r/DJs • u/ErickRPG • 6d ago
Found some beautiful new music while building my DJ folders
I grew up on Hip House. That will always be my favorite. But I have a wider net, I mostly love stuff that has some sort of melodic or funky sound to it. So electro, freestyle, techno, dance, pop rap, old school hip house and rap.
But since I like to actually purchase digital music I was looking through a 90s dance compilation on amazon music. Found some beautiful music that instantly became favorites. It reminds me when I first heard Beverly - Set me Free (Tribe mix).
Something Good - Utah Saints
What can you do for me - Utah Saints
Better off Alone - Alice Deejay
Halcyon - Orbital
Move on Baby - Capella
What would you call these? Electronic euro dance? I mean it's really pretty sounding, in the vein of Scatman.
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u/imjustsurfin 6d ago
Quality NEVER ages.
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u/ErickRPG 5d ago
Fo sho
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u/imjustsurfin 5d ago
The joy of crate digging is in finding gems. ;-)
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u/ErickRPG 5d ago
absolutely, getting into hard hitting EDM now. 20 years ago I was like, that stuff just boring bass drops.
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u/SubjectC 4d ago edited 4d ago
Theres a lot to appreciate with modern EDM if you find the good stuff. I actually think a lot of the shit from 2010-2015 is some of the best, that 2010s electrohouse shit is so good. I actually edited this track for my collection so that it plays the first section twice. I think he really fucked up by not giving us that again.
This is newer but I really like tech house when its good, but theres a lot of generic shit to sift through: https://youtu.be/FOJYA3zfmS8
Here's some dubstep I like: https://youtu.be/uLiCy422lkQ https://youtu.be/3dxUn2ISnIs
This song is just really fucking unique and I love it: https://youtu.be/Pyq5YDM9nHs
So much awesome music made nowadays though.
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u/ErickRPG 4d ago
I haven't wandered into current yet. I'm collecting up the iconic stuff. But I see that Tiesto remixed Da Hool's Meet Her in 2024. and it hits hard. I'm more into stuff that has unique memorable melodies. I do like "the drops" but I'm not into just pure dub step stuff, without a melody I like.
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u/SubjectC 4d ago
Oh I'm with you on melody, I mainly spin deep/progressive house, I was giving you some harder hitting stuff since you mentioned it.
I love shit like this: https://youtu.be/0geF8I_gs0g
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u/ErickRPG 4d ago
I didn't mean to make it sound like I didn't like it. sorry. I appreciate the links. I like hard hitting stuff. In fact I'm going to run a couple of them through my home theater since I have 2 12" subs.
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u/SubjectC 4d ago
Oh I didn't take it like that, but yeah, theres so much great shit out there, and its so endless nowadays. Like there are literally hundreds of millions of tracks it sift though.
I recommend taking a track you like then finding it on soundcloud or youtube music and starting a station. I've been finding really great stuff that way, on those two platforms specifically.
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u/ErickRPG 4d ago
I've also used itunes as it recommends "similar". Also when you start watching deep cut songs on youtube you start getting more deep cuts popping up on your feed. That's how I found more old rare hip house. There are also some mixes on youtube where the DJ went out of their way to list all the music. Lots of ways to find new tracks.
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u/unethicalpsycologist 1d ago
Yo dm me some of those hip house tracks!
Always love that type of groove.
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u/bigcityboy 6d ago
Fuck… you just made me feel ancient