Get the point? Good. Let's dance.

Hey look, here's a mix:

Pop Dance

Track list:

1. Phoenix - Lisztomania (Holy Ghost! Loves Paris Remixomania)
2. Peaches - Lose You
3. Annie - Anthonio
4. Little Boots - Mathematics
5. Röyksopp - The Girl And The Robot (Joakim Remix)
6. Tiga - Shoes (Mr. Oizo Remix)
7. Felix Da Housecat - We
8. Woolfy - Oh Missy (In Flagranti's Xenon Mix)
9. Permanent Vacation featuring Kathy Diamond - Tic Toc
10. Faze Action - Goodlovin'
11. Tom Trago - On the Side
12. Heartbreak - We're Back (Vitalic Remix)
13. Miss Kittin & the Hacker - Suspicious Minds
14. Puzique - Don't Go
15. Madonna - Into the Groove (Sidechains Remix)
16. Boys Noize - Jeffer
17. MSTRKRFT featuring Lil' Mo - It Ain't Love
18. Remute - Ouahahaha (Edit)
19. Blue Pearl - Naked in the Rain '09 (Sidechains Remix)
20. The Juan MacLean - One Day (Surkin Remix)
21. Saint Etienne - Method of Modern Love (Cola Boy Remix)
22. Sally Shapiro - Miracle (Instrumental)

It's been a while, you know? I recently sat down to compile a mix that's a little more retro and much more focused on a particular sound, but while doing that I realized how much recent stuff I've been loving and decided to play around with that stuff first. Even when I'm procrastinating I'm working ("working"). Anyway, I didn't set out with an agenda, but I did come to realize that a lot of what ended up on this thing is extremely poppy as dance music goes -- lots of vocals and hooks and people who straddle the fence (I still can't wrap my head around what kind of artist Little Boots is -- pop? dance? singer-songwriter?). Since I've spent quite a bit of time writing about how dancey pop has become in the past few years, it only follows that the inverse is true.

As usual: work out to this shit. It's summer! Get off your ass! And pay special attention to Felix Da Housecat's "We," because it's seriously making my life right now.

Comments

[elisabeth]

Ah, I love St Etienne, AWESOME! Those Cola Boy 7"s are the best.

[Sam]

YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS NOW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_J5JiCyeLk

[ghostfacemillah]

rich - have you heard of/do you like la roux? their sound is awesomely 80s synth dance/pop. anyway, the album leaked and it's great. i think it will fit nicely alongside some of these tracks.

[ryan]

RICH! amazing work as always. I ran to it yesterday and it was purrrrrfect.

[princemoney]

little boots is adult contemporary

SNORE

[Marian]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xxwjg_mary-jane-girls-candy-man_music

Was the album cover in any way inspire by the Mary Jane girls?

[KnittingForZombies]

Very awesome! What a great mix!

[Steph]

this mix is amaaaaazing! such a great mix of awesome tunes. i knew some but you have introduced me to so many more to obsess for the summer. thanks so much! this will have me moving and groovin all summer

[gaby]

thank you sooooo much
ive been looking for new workout music, my playlist was starting to get repetitive....
:)

[Christina]

Thanks! This mix is so fun and it's my new running jam.

[AntBee]

Thank you!! Waiting forever for a new mix from you! I know you're busy, but damn!! j/k
Look forward to hearing this one!

[Trtl]

I just found Liszomania about a week ago and my new favorite song! What a coinkydink!

[Ice]

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[Liz]

Rich, this is right on the money! Love this music, thank you. I must suggest -- do you know Intergalactic Classix on Intergalactic FM? If not, you may enjoy -- http://intergalacticfm.com/ (click on channel 2)

Happy summer days!

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[Ice]

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[JRo]

This is a really sick mix. If can I figure out how, I'm definitely sticking this on my iPod (just in case I ever run into a treadmill/dance party). Is 'Mathematics' on iTunes? I need to buy that stat.

[Jen]

Wow, Rich - this is uhMAZing.

I just talked my lover into downloading it, and while we listened, we:
smoked a bowl, made out rhythmically, took a very long and sextastic shower (with the music blaring), and got dressed up for the day ahead. And the music's still playing now, as we're about to walk out the door! Thanks for a very fantastic, gloriously-seamless mix that serves as a perfect soundtrack to all the finer things in life.

[Moe]

I love you. Thank you.

[dance]

I like to dance, thank you for sharing this beautiful
dance ıs my life.

[miks]

you have done more to help me with my depression than any meds, therapy. can't thank you enough, rich.

[Workwear Clothing]

Informative and well written. It'll be interesting to see the developments in the coming years!

[power socket]

Good followup, Ira. I'm guessing the newspaper didn't have a staff reporter at the scene, but got whatever information they printed after the fact from police reports.

[kid tricycles]

In my head I'm hearing this on the stage as a spoken-word performance. I would love to hear this at an open mic or poetry slam!! Beautiful. Provocative. Inspiring. Thanks.

[Andy]

Still in love with this mix three years later. The Annie-Little Boots-Royksopp-Tiga-Felix slide is marvelous.