We’re back with another addition “Bumping Heads”, our feature where we pit two SYTYCB artists against each other. This week we’ve got Deadmau5 again, but instead of getting remixed he’s taking on what is quite possibly the best progressive house song OF ALL TIME!! Is he up to the task? I personally think there is no touching the original, though that fact that it’s 11 minutes long is a bit of a downer. Deadmau5 does tighten it up some and give it a bit more bump for the clubs, but at the end of the day it’s Xpander. Remix Sasha at your own risk.
Take a listen and let us know what you think. Is the electro make-over exactly what Xpander needed? As an extra bonus the original is the 2009 re-mastered version of Xpander @ 320 kbps for your mp3 collections.
The polls have closed, the votes tallied up and its finally time to present the The Beatery’s top five dance music producers of the 00’s! You’ve heard all the tracks and read a bajillion words about these guys so I’ll keep this short, but just in case I linked back to their respective STYTYCB posts. We’ll count down from five to one.
Super-awesome cover art by my new Bolivian gf Paola Lambertin (who I think will be personally offended if Daft Punk doesnt win this).
So I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not but we’re doing this little contest here at The Beatery trying to find the best producers of electronic dance music of the 2000s. Somewhere along the way (I think it was at Tiesto of all people…) it dawned on me that: fuck, I should really do a podcast with these Dons of Dance, these Behemoths of Beats, these Saints of Synths* all mixed together!
*Thank you, thank you, I’m here all night.
So I came up with some quick rules for this “So You Think You Can Bump” podcast:
Every contestant would get one, and only one song.
I would not be trying to include everyone’s “biggest” or “most memorable” or “definitive” track. Way too hard to put together anything with flow, and quite frankly, I’m sick to death of most of those*
I would not use a track (or the same mix of a track) that was ever on any of our sets. These guys are so prolific let’s hear some new stuff**
Any mix, re-mix, cover or mashup was fair game as long as the SYTYCB artist was somehow associated
* This is not to say I COULDN’T use one of these, it just wasn’t the priority.
** Like every good set of rules one of them needs to get broken, and for me it was number three. I used one track that appears elsewhere in a mix on this site. Can you catch it? It’s pretty obvious…
So with these rules in hand and 15 holes to fill I felt like the manager of and All Star game. Who do I start? When do I use the heavy hitters? With so many of these guys being multi-dynamic producers, what style should I have them represent? With so many different styles how do I get them to gel together?
Well, the need for flow made most of these decisions pretty easy. And now that the dust has settled I have to say I’m pretty excited about this mix! It’s not often that you have an excuse to only use the best producers in you set, and wow, what a result.
I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I did making it! It’ll be a nice way to look back at an incredible period of dance music:
This is it folks! You’ve heard the arguments and you’ve listened to the tracks. It’s now time to cast YOUR vote for the best dance music producer of the 2000s. Will Plump DJs straight 5’s lead them to the top? Will Daft Punk use their mass appeal to take the crown even without the inclusion of “Homework”? Will Sasha’s unending pursuit of perfection raise him him above? Will Tiesto win yet another accolade?? OK, that last one was a joke.
In case you want to peruse the candidates and their tracks again, check out the SYTCB home page or our Rounding Out the Field post from last week. And one last thing: we’re only letting you vote for your top three. Yeah, THREE! I know, I have NO IDEA how I’ll be able to pick just three. Maybe I’ll blindfold myself and randomly poke at my touch pad. Will three be easy for you?
The poll is up in the top of the right side bar there and it will be open for the remainder of the year, but why wait? Go get your vote on! DOOOO it! Do it NAAAOOOOOOOOOW! !
Well folks, if you’ve been following along we have now presented you with our fifteen favorite electronic dance music (edm) producers of the Ohh Ohhs! Looking back at the list we’ve got some outstanding representatives from all over the edm map. If you missed any, would like a refresher or are just tuning in here’s a quick recap of all the artists, one of their tracks, our ratings and links to their individual full posts.
But wait! Did we miss out on someone?? Are there some totally obvious producers out there that should be included in the final vote? This is your chance to help us round out the field, find out how below.
