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EDITORIAL > VINTAGE BEATS: DANCE TUNES TURNING 20 IN 2023

VINTAGE BEATS:

DANCE TUNES

TURNING 20 IN 2023

BY: SAMANTHA REIS

e live in times of change. There are millennials, there are generation X,
there are virtual worlds and currencies and everything seems to be cyclical.
Everything is different and everything is being recycled. The concept of old
has gradually been erased from our dictionaries, especially when it comes to
music. What is old is classic and what is twenty years old is vintage. Nowa-
W days it is modern to listen to music from the past, but not all music. Only the
big productions pass the hard test of time and some of them even make it seem as if time has not
passed. In 2003 there was quite a lot of quality dance music released, so we look back twenty years ago
to make a small snapshot of some tunes that stood out on the dance charts that year. These are some
of the vintage beats.

TRACK: FOREVER MORE

ARTIST: MOLOKO
LABEL: ECHO

Moloko were an Irish-English electronic formation consisting of
iconic vocalist Róisín Murphy and producer Mark Brydon. Formed
in 1994, the duo achieved particular notoriety in the 2000s with the
mega-hit ‘The Time Is Now’. Three years later they returned to the
limelight with ‘Familiar Feeling’ and also with ‘Forever More’, both
singles performing excellently in the UK charts. Unfortunately, the
duo ended their love affair in 2002 and disbandment came shortly
TRACK: NOTHING BUT YOU
after in 2004.
ARTIST: PAUL VAN DYK
‘Forever More’ reached #17 on the UK Single Chart and topped the
LABEL: VANDIT RECORDS
UK Dance Chart thanks to the uplifting and infectious energy it
spread on the dancefloor. Róisín Murphy’s seductive and mysteri- Trance royalty Paul van Dyk also has a special place on this list with the incredible and anthemic ‘Nothing But You’. The
ous voice is the soul of this single which features a vibrant rhythm German producer has always had a special gift for creating divinely uplifting and contemplative pieces and ‘Nothing
and iridescent sounds of brass and piano. But You’ is another valuable specimen of that. The single was produced with the collaboration of British group Hemstock
& Jennings and was actually a rework of ‘Artic’, released by the band a year earlier. The name of the original hints at the
Norwegian origins of the vocals featured on this track which van Dyk translated to come up with the title ‘Nothing But You’.
Listening to this track now is reminiscent of the trance empire of the early 2000s. Who wouldn’t want to step back in time
sometimes? This Paul van Dyk single reached the #14 position on the UK Single Chart and #6 on the US Billboard Hot Dance
Club Play. Its progressive and driving characteristics also granted it a feature on the soundtrack of FIFA Football 2004.

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