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 |
For Multnomah county library members: you can download tracks for free from here: https://multnomah.freegalmusic.com/