Posted July 4, 200817 yr right on the boundary of 'retro' but this album is made up of the 2 big genres out in 2000, dance and garage. thought this would bring a different element into 'retro' , and i like every track listed! who do you prefer? which album? (i expect very few to be in agreement with me on this :P ) ALBUM 1 .... DANCE 1) CHICANE FT BRYAN ADAMS - DONT GIVE UP ... cant go wrong with chicane, even makes adams sound good! 2) RANK 1 - AIRWAVE .... superb ibiza track. 3) DARUDE - SANDSTORM .... distinctive dance/pop track 4) ANGELIC - ITS MY TURN .... darren tate project, good stuff 5) YORK - ON THE BEACH .... effective use of a pinched riff off chris rea, good mediterrainian track 6) MOBY - PORCELAIN .... superb chill out track, imho his best 7) SPILLER - GROOVEJET (IF THIS AINT LOVE) ... track of the summer good dance/pop 8) STORM - TIME TO BURN .... love it! 9) ZOMBIE NATION - KERNCRAFT 400 ... another distinctive pop/dance track 10) WILLIAM ORBIT - BARBERS ADAJIO FOR STRINGS ... great re-working of a classic track, but imho tiesto did a better version 11) PLANET PERFECTO - BULLET IN THE GUN ... their best track imho 12) DELERIUM FT SARAH MCCLACHLAN - SILENCE ... comercial dance/trance doesnt get any better then this, superb creshendo. ALBUM 2 ..... UK GARAGE 1) SWEET FEMALE ATTITUDE - FLOWERS .... pleasant little pop song 2) TRUE STEPPERS - BUGGIN ... i like the melody :) 3) B15 PROJECT - GIRLS LIKE US ... my fav, smashing little track crossing urban with uk garage 4) CRAAAIIIG DAVID - FILL ME IN .... ukg standard, sorry but avid merrion ruined his career! :lol: 5) BOMBFUNK MC'S - FREESTYLER ... summut with abit of meat on it, love it! 6) ARCHITECTS FT NANA - BODY GROOVE ... a simple ditty, but likeable 7) ARTFUL DODGER FT CRAAAIIIG DAVID - RE-REWIND THE CROWD SAY BO-SELECTA .... lol.. the track that ignited uk garage and gave avid merrion a living! love it! 8) AZZIDO DA BASS - DOOMS NIGHT ... what an odd track! but reached #2 !! 9) KANDI - DONT THINK IM NOT ... great track this, ukg/pop at its best. 10) ARTFUL DODGER - PLEASE DONT TURN ME ON ... another good track
July 4, 200817 yr well both genres are dance. It almost looks like trance and garage, with some exception from both (Spiller and Moby not being trance) and (Bomfunk MC's and Kandi not being garage). I like all the songs on the album, although i'd replace Artful Dodger - Rewind which is from 1999 to MJ Cole as he had 2 great hits that year, or Lonyo, or even Luck & Neat. Both trance and garage were my favourite genres of 2000, so its a tough battle. I have to say I prefer Trance overall though, it had more and better hits.
July 4, 200817 yr Author well both genres are dance. It almost looks like trance and garage, with some exception from both (Spiller and Moby not being trance) and (Bomfunk MC's and Kandi not being garage). I like all the songs on the album, although i'd replace Artful Dodger - Rewind which is from 1999 to MJ Cole as he had 2 great hits that year, or Lonyo, or even Luck & Neat. Both trance and garage were my favourite genres of 2000, so its a tough battle. I have to say I prefer Trance overall though, it had more and better hits. well i agree, they are both dance but at differing ends of the commercial spectrum, trance being based in ibiza and ukg in aya-nappa (sp?) moby 'porcelain' often crops up on 'chilled ibiza' type albums bombfunk mc's and kandi might not be strictly garage, true, but they have 'ukg' elements in their sound. it always happened in the past when there was a new style of music, that said style found its way into mainstream albeit watered down. possibly the biggest example of this was culture club in the early 80's, often refered to as 'new romantics' but in fact that movement was dead by the time cc got going! i know re-rewind came out in 99, but it featured in the charts until february y2k and as its the equivelant of 'cafe del mar' to trance, i included it above other tracks i didnt like much. dont forget this is my personal take on the years scene, not a definitive one :)
July 4, 200817 yr Author yikes, Rob - that first album is pure cheese :wacko: nah m8, only about half of it! :lol: dont forget, its a chart based album as many of the true classics i cant date. if you could compile an album of trance classics from y2k please do :)
July 4, 200817 yr I would probably go for CD 1 at a push, but I'm not mad on many of the tracks to be honest. Spiller, Storm, Rank 1... proper great tracks. Angelic... :blink: My god she could NOT sing!!! And I think Darren Tate's prodictions are usually cheddar with a coating of gloss. I do like trance and I also love some moments in UK Garage. MJ Cole 'Sincere', Double 99 'RIP Groove', but I'm a die hard house fan.
July 4, 200817 yr Author I would probably go for CD 1 at a push, but I'm not mad on many of the tracks to be honest. Spiller, Storm, Rank 1... proper great tracks. Angelic... :blink: My god she could NOT sing!!! And I think Darren Tate's prodictions are usually cheddar with a coating of gloss. I do like trance and I also love some moments in UK Garage. MJ Cole 'Sincere', Double 99 'RIP Groove', but I'm a die hard house fan. lol... dont you like 'destination' then?.... gotta have some cheese m8... please submit your listing :)
July 4, 200817 yr I prefer the Dance Album - The only track I like on the garage one is Bomfunk MCs For anyone who doesn't remember, the name garage from the late 90s was copied from a form of music back in the 60s 60's garage was a form of psychedelic rock from the US with bands like Electric Prunes, ? & The Mysterians, The Seeds, Count 5 and more. Edited July 4, 200817 yr by Euro Music
July 4, 200817 yr Author I prefer the Dance Album - The only track I like on the garage one is Bomfunk MCs For anyone who doesn't remember, the name garage from the late 90s was copied from a form of music back in the 60s 60's garage was a form of psychedelic rock from the US with bands like Electric Prunes, ? & The Mysterians, The Seeds, Count 5 and more. absolutely, the nme in the late 70's early 80's had a 'garage' chart... however this is refered to as 'uk' garage... :)
July 4, 200817 yr Don't know any of these tracks, apart from Moby and Spiller. I never got this kind of music. Must be getting old :heehee:
July 4, 200817 yr Author Don't know any of these tracks, apart from Moby and Spiller. I never got this kind of music. Must be getting old :heehee: lol.. well so am i, but tbh on reflection y2k was a good year for dance orientated music and oddly enough, ive never liked dance, but this was the year that changed that. i love trance, and like alot garage.
July 4, 200817 yr lol.. well so am i, but tbh on reflection y2k was a good year for dance orientated music and oddly enough, ive never liked dance, but this was the year that changed that. i love trance, and like alot garage. My only knowledge on Garage is where I park the car :lol: and trance....well once I've had a few :blink:
July 4, 200817 yr Author My only knowledge on Garage is where I park the car :lol: and trance....well once I've had a few :blink: you are missing out my friend!... i departed from guitar based groups in this year, trance is now my favoured music and im struggling to catch up. oh.... and my username would give you a clue as to where my liking for 'trance' might have started! :lol:
July 4, 200817 yr if you could compile an album of trance classics from y2k please do :) I'd say the true age of 'trance classics' was long gone by the year 2000 - the quality trance, the stuff minus the scantily clad sluts with helium voices and chipmunk vocals, the golden era was probably 93 to 95.... with the odd good track coming along in 97 and 98. After that, it was a rapid downward spiral for me....
July 4, 200817 yr Author I'd say the true age of 'trance classics' was long gone by the year 2000 - the quality trance, the stuff minus the scantily clad sluts with helium voices and chipmunk vocals, the golden era was probably 93 to 95.... with the odd good track coming along in 97 and 98. After that, it was a rapid downward spiral for me.... nah... imho the best were the instrumentals , or the instrumentals where the female vocals were nothing more then an added instrument. cafe del mar, 1999, carte blanche, strange world, age of love, instrumentals whilst lange (drifting away), four strings (take me away), delerium (silence) plus many many more from 98-02 were the best imho ive yet to hear any track that moves me like 1999 or carte blanche.
July 5, 200817 yr Can't really fault the first list - great tunes!!! Although I'd probably replace "Sandstorm" (it got flogged to death where I worked!) with Chicane's Autumn Tactics which was a bit of a flop, but every bit as good as "Don't Give Up". But there were loads of dance tunes I liked in 2000 - shame I can't think of any others at the top of my head :lol: For the Garage list, I'd add DJ Luck & MC Neat "With A Little Bit Of Luck" (not the awful remix with a female vocal - that was dire!) and "Right Before My Eyes" - can't remember who it was by, sorry. Oh, and Monsta Boy "Sorry". I'd take out "Freestyler" - never really liked that one :rolleyes:
July 5, 200817 yr My Dance classics CD of 2000 (1999 was far better, but let's give it a bash!). I'll start it just like a proper mix CD, it builds and builds and builds!... 01: MJ Cole - Sincere Still holds as one of, if not, the greatest UK garage/soul record ever. just beautiful! cBKcEcavIfg 02: Afro Medusa - Pasilda Unless you know your onions in house music, you probably won't know this but it was a big Cafe Mambo style track. 9PDzbZeHlZc 03: Johnny Corporate - Sunday Shoutin' Another leeser-known gem that probably escaped. This wasn't a top 40 hit, but the hook is immense! The video is DEAD cool too! FayIfNwkRps 04: Barbara Tucker Ft Darryl D'Bonneau - Stop Playing With My Mind The queen of house music battles it out on one of the greatest funky house anthems ever! XpyDmvWR6ZA 05: Joey Negro Ft Taka Boom - Must Be The Music Joey (real name Dave Lee) has the midest touch when it comes to making a big camp-tastic diva bashing freak out! kYd7D84SI4c 06: ATFC ft Lisa Millett - Bad Habit And some more campy disco vocal house... iEZv48y5mEY 07: N'n'G - Right Before My Eyes On to some garage. Old northern rave anthem 'Right Before My Eyes' gets a glossy garage make over. VprqTA_DN54 08: Ralph Fridge - Angel A bit of trance for good measure! And probably my fave trance track of all time! It makes me go all fuzzy! QY2_K4pf6hY 09: SuReal - You Take My Breath Away Cheesey yes! But Lange made some great tracks... what is he doing these days though...?? zxP9T05PkNM 10: Matt Darey Ft Marcella Woods - Beautiful It's what is says on the tin! Now this is how vocal trance should be done! QsaMyjPCtNM 11: Moby - Porcelain The closing anthem. D1Fcaro25Ek
July 5, 200817 yr I loved Angelic's "Cant Keep Me Silent". Always thought it was her best single. Out of them all, yes I would say "...Silent" was probably the most accomplished out of them all. 'It's My Turn' was just so EUGH though, and wasn't there a 3rd single that was also equally as bad? I quite liked DT8 - Destination and - as awfully cheesey and dissposable as it was - his mix of JBN "All I Want" is another one that I secretly loved!
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