Throughline Dances

This message comes from Progressive Insurance. Progressive makes it easy to see if you could save when you bundle your home and auto policies. Try it at progressive.com. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company and affiliates. Potential savings will vary. Not available in all states. Hey, everyone. It's Ramtin here. So other than being a host and producer on THROUGHLINE, I'm also a musician who writes all the music for the show. And over the years, I've written a bunch of music in different genres. But the music that's close to my heart is electronic dance music. That includes everything from techno, house, drum and bass, trance, so on. A few years ago, ThruLine producer Christina Kim and I made this episode about the history of house music in Chicago and and how it influenced the entire genre of EDM. In the process of making that episode, I wrote a bunch of music that didn't make it in. So I went back, I listened to it, and I decided, woah, there's a lot of great music here that no one has heard that I could put together in a mix that we could all dance to. Because, honestly, we need it. It's kind of a stressful time. So throw on your headphones or however you listen, and use this music to squeeze a little bit more fun out of your day. This is through line dances. There's still an inherent joy to going somewhere where the only thing people care about is the DJ. How does house music make me feel? An experience to forget about your problems. House music makes me feel euphoric. We can power. Power to make things. Love. Stuff, like, We're all moving around. Moving, like, energized. I like that it allows you to just ride the wave and go along with it. Joyful. You get lost in the music. Yeah. Totally. And it just makes you feel at one with everyone and yourself. It's church. Yes. We worship on the dance floor. We worship on the dance floor. This is so true. Here, you're accepted for who you are. Mind the gap. These parties are said to be linked with drug taking or worse, They're in breach of local authority licensing regulations, and besides, they keep the home counties awake at night. Awake at night. Awake at night. Awake at night. Awake at night. Awake at night. Awake at night. Awake at night. I have nothing against, meetings that are legal and young people having fun, but this is an illegal meeting. It's against it. It's a threat to public health, public order, and a real nuisance to people who, have lived lived around it. And that must never ever happen again. It was the American import, house music, which started the craze, linked with so called designer drug, ecstasy, it became known as acid house. The trend is said to be probably the most distinctive development in popular youth culture since punk rock in the nineteen …