The y2k era brought lots of lounge music from St. Germain and all the others. Numerous lounge compilations were released. And the epitome of cool was to lie (yeah, to líe) in a totally white decorated club, with a cocktail and fingerfood in your hands, listening to that kind of music. And Hed Kandi released their first compilations, totally fitting these atmosphere.
If lounge was too soft for you, maybe groovy house was more your cup of tea.
Also trendy: Cheiron/Max Martin music, a hype already in the years before (but there was no room anymore to talk about that on the 1997/1998 page…). Let’s call them the Stock, Aitken & Waterman of the late 90s and early 00s. They produced all that Britney/Backstreet Boys/etcetera stuff.
* = dance music, about 120 bpm and upwards
** = ambient or IDM – not many people will like it…
*** = guilty pleasures
Extra, from my previous site: fashion in 2000
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Top 19 of favorite songs (1/3 of the 60 songs):
- Badly Drawn Boy – Disillusion
- Etienne de Crecy – Am I wrong *
- Kelis ft. Terrar and Clipse – Good stuff
- Laurent Garnier – The sound of the big babou *
- The Ones – Flawless *
- Mekon ft. Marc Almond – Please stay (Royksopp Remix) *
- Soha – Amour *
- Daft Punk – One more time *
- St. Germain – Rose rouge
- Mystical ft. Nivea – Danger
- Hairy Diamond – Givin’ up
- De La Soul ft. Chaka Khan – All good
- Ian Pooley – 900 degrees *
- Robbie Williams – The road to Mandalay
- Coldplay – Trouble
- Syndicate Of Law – Right on time (both Ragga Mix and Original Mix) *
- Wu Tang Clan – Protect ya neck (The jump off)
- Fused – Saving Mary *
- Yonderboi – Ohne chanteuse
- M&S pres. The Girl Next Door – Salsoul nugget *
My other favorites:
- Afro Medusa – Pasilda (Knee Deep Club Mix) *
- Air – Playground love
- Alan Braxe – Intro running *
- Alcazar – Crying at the discotheque */***
- Benjamin Diamond – In your arms *
- Boss Hog – Whiteout
- The Brian Setzer Orchestra – Caravan
- Bush – Letting the cables sleep (Nightmares On Wax Remix)
- David Morales ft. Juliet Roberts – Needin’ you *
- De La Soul ft. Redman – Oooh
- Demon vs. Heartbreaker – You are my high *
- Doe Maar – Watje
- Eels – Mr E’s beautiful blues
- Fatboy Slim – Star 69 *
- Fatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins – Weapon of choice *
- Fatboy Slim ft. Macy Gray – Demons
- Gigi D’Agostino – Bla bla bla * (note: 2 years later a Dutch hit)
- Gigi D’Agostino – The riddle */*** (note: 2 years later a Dutch hit)
- Gonzales – Let’s groove again
- Jay-Z – I just want to love you
- Johnny Corporate – Sunday shouting *
- Kinobe – Slip into something more comfortable
- Lego – El ritmo de verdad *
- Master H – Magic K *
- M.O.P. – Ante up
- The Micronauts – Baby wants to rock *
- Moloko – Pure pleasure seeker (Pure And Stripped Disco Vocal Mix) *
- Mystical – Shake ya ass
- Paul van Dyk ft. Saint Etienne – Tell me why (The riddle) *
- Project 2000 – Proceed *
- Racoon – Blue days
- Samarabalouf – Pas touche la mouche
- Shaggy ft. Chaka Khan – Get my party on (Numarek Mix) *
- St. Germain – So flute
- St. Germain – Sure thing
- Steve Roach – Midnight loom **
- Sugababes – Overload
- Texas – When we are together
- Thievery Cooperation – Lebanese blonde
- Toploader – Dancin’ in the moonlight
* = dance music, about 120 bpm and upwards
** = ambient or IDM – not many people will like it…
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Top 15 of favorite songs (1/3 of the 45 songs):
- Shivaree – Goodnight moon
- Ol’ Dirty Bastard ft. Kelis – Got your money
- Basement Jaxx – Bingo bango *
- Mos’ Def – Ms. fat booty
- Basement Jaxx – Rendez-vu *
- Freundeskreis ft. Mr. Gentleman – Tabula rasa part. II
- Thomas Newton – Any other name
- Raphael Saadiq ft. Q-Tip – Get involved
- Cassius – Feeling for you *
- Eric Benet ft. Faith Evans – Georgy porgy
- Dr. Dre – Still Dre
- Blackalicious – Deception
- Novastar – Wrong
- Destiny’s Child – Bugaboo
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Around the world
My other favorites:
- Basement Jaxx – Jump ‘n shout *
- Basement Jaxx – La photo *
- Basement Jaxx – Red alert *
- Cassius – La mouche *
- The Chemical Brothers – Hey boy hey girl *
- Coco Steel And Lovebomb – Yachts (A Man Called Adam Mix)
- The Corrs – Radio (live)
- Destiny’s Child – Bills, bills, bills
- Destiny’s Child – Jumpin’ jumpin’
- The Dirty Rope – Me head is light **
- Eden – Star
- Faithless – Bring my family back (Bluebottle Mix) *
- Gang Starr – Full clip
- Les Rhythmes Digitales – Jacques your body
- Madonna – Beautiful stranger
- Masters At Work – To be in love (radio version) *
- Mos Def – New world water
- Mr Scruff – Get a move on *
- Negrocan – Cada vez
- Nightmares On Wax – Morse
- Pepe Bradock – Deep burnt *
- Slick Rick ft. Outkast – Street talkin
- Stephen Simmonds – Tears never dry
- Sunz of Man – The plan
- Supergrass – Moving
- Tahiti 80 – Heartbeat
- Terrorvision – Tequila
- Texas – Summer son
- Thomas Newton – Dead already
- Tom Jones & The Cardigans – Burning down the house
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- Better late than never. :)
- ja, die is schitterend inderdaad. :)
- Ik was eigenlijk totaal vergeten dat het bestond, ...
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.)
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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