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my-chaos-radio · 24 days

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Release: February 15, 1990

Lyrics:

Now when I'm down on the microphone stand

I give you all the dope lyrics and

Introducing the band

To make you understand

How this is planned, I demand

A microphone to rock the home boys

with an instrumental to make noise

Yo, I rock the home girls too

I'll explain the name of the crew, yo

This beat is, this beat is

This beat is Technotronic

And Eric's got lyrics for ya

I saw ya posse

But now it's me who's bossing

So I give the orders around here

You don't wanna get sacked so be

A good party goer, get the floor ready

And yourself ready, huh, I rock steady

Like a rock and I won't stop

Till it's at the top and the suckers drop to hop to it

Yo, they couldn't do it, to get more to the point they blew it

But not like ya blowing the speaker

They can't go on because they're weaker

I seek a strong posse

I insist for this the proxy

People prove that legal beats can equal feats that I produce

and Techno produced it

so tight why you can't be a loose fit

So step right up for your sizes

You don't want some surprises

This beat is, this beat is

This beat is Technotronic

This beat is, this beat is

This beat is Technotronic

There's the dance floor, get on it

And Eric's got lyrics for ya

Dance floor your must watch

You don't wanna make noise so hush, shh

Listen, no hissing and booing

I mean who in the world is fresher?

I test the MC in my spare time

but right now I'm

making the song I'm on the right track

There's a dope beat and this is the rap

That was a warning. I'm getting warming

Now we're all in,

participation,

Move the nation,

desegregation,

I put grace in,

put balls in,

side the glide and ride

So lowly I confide in you to

Let all the beats just move you

No you know what you gotta do

Now when I'm down on the microphone stand

I give you all the dope lyrics and

Introducing the band

To make you understand

How this is planned, I demand

A microphone to rock the home boys

with an instrumental to make noise

Yo, I rock the home girls too

I'll explain the name of the crew, hah

This beat is, this beat is

This beat is Technotronic

This beat is, this beat is

This beat is Technotronic

There's the dance floor, get on it

You know what I'm saying, peace.

Rock a little something like this.

Songwriter:

Put the party going

Get the floor ready

and yourself ready

Huh, I rocky steady

Just like a rock that I won't stop

'Cause it's at the top

And the people stop and hop to it

Yo, I mean who is the feeling to has to show

and prove and move and you've been waiting,

for a interpretation,

our views congregation,

and outwards facing,

my minds racing,

check the pacing

I'm the ace in

I don't need your face in

my direction. Get the the dance hall section.

Eric Martin / Jo Bogaert

SongFacts:

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beats-and-bites · 1 year

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#beats&bites #Technotronic #Hugo Cantarra #pump up the jam #electronic music #techno #euro dance #new wave #electronica #electro #Spotify

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randomvarious · 8 months

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Technotronic - "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" 1990 Eurodance / Hip-House / Eurohouse / New Beat

When Belgian project Technotronic first stormed onto the global dance scene in 1989 with their all-time classic debut single, "Pump Up the Jam," it legitimately became the single-biggest song in the entire world. And the sudden star of the group happened to be a beautiful Congolese model named Felly, who naturally shined in the music video, performed the song on TV multiple times, and was exclusively featured in the art for both the single and its corresponding album too.

But as the world would soon find out, all of this actually turned out to be an enormous ruse. Felly was *not* the singer-rapper of Technotronic that everyone was tricked into believing she was. She actually had nothing to do with the making of the group's music at all and apparently didn't even speak English either! And whenever she performed "Pump Up the Jam," all she did was just lip-sync the words! 😲

So, who was Technotronic's lead vocalist then? Another Congolese-born person: a mere teenager named Ya Kid K, who seemed to possess this uncanny ability to both rap and sing effortlessly in this assertively cool, deep, distinct, velvety-smooth, and magnetically thick New York-sounding accent. She wasn't the most technically skilled rapper out there by any means, but as someone who served as a sort of cross between fitness tape instructor and narrator of catchy contemporary tracks that had been inspired by 1960s dance craze tunes, Ya Kid K was unparalleled. No one else in the world seemed to have a voice that was quite like hers and her mic presence was spectacular.

So then why did they initially try to hide her? Well, Ya Kid K didn't want to sign a contract with ARS Records, the label that was intent on releasing "Pump Up the Jam" and shooting a video for it, and she was already signed to Technotronic leader and producer Jo Bogaert's own record company anyway. In fact, the initial pressing of "Pump Up the Jam," before it ever even broke big, was released on his Sound 89 label, and Ya Kid K was actually credited. But Bogaert wanted to make the record much bigger, and ARS was apparently capable of helping him do that.

But when Ya Kid K refused to sign that contract, what she didn't seem to be aware of is that ARS was then going to recruit someone else to pump up the jam. And when she found out that her own record was in the shops, with some other woman featured on the cover, she was not happy about it, to say the least.

Now, you also have to keep in mind that Technotronic exploded right at the time when lip-syncing was seen as this totally scandalous act of purely unconscionable inauthenticity. It *ended* Milli Vanilli's career and Italo-dance project Black Box caught a whole lot of flak for it too. So when people finally managed to actually catch on to Technotronic's game, Ya Kid K rightfully and immediately became the face of the group, and then Felly was cast out to the sidelines. And in 1990, Ya Kid K would front Technotronic as the opening act on Madonna's own Blonde Ambition tour.

So, this super fun video here for the group's second single, "Get Up (Before the Night Is Over)," is the one that really marked Ya Kid K's official introduction to the world as the person who truthfully possessed Technotronic's captivatingly golden voice. And she comfortably rocked a wholly different look than Felly's too, by decking herself out in a rotating wardrobe of baggy hip hop clothes, while also covering her short, cornrowed hair with an alternating pair of backwards snapbacks. Felly's presence as the group's original frontwoman had clearly been a boon to Technotronic, and she also still appeared in this particular video by mouthing Ya Kid K's multitracked "before the night is over line" too, but this full package that finally matched Ya Kid K's voice to her own genuinely infectious tomboy swagger was simply unbeatable.

And rather than Technotronic flailing to stay relevant after they'd inevitably found themselves caught up in such an embarrassing fiasco, "Get Up (Before the Night Is Over)" ended up succeeding as an excellent follow-up to their previous era-defining smash, landing itself in the top ten across the entire globe, including #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the US Dance Play chart as well.

The group's magic would virtually run out by the dawn of the mid-90s, but at least Ya Kid K got a couple years to really bask in a moment that she had been so clearly deserving of all along. It was unfortunate that "Pump Up the Jam" had left her out of the spotlight, but we also don't know if that record would have succeeded as well as it did without Felly either. However, with such a momentous hit then under their belts, Technotronic no longer had to sell that faux image that had helped them become famous in the first place; the people had clearly fallen in love with their tunes, and they were now free to be themselves.

More fun videos here.

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shibusawaz · 10 months

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BSD Music Hcs - Armed Detective Agency 🫶

(Made using American music as a basis because I'm not familiar with the Japanese music scene. More based around general tastes rather than specific genres and songs)

Atsushi, Dazai, Kunikida, Kenji, Kyouka, Ranpo, Yosano, and Fukuzawa below

Atsushi

• He's obviously not going to have the most... well rounded taste in music due to his strict upbringing

• in fact, many people would likely make fun of him for having "basic" taste in music

• while I don't think he'd have gone his whole childhood without hearing anything, I think it'd be heavily restricted to radio hits and maybe classical music.

• So, Atsushi would likely have a lot of more popular, recent songs in his playlists.

• I think he'd be very open to new music, though. The songs on his playlist he hasn't heard listening to the radio are ones recommended by the agency members!

• He's always glad to listen to something that his friend likes, and he generally enjoys it too.

• However, I think he'd lean towards hip-hop (maybe rap. depends on his mood) in terms of favorites. I think he'd like the Weeknd but I don't know why

• I think he'd also enjoy indie music. since he didn't grow up hearing music as much as other people, he's more open to new sounds and experimental genres

• I don't think he'd like radiohead, though.

• He won't pay for spotify premium.

Dazai

• Probably pirates his music.

• Dazai is very hard for me to understand, so please excuse how short this may be.

• nobody really knows what he listens to, he'll tell different people he enjoys different artists.

• i think if he was alone, he'd listen to slower music.

• it doesn't necessarily have to be sad, but he'll be fine if it is.

• He listens to music with softer singing/lyrics to sort of slow down and process his day. It calms him and helps him focus on what's happened. Think Cigarettes after sex type beat.

• At work though? He listens to very upbeat music• His personal favorite is "Pump up The Jam" by Technotronic. It gets on kunikida's nerves. Dazai will sing it, hum it, blast it on the agency computer.

• Leave him alone!!! he's pumping up the jam!!

• He also takes recommendations from the agency, but they're never listened to or acknowledged publicly

• He's heard every song Atsushi recommends him, but indulges atsushi anyways

• Dazai would listen to their recs in secret though. and hold each one very dear to him.

Kunikida

• The one who's supposed to be in charge of the agency's background music.

• While he'd play clean music for the agency, I think his music taste would consist of very vulgar language

• Not intentionally, of course. The songs that fit his ideals for music will have their strange aspects and that's okay

• Any songs with themes against his ideals (Glorifying murder, probably whatever the fuck is going on in Mr. Brightside) he prefers not to listen to.

• I think he'd like romantic songs, but he'd keep to himself about it. He seems like a romantic at heart

• He also enjoys upbeat music to get himself into a working mood (if he isn't already)

• I think he'd enjoy the Red hot chili peppers. this came to me while writing and I'll die by it now

• When people recommend him music, he doesn't listen to it immediately, but once he gets free time he'll focus solely on the song he's listening to

• He'll tell a person their music is good no matter what, but if it's not to his taste he'll express that very politely

• Unless it's Dazai. Dazai will be cursed out very harshly if he plays "Pump up the jam" again

• doesn't pay for premium music services, but complains about ads regardless

• he has a playlist for every. single. mood. his music is meticulously organized

Kenji

• If anyone told you "they love all types of music," they didn't love as many as Kenji. He'll listen to anything

• i think his favorite music, though, is local music.

• He'll save any song made by someone from his hometown, no matter what it is.

• Local garage punk band? He'll buy the album. Recording from a town festival? He'll find an upload of it and save it.

• Super, super open about what he listens to. you can ask him about one song and be bombarded with favorites of his

• While he has very diverse taste, I think he leans slightly towards more upbeat country music.

• He grew up with early Taylor swift (please forgive me this is the only country artist I know and she's not even country) and the likes

• He has a habit of humming a different song while working every day.

• i think he'd have a playlist for everything, but he always forgets to add his new songs to them.

• He has a playlist for sleeping, mostly calm music with rain sounds. It's not something he necessarily needs but it's a small comfort

• You can't just "recommend a song" to Kenji. If someone tells him about a song they think he'd like, he'd pull out his ear buds right then and there and offer them one to listen together

• Very cheerful about recs, always enjoys them no matter what they are.

• doesn't pay for premium music, and doesn't mind ads at all

Kyouka

• I think, like atsushi, she doesn't really have the most diverse music taste but she's also a teenage girl so.

• I think the mafia influenced her taste a bit, but she's largely built her own playlist through trying new things.

• She likes popular music that's currently trending, but leans more towards softer/cuter music.

• I feel like she enjoys vocaloid, but isn't obsessed with it.

• the same goes for K-pop, Kyouka wouldn't religiously listen to it but she would have a few favorite idols that she follows

• She gets very (invisibly) excited to show atsushi new songs she found, and sharing song discoveries is a favorite pasttime of theirs.

• Kyouka is 13. She's going through a phase where she needs angsty music in her life.

• I think one of her favorites would be "Sleep to Dream" by Fiona Apple. this is just the vibe

• She actually is allowed the aux at the agency! She's much too insecure about her music taste to put any songs on, though.

• Kyouka regularly asks her fellow agency members for recs, but never really gets back to them about the songs.

• It's best to assume she wouldn't ask them for more recommendations if she didn't enjoy the previous ones, though.

Ranpo

• Always understands the theme behind a song but doesn't really care. Ranpo really just likes funky beats.

• I think he'd listen to a lot of electronic music, or things that are electronic-adjacent, or things that I mistake for electronic music. Things like Major Tom by Peter Schilling

• He also listens to a lot of older and more familiar classic rock songs. This is Fukuzawa's doing.

• He doesn't really care to check the artist of a song, so his playlists are very erratic. He's got a bunch of the same songs by a couple artists, then the rest is Russian roulette.

• Only one playlist. Of everything he likes.

• He shares an account with Fukuzawa and Yosano.

• He could probably read a person's entire personality through their music, but he wouldn't

• In fact, if you want Ranpo to listen to something, you'll have to beg him and remind him constantly to listen to your song

• It's not that he doesn't care, necessarily, it's that he just doesn't consider trying new music very often

• Ranpo is someone who would be very comfortable with their taste and not seek much change from what's familiar.

• I don't think he'd enjoy higher pitched voices that cut over the music.

• That being said, Ranpo also has very strong authority over the agency's background music. He doesn't add much, though

• He completely supports the Pump up the jam agenda. He'll even sing it with Dazai, occasionally

Yosano

• I think she'd listen to primarily female artists, and keep up with what her favorite artists are doing

• One of her favorite songs has been Poker Face by Lady Gaga ever since she was young.

• I think she'd be very into having soundtracks from her favorite movies! She knows a lot of artists and songs through this

• outside of movie soundtracks, she'll listen to a lot of pop, but not present day pop

• I think Yosano would enjoy popular songs of an era well past their time

• this isn't because she's out of touch with trends, she'd just enjoy songs from around the 2010s more.

• Yosano also knows plenty of classic rock, but doesn't listen to it all that often. This is Fukuzawa's doing.

• However, she keeps up with Riot grrrl music almost religiously. It's one of her favorite genres.

• She has a separate playlist to play as background music in her office.

• Kunikida has no reign over this section of the agency.

• The doctor's office is a lawless land.

• He doesn't mind though, because she doesn't play it all that loud while she's working. In fact, if she doesn't have patients, she'll often just use her ear buds from the computer

• Yosano takes music recommendations, sparingly. If someone gives her consistently bad songs, she'll start lying to them about listening.

• however, she's always up to chat about lyric interpretations and news on artists for songs she does enjoy.

Fukuzawa

• He may be an "old man" to most people, but he's actually only 40-something. I can never put my finger on what year bsd takes place in, but regardless I think he'd enjoy 80's and 90's hits.

• He's not been to many concerts, especially in recent years, but when he was younger and not yet "involved in his career" I think he'd visit plenty of live performances.

• Everyone who works at the agency has heard Bohemian Rhapsody several times.

• He doesn't generally listen to new music because he's comfortable with his current tastes

• however, his "current tastes" consist of so, so many songs• if you asked him what he thought of any artist, he'd probably tell you he'd heard of them.

• While he's a very private man, I think he was also very excited to introduce Ranpo and Yosano to his music

• He didn't look excited to show them his songs, but inside he was genuinely glad to share the music he's loved so dearly for very long• I think all three of them have danced together, at least once. I know it's not in character but please indulge me

• Fukuzawa pays for spotify premium, but shares an account with Ranpo and yosano.

• The profile picture for this account is a cat.

• it took him a bit to get used to the digital music services, so he kept all his cd's. He's got a lot of them, and has even burned a few himself

• I think he'd burn cd's for the agency members as a Christmas gift. most of them don't own a cd player, but they appreciate it!

• He enjoys getting recommendations from other people, and will always give them honest feedback.

• he's a bit confused by more recent songs, but he enjoys the trends and innovations made in the music industry

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djscuffs · 8 months

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New Mix! Live at Cabana Pool Bar, Summer 2023. 2 hours of Dance, Pop, House, Baile Funk, Jersey Club, and more mixed by DJ SCUFFS. Featuring music from Doja Cat, Rihanna, Avicii, Jengi, Central Cee, and more!

Playlist

Barbatuques – Baianá – DJ Larry-T Remix Diplo, Charli Xcx, Herve Pagez – Spicy Jamelia – Superstar – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Nelly – Hot In Herre – Da Phonk vs Lules & Naken Remix Doja Cat – Woman Doja Cat – Woman ft. Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Dua Lipa, Missy Elliott (Remix) Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. – The Way I Are – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison – Bastian Bell Remix Timbaland ft. Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado – Give It To Me – Le Boeuf Remix ACRAZE – Do It To It FT Cherish Dillon Francis – Goodies Kanye West – Mercy – FOMO Remix Bruno Mars vs. Timmy Trumpet & Kastra – Uptown Funk (HMC 2019 Bootleg) Rihanna – Rude Boy (AANSE Remix) Jain – Makeba – Jerry Wallis Remix Shenseea & Megan Thee Stallion – Lick – Anthem Kingz Finer Things Edit Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (She’s Homeless) – Anthem Kingz Don’t Stop Moving Edit Jorja Smith – Little Things x Gypsy Woman (L BEATS MASHUP) David Guetta/Kid Cudi – Memories (feat. Kid Cudi) – 2021 Remix Avicii – Levels – RICHIE ROZEX Remix Daft Punk – One More Time – Lambue, Guztav & Siëma Remix Tag Team – Whoomp! There It Is – DJ Serg Remix LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem – Tony B & Vocalteknix Remix Eve ft. Gwen Stefani – Let Me Blow Ya Mind – Anthem Kingz Work My Body Edit Central Cee – Doja – Vunzige Deuntjes SoundSystem Remix LMFAO – Sexy And I Know It – Richastic Remix Barbatuques – Baianá – Rogerson Remix Jengi – Bel Mercy Rihanna – Rude Boy (Klean Remix) Nina Sky x CHAMOS – Move Ya Body Shenseea & Megan Thee Stallion – Lick – ETX Coolie Dance Riddim Edit Bob Sinclar ft. Big Ali – Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now) – MIKIS & ZING Remix Richastic – The Roof Is On Fire – Tall Boys Clap Intro Don Omar ft. Lucenzo – Danza Kuduro – Kevin D & Sven & Rolf Remix Farruko – Pepas (Smoothies Baile Funk Remix) Pitbull – Give Me Everything (BeatBreaker ‘Barranquilla’ Banger) Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk FT BRUNO MARS (Club Breakerz x Medy Landia Mambo Edit) DJ Katch – Banga Black Eyed Peas – My Humps – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell – Blurred Lines – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris – We Found Love – DSM League Remix Delirious & Alex K ft. Max-A-Million – Sexual Healing – Anthem Kingz Closer Edit Koffee – Toast (262 Remix) James Hype/Miggy Dela Rosa/Oliver Heldens – Ferrari – Oliver Heldens Remix Axwell Λ Ingrosso – More Than You Know (Extended Mix) Avicii – Levels – DJ Serg Remix Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam – Sico Vox Remix Tag Team – Whoomp! There It Is – Lincoln Baio Money Edit Salt-N-Pepa x Megan Thee Stallion – Push It Flamin Hottie (Jonney Miles Segue) City Girls – Twerkulator – MarkCutz Remix Megan Thee Stallion – Thot Shit – DJ Serg Sniper Move Shake Drop Edit Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World) – Stavros Martina & Kevin D Remix Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music – Trayze Carnival Remix Taio Cruz – Dynamite – ZIGGY & Replay M Remix Flo Rida ft. Sesman – Low – Richastic Remix DJ Crell/Silez – Do it To it – Baile Funk Remix J Balvin & Skrillex – In Da Getto Barbatuques – Baianà – Jack Back Remix Steve Aoki Daddy Yankee Play-N-Skillz and Elvis Crespo – Azukita (CloudNine Intro Edit) Deorro – Bailar (Afro Bros Bootleg) Steve Aoki & Willy William ft. Sean Paul, El Alfa – Mambo Jengi – Bel Mercy – Richtanner Remix Wiley & Sean Paul & Stefflon Don feat. Idris Elba – Wale – Boasty (Grandtheft x Wuki Dub) Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music – Richastic Remix

#mix #cabana pool bar #toronto #dj scuffs #baile funk #house #dance #music #dj #rihanna #central cee #doja cat #SoundCloud

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trashy-bowtie · 2 years

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My Hero Academia Characters and the Music They Listen to

This is my first time writing headcanons on Tumblr so be nice and don’t be afraid to like/reblog!

✨Aoyama - I feel like he’d obvi listen to French music. I also see him liking pop stuff (bubblegum pop). Artists: Poppy, Katy Perry, Bananarama, Aqua, and New Kids on The Block

🥊Mina - For her I see her as more hip hop since she can breakdance well. Artists: Doja Cat, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Run D.M.C, Charli XCX, Technotronic, and OutKast

🐸Froppy - She’s very chill so I picture different kinds of lo-fi like Japanese and Rainy lo-fi. Artists: Florence + The Machine, Fitz and the Tantrums, and Weezer

👟Iida - I honestly couldn’t even tell you a specific genre. I can’t really picture one, only just certain artists. Probs some synth wave if I’m being honest. Artists: Queen, Lost Years, Timecop, Børns, MØ, Lumineers, Holy Ghost, and Lord Huron

🥰Uraraka - I feel like she’d be into indie and pop! Probs k-pop too. Artists: HyunA, 4Minute, Blackpink, Alt-J, Christina Aguilera, Stevie Nicks, and Marina

⚡️Kaminari - I get glam rock vibes tbh but also dance hits of the 2000s/2010s with this man. No inbetween. Artists: Duran Duran, David Bowie, ZZ Top, Jay Sean, Taio Cruz, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, Breathe Carolina, 3OH!3, and The Runaways

🪨Kirishima - I feel like he’d go for anything upbeat and stuff that would make my manly mans hype himself up and feel good! Artists: AJR, The Weeknd, B-52s, Survivor, Young MC, Sean Kingston, and John Cafferty

🎧Jiro - My bestie would be all over the rock, grunge, and alt scene for sure. Probs into some mo music too. Artists: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, The Clash, Cutting Crew, Thousand Foot Krutch, Ramones, Breton, All Time Low, Sur, Fit For Rivals, and Sleeping Wolf

🦅Tokoyami - Also into alternative, but more darkwave and industrial. Artists: Type O Negative, Portishead, Massive Attack, Widowspeak, Just Mustard, and Ministry

❄️🔥Todoroki - Very traditional Japanese. I feel like he would hardly listen to music with words, but if he did it would be hella chill with deep meaning. Artists: Sia, Modest Mouse, Grateful Dead, M83, and Pip Blom

💥Bakugo - Rock and Metal. Pissy, angry, loud music. His music and him are 100% on the same page at ALL times. Artists: Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Lunatic Calm, AC/DC, Disturbed, Green Day, Hollywood Undead, The Exploited, Dope, Orgy, and Quiet Riot

📖Momo - I feel like she’d listen to classical music as well as just lowkey, chill music. Artists: Valerie Broussard, Ann Marr, Mother Mother, Twenty One Pilots, Lana Del Rey, and Lorde

👊Midoriya - Aw smol bb. I feel like he’d have a well rounded taste. Like tbh he’d be down for really anything. I def get 60s vibes from him though. Artists: The Zombies, Van Morrison, Avicii, They Might Be Giants, The Turtles, The Monkees, and Silversun Pickups

🧠Shinso - Ohoho this man. This MAN is DEFINITELY all over the 80s alt scene. I feel like he’d like stuff that sounds happy or even chill, but the lyrics are depressing. Artists: The Birthday Massacre, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Bauhaus, The Smiths, Caravan Palace, Tears For Fears, Oasis, Bronski Beat, Oingo Boingo, Peter Gabriel, and Genesis

🔥Dabi - Another pissy rock alt bitch. I feel like he would also have deeper meaning in his music without meaning to. Artists: Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, Ice Nine Kills, Motionless in White, Deftones, Pantera, Lil Peep, Grandson, A Perfect Circle, Rob Zombie, and Sisters of Mercy

🩸Toga - hard to decide, but I feel like a girly alternative. Also some k-pop too. Artists: Block B, Melanie Martinez, Ke$ha, Spice Girls, Grimes, K.Flay, Insane Clown Posse, Skynd, and Halsey

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contraspectacle · 8 months

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☿ KONTAKT 09.15.23 PLAYLIST

☿ thank you so much for your support — we hope you find some new music you love.

☿ please support artists on bandcamp. never have they had to work as hard as they do in current conditions.

☿ substitutions may be made for unavailable tracks/versions in the streaming playlist.

☿ next KONTAKT on 10/20/23 — we hope to see you there.

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☿ 10:00PM (NON SERVIAM)

Marie Davidson ft. L'Oeil Nu - Renegade Breakdown

Marie Davidson ft. L'Oeil Nu - Renegade Breakdown (Jessy Lanza Remix) (mixed)

Love and Rockets - So Alive

Dildox - If I Die (Nonfiction Remix)

Micro Chip League (MCL) - New York (Razormaid Mix)

Angela - Painted Love

Multiple Man - Power Fantasy

Black Devil Disco Club - «H» Friend

Identified Patient ft. Sophie du Palais - The Drip

Riki - Come Inside

A Strange Wedding - Gimme Da Space Vox (mixed)

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek‐a‐Boo

Saâda Bonaire - You Could Be More As You Are

Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly (Shep Pettibone Mix)

Equinoxious - Axis

Portion Control - Amnesia

Spike Hellis - Teardrops (Moon 17 Remix)

My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - The Devil Does Drugs

Patriarchy - The Man For You (Houses of Heaven Remix)

Curses - Puttanesca (Original Mix)

Madonna - Into The Groove (Shep Pettibone 7" Edit) (mixed)

Nuxx Vomica - Easy Go (Semantix Remix)

Nuxx Vomica - Easy Go

Amiture - Slide In (Model/Actriz Mix)

Venice Arms - Dancing Is a Stranger (Original Mix)

Sweet Love Under Tyranny ft. Sugar Rody - Route 87

Grace Jones - Love Is The Drug (Single Remix) (Roxy Music Cover)

Debby Friday - Hot Love (Boy Harsher Remix)

L.O.T.I.O.N. Multinational Corporation ft. Lulu - Cybernetic Super Lover

Kumo 99 - Tiny Twist

Missing Persons - Walking In LA (KMFDM Remix)

Sacred Skin - Circles

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☿ 11:40PM (NECRO.MANTIS)

I Speak Machine - Bloodletting / The Vampire Song (Concrete Blonde Cover)

The KVB - Kiss Them For Me (Siouxsie Cover)

Pixel Grip - Club Mania

Audiobooks - The Doll

Madeline Goldstein - Death's Door

Visage - Fade To Grey (Lecomte de Brégeot / Violet Chachki Remix)

Foie Gras - Psychic Sobriety

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☿ 12:00AM (NON SERVIAM)

Pet Shop Boys - A Man Could Get Arrested (7" Version)

Front 242 - Headhunter V 3.0

Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (mixed)

Black Light Odyssey - Deiche

Digital Orgasm - Moog Eruption

Vodoo Rage - Fun Again

Sally Dige - Doppelgänger

Chernoburkv - Близнецы

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☿ 12:30AM (INTERMISSION / PERFORMANCE)

Intermission: Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker (Solomun Remix)

Performance: Crying Contest - You Want it Darker (Leonard Cohen Cover)

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☿ 12:40AM (NON SERVIAM)

Ortrotasce - Mock Stranger

Silicodisco - No Body (Freudenthal Remix)

Kloq - You Never Know

Earth To Mickey - Brace & Bit

Yello - Vicious Games (12” Mix)

Cerrone - Supernature (Instrumental Climax Edit)

DAF - Der Mussolini (Giorgio Moroder & Denis Naidanow Remix) (antifash)

Locked Club - Edu V Egipet (mixed)

Boy Harsher - Tears

Boy Harsher - Tears (Minimal Violence Remix) (mixed)

Nuxx Vomica - Do It Twice

Xibling - Bulletproof

Marc Almond - Tears Run Rings (The La Magia Dance Mix)

TINI ft. Amiture - What If, Then What?

Talk Talk - Talk Talk (Extended Mix)

SDH (Semiotics Department of Heteronyms) - Talk In Dreams

Special Interest - Street Pulse Beat (Boy Harsher Remix)

Debby Friday - I GOT IT

¿LA PREGUNTA? - Trains

Kumo 99 - Gomi

More Ephemerol - Secrecy

Patriarchy - No Touch Torture (Spike Hellis ‘Fear’ Remix)

Leæther Strip - No Place Like Home

PVA - Sleek Form

Xibling - Warm Leatherette (The Normal Cover)

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☿ 1:45AM (NECRO.MANTIS)

Pixel Grip - ALPHAPUSSY

Sex Kino - Scream In The City

ULTRA SUNN - Broken Monsters

Sydney Valette - Station Stop

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(WRAP-UP)

Local Suicide ft. Curses - Whispering

The Nasty Boys - I Was Made For Lovin' You (Extended Version) (KISS Cover)

Peter Richard - Walking in the Neon (Club Mix)

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#artgoth #playlist #club night #ebm #new beat #new wave #synth #electroindustrial

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So yeah my 90's/nillies playlist is here

pls if you have any other platform than youtube pls use that cause the quality on youtube sucks bad balls / bonus video clips though

In My Eyes - Milk Inc (1999) Belgium

Turn The Tide - Sylver (2000) Belgium

Ella Elle L'a - Kate Ryan (2008) Belgium

Li La Li - Kim Kay (1998) Belgium

La Vache - Milk Inc (1996) Belgium

Freed From Desire - Gala (1996) Italy

Blue - Eiffel 65 (1998) Italy

Something - Lasgo (2001) Belgium

Pump Up The Jam - Technotronic (1990) Belgium

Rhythm Is A Dancer - Snap! (1992) Germany

Mr. Vain - Culture Beat (1993) Germany

My Device - Ayria (2005) Canada

King Of My Castle - Wamdue Project (1999) USA

Tonight's The Night - Le Click (1995) Germany

pls if you know similar songs add to this list!!

#I AM VIBING #music #90's #nillies #europop

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Saturday Night - Whigfield

Save Tonight - Eagle-Eye Cherry

Say What You Want - Texas

Scatman - Scatman John

Scatman's World - Scatman John

Se A Vida E (That’s The Way Life Is) - Pet Shop Boys

Secret Garden - Bruce Springsteen

Secret Love - Bee Gees

Sending All My Love - Linear

Sense - The Lightning Seeds

Seven Seconds - Nomansland

Sexbomb - Tom Jones, Mousse T.

She Don’t Let Nobody - Chaka Demus & Pliers

She’s A Woman - Scritti Politti feat. Shabba Ranks

She’s So High - Tal Bachman

Show Me Love - Robin S

Shy Guy - Diana King

Sing It Back - Moloko

Sitting Down Here - Lene Marlin

Slave To The Music - Twenty 4 Seven

Sleeping In My Car - Roxette

So Hard - Pet Shop Boys

So Strung Out - C-Block

Somebody Dance With Me - DJ BoBo

Something Happened On The Way To Heaven - Phil Collins

Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough - Patty Smyth feat. Don Henley

Stand By Me - 4 The Cause

Stay - 2-4 Family

Stay - Sash! feat. La Trec

Still Got The Blues - Gary Moore

Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter

Streets Of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen

Stupid Girl - Garbage

Sunchyme - Dario G

Sunday Mondays - Vanessa Paradis

Sweet Harmony - The Beloved

Take A Chance On Me - Erasure

Teardrop - Massive Attack

Tearin' Up My Heart - *NSYNC

Temple Of Love - The Sisters Of Mercy

That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain

That’s What Love Is For - Amy Grant

The Big L. - Roxette

The First The Last Eternity - Snap!

The Flame - Fine Young Cannibals

The Girl From Ipanema - Lio

The Key, The Secret - Urban Cookie Collective

The Power - SNAP!

The Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim

The Secretary - Sailor

The Show Must Go On - Queen

The Sign - Ace Of Base

There She Goes - Sixpence Non The Richer

They Don't Care About Us - Michael Jackson

Things Can Only Get Better - D:Ream

Think About The Way - Ice MC

This Beat Is Technotronic - Technotronic

Thunder - East 17

Time For Letting Go - Jude Cole

To Love Somebody - Jimmy Somerville

To The Moon And Back - Savage Garden

Tom’s Diner - Suzanne Vega, DNA

Tonight - New Kids On The Block

Too Blind To See It - Kym Sims

Tubthumping - Chumbawamba

Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out - Freak Power

U Can’t Touch This - M.C. Hammer

United - Prince Ital Joe & Marky Mark

Vogue - Madonna

Wait - Maggie Reilly

Walking On The Milky Way - OMD

Wannabe - Spice Girls

Waterloo Sunset - Cathy Dennis

What A Girl Wants - Christina Aguilera

What’s Up? - 4 Non Blondes

Whiskey In The Jar - Metallica

Why Does It Always Rain On Me? - Travis

Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - Moby

Why Can’t We Live Together - Timmy Thomas

Yesterday, When I Was Mad - Pet Shop Boys

You Bring On The Sun - Londonbeat

You Don’t Fool Me - Queen

You Get What You Give - New Radicals

You Gotta Be - Des'ree

(You Drive Me) Crazy - Britney Spears

You’re Not Alone - Olive

You’re Still The One - Shania Twain

Young At Heart - The Bluebells

Your Woman - White Town

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Technotronic - "Pump Up the Jam" 1989 House / Hip-House / Eurodance / New Beat / Eurohouse

Here we go, folks; it's the big one. Belgian dance project Technotronic's legendary debut single, 1989's "Pump Up the Jam," is, whether you like it or not, one of the most important songs in the history of music. And that's because it was the *very first* house track to ever *massively* cross over onto the American pop charts, managing to peak at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, while also dominating many other charts across the globe as well. And in retrospect, as far as the music itself went, it wasn't really anything all that new; but for people who were completely unaware of the underground house tracks that had been pumping out of Chicago since the mid-80s, this song sounded like it could have been shot out of a cannon from Neptune, before incidentally puncturing our very own troposphere. Like, do you know what the #1 song in all of America was when this thing hit its eventual peak in January of 1990? Michael Bolton's "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You." So, imagine getting bludgeoned by that literal one-two punch on your contemporary hit radio station in the dead of winter thirty-three years ago. Nothing like that had *ever* happened before.

Now, yesterday I got into Technotronic's biggest ever controversy, which was that the lycra-clad girl in the iconically curious and candy-colored music video, who was the same person that appeared exclusively in the group's album art, and who also even went on TV multiple times to perform the group's lone hit herself, was actually a lip-syncing model named Felly who didn't even speak any English. But I'm not going to be relitigating much of that in this post today.

What I am going to be doing, however, is digging into how this track itself came to be made, because there really is quite a long and interesting backstory to it, and it doesn't even begin with anyone who was actually in Technotronic.

See, the tale of how "Pump Up the Jam" first came to fruition actually starts in Chicago in 1988, with this house track here by the legendary Farley "Jackmaster" Funk called "The Acid Life." Trip on this tune and you'll immediately hear where Technotronic derived one of the most recognizable intros in the history of contemporary music from:

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The rippling rhythm of the acid bass pulsations? And the idea to set them between incessantly rattling, pressure-cooked hi-hats too? All of this was actually Farley's invention. Crazy, right?

Now, as far as I can tell, Farley was never officially credited on any of Technotronic's own records as a songwriter for "Pump Up the Jam," but according to a very informative Google-Translated Belgian article I was able to find, he still did end up receiving gains from it 🤘.

But this was really just a starting point for the song. After its first few bars, producer Jo Bogaert would end up taking his tune in a very different direction from that of Farley's. And the first sign was the little taste of string synth that he gave that would later go on to define a piece of Technotronic's own sound.

Now, Jo Bogaert had already become something of a successful musician in Belgium before he'd ever even met the other members of Technotronic. He was a pioneer of this genre that was pretty much only popular in Belgium called new beat, with a trio of hits between '87 and '88 that were released under the moniker of Nux Nemo: "Hiroshima," "Chinatown," and "Asian Fair."

But at a certain point, his productions would end up seeing diminishing returns from the record-buying public, and, as a result, his own label, Clip Records, had found itself struggling too. Bogaert had another idea though, and it was fueled by Farley "Jackmaster" Funk's "Acid Life." He, like so many other European musicians, had a dream of actually breaking big in America. And he would end up using part of an American record to actually do it.

So, with his near-reproduction of the open from "The Acid Life" to kick off his own tune, he ended up cobbling together a similar pair of raw, absolute stompers and pressing them to a 12-inch. Both tracks sampled some dialogue from Eddie Murphy's Delirious set, and under the alias of Pro 24's, Bogaert would title this record...wait for it... "Technotronic."

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And these two tunes would end up serving as the blueprint for what would later become "Pump Up the Jam."

Now, "Technotronic" didn't do too badly in Belgium, but the CEO at one of the country's biggest labels, ARS Records, thought that it could maybe become a much bigger hit if Bogaert had agreed to make some changes to it. There was a fusion genre that set party rap lyrics to house beats that was gaining popularity in other countries called hip-house, and he thought Bogaert's song could be retooled into a smash if he followed that formula.

But creating a hip-house record would require the talents of a rapper, and Bogaert didn't seem to personally know any. However, he had heard from someone about this sixteen year-old biracial girl originally from Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) named Ya Kid K, who was in a crew called Fresh Beat Productions, and who also had her heart set on recording an album. And as Ya Kid K likes to half-jokingly put it herself, she also happened to be the *only* female black MC in all of Belgium at that time too 😅.

So Bogaert sent out demos to some Belgian rappers and, fortunately, Ya Kid K ended up answering his call. She would take about fifteen minutes to write some inanely hooky lines over his track and then it would take another twenty minutes to record the whole thing itself. The first words out of her mouth ended up being "pump up the jam," so that's what they decided to call their song. They could've called it something like "Make My Day" instead, given how many times that that line was repeated, but M/A/R/R/S had a pretty big hit in "Pump Up the Volume" a couple years prior too, so Bogaert and Ya Kid K were probably trying to chase some of that tune's glory as well.

Bogaert would then release the record on his own Clip label under the name of Technotronik and take it to ARS. And upon hearing it, they were very impressed, but they also said that if they were to pick up the record, the vocalist would also have to be the star, and Ya Kid K didn't want to be in a music video or on an album cover. So, without her knowledge, they went and enlisted Felly to fill those roles instead.

ARS then released the record, and a bunch of labels in other countries picked it up too, and then, miraculously, this song was everywhere. Finally, there was this throbbingly weird and super catchy house tune with a very boisterous vocal that was awkwardly commanding us all to have a good time on the dancefloor; and it came equipped with rap lyrics that you could easily anthemically chant and a beat that you could seriously dance your ass off to as well, as Felly and some other kid would put on display for us in the music video themselves. Clearly, ARS was onto something with their vision for this earworm.

Now, were there better produced house tracks out there than this one in 1989 and 1990? Unquestionably. But because it happened to be unleashed upon a public that was largely unaware of house music altogether, this is the one that just so happened to really break down the barrier that was continually keeping house separate from pop.

And not long after "Pump Up the Jam" conquered, Madonna would drop "Vogue," a song that really managed to successfully mesh pop with house, and even featured a spoken-word rap on it too. It's not to say that Madonna was directly influenced by "Pump Up the Jam" to cut her own house track, but the extremely wide acceptance of Technotronic's debut single over the prior handful of months appeared to lay the groundwork for "Vogue" to then subsequently reign as the undisputed song of the summer for 1990. The door for dance music to finally make its return to the American mainstream for the first time since disco had died had finally been opened, and this unexpected triumph from Belgium seems to be the one that really kickstarted the whole trend. Jo Bogaert's dream of making a big American hit had come true, and Madonna, who loved working out to "Pump Up the Jam" herself, would take his group on her Blonde Ambition world tour as the opening act, with Ya Kid K as Technotronic's rightful frontwoman.