PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS, DANCING TOGETHER! It's the 1990s TOP 100 ELECTRONIC TRACKS poll results!

This was one hell of a run until we got to Autechre.

Had no idea that ilxors were so into Autechre... Going by the last poll, it won't be the last of them either :/

So, they labelled that one IDM, literally!

lol at "192kbps" label also

bit surprised at any 'Eutow' dislike, and i'm not a fan of their later stuff

doubt i'd dislike anything in this list tho

Only thing I actively dislike so far is Nightcrawlers, though a few of the more housey tracks leave me a bit cold.

I've got nothing against Autechre really, Eutow or otherwise (in fact, I voted for Flutter), it's just the overrepresentation in the last poll.

I am hoping the bangers/chinstrokers ratio in the lower reaches of the countdown is suitably skewed towards the former. Certainly room for a bit of chinstroking though.

I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that the chinstroking stuff fares better in the albums poll than in the tracks poll. I think the top 20 of this poll has only one or two chinstroking tunes (with a couple of borderline cases).

Eutow? Good track, unexpected choice though.

The next tune is another favourite of mine that I didn't expect to make it this high, and I can't really explain it except as a sort of "you had to be there" thing...

http://katebushforum.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/th_drumroll.gif

57. Rotterdam Termination Source - Poing (Rotterdam Records, 1992)
414 points, 6 votes.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/poing_zps584b51b8.jpg

http://youtu.be/dqD1OohY2to

Does anyone know a song called "Poing" by Rotterdam Termination Source?

15 places above Born Slippy! Excellent work all concerned.

I remember "Poing" being in heavy rotation on MTV Europe when I was 13, and hearing that sound with that video was one of those generation-defining moments for me. Me and my friends were really excited whenever it played, while our parents watched the video with utter confusion, and it really felt like it's our time now!

Haha, is that proto-gabba?

Definitely giving me a stupid grin.

Lol at this:

The best thing was the radio ad that came out about a week after the song. It went:

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Have a break, have a Kit Kat

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Genius.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), 5. joulukuuta 2002 18:19

56. Everything But the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix) (Blanco y Negro, 1994)
421 points, 6 votes.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/missing_zps225cbfc6.jpg

http://youtu.be/ycPWuo7CsyA

Todd Terry's mix of Missing is a classic.

― Rick, 19. helmikuuta 2003 13:46

I lost interest after that, though I did like "Missing" the first few hundred times I heard it.

― mike a (mike a), 19. helmikuuta 2003 18:58

i really liked the singles off walking wounded but just never got round to it due to being 13 at the time. not familiar with anything prior to that except the todd terry remix of "missing" which is classic 4eva obv.

i remember the sneering from the time though - the music press was actually pretty shit in the 90s, contra people's romanticism, right? i love her voice - mostly because of her performative strategy, where she sounds precise and somewhat distanced but never detached, this is never at the expense of the song's emotion - it's kind of like, drawing further back in order to make it more affecting.

― lex pretend, 10. helmikuuta 2011 14:33

This is one that's definitely overplayed to the point of my never wanting to hear it ever again.

55. N-Trance - Set You Free (All Around the World, 1993)
422 points, 6 votes, two 1st place votes.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/setyoufree_zps90a5431b.jpg

http://youtu.be/18W9WYw9HaA

"Set You Free" was in some ways the "Strawberry Fields Forever" of the 90s. Both songs locate the exalted within a kind of veiled kitsch. Desire as comedy sketch.

― Freedom, 22. kesäkuuta 2008 22:20

N'Trance - "Set You Free" (an awesome track that almost makes up for their subsequent crimes)

― Tim, 19. heinäkuuta 2002 3:00

I think 'Set you free' could be the most important song I've heard in months, amazing track.

― Ian, 20. heinäkuuta 2002 3:00

Set You Free by N-Trance = psycho-jilted-lover locking his beau in the basement, demanding affection.

― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), 25. marraskuuta 2003 19:39

Pleased someone else had it as their no.1! Electronic Pleasure is almost as good.

Seems I'd had that tune mixed up in my head with another one whose name I can't quite remember... What's the Eurodance song whose chorus goes something like, "your love will set you free!", sung in diva house style?

Also, am I the only one who actually liked N-Trance's version of "Stayin' Alive"? I thought the Euro-rapping complemented the groove in that tune very nicely.

I'm voting For Sweet Like Chocolate, as there's something wonderfully unjaded about it, and it never fails to put a big stupid grin on my face.
― chap, 5. helmikuuta 2008

chap otm

Only thing I actively dislike so far is Nightcrawlers
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap)

chap not otm

Surprised when looking through this to see how many actual top 40 hits there are in here. Maybe it's age or voting demographic but it's also that the relationship between dance music and the charts has changed to such an extent. It's not just the obvious pop-house picks, a record as (relatively) weird as Blue Room could go top 10. I just had a look at the Aphex discography and even fucking Ventolin got to like #48 and that's abrasive as hell.

Haha, is that proto-gabba?

IIRC "Poing" was gabba going mainstream!

(I guess "Amsterdam Waar Lech Dat Dan" isn't going to make an appearance on this list...)

Love the glockenspiel and brass bits placed v v discreetely in the Amira tune, perfect contrast with the near euphoric stop and start vocals

Tuomas, did it also go "ah ha yeah, ah ha yeah" during the 'chorus'?

Euphoria is def not my favourite House Crew tune but I still like it and I'm glad to see them represented.
Set You Free brings back bad memories of student nights full of semi-ironic dancing and general drunken arsehole behaviour, I'm sure if I'd first encountered it in a different context I'd be more sympathetic to it.

Also, backtracking a bit but Blue Room is way better than I remember it being. The Orb are hippie music really I guess, but the kind of hippie music that I can get on board with at least some of the time.

do people ITT actually have a problem with Eutow?

54. The Prodigy - Charly (Alley Cat Mix) (XL Recordings, 1991)
426 points, 7 votes, one 1st place vote.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/charly_zps28cb3d67.jpeg

http://youtu.be/38oABLOeMyI

Also, while I'm here, I think that the cat in "Charly" was gay. A revelation I know, but hey, I think it's true. Not only that, but he was a pedophile.

Think about it, why was the cat hanging around with a small boy. The cat sounded old, lets say at least 5. That would make him 35 in catty years. What a perv!!

I now finally see Liam's meaning behind the whole song. It was a political statement, the cat was John Major. He must be a Thatcher fan. Interesting shit.

― Dave McDermott, 18. lokakuuta 2001 3:00

Charly is my perosal favourite since it has THAT Sound.

― Omar, 7. tammikuuta 2002 3:00

nick's school disco list gets a lot of it but my school discos (i was 11 and went to big school in the autumn of '91) were... ravey/housey. things like cc penniston. there's no way they'd have played new order. the biggest tune of that year round the way was probably 'charly'.

― That one guy that quit, 30. huhtikuuta 2007 12:00

Tuomas, did it also go "ah ha yeah, ah ha yeah" during the 'chorus'?

Maybe... And I think the chorus might've been "you love will set me free", not "you". Do you know the tune?

Is that the first placing for the Prodge?

Yeah.

53. The Prodigy - Everybody in the Place (Fairground remix) (XL Recordings, 1991)
427 points, 8 votes.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/everybodyintheplace_zps5459028f.jpeg

http://youtu.be/UKmhlA2S2KU

On the dancing of Keith Flint in the video for "Everybody In The Place"...

Lol.

I'm guessing that Firestarter won't place.

^Like both of those Prodge placings but only voted for Charly.

"Charly" (Alley Cat Mix) changed my life, no joke

probably the most formative records I heard between the ages of 16 and 18 in the dance realm were that, "Weekend" by DJ Dick, "Dog Star Man/Helter Skelter" by Meat Beat Manifesto, "The Days of Swine and Roses" by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, "Big Car" by Severed Heads and "Anastasia" by T99

Given the amount of rave-era stuff we've had already I'd say Out Of Space is a potential #1 though.

"Out Of Space" is such a weird, amazing record; I always think it's overrated until I actually play it, at which point I go "oh yeah, how did I forget how ridiculously good this is?"

probably the most formative records I heard between the ages of 16 and 18 in the dance realm were that, "Weekend" by DJ Dick, "Dog Star Man/Helter Skelter" by Meat Beat Manifesto, "The Days of Swine and Roses" by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, "Big Car" by Severed Heads and "Anastasia" by T99
Hoping that Anastasia might still make an appearance.

52. Jam & Spoon - Stella (Dance Pool, 1992)
428 points, 7 votes.

http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u641/Lixenixen/stella_zps4104a872.jpeg

http://youtu.be/8Eq0i187kvE

"Stella (Jam and Spoon mix)" is THE! BEST! DANCE! SONG! EVER!

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), 20. tammikuuta 2006 2:28

Stella is a wonderful track. See also Paul Van Dyke's mix of 'Flaming June'.

Trance feels like a part of my past. I often return to various elements of my record collection, but never the trance stuff. I sued to adore it. The other week I dug out a load of my old Gatecrasher compilations, but the buzz and the joy (on the whole) wasn't there. What it did provoke was a whole load of nostalgia. Loving trance was responsible for me getting my first job, so I feel I owe it a bit more love. Genre guilt.

― Anna (Anna), 20. maaliskuuta 2005 19:46

if you don't like early 90s trance you don't deserve to live

― Sven Bastard (blueski), 17. maaliskuuta 2005 2:46

Are we talking Jam & Spoon "Stella"?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), 17. maaliskuuta 2005 3:04

JA. PLOOS EIN TECHNOTRANCE, ICHT LICHTEN R&S VS EYE Q

― Sven Bastard (blueski), 17. maaliskuuta 2005 3:10

argh I hate making lists because I invariably forget something, like "Unfinished Sympathy" and "Pro-Gen"

I miss the days when trance was this evocative, cosmic dance music instead of the adolescent-car-window-rattling stuff (that Finnish clubbers call "wiener trance") that it later turned into. Jam & Spoon, Cosmic Baby, Sven Väth, Oliver Lieb, Marusha, Lazonby, that was my shit when I was 15.

of course, my favorite Väth song was his least trancey ("L'Esperanza")

L'Esperanza is pretty trancey! At least compared to the harpsichord tracks on Väth's debut album, or the stuff he does nowadays.