Best piano riffs (no post 1995 stuff!)

[Heist9000]

What are your faves? Pianos can be bland as ass but the best ones trump any pompous trance riff out there. This is not so much for the riff itself but how good it sounds with everything else too.

- NRG - You got me
- Midas - Groove Controll
- Yolk - Music 4 da people (Poached Mix)
- Billy Bunter - New Sensation Remix
- Ultrasonic - I just cant stop (1997 i know but its from a 1992 tune so neer)
- Rhythm is Rhythm - Strings of life (Been used heaps)
- Bizarre Inc - Playing with knives (ditto 'strings of life)
- Urban Hype - Trip to trumpton
- Alk ED - Home (Original mix)
- Utah Saints - Something good (I know theres a good hardcore rip of this somewhere... what is it?)
- Praga Khan - Injected with a poison
- ? (Dunno it but its got that 'Dance, dance, dance, dance' vocal and the piano is out of an old kniteforce tune)
- Jimmy J & Cru-LT - Cant you see

God, loads of favorites!

[rounser]

Agreed on "Home" and "Music 4 Da People" in particular. Off the top of my head:

Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era - Far Out
Acen - Trip 2 The Moon Pt III (Kaleidoskopiklimax)
The Prodigy - Your Love
Desired State - Dance The Dream (Slammin Vinyl remix)
The House Crew - We Are Hardcore (Magic Fantasy mix)
Scooter - Endless Summer
DJ Seduction - Samplemania
Force & The Evolution - Escape The Feeling
Vibes & Wishdokta - Givin It All I Got
Luna-C - 6six6

And some more recent ones:
DJ Ham - And I'm Back
U-Clan - Ancient Art of 'Ardcore
Fanta-C - Dance No More
DJ Uplift - Brutal

[SonicDistortion]

Do What Ya Like-Scott Brown
Get The Feeling-Kinetic Pleasure
Higher-Kinetic Pleasure
Love You Right-Ultrasonic
Dance-Sequential One
Pump Up The Bass-Sequential One
Groove Control-Midas
Take It From The Groove-Midas
Dancing Together-Critical Mass
Go Get Busy-Weirdo and Sim
Feelings-Dr Phil Omanski
Young Birds-Dr Phil Omanski and Weirdo
Green-Infusion
Purple Lamp-Vision Four 5
Live At London-Charly Nonoise and Gental Theo
On A Ragga Tip-SL2
The Last Anthem-Casio Brothers
The Future-Dyewitness, The Nightraver, DJ Trevor AND MC Cyclone
Reality-Dougal meets DNA
Power Of Love-QTex
Six Days-Jimmy J and Cru-L-T
Complete Darkness-The Fat Controller
Masterplan-DJ Fenix errrr sorry Dyewitness
Cold As Ice-Stingray and SONICdriver

Meh, I'm sure there's more.........

[DJ_HEX]

just one-

eclipse- ultraworld 5

[CRAKT]

MOBY - Next Is The E (I Feel It Remix)

[Kandi]

What are your faves? Pianos can be bland as ass but the best ones trump any pompous trance riff out there. This is not so much for the riff itself but how good it sounds with everything else too.


- Midas - Groove Controll


my fave.

For some reason the riff in Love of My Life does things to me too.

[Nick_Collings]

only 1

Luna C - Piano Progression

[CRAKT]

Void - ? (Dunno it but its got that 'Dance, dance, dance, dance' vocal and the piano is out of an old kniteforce tune)

Could this be the original version of Dance by Sequential One.

Just a thought

[Darrius]

just one-

eclipse- ultraworld 5
one of the best aussie dance tracks ever

[Heist9000]

Most likely Craktron...

Riff from the first part of it was sampled in a track by The Viper and I know you guys used to cain it but i cant think what its called.

[Tim_Ribs]

Ok, the tune from Ham - Jump 2 Da Groove. I know that's a new song, but I recognise it from something old, and I'm pretty sure pre-1995.

If anyone can help me out with the original song I'd be grateful...?

[Heist9000]

You're right tim.

Dj Slipmatt - Hear Me (Awesome Records)

[zulu]

You're right tim.

Dj Slipmatt - Hear Me (Awesome Records)

ahh was wondering that aswell. first time i heard jump 2 da groove im like goddam this has got an oldschool vibe to it, fkn love it. nice work tom :P

[Heist9000]

Don't mention it!

A guy at the bar in Adelaide was VERY pleased to meet me at the bar when I told him who I was and when I asked how he knew of me, he said he'd downloaded Futurist 03 off your site!

So I should be thanking you too I guess

[WayMadRaver]

Dyewitness - Masterplan and The Future, those trax made piano cool.... straight away I checked to see if they were already listed...


So Sonic Distortion gets the "You got it right " Award from me....!!!!!!

[NT80]

vagen - buggin
urban hype - a trip to trumpton
midas - groove control
moby - next is the e
the fat controller - incomplete darkness
ultra sonic - let the bass drum go and anilyating rhythm

[kiniption]

people hold on - ???who done it records

[midian]

The best piano riff off all time, for me, is no contest:

Dj Demand - Dark & Light (Jimmy J & Cru-L-T Remix). One of my favourite tunes of all time and the one I'd rate as the best happy breakbeat tune ever released. The vocal is also brilliant, I don't know where it originally came from (a pop song I'd imagine) but it was also used in '92 in a harder breakbeat tune (pretty much the UK Hardcore sound of that era) called Can You See The Light by the Nu NRG Rhythm Team. I think SNAP! also did a version of those vocals too?

Runner Up:

Dyewitness - The Future. I agree with whoever said it, the piano break is is a 10/10. That riff was the Nightraver's work if memory serves me correct.

[LD50]

smd 1
and ravers choice 2

[Cosmo Cater]

Vibes - Ravers Choice Vol 2 (if someone can tell me the original piano riff I will love them)
Question Mark Vol. 4a
Seduction & Dougal - It's Not Over
Seduction & Dougal - Better Days
Manix - Feel Real Good
Happy Rollers - 95 Style
EQ - Total Ecstasy (samples Inner City's 'Pennies From Heaven')
NRG - Feel The Fury (Piano Mix)
Sonz of a Loop da Loop Era - Far Out (Energy Mix)
The House Crew - We Are Hardcore
Moby - Everytime You Touch Me (sampled by Brisk vs Rebel Alliance - Floor Friction)
Jimmy J & Cru-L-T - Let's Go (Luna C Remix)
Vibes & Wishdokta - Sing It Loud
Vibes & Wishdokta - Feels Good
DJ Vibes & Wishdokta - Givin It All I've Got
Omer & Crooks - Let There Be Love
Awesome 3 - Don't Go
Naughty Naughty Volume 8 (not strictly a piano riff)
Hardsequencer - For The Party People
Future Primitive - Flying High (Vibes & Wishdokta Remix)
K-Klass - Rhythm Is A Mystery
2 Funky 2 - Brothers & Sisters
Electric Choc - Choc The Beat
Rhythm Eclipse - Feel It In The Air
Spacemaster - I Need You
Victor Simonelli - Do You Feel Me (Club Mix)
Sunscreem - Pressure Us
Nightcrawlers - Surrender Your Love (Wand Mix?)



and Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy

[Dj Logik]

Magic Marmalade - Again N Again
Ravers Choice 2 - Techno Wonderland
Kinetic Pleasure - Get The Feeling (Dj Pleasure Remix)
Praga Khan - Injected With A Poison
Jimmy J + Cru-L-T - Take Me Away (Slipmatt's Bangin Remix)
Marusha - Celebration
Moby - Next Is The E
Dj Daydream - Falling Over The Moon
Luna-C - Piano Progression X
Force + Styles - Shining Down (Slipmatt Remix)
Humate - Love Stimulation
Kinetic Pleasure - Higher
Manix - Feel Real Good
Southend - Fanatical
Ultrasonic - Eternity
RMB - Experience
Sequential One - Pump Up The Bass (remix version)
Sequential One - Dance (remix)
Sequential One - Here We Go Again

[zulu]

was in grade 5 so i cant help out much here now can i haha :P

[Tim_Ribs]

Meh, i was only in grade 7 :P

[Dj Logik]

Thats no excuse...

Im in year 12 now :lol:

i forgot this:

OXY - The Feeling

[frootloop]

so does anyone actually know how to play these riffs, or the chord structures behind them?

and.or how the producers came across/discovered this riff?

would love to be able to see the riff in sheet music or written so i can learn to play them and how it all coordinates...

[Spectrum]

so does anyone actually know how to play these riffs, or the chord structures behind them?

and.or how the producers came across/discovered this riff?

would love to be able to see the riff in sheet music or written so i can learn to play them and how it all coordinates...

Pick a song, and I'll (attempt to) explain the notes behind it.

We had a piano in our rental apartment back in '94 where I used to have fun bashing out Dyewitness's "The Future"!

EDIT: And screaming out, "THIS... IS.... THE... FUTURE..... DO.... YOU..... UNDERSTAND??????!!!!!!!!!!!!" over the top. :lol:

[Anja]

Hypnotist - House is mine
Gat decor - Passion

[lampwick1]

Mystery Man - DJ Business. Listen here:

http://www.backtotheoldskool.co.uk/dj_business.htm

L.

[Andrez666]

heh-heh...

how about the riffs I played on my toy piano when I was about 2 years old?

;)

[jazzyd]

Hardcore Uproar - Together
Cmon and get my love (keys to my love mix) - Dmob
Hold Me (A touch of hamond mix) - Velvet
Doin the do - Betty Boop
I like it - DJ H feat. Stefy
Grand Piano - Mix Master
Come into my house - Queen Latifa

[cosmic_seadog]

Marshall Jefferson - The House Music Anthem. no contest. best ever

[onthedancefloor]

Marshall Jefferson - The House Music Anthem. no contest. best ever

Like the sea dog sez :)

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Hypnotist - House is mine
Gat decor - Passion

good call

but there is no better piano line than JT Company "Don't deal with us" pianoapella 1990 Italian

Rare as record, made famous by Sasah and the Quadrant Park boys and played in Melbourne by Dominic Hogan and Mark Hogan...

[Korsion]

Forgot about this gem 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZBUwm2K4PQ

[Chizzle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQnq0Oac6tw

mmmm... sweet harmony by liquid...

[pauld_mcmahon]

Punchunella - San Trancisco http://www.discogs.com/release/189291

What a track!

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Forgot about this gem 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZBUwm2K4PQ


FOOOOOOK YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAH!!!

EEEEEY EEEEEY EEEEEY OOOO

I ACTUALLY REMEMBERING HAVING AN AURGUMENT WITH SOME NEW SCHOOL RAVER AROUND 95 ABOUT HOW JAM AND SPOON IN SAME WAY KINDA RIPPED THE VOCAL OFF......

THANKS FOR POINTING THIS TRACK OUT....

[Tommy Cola]

Yeah, Far Out has got to take out best scratch of that era aswell.

Best piano riff?

Better Days - Jimi Polo (and every subsequent remix)

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Techno Age - Movin On

Samples Ice T...

Insane House Piano!!!!

Rare As Fook

[Korsion]

Yeah, Far Out has got to take out best scratch of that era aswell.

Best piano riff?

Better Days - Jimi Polo (and every subsequent remix)

Yep Better Days definitely right up there :blush:

[oni0n]

Friends Lovers & Family - Diamond Lils

[ZyklonB]

^^^^Great Track.

Visions Of Shiva - How Much Can You Take
Quietman - The Sleeper

[ZyklonB]

Ooops, sorry, The Sleeper is post 95. 98 I think but in my opinion the best piece of piano in a dance track ever done. Does anyone know if that is a sample or if he made it himself?

[nadoo]

'Feel So Real' Dream Frequency
'Sweetness & Light' Itch-e & Scratch-e
'Shine On' Degree of Motion
'Give Me Love' Diddy
'Anybody Out There' Bassheads
'Rhythm Is A Mystery' K-Klass
'Two Can Play At That Game' Bobby Brown (K Klass Remix)
'Get Back to Love' Brand New Heavies (Graeme Park remix)
A bunch of remixes by Sasha I can't remember but probably Mariah Carey among them...

[nadoo]

I forgot - a track called 'Obsession' (I think it might have been Fuzzy Logic) from Dub House Disco Vol 1 (Guerilla Records). BPM seems a bit slow these days but back then I loved it!

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Together

By Smallage

[Tommy Cola]

Can You Dig It - Jem 77
Don't Go - Awesome 3 (Kick's like a mule mix).

Also, anyone know that track around '92 that had the sample "You know that it's true that Italians are the greatest lovers." and " I've been waiting for the phone to ring all night." That gets a vote.

[Korsion]

Together

By Smallage

Killer track !!!!

People of all nations dancing together . . . . . .

I remember Sasha playing it i think the first time he come out, plus
"Bass Construction - Dance With Power"
used the same piano riff.

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Killer track !!!!

People of all nations dancing together . . . . . .

I remember Sasha playing it i think the first time he come out, plus
"Bass Construction - Dance With Power"
used the same piano riff.

you are so so so correct...

Korison are you living in Melbourne...

as us melbourne crew really need to get together and throw a party and have an open Deck night

[Korsion]

you are so so so correct...

Korison are you living in Melbourne...

as us melbourne crew really need to get together and throw a party and have an open Deck night

Yep im in Melbourne back out in the good old Eastern suburbs, sounds like a great idea i know a few other people with very nice collections as well who would be in to it :thumb:

[Anja]

Good idea guys :)

[nadoo]

Prodigy 'Your Love' (B side of Charley)

[Chizzle]

Prodigy 'Your Love' (B side of Charley)


That's my very favourite Prodigy tune 8)

[Tommy Cola]

That's my very favourite Prodigy tune 8)


Yeah, I agree. The remix on Experience was less good.

[mixfix]

Love it all, piano and sassy vocals makes me melt but some of the best for me would be

Vibes and Seduction- Free Yourself
The House Crew- We are Hardcore (Magic Fantasy Mix)
Bass Selective- Blowout (?mix) whooo hooo you had it, you had it oh boy
it's all fucken amazing

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Yep im in Melbourne back out in the good old Eastern suburbs, sounds like a great idea i know a few other people with very nice collections as well who would be in to it :thumb:

KORISION SURELY YOUR NOT FROM CROYDON???

[paulV]

Gat decor - Passion


Agreed...

http://www.hardtofindrecordsrecordstore.com/htfrimages/BMR14237.jpg

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Fsom - Welcome

[Korsion]

KORISION SURELY YOUR NOT FROM CROYDON???

Haha yeah spent alot of time living out in Croydon and East Ringwood

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Haha yeah spent alot of time living out in Croydon and East Ringwood

i live halfway between east ringwood station and croydon station...

who the hell are you??

you are more than welcome to drop into my place after belfast if you like

[anthems junkie]

Praga khan - i feel good - hella yeah!!!

[Korsion]

i live halfway between east ringwood station and croydon station...

who the hell are you??

you are more than welcome to drop into my place after belfast if you like

Ohk Do yo know Garry and Jim ?

My name is Steve

Thanks for the invite but not sure wether ill be in melb for new years might be heading to Port Douglas :?

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Yes I Do Know Of A Garry...
The Garry I Know Is A Sparky And Lives Just Past Lilydale...

& Port Douglas?? C'mon !!!
Surely My Prize Winning Old Skool Collection Is Enough Of A Draw Card For You To Cancel Your Plans Travel To Port Douglas... Surely!!! Lol..

If Not I Am Plannning On House Party For All The Veterans In The New Year...

[horst]

2 bad mice - 2 bad mice take you

thanks for coming
you can all go home now

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

2 bad mice - 2 bad mice take you

thanks for coming
you can all go home now


LOL....

U WISH BUDDY... KEEP ON DREAMING!!!

[soundmind]

Gat decor - Passion

Yep.

[further_ahem]

Anticappella - 2√231

[soundmind]

Zyon - No Fate is quite nice.

[ZyklonB]

^Trance head
;)

[soundmind]

^Trance head
;)

Depends what you mean by trance. :P

[soundmind]

High on Hope!!!

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Dinky Dink - Nexus & Blowback, samples JT company - don't deal with us piano line.... case closed and X-treme the piano theme... close second

[Korsion]

Masters of the universe - Spacetalk (Hyperspaced) .... Check it out, Check it out.......

[Tommy Cola]

High on Hope!!!


Was that the High On Hope by Hardcore Uproar with the sample "Feels good to be on one again"? Awesome tune.

If anyone has an MP3 of this I'd appreciate it immmmmensly.

[soundmind]

Was that the High On Hope by Hardcore Uproar with the sample "Feels good to be on one again"? Awesome tune.

If anyone has an MP3 of this I'd appreciate it immmmmensly.

Nah, I was referring to the one by Microglobe - Mijk Van Dijk. Arguably the only decent track he ever released on his own.

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Nah, I was referring to the one by Microglobe - Mijk Van Dijk. Arguably the only decent track he ever released on his own.

summer remixes

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Was that the High On Hope by Hardcore Uproar with the sample "Feels good to be on one again"? Awesome tune.

If anyone has an MP3 of this I'd appreciate it immmmmensly.

only on 12"

have you seen the footage of why they wrote that track...
I'm just high on hope, I don't need drugs, I'm high on hope... WANKER!!!

[soundmind]

summer remixes

Okay. Come to think of it I really like Don't Panic too. Sh*t I guess I'll have to eat my words he he...

[TSAR BOMBA MIX]

Dinky Dink - Nexus & Blowback, samples JT company - don't deal with us piano line.... case closed and X-treme the piano theme... close second


FUK I HAVE GREAT TASTE IN MUZIK!!!!!

lol

[onamission]

Okay. Come to think of it I really like Don't Panic too. Sh*t I guess I'll have to eat my words he he...

The Four Seasons Of The Mind EP is one of my favourite unsung classics and one of Superstition's best in my opinion. The first Gametrax EP wasn't bad either.

Dion

[soundmind]

The Four Seasons Of The Mind EP

I have a copy of that I'd love to get rid of. You can have it for $5. Near Mint too. :P

[Anja]

High on Hope!!!

That's on the 1st Tresor cd top happy tune:thumb:

[soundmind]

^^^

It's also on Tranceformed from Beyond, here...

http://www.discogs.com/release/186143

An absolutely brilliant collection of tunes!

[danceonthegroov]

For my addition to this thread.. it'd have to be "Together - Hardcore Uproar". I hear the couple who made the track were killed in a car crash in the early 90s not long after their success, which is why there aren't many tracks done by them. Superbly crafted euphoric piano heaven.