Year In Dance 2002 Volume 3 | Top Dance Songs of 2002 - a podcast by Keith a.k.a. K j A M

Sorry for the delay, I finished up volume 4 and 5 this morning, ran some errands before it started to rain again and the next thing I know we have tornado and flash flood warnings and the power was out when I got back.  Once I got back up, I went and downloaded Windows 7rc which I’ll be installing tomorrow morning.  Anywho, I got bogged down trying to decide what kind of protection to use with the new system and realized I hadn’t submitted my post yet.  So here it is!

Due to the fact that some last minute tunes that I really wanted came through, this mix, which had already been completed, got chopped up to accommodate the newly added songs.  Frankly, it still works quite well, but you’ll notice the Beginerz “Reckless Girl” posed some transition issues, so I just did a stop-start to move into Angie Stone.  I don’t think anyone will mind, but for some reason, it bugs me when I have to do that.  I guess I’ll just have to stop trying to be a perfectionist and just get over it.

In the meantime, you have several massive anthems from 2002 included here like the aforementioned “I Wish I Didn’t Miss You” by Angie Stone.  OMG!  I absolutely love this song and the Hex Hector production is absolute magic!  The original samples the classic O’Jay’s tune “Backstabbers” which Hex managed to work throughout the song while maintaining his big room signature sound.  I tell ya, this song will hold its own on any dancefloor, anywhere in the world to this day.  Another big room stabber which bubbled up from the underground was from Goldtrix featuring Andrea Brown.  “It’s Love (Trippin’) was a massive #1 crowd pleaser with it’s warped synths pulsating throughout the entire mix.  And then, of course, you have Banda Sonora’s “Guitarra G” which just received a 2009 update that still can’t match the original.  Refreshing in its use of the Spanish guitar built around a solid house groove, this was great for those early evening parties or T-Dance on Sundays.  Other notable tunes were not big Billboard charters, but are significant in that they are memorable and moved the floor as soon as the DJ dropped the needle.  You have several off the beat tracks like X-Press 2 featuring David Byrne in “Lazy” (which received an outstanding 2008 Moto Blanco re-work last year), the Beginerz “Reckless Girl” which is comparable to Layo & Bushwacka’s “Love Story” which will be on Friday’s edition.  The song that wins the Party Favorz award for being the most fun goes to Tweet’s “Oops! (Oh My)” which was a massive R&B and top 40 hit but never charted on the dance charts.  The refrain “Oops, there goes my shirt up over my head (oh my), oops, there goes my skirt droppin' to my feet (oh my)” was a favorite of the boys on the floor and had everyone singing in unison.

One other thing or person worth mentioning is Guido Osorio. Guido Osorio was part of the production duo Razor 'n' Guido who had great success on the floors with their own brand of big room house; most notably Kim English's "Unspeakable Joy" in 1999.  Guido struck out on his own and had great success in 2002, with his name on about 1/4 of the club hits reaching the top ten that year.  Expect to see a lot of his mixes spread out in this compilation.  The good news is that Razor (Peter Orenbach) and Guido are back together and well on their way to recapturing the crown as one of the most in-demand production teams around today.  If you haven't heard some of their Britney mixes, hunt them down.  Though unofficial, they're well worth it.

That's all I got for you guys today.  Since I'll be installing Windows 7 tomorrow with all of my stuff, I'll post the next installment late in the day tomorrow as well.  Until then...enjoy!



Album : Year-End Edition 2002 | volume 3  

Genre : Circuit, House, Progressive

Year : 2002

Total Time : 1:19:56:00

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