Below are listed the top techno songs for 2005 and 2006
The top techno songs for 2005 and 2006 that go into this page are the top. I mean the best techno- the ones that make your head nod, and make you jive. They are the greatest, best techno songs that you can listen to, this year.
However, what is my main criteria, the main thumbs up and not fingers in ears to call the top techno songs of 2005? Well, the songs have to be original. I don't care about sales figures, it has to be commercial, but if it doesn't do well, it doesn't mean anything. I want an original techno song, thats the main criteria for being in the top techno songs list .
Originality as you might expect has many meanings but, I say that the top techno songs have to sound original (ideas) and sound original (samples used). When you put criteria into judging commercial tracks well, alot get left out. But as I say why listen to the crap (sorry) that is out there when you can listen to the original from which they are based.
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BodyRox ft. Luciana- "Yeah, Yeah". Wow, what a cool tune. It was voted as one of the better tunes in Miami this year. Luciana's lyrics and voice work well with the music, but THAT music is so hypnotic that it is extreamly playable. Top tune.
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Menno de Jong- "Sayla Majestic". What a cool track, and totally club worthy. It has some great sounds, structure- subliminally changing, and basically a top techno songs memeber. Mennos homepage can be found here it has everything to know about this artist, check out the MySpace link (for some top techno songs) at the bottom of his homepage as well :)
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Tiga- "(Far From)Home- DFA Remix".
Reminds me a bit like Pulp's- Common People. A basic tune that is really hot at the moment. The remix is just great, a thundering machine gun drum line- excellent. Tiga's debut album is called "Sexor".
Tiga-(Far From)Home- DFA Remix.
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Various Artists- "BluePrints No 1".
I realise that it is a compilation, but it contains some cool tunes that is recommended. There are ranges of styles as well- acid, techno and bubbling dance. Four cuts from Quant, Tennis Hero, Soular Sound and Hind are present. Soular Sound get it smack on with the great "Things we do"- a cool jazz dancer that is a top techno songs list member all by itself.
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Shena- "Electro Sexual".
How many styles can you ram into one album? A very electronic piece of an album- but it is very butt shaking! Strings, vocoder strings, and tonnes of interesting noises will keep you interested. Buy two copies as the first will be worn out.
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Vitalic- "Phoney Part 1", "SoulShaker". Wow, what really cool, stark techno. Vitalic is one chap, and keyboard (plus tonnes of plug-ins, probably) and plenty of talent. If you download, borrow or borrow for a long time the tracks above then you would have made a wise decision. Plenty of distortion, some strange vocals and some really cool hooks- there tried to sum up the tracks, but I don't believe I have done this artist any justice :)
Vitalic- Phoney Part 1.
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Ferry Corsten- "Rock your body rock".From Rotterdam, Ferry Corsten is a highly respected DJ, and blends in house, electro, trance and breaks into his sets. He has also won (this year) the Trance DJ of the Year in Ibizan DJ awards. He creates music on-the-fly, he "creates music on his laptop, burns them to a CD then listens to them". Rock your body, rockThis gets the ohh yeah I remember that track response, a lovely techno number that bounces along, shooting out catches and cool loops. Definitely a top techno songs member, and check out his other tracks as well. Ohh by the way, Ferry uses a Novation X Station (as found on the best techno making equipment).
Ferry Corsten- Rock Your Body.
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Les Rythmes Digitales- "Jacques your body (make me sweat)". In the UK it was featured on a car advert, and when you saw it you went..ooooOOOhhh. It is such a top techno track featuring some cool robotic lead vocals, pristine synth lines and just a great groove. After the advert it was only time until it was going to come out on single. Welcome to Stuart Price's alter ego. Stuart Price? Madonna's new producer.
Les Rythmes Digitales- Jacques your body (make me sweat).
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Audio Bullys- "Shot you down". Audio bullys are Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale. They have a huge range of influences ranging through The Beatles, Neptunes, Tuff Jam, the Beach Boys, Ian Pooley, Daft Punk, and Ashanti. Their music style is house and garage with a few bootlegs thrown in for good measure. One of these is Shot you down, the lead vocal being taken from Kill Bill. It is such a basic song that has so much groove and feel that you start to wonder "how come no-one has done this before?" The "shot you down vocal" is cool and somewhat too long, however it has a place all to itself in a top techno song, that you are just eager to get to the main synth lead.
Audio Bullys- Shot You Down- video
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Faithless- "Insomnia 2005". I have to admit I have a soft spot for Faithless as you would probably know from my top techno songs of all time page. An applause to Faithless please, I think they have ploughed through the music scene, energising it and producing some great top techno songs along the way. Once they released the original Insomnia it was inevitable that there was going to be an up-to-date version (not a remix I might add). It keeps with the essence of the original, and then sprinkled a touch of 2005 Faithless, and again you have a techno classic...I personally love the end of the track- a huge pumping techno speaker destroyer, why they didn't extend this part I do not know. I have included this track because if you never got the original, this is second best, and you should have Insomnia somewhere in your collection. A true deserving place in the best techno songs list.
Faithless- Insomnia 2005.
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Basement Jaxx- "Do your thing". Basement Jaxx is a UK-based DJing and production duo comprising of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe. Basement Jaxx's unique cocktail of influences (rap, funk, ragga, disco and garage, all given a deep house twist) has been described as "punk garage". They started as bedroom producers rediscovering the original feeling of early Chicago house music, and then releasing their own EPs. "Do your thing" is one of a many line of really cool tracks that can be found on their "singles album"- a collection of top techno songs. Apart from an original video that is really clever, this song re-invents the dance-funk scene. Anyone that does not jiggle is made of granite. The way the vocals and the beats work, interact and dance together is really cool and above anything it proves how dedicated, precise and clever the Jaxx are. I love alot of their techno dance songs, (I am a huge fan of "Plug it in"- old school techno but 21st century twist.
Basement Jaxx- Do Your Thing.
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Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine- "Doctor Pressure".Mylo, also known as Myles MacInnes, and born in Scotland. Mylo created one of the surprise electronica favourites of 2004 with his debut, Destroy Rock & Roll, covering full on electro house through to laid back electronica- featuring some some techno songs. And no top techno songs list would be complete without this funky, mashed up track that is pure gold. From the start you know you are going to get funky with the off beat drums and then...well who doesn't like Gloria? A really good track that features the years favourite, the robotic vocal...lovely. I recently heard the original, and it was dancy if dated, but Mylo has given it a huge injection of hooks, and it shows what a talented producer he is.
Mylo- Dr Pressure.
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Depeche Mode 2005 mix- "Enjoy the Silence". A fantastic tune that is irritating everyone in my household as it gets played all the time. It has electric guitars, real drums, synths and has some gritty elements...only Depeche Mode could do it. Who else really could mix and update their classic apart from themselves. It is completely original because you would not have thought of doing that to a classic track, and electric guitars and real percussion in a techno/ dance tune...brilliant, and very worthy of the top techno songs list.
Depeche Mode- Enjoy The Silence (2005 Remix).
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Madonna- "Hung Up". Madonna is back. Wow, how does she do it, to reinvent herself so well? Top Techno songs Producers help :) Anyway, what a club stormer, with that Gimme Gimme Gimme riff as the chorus, it just slots together. ABBA do not give a nod to anyone wanting to sample their songs. There is only 3-4 people in that special club, Madonna is now one of them. If you can watch the video, see it. The dancing is cool, Madonna defies her age. Top choice.
Madonna- Hung Up.
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Pendulum-"Slam".The "new Prodigy", Pendulum are absolutely great. You may recognise the video as it shows a fat guy dancing in a busy street with no shirt on (Pendulum look at him from a doorway). With a drum and bass history mashed with dance, Pendulum will be big. Their album "Hold Your Colour" is full of top techno songs, and if that is anything to go by, 2006 will be a great year for the Australian trio.
Pendulum- Slam.
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High Tack- "Say, Say, Say". I just love mashed up music and High Tack have achieved it with this Michael Jackson belter. It reminds me so much of Cafe Del Mar- it has power synths, great beats and an awesome chorus- a proper club track. The video is high tack literally, but the song is great and a worthy addition to the top techno songs list.
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Krafty Kuts- "Bass Phenomenon".
It is such a cool, beaty track with a chap from the 90s dance scene saying bass phenomenon. It is infectious dance tune that has some Commodore 64 beats- or downgraded samples. Sounds cool though.
Krafty Kuts- Bass Phenomenon.
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Braund Reynolds- "Rocket".
Hehehe. What a cool and funny video. The skeleton is a star, and a gangster in the casino :) A great twist on the funky techno scene that is welcome in the commercial world of techno. Top choice and a worthy addition to the top techno songs list.
Braund Reynolds- Rocket.
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Royksopp- "What Else is There? (Trentemoller Remix)".
OOoh, what a cool blippy song, great beat with some stark, strong bleep machines, molded round some pads and a great female vocal track, with a windup-get-the-dancers-excited middle. A great remix and a techno dance treat.
Royksopp- What Else Is There (Trentemoller Remix)
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So what were the best techno/ electronic albums, packed full of great tunes?
I asked myself that, and here are the results, the best 2005 tops techno songs- the albums
Jamie Lidell - Multiply [Warp]
DJ Koze - Kosi Comes Around [Kompakt]
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase [Warp]
Caro - The Return of Caro [Orac Records]
Isolée - Wearemonster [Playhouse]
Jaga Jazzist - What We Must [Ninja Tune]
The Juan MacLean - Less Than Human [DFA]
Matias Aguayo - Are You Really Lost [Kompakt]
Richard Davis - Details [Kitty-Yo]
Robert Lippok & Barbara Morgenstern - Tesri [Monika Enterprise]
Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue [Echo]
Cristian Vogel - Station 55 [Novamute]
Murcof - Remembranza [Leaf]
Jan Jelinek - Kosmischer Pitch [~scape]
Justus Köhncke - Doppelleben [Kompakt]
Ellen Allien - Thrills [Bpitch Control]
Safety Scissors - Tainted Lunch [~scape]
Vladislav Delay - The Four Quarters [Huume]
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