The Chemical Brothers
A propulsive dance-floor exhortation built almost entirely on one imperative repeated in different clothing: stop hesitating and…
overcoming hesitation collective momentum hedonistic release
Underworld
A stream-of-consciousness plunge through a night of drinking and drug-taking on the London Underground, told in fragmented,…
intoxication and dissociation urban nightlife loss of self
Gorillaz
A dance-pop track built almost entirely on repetition and command, DARE trades narrative content for pure physical suggestion.…
collective euphoria surrender to impulse repetition as hypnosis
Orbital
Halcyon and On and On is an instrumental electronic piece built almost entirely from a small set of looping synth phrases and a…
repetition and cyclicality altered states / drug culture euphoria and calm
Lana Del Rey
A woman narrates one glowing, precarious night with a lover she suspects she's about to lose, fusing sensory euphoria with an…
doomed romance hedonism as coping beauty and self-fashioning