Recommend me some *great* dance tracks

[cesare]

Good Gosh (gorillaz v basement jaxx) - Cheekyboys
Don't Cha Rock My Milkshake - DJ Schmolli
Girls Just Wanna Dance With Somebody - DJ Earlybird
Never Gonna Dance Again - DJ Wrongspeed
I Will Survive Without Eminem - Pimp Daddy Supreme
Fu-gee - La Sound System - Loo & Placido
Deceptacon v Get Ur Freak On - Deceptafreak

 

[Geri]

Missing (Todd Terry Remix) - Everything But The Girl

That song makes me want to stick pins in my eyes.

 

[cesare]

Ice Ice Kylie - DJ Schmolli
Beat Dis Glass Of - DJ Clive$ster
I Like The Way Jenny Scrubs - DJ Earworm


and a whole load of Kid Hideous bootlegs

 

[Geri]

Inner City - Your Love
Chrissy Ward - Right & Exact
Todd Terry - Keep on Jumping
Sarah Washington - Heaven
Billie Ray Martin - Your Loving Arms
Candi Statton - You've Got The Love
Loveland - Let The Music Lift You Up
Living Joy - Dreamer
Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives

 

[Firky]

Good Gosh (gorillaz v basement jaxx) - Cheekyboys
Don't Cha Rock My Milkshake - DJ Schmolli
Girls Just Wanna Dance With Somebody - DJ Earlybird
Never Gonna Dance Again - DJ Wrongspeed
I Will Survive Without Eminem - Pimp Daddy Supreme
Fu-gee - La Sound System - Loo & Placido
Deceptacon v Get Ur Freak On - Deceptafreak

I HATEmashups

 

[Firky]

Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives

 

[Orang Utan]

I HATEmashups

Me too, generally - some work but most don't - The Aguilera/Strokes one is a good example of one that works

 

[Kanda]

Josh Wink - Higher State of Conciousness/House of Jealous Lovers (Errol Alkan Remix)

 

[Johnny Vodka]

My favourite in recent memory: Layo & Bushwacka! - Finally vs Love Story

My favourite so far this year: Trentemoller - Moan (Trentemoller mix)

Also seek out the work of the mighty Booka Shade, especially In White Rooms.

Oh my god, can't believe it's a good trance track: Sasha - Xpander

 

[Kanda]

As someone mentioned Sasha...

Sasha - Be as one (1996)

Booka Shade seconded, some great tunes in the last couple of years. White Rooms (Neo Mix) especially.

 

[cesare]

That song makes me want to stick pins in my eyes.

 

[cesare]

I HATEmashups

I like the good uns but some are dire, I agree. The ones I've listed are good fer dancing though, especially Dr Who On Holiday!

 

[DJ Squelch]

I'm not a big drum n bass fan but I love the Brazilian Drumagick stuff. Especially Sambarock & Easyman. Nice, happy & uplifting but still with plenty of punch.

 

[Cadmus]

Doop - Doop



and of course

Edelweiss - Raumschiff Edelweiss

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Good Gosh (gorillaz v basement jaxx) - Cheekyboys
Don't Cha Rock My Milkshake - DJ Schmolli
Girls Just Wanna Dance With Somebody - DJ Earlybird
Never Gonna Dance Again - DJ Wrongspeed
I Will Survive Without Eminem - Pimp Daddy Supreme
Fu-gee - La Sound System - Loo & Placido
Deceptacon v Get Ur Freak On - Deceptafreak

alot of the suggestions on here are absurd, i know Ed wouldn't play alorra this house stuff not least 'never gonna dance again' by yourstruly. Unless peeps recognise it they ain't gonna do dance stuff generally speakin.

Blue Monday / DS's I feel love /Deelite are universally tried&tested tunes that will get any dance floor. I'll 2nd 'saturday' by De la soul as another ace hit that crosses boundaries> Roller skating Jamm

 

[cesare]

I wondered when you'd show up Wrongspeed

 

[Kanda]

Goldfrapp - Ooh la la (Trentmoller remix I think)

Royksop - What else is there (Thin White Duke remix)

Killers - Mr Brightside (Thin White Duke remix)

Hard Fi - Hard to beat (Axwell Remix)

Some good White Stripes remixes out there (Seven Nation Army)

Should be some remixes of that Kate Nash tune soon, if not already. Is what I am playing with atm

 

[Blagsta]

As Clint Eastwood said, "A man's gotta know his limitations" and when it comes to DJing dance stuff when Offline is kicking major arse, I'm painfully aware of the paucity of thumping tunes in my ska/punk-heavy record bag.

So I thought I'd ask the collective might of the urban massive for some top suggestions. Give me your best shots folks!

(If you know Offline, you'll know that anyone playing trance or happy house would be debagged and made to eat fluoro underpants, so none of that please).

Ha! Like I'm gonna give my secrets away!

 

[cesare]

I'm liking Roller Skating Jam, Wrongspeed but I honestly don't see why people would be more likely to dance to that than the ones that I listed

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm liking Roller Skating Jam, Wrongspeed but I honestly don't see why people would be more likely to dance to that than the ones that I listed

That Doubtful Guest track you posted was just horrible!

 

[cesare]

That Doubtful Guest track you posted was just horrible!

I knew you wouldn't like it

Bet LDR does tho

 

[DrRingDing]

I don't think anyone can beat some proper hardcore.

 

[rorymac]

There's a mix on the Urban DJ's thread by pol called 'legacy' that has some great tunes IMO

 

[Madusa]

No party is complete without - 'Nem Vem que nao tem' http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RnJFrISavuw

 

[Geri]

Juliet Roberts - Caught In The Middle
K Klass - Let Me Show You
First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder
Bobby Brown - Two Can Play That Game
The Brand New Heavies - Back to Love
Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It
Shawn Christopher - Another Sleepless Night
Gat Décor - Passion
Degrees Of Motion - Do You Want It Right Now
Sonique - Feels So Good
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent

 

[killer b]

everyone likes a bit of old-school rave.

the prodigy are a bit over-played, but 'everybody in the place' always works nicely. maybe altern8's 'activ8'? smart-e's 'sesame's treet'? something by shut up and dance?

oh, and pretty much anything from the first basement jaxx album would work too.

 

[Kanda]

Gwen McRae - All this love that I'm giving

 

[Dubversion]

Ha! Like I'm gonna give my secrets away!

yeh, that's what i thought.

weird thread IMO - surely the point of booking people to play is that they know about the stuff they're playing, and you know about the stuff you're playing. Otherwise, why bother? do it all yourself or something

 

[editor]

weird thread IMO - surely the point of booking people to play is that they know about the stuff they're playing, and you know about the stuff you're playing.

Nothing wrong with asking people about good tunes I might have missed, Dub. Have you never asked a DJ what he's playing?

I'm an amateur and I'm here to learn more and get better at what I do - and I'm not too proud to ask people for suggestions. But I'll only ever play songs I love.

 

[Blagsta]

What makes you dance? Play that. Simple.