Air brings us a collection of cool, cosmic pop songs that dispense with notions of time and space, wallowing instead on a cloud of poignant psychedelia. Check out "Mer du Japon".
Year: 2007 Courtesy of Astralwerks
Paul van Dyk has emerged as one of the most influential DJs & producers on both sides of the Atlantic. The East German is busy touring & bringing his music to the masses. Video: “Time Of Our Lives”.
Year: 2003 Courtesy of Mute Records
M83's careful alternating between two speeds--soft epic space-trance and vintage shoe-gazer rave-up--adds to the hallucinatory feel.
Year: 2000 Courtesy of Mute Records
Felix Da Housecat has embraced the neon ethos of the 80's New Wave era and produced an actual New Wave album that still sounds eerily contemporary. Check out the video for "Silver Screen (Shower Scene)".
Year: 2001 Courtesy of Emperor Norton Records
By the first listen, it is obvious that these musical pioneers have pumped out another genre defining hit that proves that The Chemical Brothers are here to stay. Video: “The Boxer”.
Year: 2004 Courtesy of Astralwerks
If dance music is dead, someone forgot to tell Fatboy Slim or the million or more people who've been to his gigs in the past two years. His career has never been bigger.
Year: 2004 Courtesy of Astralwerks
Air's Talkie Walkie has some breathtakingly elegant moments. The French duo creates dreamy landscapes of mellow pop with acoustic and electronic touches. Here's the catchy 'Alpha Beta Gaga'.
Year: 2004 Courtesy of Astralwerks
With brutally honest lyrics pumping over extremely catchy electronic beats, CSS and their song "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" is the next big thing in the techno scene.
Year: 2006 Courtesy of Sub Pop
Cheekily disregarding so many things that good dance music is "supposed" to have-- Justice's digital distortion, 128kb-grade hyper-compression, and sometimes aggressively un-funky house sprays good taste with its pissed-up, pissed-off 3 a.m. musk.
Year: 2007 Courtesy of HIP Video Promotion
Motor's beats are still hard, their acid 303 riffs still razor sharp, their futuristic decadence still undimmed by moderation or modesty. Video: "Bleep # 1".
Year: 2007 Courtesy of Mute Records
