Colm

Great Nothing yet Very Good 01 Norway - as good as Norway has been since 2019, this is the first time that they have given us something the jury will go for (discounting 2020). 02 Ukraine - it's very hard to separate this and Ulveham. Good 03 Slovenia - the drama and Balkan-ness of it all. 04 Czechia - reminds me of Regina Spektor. Obviously the live version is a disaster. A lot of work to do. 05 Spain - this keeps reminding me of Denmark 2021. A decent effort 06 Ireland - right now this growing on me but I totally respect every creative decision that Bambie has made and look forward to watching how this evolves over the next few months Not great 07 France - not terrible, just not very good 08 Malta - ok, I guess but does nothing for me. 09 Albania - the revamp should improve this. There's certainly something here to work with. 10 Luxembourg - oh dear. I hope they don't get an favours just because they came back.

No. :(

BuzzJack presents...Rave has been published for your delectation

Today it is our pleasure to publish BuzzJack presents... Rave. Rave is a genre of dance music which evolved from acid house back in the early 1990s. It became characterised by its use of harsher synth sounds, accelerated vocals, break beats, and pianos. It often incorporated sirens, voice over introductions and crowd noise evoking the heightened atmosphere of the warehouses where early illicit raves were held. It exploded into the charts in 1991 and peaked in 1992. Disc 1 features the commercial hits from the era while disc 2 takes us through the harder material. Disc 3 showcases a plethora of euphoric piano rave before finishing with more downtempo tracks. Alas, our compilation isn’t perfect. There were many essential tracks not available on Spotify. We’d have included the following if they had been available. The Source featuring Candy Staton - You Got the Love - the New Voyager mix is available but doesn't have the right aesthetic. Bizarre Inc - Such A Feeling Messiah - Temple of Dreams Bassheads - Is The Anybody Out There? DJ PC – Inssomniak Three tracks weren’t available in their original form but we included remixed versions because they remained true to the original and are recognisably the same song with updated production values. These are Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives Blue Pearl - Can You Feel the Passion? Dream Frequency - Feel So Real

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Hi. Colm here from the Spodic Empire delegation. Is there any truth in the rumour that Scotland 2's staging will include a 14 minute dance break, 17 blind doves, one small nuclear reactor and a bottle of Heinz low salt tomato ketchup?

My potentials playlist has run dry. 😞

Exciting!

I've never liked any Beastie Boys song.

Spod as in pod. ic Empire as in ic Empire.

Now have always been good with 1990, for some reason. They just managed to get the track selection right from what was available to them. Or maybe it just suits my taste. Their 1993 release of Now 1990 is very good. https://apopfansdream.files.wordpress.com/2.../now-1990-r.jpg

I didn't know that. :o

Nothing says 2004/2005 quite like 2 Duran Duran songs.

Should I be ashamed that I love Cliff's 2 hits from 1987?

This is an outstanding collection and a document of the 2023 contests on BuzzJack which were so enthusiastically enjoyed by so many of us. Amazing idea, and work, gd.

bQn0dncGrYk Well, I'm loving this a lot more than In corpore sano.

Neil Tennant is 70 this year :o

It was 1988 that was dominated by house.

Our survey says XX That guess is incorrect.

My thoughts on It's A Sin are well known. The 12" version is gargantuan.

Of all the compilations done so far, this is the one I am most looking forward to.

Pestolia doing so badly and it's the best thing I've heard in 2024 so far :(

Thanks for the points, Rich.

wow. decent points from 2 nations already thanks all

Ignoring which countries may pull out, it would be good for Ireland to have countries that send darker stuff in our semi - Iceland, Finland, Ukraine and Serbia