Jan

31

1 track added to ‘my favorite songs’

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Golden Boys – Berimbau ~ 2004, pop – YT YT = YouTube link; if still available when you are reading this.

Jan

29

1 track added to ‘my favorite songs’

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Laghonia – Trouble child ~ 1968, pop – YT YT = YouTube link; if still available when you are reading this.

Jan

28

1 track added to ‘my favorite songs’

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The Martin Brothers – Steal drums (Original Mix) ~ 2010, techhouse – YT YT = YouTube link; if still available when you are reading this.

Jan

27

1 track added to ‘my favorite songs’

January 27, 2011 | Leave a comment

Bubba Sparxxx – Ugly ~ 2001, hiphop – YT YT = YouTube link; if still available when you are reading this.

Jan

25

1 track added to ‘my favorite songs’

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Marcos Valle – Democústico ~ 1972, funk/soul/latin – YT YT = YouTube link; if still available when you are reading this.

Jan

24

2 tracks added to ‘my favorite songs’

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Blackalicious – Chemical calisthenics ~ 2002, hiphop – YT Koby Israelite – Saints and dates ~ 2003, world music – YT YT = YouTube link; if still available when you are reading this.

Jan

23

1 track added to ‘my favorite songs’

January 23, 2011 | Leave a comment

2 The Core – Have a nice day (Saxy Jailhouse Single Mix) ~ 1992, techno/house If you don’t know it yet, and if available, you can try this one at YouTube. Besides that, I’ve also changed the design of the ‘favorite songs’ pages a little bit (after finding a very nice font).

Jan

22

3 tracks added to ‘my favorite songs’

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Adele – I’ll be waiting ~ 2011, soul Cut Chemist – The garden ~ 2006, electronic Jamie Jones – Ruckus ~ 2010, house Yeah, the first 2011 song has been added to the site. f you don’t know them yet, and if available, you can try these at YouTube.

Jan

21

1 track added to ‘my favorite songs’

January 21, 2011 | 2 comments

Som Imaginario – Super-God ~ 1970, pop If you don’t know it yet, and if available, you can try this one at YouTube.



















    ABOUT THIS SITE

    Besides links to my webradios, this site is filled with lots of songs to try. They are in the narrow bar on the left.



    As long as I like it: everything (no purist talk here, when it comes to specific genres...), but in practice there's an emphasis on sound instead of lyrics. Expect lots of funky drums, grooves, riffs, horns, bleeps, chords and exotic instruments.

    And in general, I like a natural feel (also when it's in fact 100 % electronic) and a dynamic sound, lacking obvious loudness wars. And forced hipness is simply not my cup of tea. But there will always be exceptions, with an undefinable 'x-factor'.



    Simple: If a song is even more to me than 'very nice', really outstanding, it will be added to the site. Besides these tracks, there's a huge amount of other tracks I really like, just not enough to mention here.

    About the year of release/on which page you can find the tracks I add: I see the - first - year of release mentioned at Discogs as right, or (if I can't find the track at Discogs, and have to search other sources) the 'oldest' year mentioned. Also if it became a hit one/two/more years later. I'm very consequent when it comes to that, very clear.


    ABOUT MYSELF

    I'm born in 1981, Dutch and female. My personal music history, because it's relevant on a site like this:



    I'm listening to pop music since 1990, starting with my fathers cds/lps, with pop/rock oldies, some classical music, some 70s compilations with music like Boney M and Luv, and some typical Dutch stuff like BZN; some people would call it corny. No modern pop/dance yet (the Dutch children act Kinderen Voor Kinderen not counted; officially, KVK part 11 was my first cd).



    That phase started halfway 1991. I especially started to like dance music, and for the next one and a half decade to follow, I wouldn't listen much to golden oldies anymore.

    Till 2000 most dance I listened to was extremely commercial; a huge 2 Unlimited obsession, during from 1992 till 1996, included.



    The period after that, it was still commercial but in a more grown-up way. That era started about December 2000/January 2001, after discovering an internet station (Dancenet.fm) playing groovy tunes, like Daft Punk - One more time.



    In the next couple of years to follow, my devotion to dance music (especially the 'serious' side of it) would reach it's peak. Discussing all the stuff on discussion boards, buying Hed Kandi cds, buying dance magazines and obsessive downloading included. I was standing right in front of the current trends.

    I remember myself getting quite tired of everything, late 2004/early 2005.



    After a long break from enjoying music in an intense way (a period of breathing space) and making the decision to take it more easy in the future, 2005-early 2008 turned out to be the transition period to now.

    Besides dance music (in 2005 heavily influenced by the French station Underground FG, playing quite subtle kinds of dance), I started to like more and more other kinds of music, and the way of producing records got more important. I didn't complain much about things like 'overproduction' and 'loudness wars' before, but I started to notice it.

    When it came to music released before my time, something not really getting my attention the years before, I started save, with exploring the 1988-1990 era: De La Soul, Soul II Soul and all the others. Because there seemed to be a certain click. And in 2006, I started to like music released before that, often many years before my birth. Yeah, the oldies were back...



    In general my taste was becoming more laidback, and the amount of funky elements also increased. Early 2008, Studio Brussel's De Hop (presented by the founder of internet station Laid Back Radio, and the same kind of music) was a huge influence. Discovering that, in combination with Miles Davis' track Pharao's dance (in the same period), was the reason the penny dropped finally.

    Since Spring 2008, nothing has changed anymore (while the entire 2003-early 2008 era was VERY experimental; I can assure you I've not mentioned everything above). I'm still listening to dance music nowadays, just less intensively when compared to 1991-2005.


    OLD WEBSITES

    - Click this link to view old websites, from 2000 till halfway 2008, warning: huge load and much horizontal scrolling.
    - And click this link to view more old websites, from halfway 2008 till June 2011, also huge load and much horizontal scrolling.

    (In case you are interested in the history of my sites.)







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