Brit Awards Drop 'Best Dance Act'

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Is this significant in the industries attitude to dance music?
It has been replaced with a 'best live act' category

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3970793.stm

― Gob Beldof, Monday, 1 November 2004 17:04 (twenty years ago)

They've been reading too many Alexis Petredis articles.

― Wooden (Wooden), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:09 (twenty years ago)

Which dance acts have actually managed album sales figures over the past 12 months to merit a Brit nomination though? Zero 7? Anyone else?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:16 (twenty years ago)

What would be in Best Dance Act in 2004? that is British?

Envoy
Mylo
High Contrast
Kelpe
Slam
Way out West

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:16 (twenty years ago)

You can bet it's being invented for the benefit of The Darkness, who wont have an album out in time to be nominated.

― Gob Beldof, Monday, 1 November 2004 17:17 (twenty years ago)

The nominees have always been overwhelmingly live dance acts though, haven't they?

― DJ Mencap0))), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:18 (twenty years ago)

I can't even be bothered making an ineffectual and unamusing comment about this.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:21 (twenty years ago)

early prediction for best live act : scissor sisters.

― piscesboy, Monday, 1 November 2004 17:22 (twenty years ago)

aw go on william.

― piscesboy, Monday, 1 November 2004 17:22 (twenty years ago)

piscesboy, there shall be NO best British live act award for Scissor Sisters !

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:25 (twenty years ago)

Victory... for...

No, sorry. Think HMHB said it best: "They treat the Mercury Music/Prize with awe/They treat the Mercury Music/Prize with awe/They treat the Mercury Music/Prize with awe - obviously this is just jealousy on my part."

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:26 (twenty years ago)

oh yeah i get you. british, yeah. well they're sort of british aren't they? well no actually obviously they're not.

― piscesboy, Monday, 1 November 2004 17:51 (twenty years ago)

while Zero 7 may well fit into the BPI's idea of a Dance Act, i don't think they do for anyone else

they should give the Best Dance Act to Basement Jaxx, every year, regardless of whether they've released anything (they always do anyway so nerr)

but hey it's not like i still watch it

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 1 November 2004 17:53 (twenty years ago)

the Brits are fucking over!

― lukey (Lukey G), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 09:34 (twenty years ago)

One word: Davina. Another: yawn.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 10:29 (twenty years ago)

We just doesn't seem able to make dance music with any real originality or belief at the moment. The only person I can think of who I genuinly like is Rex The Dog. Europe seems to be carrying the torch at the moment, but give it time and something new will pop up.

The Brit Awards will remain as stunningly irrelevant to me as ever. Perhaps they should have gone the whole hog and introduced the 'Best Curry' award.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 11:48 (twenty years ago)

We have Rex, Jacques, the Jaxx, Crosstown Rebels, Ignition, Freeform Five (all 5 of you fans ;-)). We're not cripplingly short of dance talent right this minute.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 12:13 (twenty years ago)

Also, the Chemicals are back as of January (with Q-Tip in tow and a Money Mark-sharing album title), and based on the Kylie mix, I'm willing to give 'em a fair shake.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 12:14 (twenty years ago)

where are Medicine 8 then? Audio Bullys? FC Kahuna? X-Press II? class of 2002!

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 12:31 (twenty years ago)

".. and the award for Best Curry goes to .... The Darkness!

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 12:36 (twenty years ago)

D'oh, Radio Slave and Cagedbaby! Jon Pleased Wimmin should do more (unless he's secretly Rex The Dog). Some people really like that young Riton feller-me-lad.

(PS, right now, tha class of 2002 are just dat - the Bullys released some well received altre-nom EPs last and this year, tho. Fuck X-Press II).

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 12:37 (twenty years ago)

Jon Pleased Wimmin is still around??? class of '95! but then so is Rex The Dog technically (if it really is JX)

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 12:44 (twenty years ago)

Jon produced that awesome cover of 'Our Lips Are Sealed' with Roxanne 'Hi, I'm Kim's sis' Wilde as The Visitor last December.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 12:48 (twenty years ago)

i don't listen to dance music.

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 12:49 (twenty years ago)

our lips are sealed cover? that sounds good. details please.

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 2 November 2004 13:53 (twenty years ago)

GMAIL PLEASE

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 14:03 (twenty years ago)

http://www.discogs.com/release/243501

Steve, you've got to be kidding.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 2 November 2004 14:11 (twenty years ago)

They've been reading too many Alexis Petredis articles.

-- Wooden (josephgoode...), November 1st, 2004.

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 08:28 (twenty years ago)

YOU TOO CAN BE SAVED FROM THE HELL OF DRUGS BY ENCROACHING AND COMFORTABLE MIDDLE AGE!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 08:49 (twenty years ago)

God I hate Petridish.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 08:51 (twenty years ago)

At the moment I just hate the Guardian. Bush will probably get back in as a direct result of that stupid Clark County stunt of theirs.

Boycott the Grauniad!

― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 3 November 2004 08:59 (twenty years ago)

I'm not writing the copy for that one!

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 09:02 (twenty years ago)

That's so utterly arseways. If anything dance has more hipster cool than ever before right now, and that's why it's not massively commercially popular. But even an utter moron like Petridis can surely see that commercially this year it's done quite alright, and critically people are getting more excited also.

It's so sad that he seems to think he actually did love the music at one stage, because his understanding of it seems so poor.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 10:10 (twenty years ago)

He's no longer getting any, maybe?

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 10:15 (twenty years ago)

fuck the brits. i want them to have a best hip hop award and a best R&B award, since those categories seem to be running the singles charts these days.

― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 10:23 (twenty years ago)

"See, Brits, here's the pulse. Now, here's your finger, far away from the pulse and jammed right up your ass. Say, would you like a chocolate covered pretzel?"

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 10:55 (twenty years ago)

xpost, that chemicals kylie remix was amazing. cant wait to hear q-tip with them.

― titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Wednesday, 3 November 2004 11:01 (twenty years ago)

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