dance music non-existent in 08
 

is it just me or is dance music non-existent in 08? im talking about all that ed banger stuff, simian mobile disco, vitalic, guns n bombs, DFA, etc...kind of dance music. i can only think of a few good techno, house or electronica releases this year. the only big releases i could think of is luomo, ellen allien , lidstrom, kleerup, cut copy, M83 and crystal castles. and when i think of big dance singles all i can come up with is blind by hercules and love affair and thats about it. did the dance music scene just blow its load on 07 and didnt have enough potency for hipster kids of 08?

also, does anyone know any good dance tracks from 08?

I personally think all that stuff is revolting. Especially Crystal Castles. I'm glad it's blown over actually.

Cool if you like it though.

It ain't nonexistant, just no one cares.. Everyone wet their panties over it a long time ago and people don't care anymore....

Also... Crystal Castles are definitely one of my most hated bands.. yuck.

..But hey if you like it, like Derek said, that's cool.

Sup atsonicpark

got off work, ate spaghetti, bout to go to bed.

Good stuff. I want some spaghetti.

If you haven't listened, check out the husband and wife folk group PLANTS and their album Double Infinity. I'm digging it a lot.

Why are you people being pricks, eh?

Hmm?

funktards

i'm totally out of touch with dance music these days, but this board is good for it http://www.dissensus.com/ just be aware that most of the people there are unbearable and incapable about of talking about anything without turning it to socio/political/economic theorizing, on even the most banal of topics, e.g. funky house.

by the way, i'm not posting a link to another board to tell you to go away, i welcome anyone who wants to talk about stuff that derek and atsonicpark don't

I don't follow ''dance'' music (house,tecno,trance,etc...) but I found that the new Daedulus ?sp? album has some great songs rock some bodies.

I really like Ricarcdo Villalobos, prolly the only dude doin anything interesting in the genre.

You obviously don't know a great deal about the genre then. Give Wolfgang Voigt or Dirk Leyers a listen.

EDIT: BTW, I'm not an expert either, but there's a huge bulk of artists producing quality, interesting music (other than Villalobos) within the genre.

Voigt is the shit. Ellen Allien, too. There's a lot of forward-thinking stuff out there. With dance music, you can't really go wrong with funk.. or minimal wave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIdo7rwhM9M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GC5VgJq1SQ

I like Lady Gaga a whole heck of a lot. Sort of a pop/dance thing going on there.

I don't know about the US, but in the UK dance music is still pretty massive - albeit in the underground. House music isn't that big right now, but homegrown Hip Hop, Grime and Drum n Bass are still going very strong. It's just that the music papers have decided not to chat about them much lately, finding it far easier to focus on more conventional 'bands'. Dance music has always been really hard to market to a traditional Rock audience: which tends to demand good interviews, emphasises the importance of live performance and places a premium on 'musicianship' and 'personalities', none of which are particularly high-priority in 'dance' circles.


Kuma - Dawn Stepped Out
Emalkay - Mecha
Distance - Skeleton Grin

I don't know Wolfang Voigt? I made a thread for the Gas re-issues that came out this year, but honestly, would you seriousy get up and groove to his music? no way. And I don't really know much about dance music, but I know plenty about electronic music, and most electronic music these days just isn't something you'd hear in a club. Whenever I go to clubs these days all I hear is top 40 hip hop, dancehall, reggaeton, old techno, etc..

Exactly, Grime and Dancehall=Dance music now. I've heard some GREAT Grime stuff this year; Riko-The Truth, Trim-SOul Food VOlume 3, Lethal Bizzle-Back to Bizznezz, etc.. And of course The Bug-London Zoo I;ve been saying consistently is the most powerful hip hop based thing to happen to music in god knows how long. It reminds me of a Dub-Infused hypnotic Bomb Squad with Industrial under-tones, and of course a horde of great Dancehall and Grime MC's. Kevin Martin has been creating a diverse catalog of various electronic, industrial, hip hop, and dubstep releases for years and has been involved with some classics; 16-17-Gyatso and Techno Animal-S/T for instance, but the Bug is the most mindblowing sound he's yet to come up with.

If you're into that stuff, you might like this .

i guess dubstep is getting more popular, i havent been to a good dance club or whatever in awhile. but when i went to Colette (the main hipster store in paris) they had a dubstep compilation on sale which i found kind of strange, dont know why. they also had women by women which i found random. dont know much dubstep though other then burial. dont listen to much dancehall and grime either. london zoo was a good though, it's definetly been one of the most impressive albums of the year

i guess i just have no general idea of what a dj will be playing when i walk into a club anymore

thanks for the links demonrail666 and Decayed Rhapsody

Last year's Simian Mobile Disco was really good. I'm still listening to it often.
Latest Clark album is pretty dancable if you ask me. Especially that track "Volcan Veins", makes me want to blast the dancefloor

I like the new Clark too. enough to buy the vinyl

This is Joker, a newish Dubstep guy, I heard his stuff on the pirates last year but i saw the other day that he has a new record out, this an old one though
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=z2sxVE...eature=related

I like Joker's stuff, although I think his cheesy synth lines can get a bit much after a while. Definitely an original though. Here's another one that's pretty similar but still good:

Holly Brook Park

Geeneus is another great producer I think.

Ninja Tune put out a three disc set a couple months ago called You Don't Know that had some pretty decent electronic dance stuff on it. I'm hardly following the genre, but I'd imagine there's plenty coming out for those that head to the dancefloors regularly.

a lot of my friends are making dubstep and its pretty decent

i enjoy dub step but only in moderation i tend to find a good amount of it sounds similar

when i can get a few of their tracks i will post them up for thoughts

DJ Mujava - Township Funk
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xpPeAafarOM

Onur Ozer
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4u2NSi...eature=related

Marcin Czubala
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GG0v8xsX-Yc



This is a good berlin radio show to find out about new (and old) dance music:http://www.weirdscience.fm/

Crookers- We Are Prostitues
Don Remini- Let Me Back Up(Crookers Remix)
Mr. Oizo- Positif
Bloc Party- Banquet(Boys Noize Remix)

MGMT - Kids
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bIEOZC...eature=related

i wonder if the band dance floor justice released anything in 2008. i doubt it.

man am i on a straight edge band kick or what.

Yeah Mr. Oizo's Positif is sick. "Vous êtes des animaux. Vous allez tous crever."

I've actually been listening to "The Lambsbread" which is the Dubstep artist that the band Lambsbread is named after, good stuff.

Is one of the best song's I've heard this year.