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great.

yes.

no, it's some of the most vital music created in the last couple of decades.

very easy to tell.

a good proportion of it is smarter than the people who deride it.

<3

can't bring myself round to baile funk though. it's too faddish.

i dont think dance music makes me wanna dance

jackson 5 on the other hand.....

I've been listening to lots of dancey type stuff.

i'm not into long repetitve stuff though.

I like people that use the sounds of dance music to create catchy 'songs'. I like songs. I like structure.

Lo-Fi Fnk, Muscles, The Junior Boys, The Knife, etc. These bands are doing it well.

well i like to dance.........................................50s and 60s r & b and 1970s disco mainly.

probably should've titled the thread "you and electronic music"

hmmm....

maybe, but i was also hoping for people to come out of the closet not just with songs that kidda were electronic in nature (kraftwerk, the knife), but also the more hardcore, ish-ish-ish-ish-ker-DOOF-DOOF-DOOF-DOOF-ekDOOF-DOOF-DOOF-ekDOOF-DOOF-DOOF- kinda music as well

i still play Leftfield, Prodigy and Underworld but they are all pretty dated by now.

KOMPAKT 4eva!!!

but also the more hardcore, ish-ish-ish-ish-ker-DOOF-DOOF-DOOF-DOOF-ekDOOF-DOOF-DOOF-ekDOOF-DOOF-DOOF- kinda music as well

yeah..... not keen.

I used to like drum n bass back around 2000/2001.... but it all jsut gets too samey. Could never listen to it for more than 30 mins.

to my ears, Underworld is timeless. have you got into the Riverrun series?

and in drum'n bass, i love downloading the Hospital Records podcast because the guy loves digging up some leftfield, original drum'n bass. some melodic stuff too.

I have the Everything Everything live album, a 7" single of Underneath the radar, and about 5 versions of Born Slippy on different compilations

how are you and dance music getting along? Not very well, I used all the hott water and now he's pissed.

do you go to dance music parties and dance till you can't stay upright? Nope.

do you have a few mixed cds? I have plenty of mixcds, none of them dance.

or do you think techno just isn't music? Techno is not music. It is the sound of Satan farting.

can't tell the difference between trance and drum'n bass? One's shit and annoying and one's shit and boring?

think dance music is the dumbest thing ever? Not ever. I mean, asbestos was pretty dumb.

on the official underworld website, www.underworldlive.com , there's been a series of 5pound downloads called Riverrun where they've got half hour of new material mixed together in each one. Lovely Broken Thing is more the typcial underworld of old, the other downloads sees them pushing their more experimental, down tempo areas. look around that website and you may also find a massive, 3 hour mp3 of a fantastic radio jam they did.

I am forced to going to dance clubs with mates because thats what they like.

To me there's good and there's bad. The bad is rotten the good is well good.

I will get up and dance but ply me with alcohol and i'l dance to a guy playign a piano accordion.

I think just about any musiccal form is valid and enjoyable.

You are your mates' bitch, Kev.

Correct.

Dance music is GREAT! How else could talentless hack computer geeks like myself break into the "music" industry?

I'm sure there's good dance music, but I've never been much of a dancer & I don't take nearly enough pills to really enjoy it.

Call me old fashioned, but I like hearing music played by people, on instruments...not programmed into a computer. It's not just dance music though...I have issues with heaps of "bands" lately for the same reason... ie. They can't actually play their instruments very well. When I was a lad...you learned how to play FIRST.

is bangin

:)

listened to leftism today on the way home. i seem to often forgot how brilliant that album is.

this is such a disappointment. Was planning on going to this.

New stage added as The Hot BBQ moves to Summadayze! Future Entertainment has today announced that New Years Day event, The Hot Barbeque, will move to neighboring event, Summadayze, hosted at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

A scaled down Hot Barbeque will utilize a large fence line extension area at the venue – offering 2 new stages.

Future Entertainment has said that the current economic climate has hit people hard – and rather than push two events this year, it’s in everyone’s best interests to consolidate.

The addition of this area is great news for Summadayze ticket holders who will get access to additional stages and another 8 international DJ’s for no extra cost. Hot Barbeque ticket holders will also benefit by getting access to a previously sold out event with an amazing talent line up and extended hours of operation.

The multi award winning Summadayze is Future Entertainment’s most successful event and is Melbourne’s favourite electronic music festival. Despite this event selling out months ago, there is additional space and reserved tickets that will now be utilised for the Hot Barbeque amalgamation.

Future Entertainment will be freeing up Summadayze tickets originally put aside for an anti ticket scalping campaign, so that Hot Barbeque ticket holders can be looked after.

Hot Barbeque ticket holders will have the option of a full refund (including the booking fee if purchased through Ticketmaster), or an upgraded ticket to Summadayze. This ticket upgrade also includes a VIP pass.

Parton comfort will not be compromised with the event merge.

The Hot Barbeque stages at Summadayze will feature the cream of The Hot Barbeque line up, including:

Boys Noize
Busy P
Carl Craig
DJ Mehdi
Radioslave
Oliver Huntemann
Steve Aoki and more…

Stay tuned to www.futureentertainment.com.au for further line up announcements.

Tickets:
Hot Barbeque ticket purchasers will have the option to get a full refund through their place of purchase (this includes the booking fee if purchased through Ticketmaster), or upgrade their ticket to a Summadayze ticket, costing an additional $50 + BF and service charges. This includes a VIP pass with access to both Hot Barbeque stages.

Please note that the Summadayze ticket upgrade offer is limited and expires at 6pm next Wednesday December 17.

If you are a ticket holder please email enquiries@futureentertainment.com.au and we can advise you of the next step.

www.ticketmaster.com.au
Ph 136 100

Venue: Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne

Time: 9am until 11pm
www.futureentertainment.com.au

does anyone have an opinion about the new mr oizo record? not sure if i like it or not, i listen to it and it doesn't grab me, but on other times things come up on shuffle and its great.

on an upside i've been listening to the new album by Extrawelt: Schöne Neue Extrawelt

great stuff.

Anon: sorry - i've not listened to it to give an opinion.

BUUUT for anyone that was keen to check out Robert Babibcz. (also known as the dude i've been fan girling over) He's playing an encrore performance at FFour TONIGHT. $10

Playing live. And shit... if it's anything to go with from his Friday gig in Melbourne AAAAND the Sautrday gig at Chinese Laundry in Syds... it's an absolute BARGAIN!

this seems to be my summer for missing beats :(

i will be in the wrong city for the following this summer: dj assault, yo majesty, the bug, sickboy, aaron spectre/drumcorps, wiley. in addition to missing dj funk and dj hell last month. there maaaaay be a chance of seeing the bug though. i'm sure something awesome will come up though.

(not all strictly dance music related, i know)

listened to leftism today on the way home. i seem to often forgot how brilliant that album is.

chik-unn-unn.. chik-unn-unn.. chik-unn-unn.. chik-check-one

Someone pulled out their Essential Mix from Pete Tong's radio show in 1994 at a recent shindig and my golly gosh did it bang hard.

I remember discovering that album in a restaurant. great moment.

2 weekends ago i got to see a genius at work.
Luciano and Robert Babicz gig at Brown Alley on the 5th. It was fucking rammed. I turned up and there was two lines both going around the Alley. Crazy shit. I haven't seen that. Inside it was more crazy. A rather weird crowd tbh. So many hangbag girls who were 'totally in love with Luciano'. Even then with so many chicks it still was a damn sausage factory.

Didn't stay at all for Luciano's set even to hear ''Orange Mistake''. The crowd was impatient, rude and fucking pushy. You couldn't even dance downstairs unless you were in the corner near the bar being blocked by a pillar. I found solace upstairs with Lance Harrison and Dave Pham. They really chugged things along nicely for the lead up to a very much anticipated liveset by thee Robert Babicz. By the time he started the top floor was already packed but i managed to pinch butts and wink my way through to the front (best trick ever!). I'm so glad i got to catch him. He smashed it. It's great seeing a artist feed off the crowd and he delivered a set quite similar to the Teadrops set thats floating around the internets. Even though this is ultra predictable Dark Flower was highlight. 6am came around and the huge sweaty crowd were begging him for one more even though he was meant to have finished at 5:30. I skedaddled with the aim to make my flight to sydney that morning.

With a long day at homebake, i managed to troop over to Chinese Laundry that night to get me a second dose of some Babicz. The cave is kinda a funny name for the downstairs area but i can see it. The industrial fans were a lifesaver because once again it was sweat in the eyes and a non-stop dance in your own world. Managed to catch up with some friends there and meet some friendly randoms. The set wasn't as intense as Melbourne's gig (maybe it was the atmosphere that made it more intense?) but it was quite similar. To the following DJ's credit he stayed off turning up for a bit so everyone could be treated to some babicz gold.

I left dazed, dazed enough to turn up at F4 in Melbourne the following Thursday night to see the encore performance. This was where Babicz in June 2007 made his debut performance in Melbs. From what they say, it was the inspiration for a track he created not long after that visit called ''A Night In Melbourne''. I could NOT miss this... ahahaha JOEY PERONNE was a guest vocalist for one of his tracks on the night!!! It wasn't the best song tbh but it was still a wicked night considering the promoters got this gig up and running within one day!! For a Thursday night it was insane.

I kinda felt odd fangirling it up at the front with the rest of the rather male dominant crowd but me and the techno were good friends that night. It was great because it was a journey between genres during this set. At times is got so soundscapey i just needed to be on a loungechair with a G+T in hand relaxing.

To his credit I don't think i would have gone to three of his gigs to begin with... but each time you took something new away.

Ahhh top bloke. I hope he comes out annually now.

did i write too much?

God damn woman I haven't been capable of that kind of schedule since about 1996! Respek is due!

Main room at Chinese Laundry's normally chock full of lagered and alcopopped dorks in my experience but the Cave makes the best of it so glad you enjoyed. Keen to check Boys Noize, A Guy Called Gerald & Carl Craig over the festive hiatus..

reading the top albums of 2008 got me thinking... I've mostly bought records and I've mostly listened to mixes this year. So heres my...

Top 5 mixes i downloaded in 2008

1. Rob Hood live in Switzerland somewhere
2. Jackmate - mnml ssgs mix
3. Carl Craig 95 essential mix
4. Recloose - The Move - R-n-D.net
5. Omar S - BBC 1

Honourable mentions: Metro Area - live in Chicago Hey Convict - Slo Mo Marcel Detteman - mnml ssgs mix

Its been a year of Detroit Techno for me. A bloody good year.

I rekon. everything has been shifting to a more techno sound for me too.

Carl Craig 95 Essential Mix: Nice one. Will you be checking him out when he's out at the beginning of next year?

Carl Craig tour dates:

Fri Dec 26 – Perth, Shape
Sat Dec 27 – Brisbane, Family
Wed Dec 31 – Sydney, Chinese Laundry NYE
Thu Jan 1 – Melbourne, The Hot BBQ/Summerdayze
Sat Jan 3 – Adelaide, Rocket Bar
Sun Jan 4 – Sydney, Days Like This Festival
Fri Jan 9 – Melbourne, Brown Alley
Sat Jan 10 – ??

also great new is Mathew Jonson is out in Melbourne 30th of January. WHOOT

Yep im going to go to brown alley... can't do summerdayze...

I think Carl might be playing with Matthew Johnson aswell. possibly!

Brown alley!! Good venue, although it can be a death trap at times.

Anyone going to Good Vibrations? I'm thinking of going...

i'm going.

Kinda of agree with you frank, Brown Alley as a venue has lots of access areas. When they appear to have gone beyond capacity that's when it can be a nightmare. Only aware of two times that would have happened. The Luciano/Babicz gig recently and a girltalk one a year or two back. I went last Friday to a xmas party called Clarity (Newish night officially started about a year ago) which is run by a bunch of mates and it was quite busy but comfortable.

C2 would be awesomo if he played with Jonson. I recall something about that but i thought it was pulled? Been listening to his Sessions CDs and looking forward to the shimmy action in January. hoefully i'll catch you there tig.

Moo-core: no Good Vibes for me.

Out in the streets, they call it muuuuurder!

hmmm, just noticed Adam Freeland playing the chinese laundry this friday.

HOLA THREAD!!!

so this is my ... ''Turning my back to 2008''
Something that i've posted somewhere else.. but think it's quite fitting for here. :)

Best Sets
Robert Babicz - Teadrops 01/09/2008
Habersham - The Nocturnal Beat Feb 2008
Magda - @ Electronic Beats Radio October 2008

Best Album
too difficult to choose but i'll pull the pin and say.
Dance - Extrawelt's ''Schöne Neue Extrawelt''
Non Dance - Pivot's ''O Soundtrack My Heart''

DJ's Of The Year List that made my head explode
DJ Hell
Robert Babicz
Danny Howells
Sven Vath
John Digweed

Tunes I struggle to know if they were this year or not. Damn
Robert Babicz - Dark Flower (Joris Voorn Magnolia Mix)
Extrawelt - Dark Side Of My Room

Best Genre
Trip-Hop

Best Event
Going overseas for three months all expenses paid

Amazing Gigs For the Year List
Darkbeart 5th Birthday Boat Party
Danny Howells@ BA
Robert Babicz @ BA
Robert Babicz @ Chinese Laundry
Robert Babicz @ F4
James Zabiela @ BA
Digweed @ Q bar
Sven and Gui @ QBH
Petter @ F4
Battles/Pivot @ Billbaords
Arcade Fire @ Forum
Still Flying @ the Northcote
Phil K/Vitalic/DJ Hell @ Stereosonic John Tejada
Supermayer @ RMH

Best Moment
- Listening to Marcus Schulz going for broke at FMF 08 and then just as the track peaked fireworks lit up the sky and the Yarra behind him. Epic Party experience.
- Getting caught in a Typhoon... that was some fucked up shit
- Dancing and drinking with all my friends. Best people ever.
- Dancing in the sun to Battles @ BDO, Dancing to Battles @ Billboards and then having a healthy discussion (agruging) with Battles about tennis.
- My closest friend getting married.

Disappointment of the Year
- Richie Hawtin @ Zouk. I dunno man... his sets are usually great and well although the crowed really enjoyed it I was left wanting. Quit fucking stripping it back to a metronome!
- Missing out on this list... Lee Burridge, Stephan Bodzin, Ellen Allien, Anthony Pappa, Hybrid, Habersham,

Local Melbourne DJ of the Year
Rollin Connection: These guys just keep maturing over the years and well have provided my ears with some very awesome warmup sets. Well done.
Honorable mention to Mr Davey Juric - you keep me dancing man. Bring on the breaks!