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The world of nightclubs, DJs, dancers and their rituals in which house, techno and much dance music were made and are judged.
Read more on WikipediaA late-1990s and early-2000s scene that fused 1980s electro, synth-pop and new wave with punk attitude, deadpan vocals and a taste for fashion and performance. It grew around labels such as International DeeJay Gigolo in Munich and clubs in New York, Berlin and Paris.
A continuous sequence of tracks blended by a DJ so that one flows into the next. Extended and club mixes exist so that DJs have long intros and outros to mix with.
The rhythmic signature of house music: a four-on-the-floor kick, off-beat hi-hats and claps on two and four, at roughly 118 to 128 beats per minute.
Nu, Jo.Ke
Nine sun-warmed minutes of organic deep house from the Bar 25 world, where Jo.Ke's gentle, sing-along vocal drifts over a loping groove made for golden-hour dancing.
Klangkuenstler
A six-minute house workout from Klangkuenstler's early, groove-first years, built for the long middle stretch of a club night when the floor just wants to jack.
Daft Punk
Giorgio Moroder opens Daft Punk's Collaborators films, remembering the Moog, the dance floor and the perfectionism of the two Frenchmen who brought him back into the studio for Random Access Memories.
Codec & Flexor
Cold, pulsing analogue-style synths and a detached vocal make Codec & Flexor's electroclash-era club hit sound like a rave remembered through frosted glass.
Branko, SKIP&DIE, Fellow
Branko's global club sound in miniature: an Amsterdam meeting with SKIP&DIE and Fellow on his debut album ATLAS, a gleaming, bass-heavy groove built for a crowd.
Chicks On Speed
Munich art collective Chicks On Speed turn Cracker's 1990s alt-rock road song into a deadpan electronic cover: an early electroclash single, first pressed on their own Go Records in 1998.
Sworn Virgins
The B-side of the anonymous London disco project Sworn Virgins' 2018 12-inch on Soulwax's DEEWEE label: a driving, chugging late-night cut that The Vinyl Factory called a Harvey-esque freak-out for saturated nightcrawlers.
Amanda Blank
'DJ' by Amanda Blank is a heartbreak song dressed as a club track: over a Diplo and Switch beat, the Philadelphia rapper asks the DJ to turn it up so she can dance a bad relationship away.
