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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD-MeRmAEnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJr8-xZo40I Orchestra stabs, choir samples, Hoover. The signature music of the 1990 - 1993 rave scene strikes just the right balance of dark, fun, intense, and danceable. On and off since 2015, I've been scouring the web for the catchiest and most anthemic tracks of the era - and just this past week, I hit the 90 mark (update: now 107)! Special thanks to Ishkur's Guide (2.5 and 3.0), Discogs, /r/oldskoolrave, all the uploaders, and a few goons in the House/Electro/Synth thread!  UPDATE: Since my main playlist was getting way more views than the others, I finally decided to merge 'em all so some killer tracks weren't missed out on. ----> Main playlist (now 150+ track mega playlist) <---- The other, separate playlists are still available if you prefer: Secondary playlist Bonus tracks Additional tracks that I've posted in this thread: Popular Rave Rave For SA And a li'l historical context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3x4Pd5OvH0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZz1QbUh0t0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA2-n2E5nm8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITe67riXhwk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIsZVlbasiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqaQ2JWZ7T0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWxDbS0evXI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaLSZy8AfSw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnash9aBjW0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llqsK00tyjM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l_E7g29hFY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwAI4rntFrE Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Nov 30, 2023 |
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precision posted:No FSOL? Too trancey. Other pretty well known tracks that didn't make the lists: LFO - LFO (The Leeds Warehouse Mix) Outlander - Vamp Phenomania - Who Is Elvis? Mainx - 88 To Piano Kicks Like A Mule - Number One (Rockers Mix) Frank De Wulf - Magic Orchestra (Remix) Modular Expansion - Cubes D-Shake - Techno Trance (Paradise Is Now) Urban Hype - A Trip To Trumpton Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era - Far Out Praga Khan - Injected With A Poison (MNO Power Mix/Adams Power Mix) edit: Nebula II - Atheama edit 2: Blame - Music Takes You Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Apr 15, 2021 |
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NonzeroCircle posted:The guy in purple in this video from the OP at about 56.20 is absolutely hypnotic Check out the guy from 10:00 to 17:10. 
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To make the thread more readable, I moved all the non-playlist tracks I've posted since post #5 into a new playlist: Rave For SA Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Apr 12, 2020 |
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#95 and #96: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIDxtxmFew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ANuB5XE_M Also, the more mass-market rave tracks from post #5 are now in playlist form. Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Apr 12, 2020 |
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Wiz - Piano 3 Thieves & A Liar - In the House Manix - When You Hold Me Close
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#97: Nino - Future of Latin It sounds like "piano rave" at the beginning, but gets more hardcore. Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 07:27 on Jul 6, 2021 |
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Isomermaid posted:Can we suggest things in this thread? Tryna work out where you're at with this cos those lists are a mix of stuff we played to death and wouldn't have touched at the time but hey, I'll edit out anything that's not what you're after. Of course feel free to post as many tracks as you want to! Those are all pretty solid tracks that can fill out a set, but they aren't very catchy. I like stuff that has the distinctive sounds of the era, like Hoover, orchestra stabs, choir samples, the Landlord stab, etc. With a few exceptions, I dislike tracks that are breakbeat focused, and lightweight "piano rave" tracks. Which tracks wouldn't you have touched? I do know a few of my picks are more dancey - "Do The Rave Stomp", "Así Me Gusta a Mí", and "Faces" - but I included them because the hooks are good. There's a reason my secondary playlist is called "Near-Rave". 
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The Sorcerer - Set Your Body Free Tango - Got To Release Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 11:43 on May 11, 2020 |
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^ From that video: Nebula II - Flatliners Isotonik - Everywhere I Go (Fizzy Orange Mix)
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#98 (main playlist!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OamwmcGuP0A
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#99 (secondary playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-GICHHP_CI I don't know how I missed this when I started making the playlists...I guess because Acen's big songs were so breakbeat-oriented, I didn't bother going a little deeper. :\
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1997 is a bit too new for this thread. The production on that track actually sounds even newer than that. It also tends more towards acid than rave. Here's a better thread for that. Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 06:03 on May 4, 2020 |
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Well, that's definitely closer. Nothing remotely hardcore about it, though. Feels like an attempt to sell rave to a very mainstream audience. This too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7uVVImPhdY Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Apr 14, 2021 |
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This is more of a house tune, but the stabs are legit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B60cZ7RisJI Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 10:31 on May 10, 2020 |
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#100, main playlist  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD-MeRmAEnU Also from Members of Mayday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3gI9_4njPk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDLDOAy-Lew That makes 140 tracks overall.
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Playlist track #101 (bonus tracks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beOD5zSLrXw
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#102, MAIN playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGk7KyjK2eQ This was apparently a well known track back in the day, and I can see why. It's not as intense as most of the tracks in the playlist, but it has an era-defining texture. You can almost feel the air of the sweat-drenched warehouse when listening to it.
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New main playlist addition: Indo Tribe - Bring In The Pulse (MFK Mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbPltWLNOD8 Timely that I found this, as all copies of another main playlist track, "The Creator", were recently taken down from YouTube. So, the track total stays the same.
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Paperback Writer posted:giving Purity Ring and the XX an appearance in this thread Eh? Neither oldschool nor hardcore.
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Banano posted:stumbled on this while browsing discogs. Solid piano rave.  Here's some Dutch rave (#103, bonus tracks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdEzkiQY0hM Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Jul 6, 2021 |
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So this ain't bad: https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/j-rave-nation
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1 more playlist track and 2 more non-playlist tracks*, for 147 total: Es-Pee-Dee & DJ Distroi - Alpha Wave [bonus tracks] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lPzTFqJs6E Sound Corp - Dream Finder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04yieab1CK0 Bass Ballistics - Smoke Dis One Remix (Smoke Till Ya Choke) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yqS-ux84kk *The distinction doesn't matter much now - I finally decided to merge all five of my playlists together because my main playlist is being viewed WAY more than the others, and a lot of killer tracks are being missed out on. Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Jul 6, 2021 |
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Another more popular/mainstreamy track: Blame - Music Takes You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jROHgXSRuU Now 148 track total. Synthetic Hermit fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Jul 6, 2021 |
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mrfart posted:Just out of curiosity I tried to convert your youtube to a spotify playlist; And it found about half of the tracks:) Try the YouTube Music app, which comes in free and ad-free Premium variants.
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^ Yeah, you brought up that mix before somewhere. That's where I got Yves de Ruyter - Animals + Krid Snero - White Line.
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Snowy posted:I like the premise of the thread, I never liked the light piano rave stuff, the tracks collected here are so satisfying. Glad you like it. Here's probably the best track from the Japanese rave scene (which was basically just John Robinson and collaborators): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZvTaaJ86VI Also, this track might be the progenitor of the rave sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP3h8An4qXI
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