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Post by zippy on Apr 8, 2023 14:38:34 GMT -5
Electronic/Dance Variety rankdown Ever since I co-hosted a rankdown with my friend aerodynamite , I have been thinking about hosting a personal rankdown that consists of a selection of songs that's more representative of my music tastes (but not entirely). I've been inspired by other personal rankdowns that I've participated in, as well as singingrulebritannia 's Electronic/Dance Faves series which I wasn't around to partake in. I have selected 30 songs from the last ~30 years that I greatly enjoy and have fun facts to share about. These songs contain styles of alternative dance, downtempo, drum n bass, IDM, indietronica, hip hop, house, nu jazz, and pop subgenres such as art pop. While many of these artists may be unfamiliar names, I intentionally included a few more well-known artists, and hopefully the others would make interesting discoveries. Anamanaguchi - Meow Bitter:Sweet - Take 2 Blue - Roy Dubb Remix Björk - It's in Our Hands CAPSULE - more more more Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake The Comet Is Coming - CODE emamouse - PPPP PaPiPuPePo Games - Strawberry Skies George Clanton - Livin' Loose The Go! Team - Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix) Honeycut - Exodus Honey I. JORDAN - For You KNOWER - Time Traveler Lemon Jelly - Space Walk LTJ Bukem - Demons Theme Luke Vibert - Breakbeat Metal Music Lusine - Two Dots Massive Attack - Three Matias Aguayo - Rollerskate Matthew Dear - Her Fantasy Moby - I Love to Move In Here Nick Holder - Summer Daze Nujabes - World's end Rhapsody Pendulum - Plasticworld (Ft. Fats & TC) Prefuse 73 - Point To B Radiohead - Kid A Seefeel, AFX - Time To Find Me - AFX Fast Mix Squarepusher - Squarepusher Theme Stereolab - Captain Easychord STS9 - Metameme
To participate, send me a PM a list of your rankings of the songs from #1 (favorite) to #30 (least favorite).
I hope to receive at least 10 lists. Everyone is welcome to participate.
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Post by decadevia on Apr 8, 2023 17:07:35 GMT -5
lotsa artists i love here. gonna try to do this some time over the weekend!!!!
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Post by aerodynamite on Apr 8, 2023 17:07:43 GMT -5
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Apr 10, 2023 21:13:30 GMT -5
So flattered to be an inspiration to you, Zippy!
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Post by zippy on Apr 15, 2023 22:06:15 GMT -5
7 weeks until the deadline
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Post by zippy on Apr 29, 2023 23:09:21 GMT -5
5 weeks until the deadlineWhile the deadline is still over a month away, I'm still waiting for some new lists to be added.
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Post by zippy on May 13, 2023 13:37:57 GMT -5
3 weeks until the deadlineThanks to trilogy for submitting a list. Currently there are 2 songs that have at least 100 points out of a possible 120. There are also at least 3 ties that will hopefully be resolved with more lists.
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Post by aerodynamite on May 16, 2023 0:33:56 GMT -5
I'm now in the ranking.
1-2: 5/5 3-8: 4.5/5 9-27: 4/5 28-30: 3.5/5
Average for mine is 4.12/5
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Post by zippy on May 21, 2023 19:54:46 GMT -5
13 days until the deadline I forgot to post a reminder yesterdayAgain thanks to aero for submitting your list and your positive feedback. At this point, all of the frontrunner songs have at least one rank outside of someone's top 10.
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Post by zippy on May 27, 2023 23:18:35 GMT -5
~1 week until the deadline
Thanks to wheatsquares for submitting a list. I still hope to get at least 4 more lists by the current deadline. Also, there are now 5 ties in the song scores, including the songs in 2nd and 3rd place!
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Post by zippy on May 30, 2023 21:44:04 GMT -5
4 days until the deadline
Thanks to recordyear and American Idiot for submitting a list. Currently, the frontrunner song has exceeded 200 points. I hope to receive at least two more lists in the upcoming days.
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Post by Geometrical on May 30, 2023 22:04:58 GMT -5
I'm about halfway through my list. I'll have a submission in by the deadline.
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Post by zippy on Jun 1, 2023 16:07:40 GMT -5
2 days until the deadline
I am planning to post reveals on the afternoons of June 6-8 which would be one day before 2023 Summertime Madness opens up. The 6/3 deadline has no cut-off hour, so I wouldn't mind accepting late lists on Sunday.
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Post by Red on Jun 2, 2023 19:58:19 GMT -5
I am planning to post reveals on the afternoons of June 6-8 which would be one day before 2023 Summertime Madness opens up. The 6/3 deadline has no cut-off hour, so I wouldn't mind accepting late lists on Sunday.Well, that saves me some time, because I was gonna say that I would be able to submit for this, but only on Sunday lol
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Post by reputainbow on Jun 3, 2023 0:21:11 GMT -5
i'll either get my list in later tonight or sometime tomorrow.
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Post by zippy on Jun 3, 2023 14:27:38 GMT -5
Still accepting lists
Again, thanks to BB and Geo for submitting their lists. I will wait for Red and reputainbow to submit a list.
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Post by willapted33 on Jun 3, 2023 20:13:21 GMT -5
i'm halfway through, my list should be sent in the next 1-2 hours
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Post by zippy on Jun 4, 2023 15:43:17 GMT -5
Final reminder (less than 24 hours left)
Thanks to reputainbow, willapted33, and Mirago for submitting a list. I've had to revise the song movements in order to address tied scores, including the top 2 songs after entering will's list.
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Post by zippy on Jun 5, 2023 1:47:00 GMT -5
Submissions are closed
Thanks to Red for submitting the final list. I will spend time on Monday preparing preview/reveal posts and comments. I plan to reveal songs on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in sets of 10, starting at ~1 pm EST. I would prefer to do reveals during my late evening hours, but because of real-life events (and work) I'll have do it earlier during the day. And then on Friday, it'll be time to begin Summertime Madness. Here are our 14 participants: zippy decadevia singingrulebritannia @trilogy aerodynamite wheatsquares33 recordyear American Idiot BB🌕 Geometrical reputainbow willapted33 Mirago Red A few song stats: - Every song except for #30 has at least one top 10 rank
- All except three songs have at least one bottom 10 rank
- One song has both a 1 and a 30 rank
- None of the songs from #21-#30 have a top 2 rank
- There are two ties in the points
{3 Extra Songs} I discovered the Swiss cosmic instrumental band L'Eclair on Spotify while searching for songs for the Psychedelic Rankdown I co-hosted with aerodynamite. Dallas, Texas is my hometown, so the song title caught my attention.
British electronic musician and producer Luke Vibert has an extensive catalog and this is one of his more well-known songs. I originally planned to include it in this rd but then I decided on a deep cut track that I've had a personal experience with.
This song by British electronic duo Bent was going to be part of this rd until it was temporarily greyed out on Spotify. I opted for a more distinct song by another British electronic duo, Lemon Jelly.
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Post by zippy on Jun 6, 2023 12:05:53 GMT -5
Today I am posting the first set of reveals. I'm testing a program that I made to generate these preview/reveal posts.
#30 Preview
2nd lowest SD
Highest Rank: 18 (x2) Lowest Rank: 30 (x4)
Points behind #29: 8
Bottom 5s: 9
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Post by zippy on Jun 6, 2023 12:11:05 GMT -5
I don't normally like songs that involve loud grating vocals but this is an exception. I think it's an amusing song and thanks to Jet Set Radio Future I acquired a taste for it. I first played the game in the mid-00s as a kid and played it again a few months ago. Notably, the JSRF version of this song omits some lyrics and is shorter than the full version.
#30
Birthday Cake Cibo Matto
Year of Release: 1995
80 Points Standard Deviation: 4.876013762 (2nd lowest)singingrulebritannia 18 aerodynamite 18 willapted33 19 wheatsquares33 20 American Idiot 20 decadevia 26 Mirago 26 zippy 29 @trilogy 29 Red 29 recordyear 30BB🌕 30Geometrical 30reputainbow 30Movements:28 26 27 26 27 28 29 29 29 29 29 30 30 {Remaining Songs}Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix) Breakbeat Metal Music CODE Captain Easychord Demons Theme Exodus Honey For You Her Fantasy I Love to Move In Here It's in Our Hands Kid A Livin' Loose Meow Metameme PPPP PaPiPuPePo Plasticworld (Ft. Fats & TC) Point To B Rollerskate Space Walk Squarepusher Theme Strawberry Skies Summer Daze Take 2 Blue - Roy Dubb Remix Three Time To Find Me - AFX Fast Mix Time Traveler Two Dots World's end Rhapsody more more more
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Post by aerodynamite on Jun 6, 2023 12:15:36 GMT -5
huh... this wasn't on my radar as a potential last place
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Post by zippy on Jun 6, 2023 12:16:51 GMT -5
#29 Preview
Highest Rank: 3 Lowest Rank: 30 (x3)
Points behind #28: 24
Top 5s: 1 Bottom 10s: 13 Bottom 5s: 8
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Post by zippy on Jun 6, 2023 12:23:31 GMT -5
I remember discovering this song on iTunes in 2009 when searching for 'electronic' music. It's not often that I find an a capella track that sounds this good. In this rd, it seemed that this song was a lock for #30 up until Mirago 's list.
#29
Rollerskate Matias Aguayo
Year of Release: 2009
88 Points Standard Deviation: 6.659349726 Mirago 3 singingrulebritannia 22 aerodynamite 22 @trilogy 23 reputainbow 23 Red 25 recordyear 27 American Idiot 27 BB🌕 27 Geometrical 28 decadevia 29zippy 30wheatsquares33 30willapted33 30Movements:30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 29 29 {Remaining Songs}Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix) Breakbeat Metal Music CODE Captain Easychord Demons Theme Exodus Honey For You Her Fantasy I Love to Move In Here It's in Our Hands Kid A Livin' Loose Meow Metameme PPPP PaPiPuPePo Plasticworld (Ft. Fats & TC) Point To B Space Walk Squarepusher Theme Strawberry Skies Summer Daze Take 2 Blue - Roy Dubb Remix Three Time To Find Me - AFX Fast Mix Time Traveler Two Dots World's end Rhapsody more more more
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Post by zippy on Jun 6, 2023 12:29:12 GMT -5
#28 Preview
Highest Rank: 7 Lowest Rank: 30
Points behind #27: 13
Top 10s: 1 Top Halves: 2 Bottom 10s: 9 Bottom 5s: 7
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Post by zippy on Jun 6, 2023 12:36:34 GMT -5
I remember discovering Luke Vibert back in 2010. I downloaded a bunch of songs from his discography to put on my iPod playlist. During a summer vacation at the beach, I came across this track when picking songs at random. It felt like I was at an acid house party.
#28
Breakbeat Metal Music Luke Vibert
Year of Release: 2007
112 Points Standard Deviation: 6.622472564 American Idiot 7 Mirago 13 decadevia 18 aerodynamite 19 reputainbow 19 recordyear 24 Geometrical 25 zippy 26 Red 27 singingrulebritannia 28 wheatsquares33 28BB🌕 29 willapted33 29 @trilogy 30Movements:24 25 28 27 29 29 27 28 28 28 28 28 28 {Remaining Songs}Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix) CODE Captain Easychord Demons Theme Exodus Honey For You Her Fantasy I Love to Move In Here It's in Our Hands Kid A Livin' Loose Meow Metameme PPPP PaPiPuPePo Plasticworld (Ft. Fats & TC) Point To B Space Walk Squarepusher Theme Strawberry Skies Summer Daze Take 2 Blue - Roy Dubb Remix Three Time To Find Me - AFX Fast Mix Time Traveler Two Dots World's end Rhapsody more more more
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Post by zippy on Jun 6, 2023 12:41:45 GMT -5
#27 Preview
Highest Rank: 8 Lowest Rank: 28 (x2)
Points behind #26: 0 (tied)
Top 10s: 1 Top Halves: 3 Bottom 10s: 9 Bottom 5s: 6
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Post by zippy on Jun 6, 2023 12:48:30 GMT -5
During the summer of 2017, I had family visiting San Antonio, Texas and we visited the Tower of the Americas for lunch. Inside the restaurant, I discovered this song by using Shazam after lunch. A lovely sounding remix of a song that samples "Mr. Sandman" in a good way unlike one of Meghan Trainor's recent hit songs.
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Take 2 Blue - Roy Dubb Remix Bitter:Sweet
Year of Release: 2007
125 Points Standard Deviation: 6.029265363 decadevia 8 zippy 14 wheatsquares33 15 recordyear 18 Red 20 reputainbow 22 BB🌕 24 willapted33 24 singingrulebritannia 27 @trilogy 27 Geometrical 27 Mirago 27 aerodynamite 28 American Idiot 28 Movements:10 16 21 24 21 22 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 {Remaining Songs}Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix) CODE Captain Easychord Demons Theme Exodus Honey For You Her Fantasy I Love to Move In Here It's in Our Hands Kid A Livin' Loose Meow Metameme PPPP PaPiPuPePo Plasticworld (Ft. Fats & TC) Point To B Space Walk Squarepusher Theme Strawberry Skies Summer Daze Three Time To Find Me - AFX Fast Mix Time Traveler Two Dots World's end Rhapsody more more more
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Post by zippy on Jun 6, 2023 12:53:33 GMT -5
#26 Preview
Highest Rank: 5 Lowest Rank: 30
Points behind #25: 2
Top 10s: 2 Top Halves: 2 Bottom 10s: 9 Bottom 5s: 6
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Post by zippy on Jun 6, 2023 13:00:52 GMT -5
Back in 2014, Anamanaguchi had a concert at my university and I was there for it. I remember "Meow" was the first song they performed and it was a blast. Unfortunately, I don't have any footage on my phone from the event.
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Meow Anamanaguchi
Year of Release: 2013
125 Points Standard Deviation: 7.420668874 reputainbow 5 wheatsquares33 8 @trilogy 17 Mirago 19 zippy 20 BB🌕 23 American Idiot 24 Geometrical 24 recordyear 26 willapted33 27 decadevia 28 singingrulebritannia 29 aerodynamite 29 Red 30Movements:26 28 25 29 26 27 28 27 27 26 26 25 26 {Spoiler}{Remaining Songs}Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix) CODE Captain Easychord Demons Theme Exodus Honey For You Her Fantasy I Love to Move In Here It's in Our Hands Kid A Livin' Loose Metameme PPPP PaPiPuPePo Plasticworld (Ft. Fats & TC) Point To B Space Walk Squarepusher Theme Strawberry Skies Summer Daze Three Time To Find Me - AFX Fast Mix Time Traveler Two Dots World's end Rhapsody more more more
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