Dance music

[joyfulgirl]

I have just been asked by my coworkers to go shopping for dance music that will be played at upcoming work events using our new hi tech entertainment system. A fun assignment for me, but I'm not exactly up on current dance music, so I need your help. I work with people from ages 30-65, so while I'm looking for current dance/club music I'm also trying to appeal to a large age group--i.e., nothing too industrial. It's gotta say, "hey, let's dance!" and not "this is giving me a headache, could you turn it down?"

May I have your suggestions, please? Thanks!

 

[Salome]

Stardust - The Music Sounds Better With You
Daft Punk - One More Time
Fatboy Slim - Rockafella Skank

and when you're done dancing
Aphex Twin - Flaphead

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Salome
Shake it, shake it, shake it

 

[Sicy]

Yes, everything Salome said!!

+ Basement Jaxx.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Great suggestions...love Aphex Twin.

Keep 'em coming.

 

[sulawesigirl4]

errrr...I have no clue. Moby??

 

[SkeeK]

Mint Royale - they are the peppiest, happiest, retroist, bestest dance band out there... lots of horns and happy beats, anything by them is good though the song Don't Falter might be a good place to start.

 

[sulawesigirl4]

Originally posted by Sicy:
I have also found that the billion U2 remixes I have make for excellent dance music.

Hear, hear!

 

[joyfulgirl]

My coworkers would be shocked--nay, concerned!--if I put together a dance mix without U2.

lol...we just had a staff meeting where everyone talked about what they were working on and when my turn came around I said, "um, well, I'm working on dance music..." -- big laughs. I have the best job.

more, more!

 

[OzAurora]

I recommend a Ministry of Sound 'chillout annual' or maybe '2002 Annual' any of those are good, also the new Groove Amada cd is very good and you could also try the Avalanches

 

[Angel]

St. Germain "Tourist" (the Whole Album!)

 

[joyfulgirl]

Several suggestions here include things I've been wanting to check out, so now's my opportunity.

 

[Mike P]

Hmmm....

Most anything by Paul Van Dyk is great. Seven Ways, Out There and Back, Politics of Dancing. Great stuff. I also highly recommend anything from DJ Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, and Ferry Corsten.

That's all good Trance, so there's nothing there that's mind-numbing house music.

Ministry of Sound compilations are great (as has been said above

).


-Mike

 

[wannabe]

George Acosta - Awake
U2 - Pop

 

[Sicy]

I have also found that the billion U2 remixes I have make for excellent dance music.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Worth repeating, SkeeK, because when I got home last night I was making up my shopping list from memory and Mint Royale was the only one I couldn't remember!

Thanks everybody. Keep coming back with more ideas. Because I get to go shopping with somebody else's money.

 

[DrTeeth]

Faithless

 

[SkeeK]

The band Mint Royale would be really appropriate I think!

Oh wait. Did I already say that? Oh well, repetition for emphasis