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Classics
Classic tracks through the years, timeless tracks that you can never get enough of. House and Trance.
House Classic – The Bucketheads – The Bomb!
Nov 28th
The Bomb is probably one of the most well-known classic house tracks from the 90′s. Using a simple vocal sample “Street sounds swirling through my mind…” the Bucketheads, is Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez, who is also one half of Masters of Work, another very popular house name.
The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind) has an addictable bassline and funky beat and it’s still sampled to this day.
The original is a massive 14 minutes 51 seconds long!
House Classic – Robin S – Show Me Love
Nov 26th
Yes, some of you are probably thinking that this track has been killed to death thanks to the countless number of remixes over recent years.
It seems each year a different version of this track will become hugely popular on dance floors. At the moment it’s Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso’s mash-up with their track “Be”. Another year it was Mobin Master’s remix etc but none of them come close to Stonebridge’s remix following the Original’s release way back in 1993.
The song reached number 6 in the UK singles charts, and 16 years on, “Show Me Love” remains just as popular as it was when it was first released.
Trance Classics – Solar Stone – Solarcoaster
Oct 21st
I first heard this track when I downloaded one of Tiesto’s 2002 sets from Amnesia about 5/6 years ago which featured this song as well as Paul Oakenfold’s Southern Sun and a number of other superb tracks.
Solarcoaster is a stunning, gentle uplifting track, with it’s soft female vocals and melodies makes it a great song to listen to when the sun sets over Ibiza, or just any time! Seven Cities is also another great tune from the English producer.
Trance Classic – Ayla – Ayla (DJ Taucher Remix)
Oct 14th
Another classic trance track from the late 90′s (1997). A legendary track produced by German Ingo Kunzi – the name “Ayla” was inspired by the name of a girl in the studio during his first recording, and er, not the hebrew meaning which is “mighty oak tree”, in Turkish it means radiance or aura of the moon.
Anyway, back to the track, as with any timeless classic in the series, it’s hard to describe and do it justice as to how good it is. DJ Taucher’s Remix was the most successful, but it was also remixed by Veracocha.
Ayla’s all-time top 5 tracks are:
Odysee Of Noises – Firedance
Energy52 – Cafe del Mar
Cosmic Baby – Space Track
Cygnus X – Orange Theme
William Orbit – Adagio For Strings
House Classic – Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
Oct 9th
Stardust, aka Daft Punk, the French producers invented this new Filtered, looped, sampled House music and the trio of Thomas Bangalter, Alan Braxe and Benjamin Diamond collaborated for just this one track in the “Stardust” project.
Benjamin Diamond provided the vocals while Daft Punk duo Bangalter and Braxe provided the rest. It’s sampled from DJ Cardio’s track but they’ve given it a Funky filtered bassline.
It was a massive hit in 1998 peaking at #2, and I first listened to it when it appeared on a NOW Album when I was 11. French house is filtered, often sampled (most of Daft Punk’s tracks are) and super funky! A lot of french house I’ve heard often has a loop, sometimes 4 or even 2 beats. This track has a regular 4-beat loop whereas Colossus by Thomas Bagalter has a 2-beat loop. Alan Braxe’s Vertigo is the same.
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Trance Classic – Veracocha – Carte Blanche
Oct 6th
Veracoche, the alias of top Dutch Trance producers Vincent De Moor and Ferry Corsten produced this timeless classic in arguable the best era of the Trance genre – the late 90′s.
“Carte Blanche” reached number 22 in the UK singles charts and it’s synthetic melody, plus the added piano notes together with that uplifting beat make it an unforgetable trance track.
House Classic – Marshall Jefferson – Move Your Body
Sep 29th
One of the earliest House tracks from Chicago in 1986. A true, proper, HOUSE track. Marshall Jefferson covered new ground with this track, adding a totally new sound to House music, adding a piano melody, an addictive bassline and catchy vocals.
Trance Classics – Binary Finary – 1998
Sep 21st
The late 90′s, what an era in Trance music, some of the best trance tunes ever made were around this time and Binary Finary’s 1998 was one of them. A superb, uplifting melody that builds and builds into what is just a timeless trance classic. Remixed by Gouryella, Paul Van Dyk and Matt Darey as well re-released as 1999 and 2000 but for me, nothing beats the Original.
