High energy dance music recommendations?

Well, I think it depends on what you mean by "dancing"!! For me, every time I put on either "God Fodder" or "Are You Normal?" by Ned's Atomic Dustbin, I get out of my seat and jump up and down like a spastic monkey!

Does that count?!!

I love Ned's Atomic Dustbin, but it's not for everyone......

Enjoy,

TIC
(Tom In Cincinnati)

Gee - I like Spike Milligan, but I can't say he ever got my toes tapping . . .

There are so many styles of dance music that I'd have to get a title of something that you enjoy to truly recommend something but I'll give it a shot anyway. With that in mind some of the things I'm going to list I might not personally like but is popular.

Scion-arrange and process Basic Channel tracks-This I DO like very much. Basic Channel were a very influential group/label who pretty much defined "minimal techno". Very sparse arrangements with dub-influenced basslines. Very constant groove from beginning to end. Not your momma's dance music.

Sasha-any number of mix cds-This is a little close to your momma's dance music. A little more beginner-friendly. More orchestrated and will probably have a few vocals here and there. Sasha is a huge dj who makes more in one gig than many of us do in a year. Although I'm not a big fan of this "trance" sound I have heard good things about his newest one titles Involver. I am a fan of one titles Northern Exposure Vol.1.

Fatboy Slim-Better Living Through Chemistry & You've Come A Long Way Baby. Chances are that you've at least heard Rockafella Skank or Praise You from this guy. Fairly commercial dance music of the "big-beat" variety which in layman's terms means that that the drums will usually be sampled "breakbeats" and will not be 4 to the floor type of drum machine derived sounds that make up Sasha type trance. Fun and brainless. Big bass that sounds great very loud.

For all I know you may only know about The Hampster Dance so maybe I'll wait for some input before I type anymore. Does this help? Do you already know of any of this stuff? Are you a total newbie?

Try Crystal Method for good synth-based dance music.

I don't do that much dancing anymore, but any of these will get me up:
I'm so excited - Pointer Sisters
Gonna make you sweat - C+C Music Factory
Where do you go - Mercy
Too Close - Next
Every little step... - Bobby Brown
Rhythm is a dancer - Snap
Congrats on the weight loss, keep dancin'
Sonny