FREEFORM 1990's ALTERNATIVE ALBUM POLL - THE RECKONING (TOP TEN COUNTING DOWN NOW)

there was more tuomas-friendly music than in every other ilx decade poll combined

Er, you might do well to check the original 90s polls - that was when ILX tastes and my tastes converged the most. My complaint wasn't about the lack of electronic music per se (as this poll had many fine electronic albums), I was just wondering why there was so little dance music in this poll, even though it was represented quite well in the OG poll. IMO the 90s were the best decade ever for dance music, and I felt like ILM has kinda changed in its appreciation of 90s dance between 2004 and 2010. (And like I mentioned, this is probably due to ILX becoming more dominated by Americans, who were less exposed to dance music in the 90s than Europeans.)

But I still expect the alternate 90s tracks poll to have plenty of dance - otherwise I might just loose my faith in ILM.

what are your favourite 10 dance albums of the 90's tuomas, i would like to hear them

or at least hear what they are. then i might listen to some of them.

*coughOMGCANUBELIEVETHEREWASNOTENOUGHELECTRONICMUSICcough*

hahahhaha well, there was way less complaining than usual.. I wasn't bothered by it. And all the best electronic albums were already included in the previous 90's poll (3 underworld albums!)

I don't know if these are the ten BEST, but here are ten good ones:

T-99: Children of Chaos
The Prodigy: Experience
Eon: Void Dweller
Bizarre Inc: Energique
Altern8: Full On... Mask Hysteria
The Shamen: En-Tact
Speed Limit 140+ BPM Vol 3: The Joint
Best of Techno Volume 3
Kaos Theory 2
XL Recordings: The Third Chapter - Breakbeat House

also yeah, Underworld's Beaucoup Fish and the Fluke album with "Atom Bomb" and "Absurd" on it and the Chemical Brothers albums and the Moby albums etc etc etc

n.b. I was bang into The Prodigy as a wee youth, and also The Chemical Brothers, so I'd not be remotely averse to scratching deeper

In that vein, I dig Propellerheads a lot. There's also pre-Discovery Daft Punk (ie, when they were still awesome French house music), Remedy by Basement Jaxx, all those demented Interactive singles (search for "Elevator Up and Down" and "Dildo"), 2 Unlimited (no really! esp. "Twilight Zone" and "Tribal Dance"), early Lords of Acid ("Darling come heeeere....") and the acts related to them (Praga Khan, MNO, Digital Orgasm, Channel X, Jade 4 U, Phantasia, etc)

Most of them were already mentioned in my ballot, but here's a tentative top 10:

Paperclip People – The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich
Hardfloor – The Best of Hardfloor
Marusha – Raveland
Ultramarine – Every Man and Woman Is a Star
Hell – Munich Machine
Innerzone Orchestra – Programmed
Omni Trio – Haunted Science
4 Hero - Parallel Universe
Khan & Walker - Radiowaves
Syrinx 2600 - Docking -20s

Out of these, you might enjoy Munich Machine, Programmed, Radiowaves, Docking -20s. You probably won't like Raveland nor Parallel Universe. The rest, I have no idea.

(x-post to Louis)

As far The Prodigy goes, I think Music for the Jilted Generation is their best, probably the one LJ would like the most too.

agreed

Tuomas did you like any of the electronic stuff I voted for? There must be some common ground somewhere!

Also, Sheep on Drugs, Mark Ink, Burger Industries, selected Speedy J tracks ("Borax" particularly), the first Panacea album, the original Omni Trio releases (stay AWAY from Haunted Science, it really sucks), etc etc

xp: of course Tuomas likes Haunted Science over The Deepest Cut

I already like that album loads (Jilted Generation)! Thanks for your suggestions, though; I'll try to listen to a few of them!

also check early Photek

In that vein, I dig Propellerheads a lot

hahaha inevitably I am a great fan of their album too, lol England

Lionrock?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6ZIZQv8zTk

let's rock this

Decksanddrumsandrockandroll was my introduction to electronic/dance music.. I didn't care for it at all until this record.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-aqy9BYqDM

omg i totally downloaded that lionrock mp3 in like fall 1999.

I like this Dan! Very nostalgic.

This probably my number 1 favourite dance tune of the 90s (it's by Mike Ink, i.e. one half of Burger/Ink):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8DXBcbJq1A&feature=related

Unfortunately this version isn't available on any album - the Love Inc. album that came out in 1996 only has an inferior remix.

that was on like a bazillion comps tho

Yeah, that's how I got it.

This too is pretty good!! Very busy and maximalist, a style which has a place in my heart along with more austere offerings

I saw Lionrock several times and had their album and some singles. Saw death in vegas around the time of their 1st album and again supporting chemical brothers.

T99's biggest hit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cnsp06_7Rw&feature=related

the career-defining Lords of Acid track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdmkjD2UTJU

this is all greatly appreciated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPbVP6cots4

Omni Trio when they/he was good, as opposed to the era Tumoas recommended, which I refer to as "drum n blouse"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvjeQbYEAB0

"VIP Torture" from the mind-meltingly brilliant Panacea album Low Profile Darkness

this Lords Of Acid is grotesquely heavy and over-the-top, would rave to :D

it sounds like the buttspawn of Ministry and Orbital

did not expect to read Lords Of Acid and 'career-defining' in the same sentence.

Panacea = incredible xpost. Soundtrack to my year in Poland.

You seriously can't fuck with that Panacea album. It's face-melting.

(kind of too bad nothing else he did lived up to it, really)

yeah this is pretty intense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwiVXWZ8QL8

LJ, here's some more Lords of Acid; same album (Lust), "The Most Wonderful Girl"

a lot of rave stuff from Belgium was heavily informed by industrial/new beat so there's an entire subsection of early 90s rave with this vibe to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DVmDFszz2U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_KmWM8kH_s

Human Resource - "Dominator" (original mix and the more famous Joey Beltram remix)

actually someone fucked with the Beltram remix on that one, this is the real deal

1991 reprazent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_KmWM8kH_s

foodtime but the Panacea was awesome, will listen to the rest on my return

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww1Fma7wPpo

Panacea's "I'm Losing U", one of my favorite tracks like ever

Lords Of Acid continue to be pretty good, Beltram remix is now sounding dinstinctly Prodigy-esque, very aggressive

RECOMMENDATIONS: 90s "dance"/electronic music

moving this to another thread

cool

God this thread has got so good in the last couple of hours. Gonna go on such a music binge after my exams :D

Hey, I just noticed that Docking -20s by Syrinx 2600, one of my favourite 90s electronic albums that no one else seems to have ever heard of, is on Spotify, so I thought I'd share the link:

http://open.spotify.com/album/3xmD0YDXiSVwYxVnwwTCc6

If you like experimental electro and trancey synth drones, you should definitely check this out! (It's also one of those albums which get better and better towards the end - don't let the slow start fool you.)

no, honestly- i don't get the bone thugs thing. its das efx, who were rubbish (fu-shick ok i guess) made a bit soft and westy. anyway, i believe i have been sb by a few on my strong opinions on btah before, maybe even moreso than my lol opinions on abbey road, so lets just let it lie huh?

a) BTNH have nothing to do with Das EFX, stop playing yourself
b) Das EFX were awesome for like a year, stop playing yourself
c) most of BTNH's stuff is hard as fuck, stop playing yourself
d) BTNH weren't from anywhere near the west coast and don't sound any more "westy" than any other midwestern rap act of that era, unless anything other than new york = westy (stop playing yourself)
e) stop playing yourself