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My Top 100 EDM Tracks

NOTE (26/01/07): I've updated this, so a lot of the replies might make no sense.

It may be ever-so-slightly self-idulgent to dedicate a thread to my list of favourite tracks. In my defence, I'm not the first to do this (I think Cobalt or Floorfiller or some veteran TA has done this before). Anyway, what with the constant "what's your all time favourite" threads, I thought I'd put something definitive together. It's surprisingly challenging putting together a list of your Top 100 tracks, and when I'd done and went back, I changed many things.

A few things: I used "EDM" because it gave me a lot of flexibility. You might not think some of the list is really EDM. I don't frankly care. Any factual errors (names, dates) go under artistic licensing. I haven't mentioned specific mixes, and each position can be considered all of the mixes of that particular track. I make no apologies for my bias towards or against genres. Any cheese that appears in the chart is guilty, but no less definite.

Enjoy:

100. Warp Brothers- Blast the Speakers (2001)
99. Binary Finary- Cryogen (1999)
98. Tony De Vit- The Dawn (1998)
97. Hardfloor- Acperience (1991)
96. The KLF- 3AM Eternal (1989)
95. Fatboy Slim- Rockafella Skank (1998)
94. Chicane- Saltwater (1999)
93. Humanoid- Stakker Humanoid (1988)
92. BT - Fibonacci Sequence (1999)
91. Phuture- Acid Tracks (1986)
90. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force- Planet Rock (1981)
89. Juno Reactor & Don Davis- Navras (2003)
88. Mauro Picotto- Ultimahorma Ibiza (1999)
87. Zombie Nation- Kernkraft 400 (2000)
86. Lost Tribe - Gamemaster (1998)
85. Faithless - Drifting Away (1996)
84. Altitude - Altitude (2002)
83. Juno Reactor - God Is God (1997)
82. Way Out West - Intensify (2001)
81. System F - Out of the Blue (1998)
80. Mezz - Cubism (2001)
79. Tilt � Twelve (2004)
78. Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke (1987)
77. BT - Nocturnal Transmission (1994)
76. BT � Quark (1995)
75. Enigma - Return to Innocence (1993)
74. Orbital - Chime (1990)
73. LSG � Netherworld (1997)
72. Orbital - Remind (1993)
71. The Future Sound of London - We Have Explosive (1997)
70. Enigma - Age of Loneliness (1993)
69. The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance) (1994)
68. Josh Wink - Higher State of Consciousness (1995)
67. Sasha - Xpander (1999)
66. Spooky - Little Bullet (1993)
65. Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death (1995)
64. Leftfield/Roots Manuva - Dusted (1999)
63. Faithless - We Come 1 (2001)
62. Chemical Brothers - Galvanize (2005)
61. Leftfield - Not Forgotten (1990)
60. The Future Sound of London � Cascade (1993)
59. Infadels - Give Yourself To Me (2005)
58. BT - Firewater (1997)
57. Jam & Spoon - Stella (1993)
56. Jaydee - Plastic Dreams (1992)
55. Age of Love - Age of Love (1990)
54. Luzon � The Baguio Track (2000)
53. Underworld- Cowgirl (1993)
52. Stereo MCs � Connected (1992)
51. Pendulum � Slam (2005)

50. New Order- Confusion (1983)
49. Sasha - Vegetable Qat (1994)
48. Orbital - Lush (1993)
47. Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin� Beats (1997)
46. Delerium - Silence (1997)
45. Agnelli & Nelson � Everyday (1999)
44. The Prodigy - Firestarter (1996)
43. Leftfield/Lydon - Open Up (1993)
42. PPK - ResuRection (1998)
41. The Source Feat. Candi Staton � You�ve Got The Love (1990)
40. Happy Mondays - Step On (1990)
39. Fluke - Blue Skies (2003)
38. BT � Content (1997)
37. Faithless - God is a DJ (1997)
36. 2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This (1991)
35. Robert Miles - Children (1996)
34. Faithless - Salva Mea (1995)
33. Leftfield - Swords (1999)
32. Orbital - Belfast (1991)
31. BT & Paul Van Dyk - Namistai (1999)
30. Paul Van Dyk - Beautiful Place (1996)
29. Rob Dougan - Left Me For Dead (2001)
28. Praga Khan - Injected With A Poison (1991)
27. The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up (1997)
26. Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now (1998)
25. Fluke - Slap It (2001)
24. The Prodigy - Voodoo People (1994)
23. Binary Finary - 1998 (1997)
22. Faithless - Bring My Family Back (1999)
21. BT � Divinity (1995)

20. Daft Punk - Da Funk (1996)
19. Tiesto - Suburban Train (2001)
18. Energy 52 - Caf� del Mar (1993)
17. William Orbit - Water From A Vine Leaf (1993)
16. Vangelis - Rachel's Song (1982)
15. Orbital - The Girl With The Sun in Her Head (1996)
14. Faithless - Insomnia (1996)
13. Leftfield - Song of Life (1992)
12. Chicane - Offshore (1996)
11. Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun (1996)

10. Primal Scream - Loaded (1990)
9. Underworld - Dark & Long (1993)
8. Orbital � Transient (2004)
7. The Prodigy - Out of Space (1992)
6. New Order - Blue Monday (1983)
5. Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel (1997)
4. BT - Flaming June (1997)
3. Paul Van Dyk - Forbidden Fruit (1996)
2. The KLF - What Time Is Love? (1988)
1. The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (1991)


EDIT: Broke it up a bit so it's a bit easier to read.

EDIT 2: In the redraft, I ended up listing "American Dream" twice, so I've put the new 100th track as one that narrowly missed the list first time through.

That list looks quite impressive and honest (which is good), lots of my favs in there too. Maybe i'll do mine later tonight or tomorrow, we'll see if i have the power for it. .

not to be disrespectful.. but 10. Warp Brothers- Blast the Speakers (2001) ? :I

kylie - the locomotion

Re: My Top 100 EDM Tracks

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J 1. The Future Sound of London- Papua New Guinea (1991)

Great choice this tune is an all time classic and true to the fact is it can still be played today.

it would literally take me f00king hours to make up my top 100 list, and even when i done it, ill prob change it.

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Originally posted by lacksesepsotygh not to be disrespectful.. but 10. Warp Brothers- Blast the Speakers (2001) ? :I

Seconded. WTF!

"Any cheese that appears in the chart is guilty, but no less definite."

This actually inspired me to (start to) make my own top 100 list.

And like WTF, Blast The Speakers was THIS tracks. I like it too!

Yeah... didn't understand that last bit, mate.


And I was hoping to inspire some lists from other people. Hopefully I'll see some variation, rather than constant anthem trance from everyone.

where's rank 1 - airwave?? that topped the tranceaddict top 100 last time we did that but i don't even see it on yours. what kind of chart would lack that?

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Originally posted by Excite where's rank 1 - airwave?? that topped the tranceaddict top 100 last time we did that but i don't even see it on yours. what kind of chart would lack that?

I ran that chart and Xpander won it.

This, however, is my list, and I don't like Airwave.

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Originally posted by Excite where's rank 1 - airwave?? that topped the tranceaddict top 100 last time we did that but i don't even see it on yours. what kind of chart would lack that?

yeah i wouldn't put it on my list either. i mean its a classic track and has influenced a lot in the genre, but not one of my personal favs either...

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Originally posted by Excite where's rank 1 - airwave?? that topped the tranceaddict top 100 last time we did that but i don't even see it on yours. what kind of chart would lack that?

I wouldn't include airwave either to be honest im not sure how it got to be so big really. Also the fact that both vocals are aweful.

ps. I did buy the cd single can't say i like it that much now tho.

rank 1 did better ..

Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (Rank 1 Remix)
York - Reachers Of Civilization (Rank 1 Remix)

and the other tracks after airwave

in trance energy 2001 intro for rank1, the mc dude introduces rank1 as the heroes of 'last years' biggest hit airwave..i doubt they would have gotten to where they are without the tune. granted both are top notch producers.


now its cheese..how things change.



i still respect airwave..king kong aint got nothing on it.

Look, it didn't make the list because I don't like it. Don't get offended just because my tastes differ to yours.

Nice list.
I, honestly, couldn't make a personal top 100.
Main problem is lack of experience with trance, seeing how I'm listening to it for maybe 2 years.
I don't even have 100 tracks that are my favorites for real. And I wouldn't want to force it.

As for Papua New Guinea, I think it's alright, but I (kind of) found it a bit boring.

i'm not saying airwave should rank at the top of your list. what i'm saying is that any respectable top 100 edm tracks of all time would have to have it in there somewhere. btw where is gouryella, 'for an angel', 'out of the blue' and 'carte blanche? u obviously are not a big fan of classic uplifting trance in general.

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Originally posted by Gauss As for Papua New Guinea, I think it's alright, but I (kind of) found it a bit boring.

It will click one day im sure, try the marco v remix for now. Might be too much of a 'shock' to go from tunes (c)200x to (c)1991, if you never heard the original before.

jay - z - 99 problems? im not gonna argue that hip hop isn't EDM because it is...but out of all the hip hop songs out there you choose an average track from jay-z? he's made far better songs than that

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Originally posted by Excite i'm not saying airwave should rank at the top of your list. what i'm saying is that any respectable top 100 edm tracks of all time would have to have it in there somewhere. btw where is gouryella, 'for an angel', 'out of the blue' and 'carte blanche? u obviously are not a big fan of classic uplifting trance in general.

well that's just it isn't it. this isn't a top 100 of what the majority thinks...its a personal one.

Fuck Airwave. It has no meaning! But if you take Day Time (4 Strings), Airwave`s biggest competition at the time, you can tell that altho Day Time might not be as appealing/exciting as Airwave, it has much more meaning and was WELL thought out.

But anyway, this list is good!!! I don`t see ANY Belgian trance tho, not surprising. Do you like any? lol. Minimalistix - Close Cover? Sylver - Turn The Tide? Both classics!

LOL I put the tracks in alphabetical order as putting them to some rank would have been too hard for me.

808 State - Pacific 303 [1989]
Accadia - Into The Dawn [2001]
Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Jam & Spoon's Watch Out For Stella Mix) [1990/1992]
Aphex Twin - Heliosphan [1992]
Arksun - Astrodancer (Starecase Remix) [2000]
Art of Trance - Kaleidoscope (Sunday Club's Lens Of Atlantic Mix) [1997]
Art Of Trance - Madagascar (Cygnus X Remix) [1998]
Ayla - Ambience [1996]
Ayla - Ayla (Taucher Remix) [1996]
Barracuda - Drug Fits The Face (Drug Free Mix) [1991]

Beat Foundation - Foundations II (Main Mix) [1997]
Bedrock - For What You Dream Of (Blue Amazon's Beach House Mix) [1993]
Binary Finary - 1998 (Paul van Dyk Remix) [1997/1998]
Blue Amazon - No Other Love [1996]
BT - Embracing The Sunshine (Sasha Remix) [1995]
BT - The Road To Lostwithiel [1997]
Carl Craig - Televised Green Smoke [1997]
Chicane feat. Caroline Lavelle - Lost You Somewhere (Heliotropic Remix) [1997]
Chicane - Offshore [1996]
Chicane - Red Skies [1997]

Choice - Acid Eiffel [1993]
Cygnus X - Deliberation [1993]
Cygnus X - Indakasa [1995]
Cygnus X - The Orange Theme (Man With No Name Remix) [1993/2000]
Dance2Trance - Power Of American Natives (DJ Quicksilver Instrumental) [1992/1997]
Denki Groove - Niji (Paul van Dyk's Pot Of Gold Mix) [1996]
Disco Evangelists - De Niro (Full Circle Remix) [1992]
Energy 52 - Caf� Del Mar (Nalin & Kane Remix) [1993/1998]
Everything But The Girl - Before Today (Chicane Remix) [1996]
Global Communication - 14:31 [1994]

Hardfloor - AM Trip [1993]
Humate - Love Stimulation (Paul van Dyk's Love Mix) [1993]
Hybrid - Symphony [1996]
Jam & Spoon - Find Me (Odyssey To Anyoona) [1993]
Jean-Jacques Smoothie - 2 People [2001]
Jii Hoo - Let Me Luv U [1995]
Kay Cee - Love Stimulation (Humate 1998 Remix) [1998]
Kirsty Hawkshaw - Fine Day (James Holden Remix) [2002]
Leama - Labrynth (DJ Orkidea Remix) [2000]
Leftfield - Original (Live Dub) [1995]

LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) [1990]
Li Kwan - Point Zero [1994]
Link - Amenity [1992]
Liquid - Sweet Harmony [1992]
Lost Tribe - Angel [1997]
L.S.G. - Hearts [1994]
L.S.G. - Lonely Casseopaya [1995]
L.S.G. - Netherworld (Album Version) [1996]
Lu & Jii Hoo - Shelter (Elegia's Shelter Mix) [1998]
Lustral - Everytime (Katcha's Last Time Remix) [1997]

Luzon - The Baguio Track (Bedrock Remix) [2000]
Mike Oldfield - Let There Be Light (BT's Pure Luminescence Remix) [1995]
Moby - Go (Subliminal Mix) [1991]
Moby - God Moving Over The Face Of Waters [1995]
Moonman - Galaxia (Qattara Remix) [1997]
Mothers Pride - Floribunda (Big C Remix) [1998]
Mystic Force - Everglade (Effective Force Remix) [1993]
Mystic Force - Starbust [1993]
Nalin & Kane - Beachball (Original Club Mix) [1997]
Orbital - Belfast [1991]

Orbital - Chime (12" Mix) [1989]
Orbital - Halcyon [1992]
Orbital - The Girl With The Sun In Her Head [1996]
Orkidea - Unity [1999]
Paragliders - Paraglide [1993]
Paul van Dyk - Forbidden Fruit (Album Mix) [1996]
POB - Boiler (Humate Remix) [1998]
Push - Universal Nation (Oliver Lieb Remix) [1998/1999]
Qattara - Come With Me (Original Pure Mix) [1997]
Rabbit In The Moon - Deeper [1997]

Random Factor - Broken Mirror [1998]
Saints & Sinners - Peace (Oliver Lieb Remix) [2001]
Santom - Sliced Consciousness (Taucher Remix) [1997]
Sasha - Arkham Asylum [1996]
Sasha - Magic (POB Seismix) [1994]
Sasha - Ohmna [1996]
Sasha - Xpander [1999]
Solar Stone - Seven Cities (Solar Stone's Atlantis Mix) [1997]
Sonorous - Glass Garden (Original Relaxed Version) [1999]
Spooky - Little Bullet (Live Mix) [1993/1996]

Subliminal Cuts - Le Voie Le Soleil (Way Out West Summer Of Love Mix) [1994]
Sunday Club - Healing Dream [1997]
Sven V�th - Harlequin Plays Bells (Alter Ego Plays Hells Bells Mix) [1995]
Sven V�th - L'Esperanza [1992]
System 7 - Alpha Wave (Plastikman's Acid House Mix) [1995]
Taucher - Winter Love [2000]
The Chemical Brothers - Out Of Control (Sasha Instrumental Remix) [1999]
The Chemical Brothers - Song To The Siren [1992]
The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Qube Mix) [1991]
The Prodigy - Charly (Beltram Says Mix) [1992]

The Prodigy - Your Love [1992]
The Shamen - Possible Worlds (Shamen Stick Mix) [1990]
Tranceparents - Child Two (Paul van Dyk's Summer Love Mix) [1994]
Underworld - Dark & Long (Dark Train) [1994]
Usura - Trance Emotions (Emotions Mix) [1997]
Viper - The Twister (Qattara Remix) [1998]
Voodoo Child - Dog Heaven (Lopez Mix) [1996]
Way Out West - The Gift [1997]
Young American Primitive - Sunrise [1993]
Zyon - No Fate (Struggle Continuous Mix) [1992]

Some tracks have 2 release years if the mentioned version has come out at a different time than the original.

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Originally posted by Excite i'm not saying airwave should rank at the top of your list. what i'm saying is that any respectable top 100 edm tracks of all time would have to have it in there somewhere. btw where is gouryella, 'for an angel', 'out of the blue' and 'carte blanche? u obviously are not a big fan of classic uplifting trance in general.

Why don't you make your own top 100 instead of complaining about SYSTEM-J's? Just because you like Airwave doesn't make it the best trance track ever that "everyone needs in their list". Accept it.

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Originally posted by raydn It will click one day im sure, try the marco v remix for now. Might be too much of a 'shock' to go from tunes (c)200x to (c)1991, if you never heard the original before.

I have Marco V mix. I suppose I'll simply have to listen to it a few more times. -.-

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