Yes, yes, I know that I’m over a year late for this. But since I’ve now started posting about music, I figured I would also start posting my year-in-dance-music Spotify playlists. I started making these playlists only a year ago, so one retroactive post doesn’t feel too egregious.
Upon picking my favorite 20 tracks from 2022, I realized they neatly fell into two camps. The first list is pop-adjacent in places, with a few “peak time” bangers and lots of emotional vocals. If you played this for someone not into dance music, they still might find something here that they like.
The other ten tracks are more for the dance music expert and really get into the weeds of slow-burning deep house and melodic progressive house. Really sit back and relax for this journey.
The astute listener will notice that a (very) different version of Gratitude by Above & Beyond appears on both lists!