The death of 92.7
// September 14th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Uncategorized
Now it’s official. Energy 92.7 is now Rev 92.7. One of the best sources the Bay Area had for dance music is now, alas, a Top 40 Station. As if there wasn’t enough of them already. Now we’ll have to rely on Hype Machine, Pandora, and each other for getting our daily dose of the good stuff.
I’d like to dedicate this post to sharing some of my favorite tracks the station played, as sort of a eulogy. Feel free to add comments about your own personal favorites.
I’ll admit during the daytime the playlist was a bit iffy; the station often would play far too many remixes of pop songs (ironic considering the buyout). Occasionally, however, they would be quite good, as in this remix of P!nk [edited to fit the original extremely weird music video]:
But we all know dance music is better at night, and after 6 pm the station would become an electronica lover’s paradise. DJs like Kid Loose and Trevor Simpson would spin an impressive range of stuff, from standard fare from station favorite Kaskade:
to more indie fare, like this MSTRKFT remix:
My all-time favorite track would have to be this surprisingly hard to find gem (the only HQ version I’ve been able to find was off the Ultra Dance 08 compilation). Devoted listeners should know this one quite well.
We’re going to miss all you guys at Energy. (Except Fernando and Greg; you guys can be pretty annoying.)
~Inter
