I’m DJing at a house party. Tempted to live stream it but, you know, copyright and all that jazz.
I’ll be posting YouTube links so you can follow along. These will mostly be dance tracks with some rock music thrown in. Lots of obscure numbers with some will known ones thrown in.
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Kane West - Expenses Paid (4:13)
Not to be confused with the more famous Kanye West, Kane West is a producer for the PC Music label which pioneered the hyperpop music genre. This track isn’t very hyperpop, but it’s dirty and gritty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1sr6zQ66SA
Kane West - Expenses Paid
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Roux Spana - Love Shine (4:03)
A future funk song from the early 2010s, lots of soul samples and thick beats on this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W5A3J30bOI
✦ Roux Spana - Love shine (funkybeat)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Rollersaurus Sex - I’m In Love (2:24)
Another future funk song from the early 2010s. This act later changed their name to something else, and I haven’t been able to find their later stuff. But this song is a banger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2BaXYVIFvg
ROLLERSAURUS SEX: I'M IN LOVE (FROM KEATS//COLLECTIVE VOLUME 5)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Comanche - W.T.B. (4:01)
This one is bloody intense as far as funk goes. I don’t know where they lifted the samples from, but it really goes hard. Damn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Fauo0CJTA
COMANCHE: W.T.B. (FROM KEATS//COLLECTIVE VOLUME 5)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Box of Wolves - Summer Daze (4:02)
If we’re doing a house party in the middle of July, this track is a must. Full of everything memorable about sunshine, beautiful skies, and late night parties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYWEKt8vP8E
BOX OF WOLVES - Summer Daze ft Laura Shea
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •VANTAGE // x コンシャスTHOUGHTS - Smooth Groove (4:04)
Time to now get our heart pumping with this old future funk classic with one hell of a hook! Let’s boogie!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE65aIe-CAo
VANTAGE // x コンシャスTHOUGHTS - Smooth Groove
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Candy Candy (3:55)
Before there was PC music, there was Kyary Pamyu Pamyu – who some say was the great innovator of hyperpop music. Either way, she’s a J-Pop icon and deserves all the praise in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoK8DaJRDaM
きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ - CANDY CANDY , Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - CANDY CANDY
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •vｉｎｃｅｎｔＲｅｍｅｍｂｅｒ - ＤＯ ＹＯＵ ＬＯＶＥ ＭＥ？(2022)
I’ve met Vincent Remember before. He’s an African-American fellow from Philadelphia who also plays in a rock band. But I’m telling you, he slays it when it plays vaporwave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-78J0AcomY
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •The Vaccines - I Always Knew (3:51)
Switching it up for some rock n’ roll. Interesting fact: the girl in this music video is the grand-daughter of Ernest Hemingway. Regardless, this is a killer track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84no_HITKFo
The Vaccines - I Always Knew (Official Video)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •The Walkmen - Lost in Boston (3:42)
The Walkmen were very hot in the indie scene back in the 2010s but doesn’t get mentioned too much today. Which is too bad because this track is a scorcher!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOlj_fyTD0w
The Walkmen - Lost in Boston [OFFICIAL AUDIO]
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Hawaiian Gremlins - Give It Up (3:32)
A fun little surf-goth band from Mexico. This band really knows how to get their groove on, and the chorus will get stuff in your brain for days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZU8T8DNuA
Hawaiian Gremlins - Give It Up (official video)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Tentenko - Good Bye Good Girl (4:50)
She was once a member of the very controversial J-Pop girl group BiS, but now Tentenko makes lot of art music. In retrospect, she was quite ahead of her time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkd3H4tEf4
テンテンコ 「Good bye,Good girl 」(MV)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Marc Bolan & T-Rex - Hot Love (4:58)
You all love some classic glam rock? This is T-Rex at their best delivering the sex appeal. And you know what? I’m here for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKoaHw8gy88
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Metronomy - The Look (3:58)
Anyone remember Metronomy? Well, it’s time for some indie dance with keyboards and thick, thick bass! Time to get down!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFrNsSnk8GM
Metronomy - The Look (Official Video)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Peace - Bloodshake (4:00)
Carrying on the indie dance theme is the fairly obscure Bloodshake which should have been a hit, but was not. Either way, this is the perfect song for tiki torches and margaritas during a hot summer day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcf6iQDWPEo
Peace - Bloodshake
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Ram Di Ram - Flashbacks (2:35)
Time to get funky but with a little bit of some old-style rock n’ roll thrown in. Flashbacks will get your head bopping and your feet tapping. Who has a lust for bass paired with shrieking vocals?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rQWhmLL0co
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning (3:11)
The best way to describe this track is The Cure if they were a disco band. ‘Nuff said. This is all hype!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvwBDCb7bmM
The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Hockey - Too Fake (3:43)
Carrying along the indie disco theme, here’s “Too Fake”, a track thick with synth, bass, and a wild stab of guitar with, you guessed it, classic rock vocals. This party is really picking up here 😊
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJjZfBj6yb4
Hockey - Too Fake
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Moving Units - Between Us & Them (3:06)
Time to move this from indie disco to discopunk! The beats are thicker and don’t let up! When this came out in the 2000s, this was the sound of revolution to my ears. To this day, I really wish discopunk went mainstream. But oh well, we’re treasuring it now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkNaIy0Yl0
Moving Units - Between Us & Them
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •The Rapture - Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks (4:05)
Hold onto your hats! This is the discopunkiest of discopunk songs that ever was created by the band that put the DFA label on the map! That’s right! It wasn’t LCD Soundsystem the kicked the door in for that label, it was The Rapture! But never mind that! It’s time to get sweaty!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fROYY253As
The Rapture - Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) (5:49)
You could say that Talking Heads were the spiritual ancestor of discopunk. Of course, you could also say this about Blondie as well. But this track is so god damn good, and I suspect it’s because it’s got that Afrofunk beat going on. A classic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6T_X7MXg40
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) (2005 Remaster)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Stereolab – Cybele’s Reverie (3:05)
God damn, I miss Mary Hansen’s (R.I.P.) vocals. But wow, if this isn’t one of the most hauntingly beautiful synth pop songs I’ve ever heard. This band had a gift for making perfect ear worms!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JgxATTtROs
Stereolab – Cybele's Reverie (Official Video)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream (3:08)
Well, this is the perfect time for this song because a few people who’ve never met each other until tonight are now making out with each other in the corner. So might as well dial up the sex appeal with this hot and heavy track!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-shACMaxUb0
New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •CSS - Move (3:30)
Time for some more synth pop – this time right out of Brazil with this incredible track that has just the slightest ska beat going on. Anyway, you better get your move on!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7eq4RFf0Sc
CSS - Move (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Kavinsky - Nightcall (4:16)
Time for some classic French house. You might recognize this one from the Drive soundtrack. It was right there in the intro. I highly suspect that this song inspired so much of what later became known as synthwave. So good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV_3Dpw-BRY
Kavinsky - Nightcall (Drive Original Movie Soundtrack) (Official Audio)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Tiga - Bugatti (3:17)
Now we go from French house to French Canadian house! This one is spicy with just a little bit of darkness lingering under it. Incredible dance track!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFg6amMLd-o
Tiga - “Bugatti” (Official Video)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •The Derevolutions - Automate Your Soul (3:05)
How about some synthpop by way of Boston! The grooves on this one are fast and furious with just the most happy go lucky feel you’ll ever hear. And the feminine vocals are just so special.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE-hmX4wLZE
The Derevolutions - Automate Your Soul
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Mary Jane Girls - Candy Man (4:30)
Rick James famously produced this track, and I have to say he was on top of this game. Also, the Mary Jane Girls had a look that was completely unique. That said, Joanne “JoJo” McDuffie did all the vocals for this track. This is funky as hell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4HALzuwNU8
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad City (3:05)
Time for less bubblegum and more menace. This one had grit and darkness all over it. Also, got to love that buzzsaw bass synth that takes you places. Ain’t no party in a sad, sad city!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL3mkrH0fcs
Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad City
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Le Castle Vania - Nobody Gets Out Alive Part 2 (3:28)
Well, I don’t like being too predictable. So it’s time to throw a curveball. Here’s some raging, loud classic EDM that’s wreaking havoc! That stopped the lull. Got some cheers going for me now. People are really dancing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49oatp-RFD0
Le Castle Vania - Nobody Gets Out Alive Part II
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Phantogram - Don’t Move (4:28)
This one was a big hit in indie circles back in the 2010s, and for good reason. It’s dreamy, fun, and has haunting feminine vocals. And that bass is groovy as hell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur17pfjIRVo
Phantogram - "Don't Move" (Official Video)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Back Back Forward Punch - Up Late in the Jungle (3:54)
Now back to some disco beats! Calling creatures of the night! We’re not done dancing. It’s time to get back to moving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQlBZsQmW_8
Up Late in the Jungle
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Breakbot - Back for More (4:15)
Who’s here for more disco? I know I am. Let’s dial up with dirty bass, arpeggio synths, and a brisk beat. God damn, this place is getting sweaty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZi-5tSZH34
Breakbot - Back for More (Official Audio)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Felix Jaehn - Shine (ft. Freddy Verano & Linying) (3:09)
Felix Jaehn has done some impressive things, and made quite a few hits. But this is one of his earlier tracks, and it’s got that classic deep house feel. And well, Linying sounds so incredibly sexy, especially when she chants “Hey!” I’m such a sucker for this kind of thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC4jFX7Qvys
Felix Jaehn - Shine (ft. Freddy Verano & Linying)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Anthony Red Rose - Tempo (4:07)
How about some classic 80s reggae with a little bit of dub and electro thrown in? This is – bar none – one of the best songs to come out of Jamaica. Anthony Red Rose just cooked up a perfect dance track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEp_sJZ85hU
Tempo
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •The Phantom’s Revenge - Breakin Turbo Broom Dance (4:36)
Some future funk that remixes the classic 80s hip hop film Breakin’. If you haven’t seen that film, you really ought to do it. Anyway, this is a near perfect encapsulation of that most excellent film in the most future funk way possible. Love it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL5hg74AsUM
The Phantom's Revenge - Breakin Turbo Broom Dance
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •The Go! Team - Huddle Formation (3:11)
This track is a blend of fast indie guitar-driven rock with some cheerleader chants. It makes for quite an intoxicating mix. And it’s damn danceable too. Incredible!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSm6s–CYUQ
The Go! Team - Huddle Formation
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Boycrush - Flirt (feat Yumi Zouma/Madeira) (3:40)
This track just has this throbbing synths that just wash over you. And I love Yumi Zouma’s vocals which are seductive and entrancing. Such a nice vibe!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJHzpdYu4D8
Boycrush - Flirt (feat Yumi Zouma/Madeira)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Orthy - E.M.I.L.Y. (4:07)
The best single of the 2010s – and few people have even heard it. But I’m telling you, it has a build up. The best build up. And when it reaches the crescendo, you will thank me. Trust me, you’ll be glad you’ve heard this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIii1_WcIio
E.M.I.L.Y.
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Morella’s Forest - Curl (4:36)
Here’s some classic 90s shoegaze with fuzzy distortion guitar, a steady beat, and lush, lush feminine vocals that almost make you feel like you’re in the Garden of Eden. That is the way shoegaze should be!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w3Jww8BkEw
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •New Order - Ceremony (4:26)
This is my most favourite song of all time. It’s perfect in every way. That bass is so memorable, in my opinion, the most memorable ever made. The other day I told my wife that when I die to play this song at my funeral. She didn’t like hearing that, but I meant it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi33-cITS0s
New Order (Substance; 1987) - Ceremony
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •French Kicks - Sex Tourists (3:31)
Things are getting mellow, and this one suits it so well. This track just kicks me. It’s the sound of beautiful regret. And it just sticks in my craw for days. So good for a late night. Beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mGISoT5Qhs
Sex Tourists
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Seoul - Stay With Us (3:51)
You know that feeling when you can’t sleep but somehow this gives you a moment of clarity? This is one such song for those occasions. You know, when you feel like riding the night train and aimlessly wandering around town. I’ve done that so many time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEDTDhjXlWk
Seoul - Stay With Us (Official Video)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart (3:20)
I love the original by Joy Division. But I love this bossa nova version just as much. It’s mellow but hits just as hard. I feel the emotion coming out of my pores.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3GVd4DFFPA
Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Full Track)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Johnny Ace - Pledging My Love (2:29)
R.I.P. Johnny Ace – rock n’ roll’s first casualty. This song hits way different knowing that he killed himself playing a game of Russian roulette. For good reason, this song was also used in the final scene of Bad Lieutenant. Devastating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rahTKCeBZ2M
JOHNNY ACE - "PLEDGING MY LOVE" (1955)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Suzanne (4:54)
This is the last song of the set and I thought we’d end on a hazy, beautiful song that sends us off for the night. By the way, Hope Sandoval was the vocalist for Mazzy Star. But this is my favourite song done by her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-LRD9bR2oQ
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Well, we’re done for the night. Going home to relax for the rest of the night. It’s been a ride, and I’m glad for all of you on the Fediverse who followed along.
Take care of yourselves! Thanks for indulging me tonight ♥
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