20 Hype House Tracks of 2016 // Tonight We’re Gonna Party like It’s …
Since Prince’s passing I have turned away from handcrafted pop or rock and roll in its traditional sense. The void Prince left brought me back to house music, to which his music once had led me instinctively, because it was an essential notion in his own universe of styles: make people party, move and dance. After Prince’s death, his apocalyptic funk of 1999 still offers a lot of lessons: In a year of Brexit, Trump for president, the Orlando shooting, the Nice tragedy, excesses of diminishing democratic privileges in Turkey and Russia, the song spits in the face of fear of certain and total destruction and tells you what to do: Live! While dancing is a crucial act of life, we have to return to the clubs, raves and dance halls and “party like it’s 1999.” Here’s a list of this year’s house tracks that were indispensable dj tools for a rampant night out in order to follow Prince’s advice.
Isaac Tichauer // Higher Level (Bicep Remix)
Spencer K, Collective Machine // Sonic Attitude
Robyn // Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do (The Mekanism Remix)
Andrea Oliva // Scream
OCH // Time Tourism
Guy Gerber // Secret Encounters
Chvrches // Clearest Blue (KDA Dub)
Mr. G // Transient
Emanuelle // Italove
Mark Knight // Yebisah
Weiss // You’re Sunshine
Justice // Safe And Sound
Lee Walker vs DJ Deeon // Freak Like Me (Armand Van Helden Remix)
Cid Inc // Contrite
Lauer // ESC (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
Veerus & Maxie Devine // Freak Out
Ruben Mandolini // Broken Down
Valentina Black & Damarii // What (Original Mix)
Clio & Yvan Genkins // London Rave
René Amesz, Ferreck Dawn // Lord (Original Mix)