Looking for 80/90s/Early-2000s era dance/club song…
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Looking for 80/90s/Early-2000s era dance/club song. Features constant repeating melody sort-of similar to the classic dies irae melody.
Apologizes if this type of post isn't allowed. Not trying to break rules. Not super familiar with the different styles of dance/electronica/techno/EDM/rave music, so I'm trying to cast a wide net.
I've been trying to find this song for over 15 years now. I'm writing based on memory. What I will say is that I'm fairly firm on most of this, so if a song only kind-of, sort-of meets one of these criteria but fits nothing else, it's probably not that.
Based on what I remember:
* It was kind of a dance/techno sound song, but not *too* "techno-y", if that makes sense? I'm not well-versed on these types of songs/genres. (Not too bassy or anything.)
* It could not be from after 2004ish. It was on a mix-CD a friend made me in high school around that time. If I had to guess, it was likely made sometime between 1988 and 2002ish based on the other songs.
* I unfortunately do not have the CD anymore.
* It was roughly in the 2-3 minute range IIRC. Shorter than most other dance/techno/etc. songs.
* A majority of the song (as in, \~75% of the song) features a fast paced \~8 note repeating melody that had an electric fairground/church organ type sound to it.
* The melody is sort-of similar to the old dies irae theme (notably used as the theme to *The Shining*.)
* The song I'm looking for ***has to have this melody or something very close to it***.
* Here is a link to a video where I tried to recreate the closest approximation to the melody I could using an online piano site: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sQaAKREA6mA
* It had a short buildup at the beginning that almost sounded like a synth glockenspiel or chimes before the song-proper began. High pitched metallic notes.
* It was fairly fast-paced and light and almost entirely electronic.
* There's a short, percussive section right before the final "chorus"/"verse" that feels very epic and cinematic and lasts 15-20 seconds, I believe.
* 95% of the song had no lyrics, but there were some **heavily** filtered words by a male a couple times. Phonetically, I remember something that sounded like *"Count... count... count me around from me."* (Obviously not what he was saying... but it just sounded like that in my memory.)
* A lot of music on the CD was Japanese and European, but I can't guarantee this song was. But that might narrow it down a bit.
* **Newest Update:** Someone suggested I look into Moby's early work, and it has a similar sound to his first two albums if that helps.
I've heard it a few times in the wild (ex. once in a car driving by, and once in the background of a random YouTube video), so I don't think it's just some random local mix someone made.
The song I'm looking for absolutely, positively has a repeating tune for 75%+ of the runtime like the one I'm describing. So if you're thinking of one that doesn't have a repeating tune, or has a tune that doesn't sound much like the one I'm describing, that's not it. (So definitely not "Nightmare" by Brainbug, which seems to be the one everyone suggests.)
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Apologizes if this type of post isn't allowed. Not trying to break rules. Not super familiar with the different styles of dance/electronica/techno/EDM/rave music, so I'm trying to cast a wide net.
I've been trying to find this song for over 15 years now. I'm writing based on memory. What I will say is that I'm fairly firm on most of this, so if a song only kind-of, sort-of meets one of these criteria but fits nothing else, it's probably not that.
Based on what I remember:
* It was kind of a dance/techno sound song, but not *too* "techno-y", if that makes sense? I'm not well-versed on these types of songs/genres. (Not too bassy or anything.)
* It could not be from after 2004ish. It was on a mix-CD a friend made me in high school around that time. If I had to guess, it was likely made sometime between 1988 and 2002ish based on the other songs.
* I unfortunately do not have the CD anymore.
* It was roughly in the 2-3 minute range IIRC. Shorter than most other dance/techno/etc. songs.
* A majority of the song (as in, \~75% of the song) features a fast paced \~8 note repeating melody that had an electric fairground/church organ type sound to it.
* The melody is sort-of similar to the old dies irae theme (notably used as the theme to *The Shining*.)
* The song I'm looking for ***has to have this melody or something very close to it***.
* Here is a link to a video where I tried to recreate the closest approximation to the melody I could using an online piano site: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sQaAKREA6mA
* It had a short buildup at the beginning that almost sounded like a synth glockenspiel or chimes before the song-proper began. High pitched metallic notes.
* It was fairly fast-paced and light and almost entirely electronic.
* There's a short, percussive section right before the final "chorus"/"verse" that feels very epic and cinematic and lasts 15-20 seconds, I believe.
* 95% of the song had no lyrics, but there were some **heavily** filtered words by a male a couple times. Phonetically, I remember something that sounded like *"Count... count... count me around from me."* (Obviously not what he was saying... but it just sounded like that in my memory.)
* A lot of music on the CD was Japanese and European, but I can't guarantee this song was. But that might narrow it down a bit.
* **Newest Update:** Someone suggested I look into Moby's early work, and it has a similar sound to his first two albums if that helps.
I've heard it a few times in the wild (ex. once in a car driving by, and once in the background of a random YouTube video), so I don't think it's just some random local mix someone made.
The song I'm looking for absolutely, positively has a repeating tune for 75%+ of the runtime like the one I'm describing. So if you're thinking of one that doesn't have a repeating tune, or has a tune that doesn't sound much like the one I'm describing, that's not it. (So definitely not "Nightmare" by Brainbug, which seems to be the one everyone suggests.)
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