# Help me find new electronic/dance music. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303 "2009-05-13T16:23:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChadVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@ChadVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChadVader)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/1 "2009-05-13T16:23:18Z")
Not sure what the genre is exactly. But I really love electronic music that has vocals and a beat you can dance to. The music doesn’t _have_ to have vocals although I prefer it. Right now I only know of a few bands that match this style: Daft Punk, Fischerspooner, Cut Copy and Justice. I’m open to any new suggestions. Also I’d really appreciate Youtube links to some of your favorite songs. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/2 "2009-05-13T17:34:29Z")
Have you ever listened to much Goldfrapp? Their albums “Black Cherry” and “Supernature” are both very dance oriented for the most part. [Ooh La La](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wEzPgXOaHg) [Ride a White Horse](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuB255cSIEg) [Strict Machine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di2wNNZaBdE) [Number One](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2OL3CdIGlg) You also might want to look up bands under the genre generally referred to as Electroclash. That might be what you’re looking for. You might also enjoy [Freezepop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVIhIc_DfaM) or [Ladytron](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KBNLrqhft0). ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/3 "2009-05-13T18:22:50Z")
Crystal Method is an obvious band to check out, esp 10 miles back for your vocal electronica needs (and I know its You) Monkey Mafia Fc Kahuna Naked Funk ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/4 "2009-05-13T18:41:56Z")
I think you would like old school house music. Check out Frankie Knuckles. ---
**Author:** ![ChadVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@ChadVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChadVader)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/5 "2009-05-13T19:10:12Z")
I forgot to mention a couple of bands that I like. Anyone heard of Familjen? They’re a swedish electronic band. I really like their single [Det snurrar i min skalle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfU-4Y4_akY) but I’m not sure how the rest of the album sounds. Is it worth buying? I also like Röyksopp, but don’t own any of their albums. I’ve heard a few of their songs on Youtube and [Remind Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o) and [What Else Is There?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOt15JsLloU) seem to stick out. Thanks for the recommendations so far. I’ll definitely check them out. Please keep them coming 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/6 "2009-05-14T00:56:50Z")
The Pet Shop Boys have a new album out which is getting rave reviews. If you’re on Facebook you can add their page and add an AOL widget that has all the songs so you can hear them all for free. If you poke around on YouTube there a lot of cool fan and DJ mixes of current and older stuff you might want to check out as well. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/7 "2009-05-14T03:01:16Z")
I love electronic and dance music, and Justice are one of my absolute favorite bands. To such an aficionado as myself, the four artists you mentioned seem like a fairly varied group, so I’ve listed some things here that match each of them. Danger MSTRKRFT Soulwax especially anything from the ‘Nite Versions’ album, they’ve also done a lot of club remixes of rock songs Mystery Jets Late of the Pier Hot Chip Goose GRUM The Chemical Brothers Louis La Roche SebastiAn Felix da Housecat Digitalism Alan Braxe Giorgio Moroder!!! (who you may or may not know as being responsible for [the world’s greatest bassline](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFox61M_0Fw)) And we can’t talk about classic house without mentioning Larry Levan! If you like Daft Punk, the individual members Thomas Bangalter and _takes a deep breath_ Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have done some excellent solo work which can be found on their record labels, Roulé and Crydamoure. Bangalter and some other musicians whose names currently escape me also teamed up as ‘Stardust’ to create the fantastic “Music Sounds Better With You”. A lot of the music in this realm that I have discovered, I found through the brilliant DJ/musician/producer/remixer Erol Alkan who has done a lot of mixes that are available as podcasts; I highly recommend them. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/8 "2009-05-14T04:05:08Z")
Eric Prydz - Call On Me (also has a good NSFW video) Aquagen - Everybody’s Free ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/9 "2009-05-14T05:24:15Z")
A couple more; most are reasonably well-known: Psychic TV The Juan Maclean IQU U.S.E. (United State of Electronica) Ladytron Cheb I Sabbah Banco de Gaia Anna Oxygen Midival Punditz ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/10 "2009-05-14T07:00:32Z")
Shpongle Early Moby Younger Brother Rabbit in the Moon Sasha Digweed Armin van Buuren Fatboy Slim Above and Beyond Unerworld ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/11 "2009-05-14T07:16:59Z")
As previously mentioned MSTRKRFT Late of the Pier Hot Chip Digitalism and I’ll add in The Presets The Knife Simian Mobile Disco ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/12 "2009-05-14T08:01:35Z")
[Innocente](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB-hUzxgDi0) [Pole Postion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79KxZGMpBzA) [Mauro Picotto - Komodo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R9UjXBpfis) [Miss Shiva - Dreams](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4d8qKE1GsY) [Driftwood - Anything Goes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecuzy7QlyAI) [Pass it on](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvNnuNxQJyA) [Dj Tiesto - Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sau4GAwNGMg) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/13 "2009-05-14T08:36:08Z")
[Underworld Dirty Epic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWuAc4pnYFc) [Faithless Insomnia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWuAc4pnYFc) [A thousand nights - tresher](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWiqsNzt6qM&feature=related) [Simon Patterson - Smack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S5PwyGfMqs) [The Most Wonderful Day of the Year](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGp2UgjsVSs) [Teddy Bear Picnic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZANKFxrcKU&feature=PlayList&p=4DD8FE2E9AC09D08&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=118) [DNA 3rd Moon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V21wu235pmI) [PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS "Phonebooth](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LKVZ4NTfUc)" ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/14 "2009-05-14T11:13:43Z")
I used to listen to a genre sometimes called `synthpop`… great for working out (which I find is similar to dancing…) I liked the bands assemblage 23 (kinda gothy and very danceable–the CD has the beats on the back for DJs I think) and a much more upbeat band called Iris. Very different bands but you could give them a try! On a completely different note, the band !!! (yes, that is their name) did some good dance stuff but not so much electronic I guess. They were most well known for a ridiculously long song called `Me and Giuliani Down in the Schoolyard.` The rest of their stuff didn`t really live up to the hype (also they were total dicks when I saw them in concert) but they had some good songs. More in the dancepunk genre. Also Radio 4 and more recently MGMT but those are well-known bands. So that is a very diverse collection of bands but I hope one or two might appeal to you! Most of them can be found on YouTube. Also not to point out the obvious but Cut Copy basically seems to be a homage to bands like Depeche Mode… you checked them out?😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/15 "2009-05-14T16:09:54Z")
Go to [www.pandora.com](http://www.pandora.com) and type in a song or artist that you like. It will respond by playing a list of songs that are musically similar, but from artists you may not have heard of. You can vote “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” on each one until you hone it to your particular interests…TRM ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/16 "2009-05-15T21:36:43Z")
Andain [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5igNue4PLDI) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb2fwb6jJks) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKkuUHjPbGA) ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/17 "2009-05-15T22:58:41Z")
The Teddy Bear’s Picnic?!?! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/18 "2009-05-15T23:08:35Z")
Tell me what you think of this: The Field - The More That I Do [http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new-field-the-more-that-i-do\_065872.html](http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new-field-the-more-that-i-do_065872.html) ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/19 "2009-05-16T10:33:56Z")
I’m loving Kaskade’s latest mix CD (The Grand). [This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvDE5oCw5yw) is how he ends it. Also: Moby’s [Go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqxcUhFFcys) Underworld’s [Born Slippy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlLWFa1b1Bc) Robert Miles’ [Children](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCYST35gSvU) Fatboy Slim’s [Weapon of Choice](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs) Armin van Buuren’s [Burned With Desire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hr_9H-lVHA) Ferry Corsten’s remix of William Orbit’s version of Barber’s [Adagio For Strings](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzbHohFcmKQ) Audialize vs. The Midival Punditz - [Dark Age](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imS_F7NyF-I) Shpongle’s [The Dorset Perception](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQyR-FXJCLk) Junkie XL’s remix of Niyaz’s [Dilruba](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7k6uS0WqXU) Tiësto’s remix of Delerium featuring Sarah McLachlan’s [Silence](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzQXKd1Fhag) Sasha’s [Xpander](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Gu7CXfRdA) ---
**Author:** ![lunar\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lunar\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunar_elf)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303/20 "2009-05-17T20:59:22Z")
[BT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT_(musician)) (Brian Transeau) - Force of Gravity on Emotional Technology…actually any of CDs are pretty good. Works with a bunch of popular artists DJ Tiesto [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-new-electronic-dance-music/496303.md?page=2)