Euphoric Clubland

rox5

I am not really into dance music myself, but I am definately buying Euphoric Clubland though! Brought back a lot of memories, especially Saltwater, I used to rack my brains trying to think of the name of the song that was used in those old tourist commericals for Ireland and Belfast.

While we are in the subject, in terms of dance music, is the stuff from the 90's like in this Clubland album the best music around or do you think today's dance music is just as good? I don't know why but can't really can't into dance music today.

Executive Steve

Nah man, nobody's made any decent dance music *ever* apart from that one tune that was in a TV advert for tourism in Northern Ireland back in the 90's.

It's an absolute waste of time looking any further or digging any deeper or developing an appreciation for the subtleties of it all because lets face it, Chicane were about as good as it ever got.

kunst nugget

Executive Steve wrote: »

Nah man, nobody's made any decent dance music *ever* apart from that one tune that was in a TV advert for tourism in Northern Ireland back in the 90's.

It's an absolute waste of time looking any further or digging any deeper or developing an appreciation for the subtleties of it all because lets face it, Chicane were about as good as it ever got.

You're totally forgetting about 'Lady' by Modjo…

Executive Steve

^ if "Lady" by Modjo was any good it would have been on an advert for the Northern Ireland tourist board, or at the very least on Euphoric Clubland.

WestEnder

if you liked that, you'll love this 101 trance anthems,
it's out a few years at this stage, but shur that dosn't matter, the tunes are all going to be over 10 years old anyway

Executive Steve

^ dunno about that mate, you wouldn't sell a holiday in Fermanagh with any of the tunes on there....

WestEnder

♫ I'm in a wide open space, it's freezing
You'll never get to heaven with a smile on your face from me
I'm in a wide open space, I'm staring
There's something quite bizarre I cannot see

I'm on the top of a hill, I'm lonely
There's someone here to shout to miles away
...
/♪

:pac:

EDIT: granted, it's no 'Stony Grey Soil', but still...

(Monaghan/ Fermanagh... close enough..)

Scubadevils

I remember electronic music and DJing when it was just fields.

illuma

Most of the current electronic/dance/trance sounds the same. It has become so diluted, although there are a few exceptions: Bryan Kearny, Sunlounger and Estiva are quite good. But you'll never beat the likes of Chicane, ATB, Paul Van Dyk and so on. The oldies are the best.

kunst nugget

illuma wrote: »

But you'll never beat the likes of Chicane, ATB, Paul Van Dyk and so on.

All of them were a cancer on dance music that nearly destroyed it completely.

ThirdMan

illuma wrote: »

The oldies are the best.

I read an interview with DJ Sprinkles recently where he touched upon this topic. He was talking about deep house specifically, but it applies to every genre of dance music. He was basically saying that we look back on those 'golden eras' through rose tinted glasses. The truth is there was an awful lot of rubbish released back then, but for one reason or another we're not familiar with it.

And I guess technology is one of the reasons. Stuff like YouTube acts as a quality control. Generally speaking, people don't take the time to digitise rubbish vinyls. So when we're online looking for '90's techno' we're only really coming across the standout or respected tracks. Of course that's not always true, because there's plenty of stinkers on there as well. But that will normally come down to personal preference. You'll rarely come across a track that is unanimously thought of as crap.

Saying that, it's hard to argue that the oldies weren't better when modern dance music seems infatuated with them. Deep house has been getting the treatment the past few years, and now it's garage's turn.

ThirdMan

kunst nugget wrote: »

All of them were a cancer on dance music that nearly destroyed it completely.

And that's why the term 'dance music' is hollow and should be left to people that don't actually listen to 'it'. Imagine having just one label to describe both ATB and Mike Huckaby...

illuma

kunst nugget wrote: »

All of them were a cancer on dance music that nearly destroyed it completely.

I thought they were amazing artists, especially Chicane. I don't see how they could possibly be a cancer on dance music.

ThirdMan

illuma wrote: »

I thought they were amazing artists, especially Chicane. I don't see how they could possibly be a cancer on dance music.

I don't really have a problem with them either. I don't know much about Chicane or ATB, but DJs like Paul van Dyk were my first introduction into 'dance music.' They introduced me to stuff like the remix, the record label, the mix album, Technics, etc. The first time I heard of Dave Clarke was in a Paul van Dyke live set. Then when I started listening to Dave Clarke I found out who Anthony Rother was. Then when I started listening to Anthony Rother... well, you get the point. I may not listen to him anymore, but it was all part of a process of listening to music and growing up.

Executive Steve

^ What he said, except I found Source Direct and Photek almost right away, never had a trance phase unless you count a single Pete Tong / Oakenfold tape that a mate lent me when I was 15 that I listened to for about a week. Seemed like a massive step backwards from Dillinja so never bothered listening to more tbh.