This is for all the Househeads out there.Jun 28 '01 Write an essay on this topic.The Bottom Line For anyone who craves the sounds of hardhouse music, this is your top 10 list. 1. Richard "Humpty" Vission and Bad Boy Bill: House Connection - Richard Humpty Vission & Bad Boy Bill have joined forces for "The House Connection" the first ever mixed album by 2 Dj's. So far it's the #1 selling album in LA, #10 in San Diego, #51 in Chicago, and #114 on Billboard's Top 200. 2. Fatboy Slim: Better Living Through Chemistry - If 'You've Come A Long Way, Baby' jumped and shouted with manic glee, its successor sounds no less happy but a lot more content. When Norman first asked friends for feedback they used words like 'loved up', 'soulful” and 'uplifting'. It's a work of widescreen emotion, psychedelic soul and the best dance music you've heard all year. 3. Dj Dan: Beats 4 Freaks - In 1998 he released the mix CD, Beats 4 Freaks on Moonshine. Dan put himself on the club hit map with the release of "That Zipper Track" and "Needle Damage" in 1999. The tracks exploded onto the club circuit and were further impacted with the release of re-mixes by Terry Mullen and the mix CD, Funk the System. The popularity of the releases earned him a slot on a world wide tour with fellow label artist Carl Coxand producing remixes for other Moonshine artists like Cirrus. 4. Dj Keoki: Ego Trip - Ego Trip" was the first full-length album of original material by Keoki, a performer who, until then, had been mainly recognized as one of America’s premiere electronic music mix masters. Whether you’re a longtime fan or completely new to the form, this is an aural experience with which you cannot imagine. Built from the underground up, "Ego Trip" is like a wild and wonderful funhouse ride, an album in which Keoki injects everything he’s ever learned about sound and its ability to captivate. "Ego Trip" is the culmination of a unique audio odyssey that began over a decade ago. 5. Paul Oakenfold: Global Underground - Seminal house DJ Paul Oakenfold was one of the founding fathers of the acid house scene that swept London in the late '80s and paved the way for the rise of electronica in the '90s. Today, Oakenfold remains one of the most respected and sought-after DJs/remixers in the business. 6. Paul Van Dyke: Seven Ways - unleashed a frenzy of national and international interviews, and many globe-roaming DJ - sets as well, as Paul was catapulted into the Top 100 - Salecharts. Even the English music media, typically protective of their own homespun DJ artists, unanimously praised the record. 7. Dj Tiesto: Summer Breeze - This recipe makes for an exciting time as Nettwerk Records presents to you DJ Tiesto: Summer Breeze, a hand-picked selection of anthems that will make your head sway. The opening track is "Dido", a beautiful progressive trance track with vocal samples derived from a Henry Purcell opera and remixed by Armin Van Buuren (DJ Tiesto's collaborator on projects such as Major League and Alibi) to give us a taste of the future. Also featured is Oliver Lieb's dark treatment of the Kamaya Painters (DJ Tiesto and M.B. de Goeij) track "Far From Over." John Johnson, master of deep progressive trance, gives us his reconstruction of Dawnseekers' "Gothic Dream", and one of DJ Tiesto's own productions is a massive tune entitled "Sparkles" (a chart topper earlier this year played by all the top progressive DJs overseas - Euro diva Sonique had this one in her charts for weeks). Representing North America's premier electronic dance acts are Nettwerk artists BT (Libra's mix of "Dreaming") and Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan (DJ Tiesto does an epic mix of "Silence"). DJ Tiesto's producer skills are highlighted as well, namely on his Magikal Remake of Yahel's gorgeous "Going Up;" on Jaimy & Kenny D's pumping club anthem "Caught Me Running;" and with Major League, which gives us the frantic frenzy of "Wonder?" in its true original form. 8. Carl Cox: At The End Of The Cliche - This album was a culmination of influences gained from 18 years of the experience. It took over two years to complete ans stormed up the UK charts attaining a position of #22. 9. Dj Irene: Hard House Live - Years later, this influential lady delivers her second CD release of continuously blended dance floor anthems. Mixed lived at the legendary Arena, Hard House Live offers 60 minutes of the hottest house music around with the live ambiance of the club intertwined with the music. 10. Armand Van Helden: Greatest Hits - This compilation meets the standards of any hard house/trance fan. It includes many of his chart-toppers and live mixes from around the world.  |
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