As DJs, our basic core function is to play other people’s music to other people in a bid to get them to dance. Just as long as it keeps on coming and they can keep on dancing and keeping the bar busy, said other people largely don’t care if we’re happy or not. It is a selfless task, and perhaps even a little soul destroying for some .
But imagine this — for just one night, your favourite DJ is playing your jams aka the tracks that get you on the floor. You can completely forget about making other people happy for a change — this is all about you, and providing you with the service that you aim to provide for everyone else week in week out.
My jams? Well as a b-boy for life on the popping side of things, I’m predisposed to dance, and tunes like Hashim’s “Al Naafiysh” or Cybotron’s “Clear” are guaranteed to get me into battle mode. But my body isn’t really up to such shenanigans these days, so my mind turned to tunes that would let me completely lose myself i.e. the ones I played from 86-89. And one always comes to mind, as it has the same effect on me now as it did then:
Even when writing this piece at 7am this morning, adding the above video made me stop, turn up the volume, and listen to the whole thing from beginning to end with my eyes closed and arms flailing. That’s the sort of feeling I’m looking for from you, either arms and legs throwing shapes or hands in the air lost in the moment euphoria.
YOUR JAM?
So it’s a simple Friday question — what’s the track that makes you lose your shit the very second the one drops? Tell us about that one tune that has you stepping over people to get to the dance floor to express yourself through the medium of dance. Youtube links are most welcome.
Moby – move
Can play it anytime…
when it comes to Moby, for me there’s only this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju2L6NhSebQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w63kym-45E&feature=youtu.be
Excellent choice. A forgotten gem and one of my all-time favorites! Used here (at 54:00-ish): https://www.mixcloud.com/ShadiMix/dj-mix-may-2016/
I am only here for Ron Swanson
I spent 23 years looking for this record, ever since I first played the mix tape of Stu Allen live @ Qwest 1993. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6NtOTh52HQ
The quintessential bridge between Disco and House Music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPBDMihPRJA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e6R7vqKYxU
Nice. Repping breaks I see :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwv-3cM2pVk
I don’t think pop house tunes get any better than this. Perfection.
One of the first “real” house song i heard.
https://youtu.be/2EtEPT3DvdM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv0peny62q4
Ooh – very hard for me to pick just one, but most likely something along the lines of More Bounce To The Ounce (Zapp) or One Nation Under A Groove (Funkadelic).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OUwJbhY5Es
I’m a sucker for a simple bassline…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOYjCxGf-K0
Ok… no judgement here… Peter Murphy – Cut you up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpz2AWu4PZg
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ccdafbd22b5a3003eeb1c4c6e0d4874c05c70d71a07ea920b432abbc91f96989.jpg Malaa, dub Phizix, atmosphere and k flay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Come on – you know you wannna dance and sing to it…. :D
That made me LOL :-)
http://youtu.be/lFyTzjJDeCk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxhigzl35sw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8PpdNrt6KQ
mix with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn-AvJc56gg
Its gotta be this…https://youtu.be/qmsbP13xu6k
yeahhh
Mine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx7atNvmFg8
Can’t fault a little Pointer Sisters;
https://youtu.be/3IprBx1OlBk
This one for me. Love the old school sound
https://youtu.be/uskxAfGkQpI
My God it’s full of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pzga1C8XJM
Oh yes!
Speakers Push the Air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yeelwuKnCs
Revolter – Full Screen Horror
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO2agh99jWg
most appropriate track title. music for running… through walls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzgPC8unLIY&t=1m5s
Every remix owned by other DJs that I was never able to get a copy of but loved and lost when people went their separate ways.
Also at the end Chemical Brothers – Leave Home (Underworld mix 1) Because I fucking love that track but it’s way too aggro for %99 of people.
Still givin me goosebumps – even after almost 20 years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o2cV-FpoHo
Pure awesome. So fit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCiry4Szdo
https://youtu.be/uB3bW6I5gEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJvT6ruolA
There are many to choose from, but this is a proper goosebumper when it’s dropped https://youtu.be/a5meT63flnM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQFca9ceSho
Happy memories for this one.
https://youtu.be/X2-o_XdHqfM
Bad Company – The Nine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esKoM_K2UwA
It was only ever really dropped as a teaser but god damn…
Yeah.
oh, my mistake… “a track that makes you lose your shit”, eh? okay then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad0wjIAHP0g&t=23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxcJW6bs5os
There you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek1dhLwjdp4
The hardest part of a question like this is picking ONE track. As DJs, we come across so many tracks that are near and dear to our hearts for one reason or another. And this one actually has some mixed feelings for reasons I won’t go into, but this is my choice.
Gat Decor – Passion (Darren Emerson Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYHoVmy_GtI
This too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZwFsA8NVs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2dTM-g3sXw
Thank you for this share
This album made me crazy….. 4 songs, all perfect… must pass-pass all of them, 1 after another
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-nevwDzxWc
The synthline on this song is one of the most soul-lifting I’ve ever heard. Period. Never fails to get me dancing.
https://m.soundcloud.com/htid-official/were-forever
And as for a song that makes me completely lose my shit…
https://m.soundcloud.com/djgammer/dougal-gammer-shoulder-lock-nest-hq-premiere
And as for a song that makes me lose my shit…
https://m.soundcloud.com/feral-fure/pinkamena-party
This….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuV6QRy8cms
Just perfect..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdl7PZmlGQI&ab_channel=CRYSTAL0406
Both of these get me hype! Take your pick
https://youtu.be/PLT68mI5Pwc
https://youtu.be/7ADgCeYJMN4
212 -Azealia Banks. Makes me go beast!
https://youtu.be/i3Jv9fNPjgk
Here’s another thumping tune that makes me go loco! Duke – So in love with you!
https://youtu.be/9ODS3fe78BQ
One more! Classic underground old skool house number. East West – Jay Strongman
https://youtu.be/05nlpbPipI8
The Paradise -“In Love With You”,
This is the music that made me want to be a dj.
https://soundcloud.com/braxe1/the-paradise-in-love-with-you
https://soundcloud.com/talalonmusic/dj-talalon-last-day-of-2016