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Brent Miller

Electronic Dance Magic

*** This week we look at some memorable ways to re-imagine your favourite Electronic/Dance songs->

There are few genres that have been more consistently fun than Electronic-Dance! It has evolved a long way since beginning as House music in the late 1980s, morphing into 1990s Techno and 2000s Dance-Pop and most recently 2010s and 2020s EDM. Regardless of the name, this genre has filled Clubs and Dance Floors with songs we have loved for almost 4 Decades. These songs are like a tattoo of your youth. For some they remind of listening along with friends in high school, for others these songs remind them of hitting the clubs and dancing through the night. These sounds evoke powerful and exciting memories, which is why playing them earlier on in the evening can be such a great idea! While these songs are often included within a flurry of late-night-dance selections, we have found many creative ways to include them earlier through cocktails, dinner or First Dances, creating a similar powerful excitement in the process. The joy of hearing your favourite EDM song performed as a First Dance or a classic 1990s House song sung as Cocktail Jazz is just such a wonderful surprise. And best of all, most of these are all songs about being young and in love, which is pretty much what wedding and event music is all about! So let us begin looking at our favourite times to include these Dance/Electronic songs within your event music, along with a list of 50 of our favourite songs to help inspire your own dance party - BM



1990s TECHNO COCKTAILS

Saturday Night - Whigfield Rhythym Is A Dancer - Snap Another Night - Real McCoy Show Me Love - Robin S. 100% Pure Love - Crystal Waters Doctor Jones - Aqua We Like To Party - Venga Boys You Don't Know Me - Armand Van Helden Red Alert - Basement Jaxx What Is Love - Haddaway Move This - Technotronic I'm Gonna Get You - Bizarre Inc. Rhythm Of The Night - Corona Finally - Cece Peniston Children - Robert Mile Be My Love - La Bouche Missing - Everything But The Girl The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) - the Bucketheads



2000s HOUSE DINNER MUSIC

Lady - Modjo One More Time - Daft Punk Better Off Alone - Alice DJ Don't Call Me Baby - Madison Avenue Around The World La La La La - ATC Sun Is Shining - Funkstar Deluxe Love Generation - Bob Sinclair Sunshine - Georgie Porgie I Like The Way You Move - The Bodyrockers Dare - Gorillaz Pjanoo - Eric Prydz Lola's Theme - Shapeshifters Can't Get Enough - Soulsearcher Day & Nite - Kid Cudi Ghosts n Stuff - Deadmau5 When Love Takes Over - David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland


2010s DANCE-POP FIRST DANCE

Domino - Jessie J Wake Me Up - Avicii Stereo Love - Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina We Found Love - Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna Give Me Everything - Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo Barbara Streisand - Ducksauce Animals - Martin Garrix Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia Rather Be - Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne Hideaway - Kiesza The Party - Joe Stone vs. Montell Jordan Sweet Lovin - Sigala ft. Bryn Christopher Feel The Vibe - Bob Sinclair ft. Dawn Tallman What The Funk - Oliver Heldens ft. Danny Shah Where Are You Now - Skrillex ft. Justin Bieber This Girl - Kungs vs. Cookin' Summer - Calvin Harris

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