Favourite Pieces of Dance Music?

[Eldariel]

It seems it's the time of my yearly music recommendations thread. I forgot to thank people who gave me some modern classical-styled recommendations (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?452337-Modern-Classical-styled-Music-Recommendations) so I'll do it now - thanks, I've been enjoying many of the recommendations.

This time it befell me to take on the rather interesting task of assembling a 4-hour playlist for a dance party. While I've been dancing for years and have a decent collection of pieces I'd want to include, they're the same pieces known by everybody in these circles so I'd like to broaden my horizons a bit. To that end, I'd like to ask you fine Playgrounders to list some of your favourite pieces of music in a couple of styles. Though it's fine if you don't know the specifics of the various categories; close enough is passable and most things generally fall under one of the options anyways (anything can be danced, after all). Mostly, I'm just looking for ideas from people around the world exposed to different musical cultures.

I'm looking for pieces of the following types of music:

Latin
Salsa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa_music)
Chá-Chá-Chá (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha-cha-ch%C3%A1_(music))
Boléro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolero)
Kizomba (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kizomba)
Bachata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachata_(music))
Samba (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba)

Swing

Hard to avoid uselessly broad categories here; basically anything Bluesy/Jazzy is probably fine. Anything that goes into Lindy Hop/West Coast Swing/Jive/Foxtrot (or if you happen to be Nordic, anything you'd associate with Bugg or Fusku) works. Basically any 4/4 or 4/8 piece, really.

I'll single out Boogie-Woogie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie-woogie) as an actual music genre here.

Standard & Traditional
Waltz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltz_(music)) (both slow and fast)
Tango (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango_music) (traditional, Tango Nuevo & Neotango)
Mazurka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazurka)
Polka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polka)
Humppa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humppa)

[Aedilred]

I came to this thread armed with several New Order recommendations and then discovered that wasn't the sort of dance music you were thinking of.

Assuming it's not already on the list, though, I'm a big fan of Santa Esmerelda's version of Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: which style it's best suited to I'm not sure, but Latin freestyle if nothing else.

[Eldariel]

Yeah, I think I'll throw that in. Thanks! That will make a good salsa. It's not precisely salsa music but it definitely has salsa-features so it'll serve (I'd say it's salsaish disco or so). And it has a pleasant beat and flow to it.

[Eldariel]

Well, the event came and went and while this thread didn't amount to much, I still figure I'd share the fruits of my labour:
https://open.spotify.com/user/1149049582/playlist/3n3bYE9BCesI1uKSltfVWK


Thanks, Aedilred!

[Palanan]

I came late to this thread, or I would've given you all sorts of Brazilian forró.

:smalltongue:

[Eldariel]

I came late to this thread, or I would've given you all sorts of Brazilian forró.

:smalltongue:

It might be too late for the event but it's never too late for broadening my musical taste, and for future events. :smallwink: Go ahead.