Country techno

Some of the weirder moments in nineties dance music was the mid-nineties mini-fad of dance/house/techno tunes with country & western elements. The best known example of this is of course "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex, but there where several others too, like "Swamp Thing" by The Grid (I think this tune started the whole thing), "Everybody Gonfi Gon" by Two Cowboys, and "The Fiddle" by Basic Element. If memory serves me right, Perplexer also had a similar tune, but with bagpipes instead of banjos/fiddles.

Back then I thought the whole fad was quite fun, but I haven't really revisited these tunes ever since. What did/do you think of this stuff? And are there more recent examples of country techno/dance/house? I know Si Begg did a dub remix of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" a few years ago, but that's all I can think of.

Alabama 3?

lemon interrupt/underworld's 'bigmouth' possible precursor. (is a harmonica country?)

I know Si Begg did a dub remix of "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" a few years ago, but that's all I can think of.

it's actually by jackdaw with crowbar.

b-side of the last basement jaxx 12" might fit.

"Cotton Eye Joe" is a novelty record, and I think that novelty idea permeates the whole concept of using C&W stylings on a techno track, so no-one's really done it since. "Swamp Thing" wasn't bad, but I found "CEJ" to be really annoying. It's even on a compilation album of the worst records ever.

This phenomenon needs to be as tasteless as possible otherwise you get into Moby territory. That said, Dusty Boots by Booka Shade is good.

it's actually by jackdaw with crowbar.

Eh? The tune I'm talking about is on this compilation, and it's credited to "Van Der Hoog's Country Curative", which I assume is a Si Begg pseudonym like half of the others on that comp.

^ 2 In A Room 'Giddy Up'

what was that terrible Irish fiddle-based one from last year?

,i>Eh? The tune I'm talking about is on this compilation, and it's credited to "Van Der Hoog's Country Curative",[/i]

yes, i know. it is by jackdaw with crowbar who are seemingly not given the credit.

here's the basement jaxx one - http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/335748-01.htm

the track is b-harp

Andrew Weatherall did something on Haunted Dancehall that had a country twang to it, "Tow Truck" maybe? It veers dangerously close to Matt DC's "Moby Territory".

Someone must have looped the intro to "Born to Be Alive" at some point, which is basically country music

omg I have not thought about "Swamp Thing" in years and now I am much happier than I was 5 minutes ago

'take me back to your house' - basement jaxx

A Spanish hit in 1994, "Johnny Techno Ska":

forsaken and jokers last saloon swagger from is a little more western than country and was probably my favourite 12 od the year
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=120292

Probably at least a few examples on this thread:

(vintage) country-disco

I totally need to check out "Johnny Techno Ska" now.

Henrik Schwarz edit of Bill Withers' Who Is He (And What Is He To You?)

Trust Me (Cowboy Mix) - Kiki

DJ Pica Pica Pica (Yamatsuka Eye) - Water Drums 1

(well, the first half anyway)

Oh yeah, I forgot The Grid had an earlier single called "Texas Cowboys", though this one doesn't really have any proper country elements besides the name:

And here's "Pistolero" by Juno Reactor, though this one seems to be more inspired by Morricone than proper country:

Scorching guitar + 303 action in Cosmosis - Martian Blues.

it doesn't really count, but ragge di luna's hilarious stab at making something sound "wild west" accidentally turned out to be one of the great italo disco songs of all time: COMANCHERO

sorry, raggIO di luna

There's a song on the new Lily Allen record that's kind of country electro-pop.

Paid $1 for a good used LP copy of this today

http://www.wiels.com/blog/images/Gil_Trythall_-_Country_Moog_front_sm.jpg

Came out in 1970, apparently. Opener "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" seems to be the most proto-Rednex cut.

^^^ been playing the hells out of his Foggy Bottom Breakdown

er, MOUNTAIN

"let the record show the witness made the drinky drinky motion"

I confess that I sampled the hell out of that record for the Matmos song "The West".

I was just having a conversation with a friend about dance music influenced by Westerns - so hopefully they sort of fit.

Isolee - Schrapnell
Al Usher - Here Today
Und - Rodeo (in particular the Crowpleaser remix)
Lindstrom - A Blast of Loser (the Mungolian remix is more country than western - check out their Altz remixes as well)
Renegade Soundwave - Lucky Luke???
Troy Pierce - Horse Nation (ok that's probably pushing it - the Dead Man of the Western Techno genre)
Pepe Bombilla - Harmonic Clashes

Oh, and DJs Collapse - Jawfunk/Shinbone

Almost there:

Moog Cookbook - "Sweet Home Alabama"
Hot Butter - "Apache"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNLScrfFZ6U

This is still pretty dope! The rap bits are kinda weak though, even by Eurodance standards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krte_Q5LPAM

Lol at the tuxedo guys actually pretending to play the violin parts in this "live" performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaRA-9hhYQg

Holy shit, I have this tune on some ancient compilation, but I'd totally forgotten about it! A hardcore techno version of "Duelling Banjos"!

When I bought the comp I had no idea what "Duelling Banjos" was, I thought "Duelling Techno" was just another hardcore tune. I only made the connection right now!

there was a track i heard sammy dee play once that had a descending lap steel sample at the end of every 16 or so bars. kinda chunky mff style tech house. anyone know what i'm talking about?

Not sure if there was a relevant country-techno discussion on a "Timber" thread, but here's Chuck Eddy w/a "Square-Dance-Tronica Mix" playlist:

http://www.rhapsody.com/playlist/pp.139659102

Nice list, though it's missing Basic Element's "The Fiddle".

http://www.factmag.com/2015/06/25/nile-rodgers-making-edm-country-with-keith-urban

Time for a revival?

would like to know the answer to anita bonghit's question

Guess this would fit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpzR7afNq8w

"Swamp Thing" is still pretty bad ass