New Music Round-up #4: Where to find dance music?

People ask sometimes how I find dance music.  The answer is… everywhere.  I just keep my ears open.

Andrew Belle’s amazing “Pieces” I found on Noisetrade. Carolyn Malachi and Misun were on NPR’s “Heavy Rotation“. Clandeskina Orquesta I think was a “trapped in the depths of youtube” discovery; I couldn’t even find them on iTunes. Caravan Palace was a fellow dancer’s recommendation. Churchill’s “Changes” I heard on the radio in the car–I wrote down some lyrics and looked them up when I get home. Sara Bareilles was already one of my favorite artists; these listed are from her new album.

Sara Jackson Holman was looking for Portland dancers for her music video; I saw the event on Facebook.

I found “Ha’malach Ha’goel Oti” by accident when I was looking for another waltz that I heard at Israeli dancing.

“Blue Eyes” was in an episode of “Scrubs”.

I happened to be around when my friend started playing Borderlands 2; “Short Change Hero” was the theme song.

Sometimes I get titles from DJs at other dances, but I don’t usually list those here–they’ve already been found!

Title	Artist	Style	BPM
Oyeme Bien	Clandeskina Orquesta	Chacha	128
Once Trece	Clandeskina Orquesta	Chacha	130
Pieces	Andrew Belle	NC2S	69
My Oldest Friend	Andrew Belle	NC2S	72
Fall Winter Spring Summer	Carolyn Malachi	NC2S	82
Breathe	Ryan Star	NC2S	84
Dramophone	Caravan Palace	One-step/Polka	127
Stay	Sara Bareilles	Waltz	102
Blue Eyes	Cary Brothers	Waltz	113
Ha’malach Ha’goel Oti (המלאך הגואל אותי)	Yuval Tabashi (יובל טבשי)	Waltz	147
Coffee	Misun	WCS	91
Brave	Sara Bareilles	WCS	93
Lie to Me	Sara Bareilles	WCS	95
Short Change Hero	The Heavy	WCS	107
For Albert	Sara Jackson Holeman	WCS	112
Change	Churchill	WCS	120