Do you know your electronic music?
We have gathered some of the hardest questions about electronic music from around the world spanning the late 1980s to the early 2000s.
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1. What year was "The House Music Anthem" by Marshall Jefferson released on Trax Records?
There have been over 48 different versions released as of 2020 of the title track "Move Your Body" including a large number of remixes.
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2. Moby's track "Go" from 1991 featured string samples from this famous TV show, which show are we referring to?
It was an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991. The show returned in 2017 for a third season on Showtime.
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3. The Swiss electronic band Yello released the album "Stella" in 1985 and it featured 11 tracks. Which one of them has since become a staple in pop culture?
Stella was the fourth studio album by the Swiss electronic band Yello, first released in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria on 29 January 1985, and in the UK and US in March 1985. It was the first album made by the band without founder member Carlos Perón, and with his departure, the remaining duo of Boris Blank and Dieter Meier began to move away from experimental electronic sounds towards a more commercial synthpop and cinematic soundtrack style.
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4. Yello released the first single of the album "Flag" in 1988, what was the name of that track?
"Flag" was the sixth studio album by the Swiss electronic duo Yello, released in 1988. It features an eight-minute version of the track we are looking for and the edited version of which reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart in August of that year. The track was also used as a trailer for Eurosport, and the opening theme to the US quiz show It's Academic.
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5. Ebeneezer Goode by the Scottish electronic music group The Shamen came of this album released in 1992?
It was released a year after the death of bassist Will Sinnott. It features their hit UK number-one single "Ebeneezer Goode". Critics gave the album positive feedback and the album reached number three on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in December 1992.
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6. On the album "The Analogue Theatre" by artist CJ Bolland there is a track that features a vocal sample from Willem Dafoe, what is the name of that track?
The sample featured is of Willem Dafoe from Martin Scorsese's 1990 film "The Last Temptation of Christ" which later became an underground club hit across the world.
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7. The 2002 EP by Chris Liebing named "The Shaker E.P." contains two tracks, one of them is "Moon Grinser", what is the title of the second track?
"The Shaker E.P." was released in 2002 by Chris Liebing on the Master of Disaster label which is run by fellow German DJ & Producer, Eric Sneo. The label rebranded in 2015 to become MOD (6).
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8. The track "Good Luck" by Basement Jaxx was one of three singles of their 2003 album, what was the name of that album?
"Good Luck" is a song by British electronic music duo Basement Jaxx featuring vocals from Lisa Kekaula of the American band the Bellrays. It was released on 5 January 2004 as the second single from their third studio album that we are looking for.
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9. In 1997 Laurent Garnier released this album on the infamous F Communications label, what was the name of the album?
The album contains 14 tracks and none of them refer to the title of the album but contain memorable tracks like "Crispy Bacon" and "Flashback".
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10. Stonebridge remixed this track by Robin S. in 1992, what was the name of that track?
He received international acclaim with the remix of this 1993 hit with Robin S. and his remix for "Closer" by Ne-Yo earned him a Grammy nomination in 2008.
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