Chaptercast 16 – A (not so) Brief (very rough) History of Electronic Dance Music

This is a musified version of Chapter 16 | Craze: An Insider Account of Sydney's Early Raves, Doofs & Festivals. Join the mailing list to help choose which part of the book gets the next 'chaptercast' treatment.

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From sweaty warehouse beginnings to festival main stages, this episode strolls (and occasionally stomps) from late '80s House & Techno, through the Balaeric wave and deep into the raves which ultimately birthed the thousand-armed beast that is Electronic Dance Music. 

Trace the original US DJ/dance-floor feedback loop and follow those repetative beats to the UK and EU where early '90s producers took the most dancefloor friendly elements and stitched them into whole new genres. Discover a few magic tracks from around 1990–1991 where you can hear the whole thing clicking into place.

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TRACKLIST
Capella | Everybody (Hyponotic Cyber Mix)
Beastie Boys | The New Style
Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era | Far Out  
Higher State Of Consciousness | Josh Wink
St Germain | Pomnte Des Arts
Neophyte  | Rotterdam Gabber
Wildstylez | Falling To Forever 
Rennie Pilgrim | A Place Called Acid
Rhythm Section | Is This Real
Tsunami One | Number 43 With Steamed Rice Please
MYLO | Drop The Pressure
Steve Aoki & Laidback Luke ft. Lil John | Turbulence
Justice  | Newjack
Tchaikosvky | Sugarplum Faeries
Cosmic Baby | Cosmikk Trigger 4
Jean Micehelle Jarre | Oxygene 2
Mozart | Eine Kleine Nacht Musik
Shpongle | My Head Feels Like a Frisbee
Hallucinogen | LSD
Neophyte  | Rotterdam Gabber
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force | Planet Rock
Looney Tunes  | Another Place Another Time
Acen | Close Your Eyes
Lenny Dee | Forgotten Moments
Roland TR-808 | Detuned Bass Drum
Beaste Boys | Paul Revere
ABBA | Lay All Your Love On Me
Hithouse | Jack To The Sound Of The Underground
The Mover | We Have Arrived 
The Mover | Frontal Sickness 
Joey Beltram | Energy Flash
T99 | Anasthasia
Front 242 | No Comment
Lords Of Acid | I Sit On Acid
Praga Khan | Injected With A Poison
Modular Expansion  | Hip In The House
Hi Tek 3 | Spin That Wheel
Modular Expansion Unit 1 | Tension Dream
Modular Expansion Unit 1 | Cubes
Digital Excitation | Pure Pleasure (OG Mix & Rave Mix)
Digital Excitation | Lifetime Warranty 
Dance 2 Trance | We Came In Peace (1990 & 1991)
Black Box  | Ride On Time
Anticappella  | 2√231 
Capella | Everybody (Techno House Mix)
Sugarhill Gang | Rapper's Delight
Neneh Cherry | Buffalo Stance 
Nightmares on Wax  | Aftermath
The Pharcyde  | Passin' Me By
Nightmares on Wax  | Nights Interlude
Nightmares on Wax  | Les Nuits
Daft Punk | Assault
Laurent Garnier | The Man With The Red Face
Tiësto & Sneaky Sound System  | I Will Be Here
Skrillex | Cinema 
Urban Shakedown ft Micky Finn | Some Justice
Cleptomaniacs | All I Do 
Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo  | Wonderful Days
Miles Davis  | So What 
Metalheads  | Metalheads
T Power v MK Ultra | Mutant Jazz
Roni Size, Reprazent | Brown Paper Bag
Emalkay  | Mecha
Will Saul | Pause
Goldie  | Inner City Life
New Atlantic | I Know 
Pęku | Shoot Me 
TLC | Waterfalls 
Bass Modulators  | Down The Rabbit Hole 
Robin Thicke | Blurred Lines 
Sheb Wooley | Wilhelm Scream 
Prophetia | Rave Is Your Party

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