Shakedown-At Night

That old track of his "Running" has been nicely bootlegged with Blue Monday.

And then the vocals come in and they've got that same melancholy/happy feel that made me love Lazy (and possibly more dance songs if I get thinking). Disco pop genius. I just wish I had this on CD so I could listen to it walking down the street and guarantee I'm in a good mood all day.

I'm from the US and not within reach of a good pop/disco scene....but I just dowload this "At Night" song, and I'm loving it. Help direct me to some more good songs?

Thanks! Jamie

In no particular order.

Minimal Funk-Definition of House.

Bass Cowboy-I would die 4 u.

Cassius-La Mouche (DJ Falcon remix) very old but very good.

the Layo and Bushwacka track on the other thread.

The Superchumbo remix of Basement Jaxx 'Get Me Off' which is getting new airplay cos of being on the single.

And I'll reassess this when I go home and see the mp3s I've forgotten.

3 songs that I am absolutely fixated on: Bel Canto "Unicorn" Cocteau Twins "Heaven or Las Vegas" Cocteau Twins "Ivo"

Has anyone heard of these 2 groups? What do you think of them? I can only describe them as "sublimely ethereal." These songs bore into my core....I LOVE them. I just can't get enough of them. Can anyone recommend some similarly entoxicating songs...preferably with this same angellic-trancelike ambience?

~Jamie

im surprised no one has mentioned it here before either....

Actually I can relate to what Michael says, I heard it on the radio and sort of vaguely liked it but until I properly gave it my attention I didn't realise how great it was. It's a very subtle thing.

holy sh1t...

yeah it's a classic

<3 <3 <3

BEST SONG EVER.

this is a great song. i'm listening to it again on youtube and realize the mix i've come to love isn't the original mix. not sure which mix is the one i have but it's not the original. don't like the original as much as the mix i have....shit, need to find that other mix now!

was mousse t's mix.

all better.

much better

Love Games is a great track too.

Yes the Mousse T remix is amazing in an entirely different way. It reminds me of going to gay clubs, where I heard it most - so menacing, so punishing! The way the "I think I feel much better..." becomes so ragged, like the singer is keeping herself going with a dangerous drug cocktail.

Much respect to The Glimmers for being uncool enough to put it on one of their DJ mixes.

everyone otm, "at night" is one of the best things

is it weird that i slot it alongside jessica simpson's "a public affair" in my mental song lexicon? ("a public affair" is also one of the best things btw)

how about a poll of that amazing set of 2002 crossover dance hits? has there been a better run for chart dance since?

shakedown - at night
x-press 2 - lazy
tim deluxe - it just won't do
layo & bushwacka! - love story
underworld - two months off
db boulevard - point of view
cosmos - take me with you
space cowboy - i would die 4 u
junior jack - thrill me

what else should go in there??

A classic in the aphorism house mode of "Music Sounds Better..." and "Big Love." And how 'bout the video which simultaneously undercuts and reaffirms the song's disco liberation theology:

"how about a poll of that amazing set of 2002 crossover dance hits? has there been a better run for chart dance since?"

This reminds me of an open air dance party I went to in early 2002, where they played a lot of this stuff plus tracks from Kylie's Fever, The Ones' "Flawless", Green Velvet's "La La Land"... I miss that era a bit - "The Death Of Dance Music" as I recall!

OTOH I never liked "Shiny Disco Balls".

Should Planet Funk's "Who Said (Stuck In The UK)" go in there too? Or was that 2003?

When was Linus Loves' "The Terrace"??

ha i left off Shiny Disco Balls even tho it was a big hit - it's not in the same class as the rest of these. but you can prob draw a direct line from that (and Planet Funk) to recent mainstream shouty electro house.

Flawless and La La Land are good calls altho from 2001 i think? on that tip Silver Screen Shower Scene and Rippin Kittin could squeeze in too.

The Terrace was great! it's from 2003 BUT So Much Love To Give was 2002!

"Flawless and La La Land are good calls altho from 2001 i think?"

Yeah they were. All that stuff reminds me of eachother though.

"ha i left off Shiny Disco Balls even tho it was a big hit - it's not in the same class as the rest of these. but you can prob draw a direct line from that (and Planet Funk) to recent mainstream shouty electro house."

"Shiny Disco Balls" is perhaps the most influential commercial dance track of this decade, sadly. Most the Australian commercial electro-house of recent years pretty much bypasses electroclash or first-wave (circa 2003-2004) electro-house to resurrect the buzzy synthy sound that was already Subliminal's "thing" circa 2002, plus the bored disaffected but grating monotone female spoken word vocals. Check out anything from the loathesome Vandalism ("Never Say Never", "Smash Disco", the hideous remake of "The Creeps") for example.

The elephants in the room are the Benassi brothers though. Buzzy synths & monotone female spoken word was their thing, already circa 2002.

Benassi Bros - I Love My Sex
De Nuit - All That Mattered
Hakan Lidbo - Bad Girls Go To Hell
Kajara - She Moves
Mekon - Please Stay (Royksopp Remix)
T&F & Moltosugo - Are You Doing It With Me
Roy Davis Jr - Rock Shock
Junior Jack - E Samba
P Diddy & Kelis & Deep Dish - Let's Get Ill
Moguai - U Know Y
M Factor - Mother
Lee Cabrera - Shake It
We In Music - Grandlife
Who Da Funk - Sting Me Red
Cicada - Download It

the Kid Creme mix of this never gets enough love - great funky b-line

Roy Davis Jr - Rock Shock

now i gotta link to the incredible video for the Bangalter remix!

only recently heard the original track the hook comes from, Claudio Simonetti's 'I Love The Piano'