Episode 17: DECADE OF DANCE: 90s // 1990

1990 was truly a pivotal year for the direction pop music and global charts were heading. It was the start of house / dance music loudly stamping its mark on the global stage, no doubt in large part thanks to Madonna who changed musical direction dramatically with the release of VOGUE. Its sound was inspired by underground house music, with choreography paying tribute to the then little-known Harlem ball scene, where drag queens and club kids would compete with outfits and dance moves. This would cause both frustration and elation within the underground queer culture scene as it unexpectedly found itself in the mainstream. VOGUE spent 4 weeks at No. 1 on the UK singles chart, eventually being knocked off the top spot by another ground breaking dance track, Killer by Adamski, featuring a then unknown vocalist named SEAL. Respectively, they would become the 8th and 4th best selling singles of the year. 1. (I Wanna Give You) Devotion (Original Club Mix) - Nomad 2. Everybody Everybody - Black Box 3. Gonna Make You Sweat - C + C Music Factory 4. Vogue - Madonna 5. Killer (12 Inch Version) - Adamski 6. I've Been Thinking About You - LondonBeat 7. Naked In The Rain (Original 12" Extended Mix) - Blue Pearl 8. Just Another Dream [12" Mix] - Cathy Dennis 9. I Don't Know Anybody Else (Club Mix) - Black Box 10. Risky (Original Mix) - FPI Project 11. Touch Me - 49ers 12. Dirty Cash (Sold Out 12'' Mix) - Adventures Of Stevie V 13. Ring My Bell (with Monie Love) - Adeva with Monie Love 14. This Beat Is Technotronic - Technotronic Feat. MC Eric 15. Let There Be House (West Bam Mix) - Deskee

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Exasperated and broke about two months into ‘Lockdown 1.0’, I decided to dig out my epic collection of 5,000+ CD singles from the 90’s/00’s, sort through them and upload some to my computer/cloud. The process of browsing through and playing some of the CDs brought back memories of clubbing, absent friends, non-absent friends and our various glorious misdemeanours. Not only that. It made me decide to realise a long-term goal. I was going to teach myself to DJ. Struggling with no income, I had run out of DIY jobs around the house and needed a hobby to keep my mind active, so this was the perfect moment! It was an incredible experience that I enjoyed immensely, and it also provided a much-needed boost to my mental heath and wellbeing during an extremely challenging and lonely time. The end result is ELECTRIBAL MEMORIES - a series of mixed dance music compilations. Most episodes are themed to a period of time and / or place, and primarily feature tracks from the 90’s and 00’s. I hope listening to these compilations will ignite fond memories of a golden era of dance music and the clubbing scene in London and Ibiza. An era defined not just by the incredible music, but also the community spirit, and the sense of belonging, inclusiveness and togetherness that encapsulated the pre-smartphone club scene. In the 90's, we were also in the midst of a global pandemic. I met most of my closest friends on a dancefloor in the early 90’s. Sadly, I also lost many of them during the same decade. This podcast is dedicated to the many friends I lost to HIV / AIDS, but equally to the survivors of our tribe, who remain my closest friends 29 years later. Music = Life