In the underground, there was already a hype around minimal and related styles. In 2005, the hype became more and more visible in the upperground, although it didn’t result in many chart hits.
In fact, 2005 was especially the year of the word ‘urban’. Urban music, urban tv, urban clothing, etcetera: it was a lifestyle to act cool in a metropolitan way. And everywhere, you heard words like ‘bling bling’ and ‘pimping’.
* = dance music, about 120 bpm and upwards
*** = guilty pleasures
Extra, from my previous site: fashion in 2005
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Top 44 of favorite songs (1/2 of the 88 songs):
In some other lists (1988-recent) just 1/3 is in chart order; but there are relatively more top favorites below.
- Pete Philly & Perquisite – Lazy
- Chelonis – Le bateau ivre (Samim & Michal Almost Sober Mix) *
- Pete Philly & Perquisite – Relieved
- Benjamin Theves – Texas *
- DJ Sneak – Inside (Wink’s Acid Will Guide Us Remix) *
- Kerri Chandler – Bar a thym *
- Mish Mash – Speechless (Original Mix) *
- De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig – Voor je kijken doorlopen
- Jamiroquai – Seven days in sunny June
- Noze – La cour des miracles *
- Recloose – Mana’s bounce *
- Christian Walz – Wonderchild
- Tiga – You gonna want me (Original Mix – slightly different from the Radio Mix, although after a first listen it isn’t very noticeable yet) *
- Julien Jabre – Swimming places *
- Robbie Williams – Tripping
- Audio Bullys – Shot me down *
- Sunday Sessions – Look back in wonder
- Bon Garcon – Freek u (Radio Mix) *
- Chicken Lips – He not in (Mutiny’s Real Life Mix) *
- Jamie Lidell – Multiply
- Roger Sanchez ft. GTO – Turn on the music (Axwell Remix) *
- Amerie – 1 thing
- Depeche Mode – Precious
- Da Fresh – Broken dream *
- DJ Technics – Gabryelle (Muthafunkaz Mix) *
- De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig – Watskeburt
- Lasgo – All night long *
- Colossus – You a grown man now (Disflex6 Remix)
- Freemasons – Love On My Mind (Joey Negro Mix) *
- Daft Punk – Technologic (Basement Jaxx Kontrol Mixx) *
- Common – Go
- Basement Jaxx – Oh my gosh *
- Deep Dish – Bagels *
- Full Intention – Deep inside *
- Defender – Bliss *
- Chanel – My life (Seamus Haji Vocal Mix) *
- John Mayer – Daughters
- Pete Philly & Perquisite – Motivated
- Marco Passarani – Criticize *
- Ry Cooder – Los chukos suaves
- M.a.n.d.y. vs. Booka Shade – Body language *
- Pete Philly & Perquisite – Insomnia
- Da Fresh – F*ckin’ track (Da Fresh Mix) *
- Gabriel Rios – Broad daylight
My other favorites:
- Akabu – Phuture Bound (Medusa Mix) *
- Akcent – Kylie */***
- Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate – Doudou
- Aux 88 – Aux mind 2005 *
- Benjamin Biolay – Paris, Paris
- Benny Sings – Style beats liberation fronts
- Bob Sinclair – Love generation *
- Ceasars – Jerk it out
- Colossus – From the lab (Oakland Faders Remix)
- Colossus – You a grown man now (the version from the West Oakland album)
- Colossus – You a grown man now (the version from the West Oakland Remixes album)
- Daddy Yankee – Gasolina ***
- Didier Sinclair & Chris Pi – Fantasy world *
- Digitalism – Zdarlight *
- The Egg – Walking Away (Tocadisco Remix) *
- Ernesto vs. Bastian – Dark side of the moon (Radio Edit) *
- Gogol Bordello – Start wearing purple
- Harry Choo Choo Romero – Warped *
- The Infadels – Jagger 67
- Jackson And His Computer Band – Rock on
- James Blunt – Wiseman
- Jamiroquai – Don’t give hate a chance
- Kaiser Chiefs – Oh my God
- Keith Thompson – I live for now (David Vendetta Mix) *
- Klement bonelli – Nocturnal *
- Lil Love – Little love *
- Lindstrom – I feel space *
- Louie Vega ft. Raul Midon – Cerca de mi (Original Mix) *
- Pete Philly & Perquisite – Cocksure
- Pete Philly & Perquisite – Eager
- Popular Computer – Darling *
- Quentin Harris – Let’s be young *
- Robbie Williams – Make me pure
- Roots Manuva – A haunting
- Single Minded Pros – Wanting people to listen
- Son Of Dave ft. Martina Topley Bird – Devil take my soul
- Sugababes – Red dress (original version, with Mutya)
- Tom Donax – Dreamin *
- Torre – Corps a corps (Claude Monnet Eurodisco Vocal Mix) *
- Tuze De Abreu – Orientaçao
- U2 – City of blinding lights
- The White Stripes – My doorbell
- Williams – Piccadilly circuits *
- Yoshimoto – Do what u do (Trentemoller Remix) *
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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'.
To add or not to add? There are three levels of 'very nice', when it comes to the track selection:
1) The absolute TOP favorites, in other words: potential 'personal all time top 500' stuff. On this site marked with **** (1940-1987), or high in the lists (1988-2011).
2) The sub top, still outstanding, and played frequently enough to add to this site. NOT marked with **** (1940-1987), or lower in the lists (1988-2011).
3) Tracks I also like, and play from time to time; just not enough to add to this site. That's still a huge amount of tracks.
The selection of 2012 is just an alphabetic list at the moment, not in chart order yet, but everything on that page belongs to category 1 or 2.
About the year of release/on which page you can find the tracks I add: I see the 'oldest' year of release I can find, after searching Discogs and maybe other sources, as right. 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).
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(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'.
To add or not to add? There are three levels of 'very nice', when it comes to the track selection:
1) The absolute TOP favorites, in other words: potential 'personal all time top 500' stuff. On this site marked with **** (1940-1987), or high in the lists (1988-2011).
2) The sub top, still outstanding, and played frequently enough to add to this site. NOT marked with **** (1940-1987), or lower in the lists (1988-2011).
3) Tracks I also like, and play from time to time; just not enough to add to this site. That's still a huge amount of tracks.
The selection of 2012 is just an alphabetic list at the moment, not in chart order yet, but everything on that page belongs to category 1 or 2.
About the year of release/on which page you can find the tracks I add: I see the 'oldest' year of release I can find, after searching Discogs and maybe other sources, as right. 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).
...click to read the rest of the text.
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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