New Yorker's top 100

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29. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (Timo Maas Remix)

 

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30. Deep Sensation - Somehow, Somewhere (There's A Soul Heaven)

The first record to bring tears to my eyes in a club.

 

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31. The Tone - Feeling Free

Ooh la la, la lalalalala

 

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32. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

 

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33. Rhythim Is Rhythim - Icon (Vince Watson Remix)

Loving, wise, dramatic take on a classic.

 

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34. Incognito - Givin' It Up (Uplifting Club Mix)

 

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35. Nostalgic - Going Home

Hard to pick, but I think this is John Beltran's best record, which is saying something for someone with a catalogue like his.

 

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36. Digi-Trax - Gonna Get You (Factory Mix)

Perfect example of shuffly yet deep sample based mid 90s house. One where the musicianship of the drum machines, samplers, sequencer really comes out.

 

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37. GQ - Lies (Theo Parrish Edit)

One of two disco edits in this list. It deserves its place especially because of how bad the original needs an edit, the part he cut out is silly and kills the mood. This version brings out the soul, it's like what a jeweler does to a diamond.

 

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38. America - Horse With No Name

It's weird that a Neil Young rip off has way more dancefloor potential than anything actually by Neil. This one's actually cosmic.

 

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39. Lee Pearson Jr. Collective - Love's A Secret Place

As a former coworker put it to me, this song is when you're chatting up a girl at the bar, things are going great, you start talking about plans, hopes, and dreams...

 

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40. Waveform Transmission - V2.0-2.1