs. Another remix by Steve Angello was released in France in 2006, along with the track "I've Got a Life" (peaking at number ten). (wikipedia)
video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg
Posted by joegiu at 2:34 PM 0 comments
Saturday, November 20, 2010
C+C Music Factory - Pride (A Deeper Love) (1991)
audio link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJNSRPesmzE
Posted by joegiu at 2:50 PM 0 comments