Chartwise, 2010 and 2011 were like 2009. It’s a hard time for people liking natural sounding music (like me), if they have to listen to mainstream radio at work, because auto-tune is still everywhere.
Anyway, you won’t hear very much obvious auto-tune when listening to the songs below. 
* = dance music, about 120 bpm and upwards
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Many tracks I discovered in 2011 seemed to be too old already to put in the list below, after searching the year of release in Discogs – some of the so called 2011 hits I like (Plage, Bright lights bigger city, Riviera life, Happiness and that Seven nation army cover) included.
Search the year 2010 for those tracks.
Top 8 of favorite songs (1/3 of the 23 songs):
- Supafuh – Mauvais esprit
- Beth Ditto – I wrote the book *
- Quantic & Alice Russell – Look around the corner
- Racoon – No mercy
- The Dove – Girl at a party with siren (Preacherman Version) *
- Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX – I’ll take care of you
- El Gusano – Journey of the mind
- Xdb – Ontak *
My other favorites:
- Adele – I’ll be waiting
- Adele – Rumor has it
- Audiojack – Polka dot dress (Original Mix) *
- Carlos Dingo – Mission andalucia
- Dead Combo – Lisboa mulata
- DNB pres. Tom Shark ft. Shena – Le freak (Original Mix) *
- El Monje Loco – El monje loco
- Has-Lo – Light years
- J57 ft. Silent Knight – Craft brewed
- Larse – For real (Original Mix) *
- Mat Chiavaroli – War outside *
- Raphael Gualazzi – Follia d’amore
- Seun Kuti & Egypt ’80 – African soldiers
- Studio Killers – Ode to the bouncer *
- Tom Fire – 45 stories
* = dance music, about 120 bpm and upwards
*** = guilty pleasures
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Top 15 of favorite songs (1/3 of the 45 songs):
- Young Jazz Rebels – Black freedom
- Crystal Fighters – Plage
- Mardi Gras BB – Benim ismim mahmut altunay
- Adele – Rolling in the deep
- The Game, Justin Timberlake and Pharrell – Ain’t no doubt about it (btw: the version in this mp3 fragment is the version I mean. It’s the one I heard first on internet radio, also downloadable at S…S…k. For some reason, every YouTube file has been pitched higher…)
- Mafikizolo – Marabi
- N.e.r.d. ft. Nelly Furtado – Hot-n-fun
- Sia – Clap your hands
- The Martin Brothers – Steal drums (Original Mix) *
- Mardi Gras BB – Blvd de clichy
- Stromae – Alors on danse */***
- The Incredible Funk League ft. Andy C From Ugly Duckling – You’re gonna learn
- Cee-Lo Green – Bright lights bigger city
- Caro Emerald – Riviera life
- Mardi Gras BB – Oscar Murón
My other favorites:
- Ahu – To: love
- Alexis Jordan – Happiness */***
- A.S.M. (A State Of Mind) ft. Wax Tailor – Guaranteed
- Baloji – Le jour d’apres
- Ben L’Oncle Soul – Seven nation army
- Billy Palmier – Sure shot
- Budos Band – Rite of the ancients
- Caribou – Odessa
- Dead Capo – Carnaza
- Declaime – Movement to the left
- Dela – Kiss
- Ebo Taylor – Love and death
- Green Velvet – Flash (Jamie Jones Remix) *
- Herma Puma ft. Rider Shafique – Space to breathe
- Inculto – East European funk
- Jneiro Jarel – Amazonica
- La Maison Tellier – Suite royale
- Locnville – Sun in my pocket
- Lopazz & Zarook – Kabum (Lopazz & Zarook Long Version) *
- Nas & Damian Marley – As we enter
- Patrice – The maker
- Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Cumbia sobre el mar
- Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Swing easy
- Raphael Gualazzi and Gilles Peterson – Reality and fantasy
- Rob Marmot & My Digital Enemy – Cobron (Original Mix) *
- Seu Jorges & Almaz – Everybody loves the sunshine
- Sia – You’ve changed
- Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – Bend down the corner
- Souleance – Automatico
- Yolanda Be Cool ft. Dcup – We not speak Americano */***
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- *grinnikt* :P
- Van het ene in het andere uiterste...
- 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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Dank je. Is ook de bedoeling, dat anderen er wat leuks uit kunnen halen.
Ik herken je naam nog van Clubcharts, het forum, vroeger, heb er veel gepost (2001-2005).
Gek genoeg heb ik toen bij jou ook ooit een paar aardige nummers gehaald, al heb ik geen flauw idee meer welke. Maar je smaak viel me destijds wel op.
Wauw, ik geloof dat ik hier een schatkist aan voornamelijk onbekende leuke nummers heb gevonden! Bedankt, leuke site!