New Dance Techno Songs September 2009
Music from Little Boots, Cascada, Calvin Harris & Britney Spears
Sep 1, 2009
Europe continues to export some of this year’s best dance techno tracks with the UK’s Little Boots, Scotland’s Calvin Harris, and Germany’s Cascada already having achieved top ten status across the continent with “Remedy”, “Ready for the Weekend” and “Evacuate the Dancefloor” respectively.
In September 2009, France’s David Guetta releases a new track with Estelle while comeback queen Britney Spears has the dancefloor on her “Radar”.
But what’s a playlist without at least one 80’s diva. This month, legend Whitney Houston releases her first album of new material since turning around her disastrous private life. From that album, she delivers a new dance flavored single “Million Dollar Bill”.
Here are all the songs on September 2009’s new dance/techno playlist.
Little Boots – Remedy
“I will not be frozen, dancing is my remedy” UK up-and-coming dance diva Little Boots declares on her new single, a nod to Madonna. Taken from her debut record, Hands, this infectious techno- pop single has already danced into the upper regions of the UK top 10.
Tightly woven techno bookends a chorus that’s impossible to ignore. Little Boots leaves no choice with this excellent single, one of the best songs of 2009 in any genre, but get out there and move to the beat. Found on Hands.
Britney Spears – Radar
Taking a danceatronic track, lifting it from 2007’s Blackout, smacking it in the middle of follow-up Circus and then releasing it as that album’s fourth single is a risky move even for Spears, no stranger to volatile jesters.
Despite being two years old, the buzzing “Radar” stands out as one of the catchiest and most danceable singles Spears has released in a long time. Found on Circus and Blackout.
Cascada - Evacuate the Dancefloor
Back after a year’s absence, Cascada boogie over from Germany with more 90’s-influenced euro-cheese. “Evacuate the Dancefloor” stays true to the formula the group perfected on such hits as “What Hurts the Most” and “Everytime We Touch”.
This time, while adding a pop rap into the mix, Cascada continue to crank out disposable dance music with the sole purpose of moving bodies on the floor, despite the contradicting song title. Found on Evacuate the Dancefloor.
Major Lazer – Keep It Goin' Louder
Smack in the middle of their somewhat wacky reggae-lite debut album, Major Lazer unveil one of the best dance tracks production team Diplo and Switch (the duo behind Major Lazer) have worked on since M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes”.
Featuring auto-tuned vocals by Ricky Blaze, and Nina Sky singing the most infectious chorus all summer (“I got the girls in the truck ‘bout six chicks deep”) this techno party jam deserves a place alongside anything Akon and Flo Rida have churned out in the last 12 months. Found on Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do.
Calvin Harris - Ready for the Weekend
The man who invented disco returns with his second album that already includes two UK number one singles and the title track, a top ten success. “I put on my shoes and I’m ready for the weekend” the chorus goes on this disco ditty that sounds equally as good in remix form as it does in the original form. Prime for getting ready for a night of clubbing. Found on Ready for the Weekend.
David Guetta – One Love
Hot on the heels of two UK number one singles, “When Love Takes Over”featuring Kelly Rowland, and “Sexy Bitch” featuring Akon, French DJ and House producer David Guetta releases a third single, and title track, from his latest celebrity-studded album of original material, One Love.
Enlisting “American Boy” UK-singer Estelle, Guetta proves that lightening can strike twice as he employs the same formula on this track as the Kelly Rowland song from June. “Can anybody help me I’m outta plans/ Guess I left my world in somebody’s hands /I don’t like to hurt but everyone gets weak / Someone to rely on that’s what I really need,” Estelle solemnly opens before a pulsating beat kicks in turning the track into an “I Will Survive”- style dancefloor opus. Found on One Love.
Whitney Houston – Million Dollar Bill
Best known for her 80’s and 90’s power ballads “Greatest Love of All” and the classic “I Will Always Love You”, Houston also knows how to inject power onto the dancefloor. Infused with a retro R&B vibe and candy-coated lyrics about feeling good, finding Mr. Right and of course love, one of Houston’s favorite subjects, Whitney unleashes her new dance-single.
While “Million Dollar Bill” doesn’t come close to the dance command of “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” or the Thunderpuss remix “It's Not Right But Its Okay”, a few remixes of its own, such as the fabulous Freemasons revamp, should keep “Million Dollar Bill” spinning at least till Christmas, if for nothing else out of sheer pleasure of having Whitney back. Found on I Look to You.
With red-hot tracks from Little Boots, Britney Spears, Calvin Harris, David Guetta & Estelle, Major Lazer and of course Whitney Houston, the change from summer to fall never sounded hotter.
Tracks available at most digital retailers.
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