These dance music words really should be added to the Oxford English Dictionary
These essential components of the clubland vocab deserve recognition
Percy
Percy, meaning personal fav, captures that cherished connection we have with our favourite records. In a club, dance music is about uniting together to the beat of a DJ’s bag, but inside and out there’s also a high degree of intimacy involved. Certain tracks have greater levels of personal meaning to certain people, and instil a love that surpasses natural limits. We call those tracks a ‘percy’. A percy is that track you spent 8 months hunting down after having your mind blow by your favourite DJ playing it in your favourite club. A percy is a track that will never fail to have you screaming “WOIIIIII” on the dancefloor. A percy is a track you have to force yourself to stop listening to on repeat so you don’t ruin it with overplaying. A percy is a high-priority new addition for the OED.
Untz
Untz. What a sound. Miles away from arriving at a club or festival you begin to hear it filtering through the air, sending tremors of excitement through your body in anticipation for the slew of drums and bass you’re about to get stuck into. If the word ‘baa’, a noise sheep make, is in there, then untz, the noise that sends ravers across the world into bliss, needs adding. Note: when referring to the beat of German techno, it’s spelled Üntz.