1001Tracklists Community Newsletter #044
The top 5 tracks dominating DJ sets in the last 4 weeks are MEDUZA — Musica, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Tiësto & W&W ft. Dido — Thank You (Not So Bad), Riordan — Needle On the Record, Diplo & HUGEL ft. Julia Church — Stay High, and Deniz Koyu — Astral. Listen to the full top 50 on Spotify here.
This month we sat down with Moksi to discuss his inaugural solo album ‘Moksi Crew’, chatted with techno mainstays UMEK & Heerhorst, celebrated Juicy M’s latest ‘Smile On Your Face’ with a killer Exclusive Mix and much more! Read more in our Stories section here.
We’ve also been busy dropping sets from our ADE Events! Relive all the Top 101 Producers Celebration live sets here as well as live sets from The Future Of Dance Showcase here. From our Water Ways event, we’ve dropped sets from Space 92, Pretty Pink b2b Maxim Lany, Ellie Mary, Bun Xapa b2b Rancido & many more are on the way — stay tuned!
We’ve added a new feature: Favorite Tracks & Track Playlists! Use the 🩶 icon to add a track to your Favorites. You can access the Favorite Tracks page from your dashboard, and on this page you can create Track Playlists and add tracks to specific playlists.
We’ve also unveiled the aftermovie from our Future of Dance showcase event at the Andaz. The 2023 celebration featured b2b sets from some of the most inspiring female and POC artists over the last year including Bun Xapa b2b Karyendasoul, Carly Wilford b2b Max Low, Elif b2b Julya Karma, Francis Mercier b2b Alex Wann, and Laura van Dam b2b Leena Punks. Check it out here!
As we head into 2024, there’s a lot to look forward to. As per our tradition, to kick off the year we’ll do a final lookback on 2023 with our annual A State Of Dance Music report, celebrating the top artists, tracks, labels, radio shows, live sets, contributors and moments from the past year. Then in March, Miami Music Week is around the corner, and we’re cooking up plans for our biggest year in Miami yet. And once we reach Miami Music Week, it’s time for Ultra and the festival cycle to begin again!
We’re joined today by longtime 1001Tracklists contributor ClamChowder today for an interview!
Can you please introduce yourself and tell us about where you live and what you do?
ClamChowder: My name is William, I live in Québec City, Canada, and I work as a supervisor for community centers and as a part time DJ!
When did you first get into dance/electronic music and what was it that got you hooked?
ClamChowder: I first got into dance and electronic music by listening to the radio at a young age. The experience of hearing songs like “Que veux-tu” by Yelle and “One More Time” by Daft Punk for the first time made me want to search for more music that was similar to those songs. In early 2012, I was watching a TV program that would showcase new and popular music and the song that was playing that day sounded like nothing else I had heard before. It was more aggressive, abrasive and I knew I needed to see who it was from. The track was “Bangarang” by Skrillex. Digging into the rest of his discography and finding tracks like “Right In” and “Breakn’ a Sweat” was the moment I got hooked on electronic music and knew that this was going to be an integral part of me for the rest of my life!
What’s your favorite part about using 1001Tracklists and being a part of the active user community?
ClamChowder: My favorite part about using 1001Tracklists is that it greatly facilitates the process of crate digging and further developing my music taste. This site is the incredibly convenient answer to hearing a live show from your favorite artists and wondering what song is being played. I take great pride in being an active user by creating tracklists and adding as many suggestions for IDs as possible, especially when it’s a tracklist that is going to get a lot of attention (like RL Grime’s Halloween series for example). It feels truly rewarding to be early and find/add the name of a heavily sought after ID and I’m happy that I get to contribute to the process of discovering new music. I am super grateful that I found this website a while back, long live 1001Tracklists!
Hope you enjoyed this episode! Stay tuned for the next Community Newsletter in January. You can always reach us at team@1001tracklists.com or by leaving a comment on our Medium.
— The 1001Tracklists Team
