dance / electronic music EOY 2013 picks

what were everyone's favorites from this year? what do you think will place high on the RA list? FACT list? other media outlets, etc

Stuff I liked this year: DJ Sprinkles, Rudimental, Toyboy & Robin, Omar S, DJ Rashad, Blondes, Chris Lorenzo, Hannah Wants, MK, DJ Koze, Pharaohs, Floorplan, Kolsch, Beautiful Swimmers.

Tale of Us as well.

A lot of the above and Max Loderbauer, Maxmillion Dunbar, tm404, Segue, Ø [Phase] are others that I enjoyed.

Machinedrum is probably my favourite in this area. I enjoyed Natasha Kmeto's debut as well, haven't seen her mentioned much round here.

Trentemoller and Four Tet both a little disappointing. Haven't had a decent crack at the BoC yet.

Oh I like the first disc of the Zomby release a lot, second not so much.

Dinky's new album grew on me, it's probably my favourite electronic thing from this year. I even started a thread about it, but no one cared... :(

Dinky - Dimension D

I haven't yet fully digested Laurel Halo's new album, but I think it might make it to my top 10 as well. On the more dancier side, the Kölsch stuff and the DJ Sprinkles comp are well worth the ILM hype. Donato Dozzy's new remix album, OTOH, was a disappointment; it sounds pretty much like some paint-by-numbers 1990s ambient record.

Yeah Halo record was pretty good. I think I preferred the EPs beforehand though. Definitely Sex Mission.

Should mention Black Butter records as well, and the many DJ Q mixes throughout the year.

Albums-wise, the Kolsch album is super-fun throughout, I really like the Machinedrum album despite it being on paper totally not my thing at all. The Stellar Om Source album is probably my favourite techno album this year. Didn't get into Maximilion Dunbar at all until it suddenly clicked with me about a month ago, the prettier stuff in the second half in particular. Segue's 'Pacifica' is gorgeous throughout, like a really lush, textured, Balearic version of Voices From The Lake. Also DJ Koze, Maya Jane Coles, Lusine, Holden, Hecker etc. Been a great year for the more abstract end of things. Also all the Black Butter-centric UK pop-house stuff.

Tracks-wise, loads of stuff, will post a list later when I get round to it, although I've been clubbing maybe twice this year and have been almost totally insulated from what's actually popular on dancefloors, so there's bound to be loads of great stuff I've not heard in the RA poll.

I'm probably one of the few who really likes the Trentemoller album, but that's Sunday evening music really.

I quite liked that Mr G - Retrospective.

It's gotta be Exai for me. Hasn't done well in many lists so far.

Otherwise Logos, DJs Rashad & Koze and Special Request

I picked up the BoC on its release and have listened to it only a handful of times. Not entirely sure why, just haven't connected with it at all.

Exai on the other hand is huge. Perhaps the length of it was too much for some people.

I enjoyed BoC, but was never compelled to come back to it like the first two, which still kick my ass whenever I put one on

The thing with Exai, I think, is that it works well as a complete album if you have the patience, but just as well as something to dip in and out of in whatever way you like. In the WATMM thing they said they considered it as 4 EPs, one with the first 5 tracks then the rest of the tracks grouped in 4s. The last 4 are some of their best work IMO

I think I'm gonna have finally pull the trigger and check out Exai.

Pretty sure I haven't heard an Autechre album since Confield tho.

I really liked the Mano Le Tough album.

http://thump.vice.com/words/2013s-most-pretentious-dance-music-moments

I liked the new Sally Shapiro album a lot. Also Dumb Disco Ideas, a couple of the Koze tracks, Rainbow Arabia, !!! was surprisingly good, Kolsch, Classixx, CFCF Music for Objects EP, Factory Floor.

Wow, that Vice article is truly terrible.

I don't know, that Boards of Canada campaign was pretty tiring.

nah vice article nailed it

The Ron Morelli quote was a definite lol.

The tone of that article is really cringey, even by Vice standards - "But while I do love all you artsy fuckers, I’m here to shake it up a little bit." - "That's cool. While y’all are enjoying the live PA sausage fest and standing with your arms crossed watching a dude in a turtleneck slide faders up and down on a mixer, I’ll be over here dancing on top of stuff and talking to babes. Later!"

:/

"The only thing more pretentious than Boiler Room is trolling the Boiler Room."

Since when is the Boiler Room pretentious, am I missing something?

I think the actual picks, on the other hand, are totally fine and mostly otm. Outsider House and Noise Kids Have Techno Careers are kind of the same phenomenon, but whatever.

just a few off the top of my head

parassela - home alone EP
glimpse - true south EP
analogue cops - five EP
dusky - careless EP
dusky - vanishing point EP
anthony naples - P O T EP
anthony naples - RAD AN-1 EP
anthony naples - moscato EP
alan johnson - goron sound / fickle EP
dj haus - thug houz anthems EP and album
boddika - steam EP
pearson sound - starburst EP
pearson sound - REM EP
trumpet & badman - love keeps changing EP
etch - old school methods EP
etch - rise EP
joe - slope EP
joe - punters step out EP
v/a - livity sound compilation
pev & kowton - raw code EP
staffan lindberg - Y2K EP
delta funktionen - sun storm EP
special request - everything dude put out under this name
tom trago - the light fantastic
dj nori - 80s drugs
woo york - ancient light EP
galcher lustwerk - tape 22 EP
randomer - ruffa / no hook
randomer - bring / curtains
gerry read - crave EP
gerry read - u got no goddamn groove EP
snuff crew - new life EP
italojohnson - itj 07
sensate focus - 1.6
sensate focus - 2
delroy edwards - white owl EP
ksoul & muteoscillator - soul hell EP
flava d - hold on EP
flava d - hold on VIPs EP
traxman - westside boogie vol 3 EP
bambounou - full of feelings EP
bambounou - ignition EP
untold - targa / glare EP
boxwork - boxwork EP
boxwork - specialists EP
head high - burning EP
addison groove - BS3 EP
logos - cold mission
huerco s - colonial patterns
stellar om source - joy one mile
dj rashad - double cup
four tet - beautiful rewind
mr g - retrospective
dj ez - fabriclive 71
boys noize - fabriclive 72

there must be some others ...

oh how could i forget

dark sky - the click
mak & pasteman - brown bread

honestly though i've been listening to a lot more stuff from 2012 ... i'm perpetually behind the curve

I pretty much get all my music from Resident Advisor, so nothing I say bears listing, but I'll add: One 12" that I think will go largely unsung for no good reason is Nick Hoppner's Red Hook Soil.

Otherwise, DJ Sprinkles all around.

Stuff I've liked, off the top of my head:

Isolee - Allowance
Agoria - Scala
Maya Jane Coles - Easier To Hide (the whole album really)
Lord of the Isle - A2B
Lee Jones - A Perfect Kick
VA - Acid Arab EP
Ten Walls - Requiem
Ten Walls - Gotham
Matthew Jonson - Level 7 (Dixon Remix)
Marcus Worgull/Onsulade - Reno (this may be 2012?)
Syclops - Jump Bugs
Green Velvet - Bigger Than Prince (Martinez Brothers Remix definitely not the Hot Natured one)
Tiago - Souljam
Pional - We Have Been Waiting For You (Original and Gavin Russom remix)
Coma - My Orbit
Jimpster - Porchlight & Rocking Chairs (KiNK Remix)
Paul Woolford - Untitled
Sophie - Nothing More To Say
Zinc ft. Sasha Keble - Only For Tonight
Toyboy & Robin - Jaded
Kove - Love For You
T. Williams - Three Letters
Lil Silva - No Doubt (ft Rosie Lowe)
Kidnap Kid - Thin Lines
Devolution - Listen To The Badman
Krystal Klear ft. Jenna G - Addiction

favorite stuff so far: joey anderson, xosar, creme organization, omar s. feel like xosar had a great year and is a bit underrated.

kyle hall and funkineven were on-point. dj haus was a rush. the pal joey compilation on bbe was fantastic and not at all what i was expecting. robert hood put out some great stuff but he keeps leaving me a bit underwhelmed tbh. trevino was a highlight. heard a lot of noisy/dark techno i wasn't into, but will stan for that vatican shadow album.

for house house, dungeon meat - the fuck off track might be my track of the year. still need to sample from the jackin house thread, have no idea what's going on there.

oh yeah this year i heard some edm that is pretty dope.

xps nice lists!

V happy to see this thread. Don't have much to add beyond that.

definitely feel like anthony naples put out secretly funky tracks in "outsider house" garb or w/e. same with dixon avenue basement jams re: "deep house revival."

dark sky - the click

oh i need to hear this! i really loved in brackets in spite of having mixed feelings about that kind of akufen-ish thing but it totally won me over by being gorgeous and perfect and not cloying.

naples is not quite as noisy as all that ... i think of him more as being in the lineage of classic abstract and fuzzy detroit techno rather than "outsider house"

I'd say it's been a weak year for dance/electronic music. There's been some amazing music come out but overall the scene seems a bit stale to me. Maybe I'm just getting old

Positives - Livity Sound, A Made Up Sound, Morphine, Trilogy Tapes, Blackest Ever Black, PAN, Opal Tapes, The Siege Of Troy, Logos

what idm did you like matt

some 2013 non-vocal electronic music i like:

hav lyf, s/t
Actress, Silver Cloud EP
Shlohmo, Laid Out EP
Arca, &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Jon Hopkins, Immunity
Forest Swords, Engravings
Shigeto, No Better Time Than Now
Koreless, Yugen EP
Four Tet, Beautiful Rewind
Kid Smpl, Armour EP
Dutty Artz, 6 Years Deep comp

tons more i'm sure

idm i liked this year: mark fell, n-dimensional analysis!

What do people think about this Heatsick record? I've got a copy, but haven't really listened much. Seems like there's some weird high concept stuff going on with it.

havent heard

9dw - Right On EP
Alex Burkat - Tarot EP
Anaxander - Local Talking EP
Anom Vitruv - Demos EP
Anton Zap - Water basically a comp
Aquarian Foundation - Silent Teaching EP
Axel Boman - Family Vacation LP
Baba Stiltz - Our Girls
Beautiful Swimmers - Son LP
Benedek - Peoples Potential Unlimited Test Pressing LP
Black Deer - Trail Of Tears EP
Black Deer - Born to Win (Life After Ghostbusters)
Blondes - Swisher LP
Bookworms - Japanese Zelkova EP
Captain Sunshine & The Valley People - Tomorrows Never Known LP
Classixx - Hanging Gardens LP
Cosby - Hands Together LP
Cosmic Kids & Fingerpaint - Reality On The Horizon EP
D-Ribeiro - Down You Will Get EP
Delroy Edwards - White Owl EP
DJ Fettburger & DJ Speckgurtel - Speckbass
DJ Fett Burger & Telephones - Rytmenarkotisk EP
DJ Koze - Amygdala LP
DJ Sotofett - Diggi-Dubbi-Tripp-Mixes EP
DJ Sotofett - Presents Fran Benitez - Lagrimas Negras
DJ Sotofett feat. Madteo - There's Gotta Be A Way
Dr. Dunks & The Rhythm Odyssey - Fox
Drvg Cvltvre - Porn Wax Five EP
Dungeon Acid - Dungeon Jams EP
Eddie C - Country City Country LP
Elgato - Dunkel Jam EP
Galcher Lustwerk - Tape 22 EP
VA - Gerd Janson Presents: Musik For Autobahns comp
Glimpse - True South
Gonno - The Noughties EP
Head High - Burning EP
HNNY - Mys (Young Marco Remix)
HNNNY & Koko - Boy
Huerco S. - Apheleia's Theme EP
Innershades - No Stopping EP
Jee Day - Sum of Love
John Roberts - Fences LP
Joey Anderson - Above the Cherry Moon (Vakula Remix)
Leisure Connection - Jungle Dancing
Levantis - Believe EP
Levon Vincent - Rainstorm II EP
Local Artist - Local Artist EP
Maciek Sienkiewicz & Ptaki - The Very Polish Cut-Outs Sampler Vol. 1 EP
Marcus Worgull - Muwekma
Mark E - Black Country Roots EP
Maxmillion Dunbar - Woo Daps
Moon B - Entropic Feelings EP
Moritz von Oswald Trio - Blue Dub
Moritz von Oswald & Nils Petter Molvær - 1/1 LP
Mudd & Pollard - Mawson's Walk
Nathan Savage & Roland Tings - Brain Foam EP
New Jackson - Sat Around Here Waiting (Fort Romeau Remix)
Outboxx - Outboxx LP
Palms Trax - Equation EP
Patricia - Body Issues LP
Paqua - Late Train EP
Pharaohs - Replicant Moods LP
Pharaohs - Island Time EP
Philipp Matalla - Lack Of Loss EP
R-Zone - R-Zone 01 EP
Red 7 - I Lost My Shoes On Acid
Rollmottle - The Obsolete Man LP
Royal Crown of Sweden - R.E.G.A.L.I.E.R. EP
Sabre - Nightdrive To Bolland EP
Secret Circuit - Tactile Galactics LP
Severence - Hidden Ceilings LP
Shocks - III EP
Sophie - Nothing More to Say (Dub)
Steve Moore - Zen Spiders / Lwaxana
Sven Weisemann - Inner Motions LP
Terekke - Yyyyyyyyyy EP
The Black Madonna - We Still Believe
The Coober Pedy University Band - Moon Plain EP
The Mole - Caregiver LP
The Smoke Clears - Listen LP
The Sonic Aesthetic - Tales from the Nocturn EP
TM404 - TM404 LP
Tommy Rawson - Don't Lose It
Tornado Wallace - Thinking Allowed EP
Vakula - You've Never Been to Konotop LP
Various Artists - House Slippers comp
Vester Koza - Vester Koza EP
Woolfy vs. Projections - Set Me Loose
Zombie Zombie - Illuminations (DJ Sotofett's House-Chugging-Tuff-Tripp-Mix)

sorry for massive list, i was very organized this year, which is a first for me

what idm did you like matt

― flopson, Wednesday, December 18, 2013 11:07 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can't remember rn but i'll get back to ya (didn't hear much tbh).

Enjoying late great's picks so far. I'd only heard the El Portal EP from Anthony Naples, these other ones are something else.

I'm still trying to get my head around the Heatsick album but it's a good listen.

some more i forgot about

outboxx - sunshine mills EP
kevin mcphee - version one EP
george fitzgerald - thinking of you EP
trikk - basement trax EP
shifted - the cold light EP

Always flabergasted by the amount of new music a lot of people here have the time to get to know.

i gotta give props to the late great for turning me on to so much great stuff this year!

what idm did you like matt

― flopson, Wednesday, December 18, 2013 11:07 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can't remember rn but i'll get back to ya (didn't hear much tbh).

― From the Album No Baby for You! (Matt P), Wednesday, December 18, 2013 2:01 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh lol i think you meant 'edm' which, i don't actually know.

forgot this one:

The Mole - Lockdown Party (DJ Sprinkles Crossfaderama)

Always flabergasted by the amount of new music a lot of people here have the time to get to know.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, December 18, 2013 6:42 PM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i personally don't listen to stuff over and over again, i give it a cursory listen to see if i like it, then play it a few times within the context that i think is best for it, and if i have a good time it's on my list of favs

other stuff i liked:

various - before i send you out (creme organization)
optimo trax 002
gherkin jerks compilation
gemini reissues (especially swimmin wit sharks)
moebius, plank, thompson - farmer gabriel (edwards desert remix)
willie burns - tab of acid
dj spider - remix project 2.0
gb - within these machines
greg gow & gareth whitehead - vacant (silent servant remix)
eight miles - lost tracks
shed - the dirt
tectonic plates volume 4
j. tijn - flat ep
gingy & bordello - saturday night fervor
audio atlas - window 2 the world
makam & roch dadier - lost archives pt ii
mark fell & sensate focus
fit ft. gunnar wendel - enter the fog (late last year but so good)
raudive - ruins
the organ grinder - the dancing angel
alden tyrell - some house
interplanetary prophets - zero hour ep (esp burning chrome)
robert armani reissues
marco zenker - morpho
lone - airglow fires
erdbeerschnitzel - cushion ep
neville watson - songs to elevate pure hearts
rumah - stutter/murmur
roman flügel - more & more & more
legowelt - elementz of houz music (actress rmxs)
various - chez damier presents.. purpose by design
pépé bradock - acid test 07
think and change (nonplus)

robert armani reissues should be robert armani - collection

cosign on gherkin jerks, interplanetary prophets and organ grinder

oh and FIT ft gunnar wendel!

KMFH - THE BOAT PARTY!!!!!

lol yeah

That Audio Atlas album is really good too

Man, if someone could make a Spotify list of this thread, I would be super-grateful (if not, maybe I'll do it). Just sampling a random track here or there from the thread, and I'm loving it! I haven't bought records in years now (turntables sitting in the garage since 2005), and I feel so out of it.

Building it here: http://open.spotify.com/user/djisbister/playlist/3Zzfkdx4TSF9335Psmhrwk

cool

That's awesome schwantz, thank you.

It's collaborative, so if I'm missing anything (probably missing a bunch of UK-only tracks that I can't see - boo!), feel free to add them.

My top DJs/live acts of the year - Raime, EZ, Container, Dalhous, Hieroglyphic Being, KRAFTWERK, Kassem Mosse, Dario Zenker, Regis, Todd Terje and Lindstrom, Atom TM, Diamond Version, Krystal Klear, Karenn, Objekt, Derrick May, Livity Sound

Best live act - Kraftwerk
Best DJ - Hieroglyphic Being

RA list: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1973

some from the RA list i forgot about:

soundstream - julie's theme
sophie - bipp
kh - the track i've been playing ...
midland - trace
tessela - hackney parrot

not crazy about that list though!

i'm digging the lwe list this year, and i'm about to dig into the juno tracks/eps/singles list but there's a ton of stuff that passed me by on that list too

that marcel fengler track is a stunner

poll please

^ i wholeheartedly support this

Julie's theme was 2012. Sublime music though.

i *thought* julie's theme was 2012!

december 2012 tho, it definitely had the most impact in early 2013

speaking of mr. soundstream, this'll be a late entry onto my list, and the b-side is equally awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO7TZTFVrC4

"first time around"! i liked the edit that made the rounds a few years back but that is def better

Some tracks I can think of in no order:

Leif - Circumstance 4
Charles Manier - Sift Through Art Collecting People
Adam Stromstedt & Alan Delius - Swirly Tempel
Ana Helder - Beating PC
Magic Mountain High - Live At Freerotation 2012
Casey Tucker - BST
Juanpablo - Anaconda (Mick Wills rmx)

Sensate Focus releases are great as usual.

was there a poll last year? can't remember.

A lot of great stuff on these lists, but DJ Rashad's Double Cup is so amazing.

Oh yeah, and the Demdike Stare Testpressing series is really solid.

i love double cup

Let U No is heavenly

Oh yeah, Let U No is definitely one of my tracks of the year.

RA's #1 feels anticlimactic. is it really that ubiquitous?

*was

They really love Koze at RA iirc (and rightly so)

DATA DUMP AHOY

(limited myself to 20 tracks max per category, could have went on and on - twas a great year!)

lorenzo
Stanton Warriors - Cut Me Up (Cause & Affect Remix)
Cause & Affect - Mistakes
Cause & Affect - Testosterone Deficiency
Tom Garnett & Lorenzo - Trouble
Jonarr-Dotzz & Lorenzo - Rythem Is Gonna Get You
Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo - Kneadin'
Paranoid Resistance - Erotic Prince
Cause & Affect - The Tickle
Legitimate Scandal - Home
Disclosure - Confess to Me (Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo Remix)
Tom Garnett & Chris Lorenzo feat. Tom Zanetti - P.A.R.T.Y
Pete Graham & Chris Lorenzo - Wom
Legitimate Scandal - Fu Gee La Remix
Rachel Row - Follow the Step (Kink Remix - Cause & Affect Re-Edit)
Drapes & Lorenzo - This & That
Cause & Affect - Rule Breaker
Pete Graham & Chris Lorenzo - Dorothy's Forest
Tom Zanetti - Darlin'
Sonny Fodera feat. Amber Jolene - Hold It Down (Cause & Affect Remix)
Tom Garnett & Chris Lorenzo - Many Girls

house & bass
U Know & the Drill - Floor Sweeper
Republic - Stroke It Baby
Kry Wolf - The Flood
Komon - So Easy
Kyle Watson - Detuned
Eats Everything & Justin Martin - The Gettup
Marc Spence & Tomola - Be There
DevelopMENT - Bring Me Alive
Hugo - Joint Is Jumping
Alix Perez feat. Sam Wills - Annie's Song (Shadow Child Remix)
Friend Within - The Relate
Davey Ecko & Thomas Graham - Better Believe
Hybrid Theory - So High
Low Steppa - Reach Out
Dene Antony - Peace & Harmony

house
KLP - Hands (Dcup Deep Bitch Remix)
Yllavation feat. Evader - Rock Your Body (Rhodeful Remix)
House Monkeyz & Thomas Graham - Lost
Ejeca - On
Paul Sirrell - You Must Be
Caserta - Change Your Mind (Scott Diaz Remix)
Depaack - Eyes on Me
Rudimental feat. Emeli Sande - Free (Roy Davis Jr Remix)
Jesse Rose feat. Arama - Time Is But a Moment (Kavannah Remix)
Demarzo - Draw a Line
Disclosure - Help Me Lose My Mind (Paul Woolford Remix)
Rhye - Open (MK Remix)
No Artificial Colours feat. Alex Mills - Crying Wolf
Rudimental feat. MNEK & Sinead Harnett - Baby
Turntable Orchestra - You're Gonna Miss Me (Ejeca Remix)
Basement Jaxx - What a Difference Your Love Makes (Vanilla Ace Remix)
Green Velvet - Bigger Than Prince (Hot Since 82 Remix)
Gorgon City feat. Yasmin - Real
Something Good - I Want You
Kevin McCkay - Ease Your Pain

edm
Lana Del Rey - Young & Beautiful (Cedric Gervais Remix)
Hardwell & Dyro feat. Bright Lights - Never Say Goodbye (Wildstylez Remix)
Nicky Romero & Krewella - Legacy (Wildstylez Remix)
Wolfgang Gartner feat. Medina - Overdose
Avicii - Dear Boy
Daithi feat. Raye - Chameleon Life
Nicky Romero vs Avicii - I Could Be the One (Didrick Remix)
Dyro - Go Down
Audien feat. Michael S - Leaving You
Martin Garrix - Animals
Kate Ryan - Light in the Dark (Pl4yb4ck Remix)
Bingo Players feat. Far East Movement - Get Up (Rattle)
Benny Benassi feat. John Legend - Dance the Pain Away (Daddy's Groove Remix)
Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)
Deorro - Yee

ukg & thereabouts
B15 - Girls Like Us (Agent X 2013 Mix)
Paul Sirrell - Sign Your Name (2013 Garage Mix)
DJ Q - Big
Baby Blue - Bump (TS7 Remix)
TS7 feat. Taylor Fowlis - Heartlight
Para - Got My Mind
Deckstar - Make It Through
AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies (Shift K3y Remix)
Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle - You & Me
DEVolution - Admire
Lxury - We Do
Shift K3y feat. Griminal - Keep Your Mouth Shut
Rudimental - Baby (DJ Q Bass Trax Remix)
Aleks Zen feat. Aaron Henley - Let You Know (Danny Phillips Remix)
Jennifer Lopez - Get Right (Shift K3y Remix)
DJ Q - Wreck It
DEVolution - If You Believe
Preditah - Party and Preditah
Drake - From Time (DJ Q Edit)
Infinity Ink - Infinity (Skream's 99 Remix)

indie dance
Chris Luzz - Feel Me
Only Children - Down Fever
Benoit & Sergio - $100 Bill
Classixx - All You're Waiting For
La Royale - The Crush
Haim - Falling (Duke Dumont Remix)
Miami Horror - Real Slow (Plastic Plates)
Velour - Speedway
Blende - Rikki (Phonat Remix)
Blonde - Be Mine
Foxes - Youth (Le Youth Remix)
Satin Jackets feat. KLP - For Days
5 Reasons feat. Patrick Baker - Night Drive in Moscow (Bronx Remix)
Flight Facilities - I Didn't Believe (Tiger & Woods)
Clubfeet feat. Chela - Heartbreak (Slow Waves Remix)

techno
Heartik - Sailors
Heartik - Farewell Hands

other
Kat Dahlia - Money Party (Shift K3y Remix)
Bodhi - Deliquesce
Sophie - Nothing More to Say
Tweet - Oops Oh My (Marc Spence Remix)
BareSkin - Infinite Reflections
Krystal Klear feat. Jenna G - Addiction
Rudimental - Hell Could Freeze (Skream Remix)
Rihanna - Diamonds (Summer Occasion Remix)
Lone - Airglow Fires
Froxic - Shock Therapy
Justin Timberlake - Suit & Tie (Jump Smokers Remix)

I like that Lorenzo is a genre/category unto his own.

oh bomb xp

http://soundcloud.com/shift-key/laughing-at-you-feat-ruby
http://soundcloud.com/iggy-azalea-official/iggy-azalea-change-your-life-2

sort it ahht mt lad

like-not-love the "Change Your Life" remix, "Laughing at You" is great! but like i've said, felt like i had to draw the line somewhere so lots of other great stuff didn't come through either

btw i know this thread's not exactly a poptimist haven but... would be curious in other personal best of EDM 2013 lists, if anyone could cough up any?

aw no way the iggy remix is excellent! i couldnt do without any of the many faces of shift k3y, and that v much includes his trap trance look

far as edm goes i tend to mostly cherish whatever thrillingly gash grotesquerie satan and/or/aka the wideboys deign to throw my way rather than stay up to date or indeed cultivate a fluency... but uhh

Sander Van Doorn - Joyenergizer
Chris Lake - Ohh Shhh
Knife Party - LRAD
GTA & Henrix & Digital Lab - Hit It!
Zedd ft Foxes - Clarity (Style Of Eye Remix)
Krewella - Alive (Hardwell Remix)
Showtek, We Are Loud, Sonny Wilson - Booyah
Showtek - Slow Down
Yellow Claw ft Rochelle - Shotgun
Thomas Newson & New World Sound - Flute
Chris Lake, Steve Aoki, Tujamo - Boneless
Martin Garrix - Animals (Botnek Edit)
Sander Van Doorn, Yves V - Direct Dizko
Dimitri Vegas, Moguai, Like Mike - Mammoth
Hardwell - Jumper
Lazy Rich - Insomnia (John Dahlback Remix)

LOL EDM

my favs that haven't been mentioned above:

borai - moonlight at malago
sagittariun - eye against eye
paranoid london - transmission 5
tin man - mystified acid
anthony naples - the beacon (instrumental dub)
duke dumont - need u
factory aire - boy (atom tm remix)

special mention to aus music for putting out the most wack releases

mind taker thats a wicked list. definitely a great year :)

thanks Benny, hope you do a list too!

knew i could count on you rtc :) i'm not an avid edm follower either but i do dabble here and there, this summer in particular i've had a gig that made me catch up a lot - for a lowly cd-playing dj this stuff is a GODSEND, about 90% of is at *exactly* the same 128-ish tempo (all made with the same software/presets i guess?) so no need for beatmatching, you just cue it up and voila, mad dj skillz + all the time in the world to go for a piss

this is just a play list i made of tunes i've got on the computer, would have been much bigger if I'd gone through radio tracklists etc. reposted from dissensus.

BLACK BUTTER RECORDS - my label of the year

DEVolution - [Spread Love - Volume 2 #09] Listen to the Badman
Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith - La La La (DEVolution Remix)
Clean Bandit - Mozart's house
Clean Bandit - Nightingale (Gorgon City Remix)
Gorgon City - [Real EP #01] Real ft. Yasmin
Kidnap Kid - [Thin Lines #01] Thin Lines ft. Lotti
Kidnap Kid - [So Close #01] So close
Kidnap Kid - [So Close #03] Animaux
Rudimental - [? CD1 #05] Waiting All Night (Kidnap Kid Remix)
Rudimental - [? CD1 #04] Hell Could Freeze (Skream Remix)
Rudimental - Baby (Feat. MNEK & Sinead Harnett)
Rudimental - [Home (Deluxe Edition) Hide (feat. Sinead Harnett)
Scrufizzer - [Kick It EP #01] Kick It
Lulu James - Closer
Lulu James - Step by step
Sinead Harnett - Got Me (The Eel Extended Version)

DJ Q - My DJ of the year (his Ministry of sound radio show has been unmissable). Killing it on the production this year too. Album out v shortly.

DJ Q feat. Louise Williams - Let The Music Play (Extended)
DJ Q - [Q Bass Trax 1 #01] Big
DJ Q - [Q Bass Trax 1 #02] Come With Me
DJ Q - [Sound Boy Connection #03] Wreck It
Spooky - [Baby #03] Baby (DJ Q remix)
DJ Q & AC Slater - [Sound Boy Connection EP #04] Oh Yeah
Trumpet & Badman - [Love Keeps Changing #01] Love Keeps Changing
Gangsta love Prodigy Mobb Deep feat Esther Seems (Garage uk Remix by dj Q)
Trust Again (feat. Louise Williams)

HOUSE N BASS/GARAGE etc - basically a lot of what Q's been playing

Duke Dumont - [Need U (100%) #04] Need U (100%) feat. AME (Skreamix)
Duke Dumont - [Need U (100%) #01] Need U (100%) feat. AME (Radio Edit)
Krystal Klear ft Jenna G - Addiction
Andreya Triana - Everything You Never Had (BrEaCh Remix)
Breach - Let's Get Hot (Original Mix)
Naughty Boy - La La La (Feat. Sam Smith)
Toyboy & Robin - Jaded (Original Mix)
Disclosure - White Noise ft AlunaGeorge
Disclosure - Defeated No More ft. Ed Macfarlane
Disclosure - You & Me ft. Eliza Doolittle
Disclosure - Latch ft. Sam Smith
Sophie - Nothing More To Say
Chris Malinchak - If U Got It
Ed Case - [Bullet Train Allstars 2] Speechless
DJ Q - Through The Night (Deckstar Vocal 2step Mix)
Naughty Boy ft Sam Smith -- LA LA LA (Deckstar Bass Mix)
Deckstar - Work it (UKG) (Final)
Route 94 - [Fly 4 Life EP #03] Walls Come Tumbling Down (Original Mix)
New York Transit Authority - 95 (Original Mix)
DrDr - Addicted (Polkadot Remix)
Storm Queen - Look Right Through (MK Dub III) - old but big this year
Justin Martin & Eats Everything - The Gettup
T.Williams - Three Letters
fcl - it's you (mk mix)
EVM128 Feat. BB James - Make Me Feel (EL-B's Nova Remix)
BRTSH KNIGHTS - [If I Was To #03] If I Was To (EL-B Remix)
Flava D - Home
Flava D - Hold on
Taiki & Nulight - [Key'ed EP #02] Leave Me
Foamo - [Sherlock Remixes #03] Sherlock (Taiki & Nulight Remix)
Taiki & Nulight - Take Me Up
Friend Within - The Renegade (Original Mix)
Hybrid Theory - Whats Going Down
Hybrid Theory - So High
KRY WOLF - Concrete (Woz remix)
Storm Queen - [Look Right Through (Remixes) #02] Look Right Through (Lil Silva Remix)
Lil Silva - [Distance - EP CD1 #01] No Doubt (feat. Rosie Lowe)
Lil Silva - [Distance - EP CD1 #03] Salient Sarah (feat. Sampha)
Low Steppa - [Simples EP #01] Simples (Original Mix)
Low Steppa - [Simples EP #03] Clutch (Original Mix)
Mella Dee - Things Don't Change
Preditah - [El Futuro #04] Groupies (2013)
Fabienne - Taxi (Preditah Remix)
Route 94 - [Fly 4 Life EP #02] Tell You Why (Original Mix)
Route 94 - [Fly 4 Life EP #01] Fly 4 Life (Original Mix)
Royal-T - [I Know You Want Me EP #01] I Know You Want Me
Shadow Child - 23 (Original Mix)
Javeon - Lovesong (shadow child mix)
Alix Perez - Annie's Song (ft.Sam Wills) (Shadow Child Remix)
Ongaku - [Underground EP #02] Don't Get Close
Royal-T - [I Know You Want Me EP #04] Inside The Ride VIP
AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies (Shift K3Y Remix)
My Nu Leng - The Grid (Alias remix)
Shift K3Y - What We Had
Moony - Oh La La
DJ Haus - [Thug Houz Anthems, Vol. 1 CD1 #04] Feel It [ft. Matrixxman]

LORENZO - gets his own list. This is just a small selection of faves from this year.

https://soundcloud.com/benny-brassic/sets/lorenzo-mixes-benny-brassic

Pete Graham & Chris Lorenzo - Twilight Zone
Pete Graham & Chris Lorenzo - Chu Bah Ka
Pete Graham & Lorenzo - Marina Gasolina (808 Refix)
Riddim Commission - Battle ft Mr Hudson and Newham Generals (Cause & Affect remix)
Cause & Affect - Ironside
Stanton Warriors - Cut Me Up (Cause & Affect Remix)
Hannah Wants & Chris Lorezno - Kneadin'
Pete Graham & Chris Lorenzo - Dorothy's Forest
Pete Graham & Chris Lorenzo - Wom (AKA Dorothy's armpit)
linden jay + ruby wood-break the hold (cause + affect remix) ]
Legitimate Scandal-Fu Gee Laa (or was this 2012?)
Lorenzo, SBS - Shake It (Original Mix)
Pete Graham, Ill Phil & Chris Lorenzo - I Love You So
B dot & Lorenzo- Money cant buy it

DEEP TECH - best leave a comprehensive list to trilliam, but here's just a random few I've been feeling. There are many more. Mark Radford being THE MAN obv

Carnao Beats and Donaeo - Gone in the morning
Arun Verone - This Is It [Dub]
Martin Ikin - I Know (Original Mix)
Lee Edwards & Storm - Take Me Away (feat.Anton Romero)
Playtime Productions - [Heading My Way / How To Love Me #01] Heading My Way feat. Tamara (Original)
Louie Anderson - Deep Down [HQ]
Luke Burr - Inside You (Mark Radford & False Identity Remix)
Storm, Lance Morgan - When the Night Falls [Original Mix]
x5 dubs - Now Move
Louie Anderson - Deep Down
Louie Anderson - Here Kitty Kitty (Original Mix)
Breach - Jack (Louie Anderson Remix)
Myk Ezore Remix Cozzy D - Aphrodite Remix
Playtime Productions - Sicker than Your Average (Original Mix)
Playtime Productions - Inevitable
The Martinez Brothers - H 2 Da Izzo
DJ S.K.T - Popped a Molly

AFROBEATS - my interest has waned and waxed this year

Sneakbo Feat L Marshall - Her Name (produced by Ill Blu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQN_2TuK44Y

#ChingChangWallah - Waray Ent ft Skob, J.O.A.T, Tribal Magz, Vibe Squad & Gizmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KJZXx2vMpA

Stay Jay - Baby Lace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGsSQHz03Qk

Kwaw Kese - Shoelace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCFsNaqm7Ls

Dylla ft. Gasmilla - Shashee Wowo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XC3hgCWujw

5five - Gargantuan body
http://youtu.be/jgCKbfxs2MA

Criss Waddle (R2Bees) - Ayi ft. Bisa Kdei
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm5Pdlt9fPA

Bisa - Azonto Ghost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVlxrPVp_XY

Donae'o Fire (Afro Beat Remix) ft Mista Silva & Fuse ODG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ9e4wMOdcY

R2bees Ft Sarkodie Bayla Trap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02U9mGtsypM

Wizkid - Jaiye Jaiye ft. Femi Kuti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfN84WKrUxQ

MAFIKIZOLO ft Uhuru - KHONA

DAVIDO - SKELEWU

GURU - ALKAYIDA

woops, sorry didn't mean to post all them afrobeats videos

re: the edm lists above. you two guys never cease to surprise me. dare i check them out?

big list!

nice to have some Taiki & Nulight up in here, since i seem to have dropped the ball completely on that one :\

off of my edm list Dyro's "Go Down" is probably the first thing i'd recommend to a skeptic, shit bangs hard

pretty shocked that there's no need u (100%) on the ra list. i thought the track was huge worldwide.

good stuff chaps, bun out di bobbinsman :)

can't speak on mt's edm list yet but for mine i should think jackin and funkystepz ought to have primed ur constitution sufficiently somewhat... i mean as i say I don't rly have a cultural horse in this race so I mostly just like the silly pure mayhem ones i happen to come across on my travels (flute one and the botnek rmx of garrix actually did make me irl lol). maybe start with the chris lake and van doorns and see what state ur in after that

now i mention jackin iirc c&a and hannah wants have both played the gta rmx of bbbs 'clockwork' among the usual ... one of
the most magnificently irritating sounds i've ever heard, a tru pinnacle of human achievement

"Deep Tech", eh? Makes sense, I guess. What's the link between (what was) jackin' and deep tech (if any?).

bun out di bobbinsman :)

actual irl lol

i couldnt do without any of the many faces of shift k3y, and that v much includes his trap trance look

wholeheartedly agree with this btw! it's just that me being me i'm all about the lovers trap of "Money Party"

basically a lot of what Q's been playing

Thanks, some useful track IDs here. (I'm sure I could have found track lists for more of the mixes I've been listening to, but for some reason I've been lazy about it.)

Since I'm basically new to all of this, it was enlightening to hear a Lorenzo mix that included some of the same tracks I was familiar with from DJ Q mixes, but with entirely different results. (Can't say I like Lorenzo much from what I've heard.) Finally some of what I've been reading (mostly here) about DJ mixes seems a lot more real to me.

the botnek rmx of garrix actually did make me irl lol

I investigated this out of curiousity and holy shit this is really something, I did not expect the drop to sound like it did at all and yet it makes perfect sense

re-signed up for spotify to jam the playlist, lots of great stuff. except for indie dance / nu disco, haha.

I was really into the Max Loderbauer album all year (Transparenz), Dozzy plays Bee Mask, and the reissue of Roedelius selbstportrait iii

other than rashad and machinedrum, does anyone have any other recommendations for footwork / drum n bass / dubstep from this year? looking for more 80/160-ish bpm tunes.

i guess i could start listening to hip hop, hyuk

the reverend should post itt ;)

Lil Jabba,Slava and Genotype have done some decent shit this year MattP.

Not to forget RP Boo.

ty

my 2013 singles picks, which do include other footwork and so-inspired tracks (notes from my site update):

1. DJ Rashad - Rollin’ EP
Chicago juke artist DJ Rashad got a lot of attention this year, and for good reason. He’s at the forefront of producers making “footwork“ — think very fast, 808-driven instrumental hip-hop — music made for lovers of bass music, and the stepping ability keep up. This EP on UK label Hyperdub broke Rashad to a wider audience, and also features him flirting with another 2013 trend, jungle/hardcore breakbeats.

2. Archie Pelago - Subway Gothic EP
New York trio Archie Pelago make a kind of elctro-acoustic deep house. It’s dreamy, chill, and goes down perfectly in your earbuds on a long, gray subway ride.

3. Mark Pritchard - Ghosts EP & Lock Off EP
UK bass artist Mark Pritchard has been making dance music for over 20 years in various guises, most recently as part of the juke-influenced group Africa Hi-Tech. These EPs continue in that direction, though with more jungle flavor, and a knack for minimalist sheen. IMO, one of the most consistently interesting producers working.

4. Romare - Love Songs: Part One EP
Romare is a French producer based in London, and makes down-tempo bass music. This EP is a good example of how to apply 808 beats to lounge-y atmospherics (and even a strange cover of Peggy Lee’s “Fever”), and not come off cloyingly.

5. Addison Groove & Sam Binga - BS3 EP
UK bass music producers Addison Groove and Sam Binga have issued lots of music on their own, and in collaboration, the last couple of years, but this pairing features everything that’s great about their sounds: footwork-tempos, driving momentum, sleek synths, perfect vocal samples. Professionalism!

6. Eagles for Hands - Hot Telescopic EP
Self-issued UK house and down-tempo. Pretty under-the-radar as far as this stuff goes, but I played both tracks on this EP more than a lot of other more well-known stuff this year, and would be surprised if he remains unknown for long.

7. Blacksmif - “Kang’s Odyssey” (from the How the Fly Saved the River EP)
Great, jazzy house from UK producer Yemi “Blacksmif” Olagbaiye. Breezy, and perfectly paced for dancin’.

8. Tessela - Hackney Parrot EP
Ace jungle/garage-inspired bass music from UK’s Ed “Tessela” Russell. This was one of the earlier entries in the nu-jungle sweepstakes of 2013, but still one of the best, and most energetic.

9. Lone - Airglow Fires EP
UK’s Lone makes really cool music! This EP is actually pretty chill by his standards, featuring lush synth pads and 90s house/garage beats, but with Lone’s unmistakable bounce. He’s one of those guys who makes me curious about whatever he's doing now.

10. Cid Rim - “Mute City” (from the Mute City EP)
I never heard Cid Rim before this year, but glad I did. The title track from his latest EP is a bouncy, practically grinning take on 808-powered bass music. I wouldn’t even call this “dance” music, but it would make an insanely GREAT old school Nintendo soundtrack.

HONORABLE MENTIONS
11. 813 – “The Whaler”
12. Siriusmo – “Stinky Wig (Anstam’s Bustified Breaks mix)”
13. Kevin McPhee – “Who Loves You”
14. Alizz – Whoa! EP
15. Champion – “Bowser’s Castle”
16. Sun Glitters – “Mouth (Shigeto mix)”
17. Dawn Day Night – “Mister Meanor”
18. Helix – “Linn Jam”
19. Templa – “Fracture”
20. Beau Wanzer – “Balls of Steel”

other than rashad and machinedrum, does anyone have any other recommendations for footwork / drum n bass / dubstep from this year? looking for more 80/160-ish bpm tunes.

yeah, me too

i would second romare and addison/binga

om unit did some good stuff this year

stuff i've loved & been surprised not to see in more lists

new jackson - sat around here waiting
henrik schwarz - take words in return (return version)
bnjmn - hummingbird
alden tyrell & gerd ft. jess allen - luv thang
breach - let's get hot
trumpet & badman - love keeps changing
russ chimes - turn me out
sophie - nothing more to say
toyboy & robin - jaded
i:cube - le bon vieux temps

stuff i've loved & been happy to see in many lists

axel boman - klinsmann
fcl - it's you
mano le tough - primitive people (tale of us remix)
levon vincent - ???
floorplan - never grow old
the mole - lockdown party (dj sprinkles' crossfaderama)
isolée - allowance
paul woolford - untitled
floating points - wires

albums

holden - the inheritors
creep - echoes
maya jane coles - comfort
floorplan - paradise
nils frahm - spaces
peven everett - king of hearts
prurient - through the window
mr beatnick - the synthetes trilogy
darkside - psychic
omar-s - thank you for letting me be myself
ikonika - aerotropolis

although the best dance music for me this year was probably everything in/around black butter and uk house

henrik schwarz's take words in return somehow slipped past me. the carl craig remix is my fav.

robert hood eleven a late entry for my favorite robert hood related track, that shit slays.

err "eleven" the a-side.

black butter stuff i'm hearing on spotify is dope

gotta say "never grow old" on the floorplan album cannot be denied.

Thought it was curious that Reynolds went out of his way to list the Floorplan record under "you fill me with... inertia." Sure, it's got a fair amount of straight retro appeal, but surely no more than Special Request. I certainly didn't see many people hyping Floorplan either...

i've heard "never grow old" out a few times and it def feels anthemic, but the only person who hyped the album to me was lauren martin

just realised the sample in "klinsmann" is from mariah & boyz ii men's "one sweet day" :D

also just read the original RA review of it, how completely clueless

2. Archie Pelago - Subway Gothic EP
New York trio Archie Pelago make a kind of elctro-acoustic deep house. It’s dreamy, chill, and goes down perfectly in your earbuds on a long, gray subway ride.

Liking this stuff. Thanks

Developed a completely unexpected and intense addiction to Nils Frahm's Spaces.

Too many EPs and singles that I liked but couldn't get my hands on the vinyl b/c of lack of money or them going too fast, so it's hard to keep track of them. But here's 2013 stuff that I did buy, including a couple of reissues (do reggae records fit this thread? idk, I've heard them played out so...):

Bass Clef - Stenaline Metranil Solar Flare (Bass Clef Remix / Pev Remix) (Punch Drunk)
Charles Cohen - Dance Of The Spiritcatchers (Morphosis Reworks) (Morphine Records)
Delroy Edwards - White Owl (L.I.E.S.)
DJ Sprinkles - Queerifications & Ruins Vinyl Sampler 1 (Mule Musiq)
DJ Sprinkles - Queerifications & Ruins Vinyl Sampler 2 (Mule Musiq)
The Dynamic Four - Let's Make Love / Version 7” (Faze Four)
Kambo Super Sound / Don Papa - Tung-I Ramen / Done Is One 7” (Sex Tags Amfibia)
Laurel Halo - Behind The Green Door (Hyperdub)
Levantis - Believe (The Trilogy Tapes)
Levon Vincent - Rainstorm II (Novel Sound)
Kassem Mosse - The Siege Of Troy LP (Ominira)
Madteo - Strumpetocracy (Nuearth Kitchen)
_moonraker - Remota Instruere (Great Circles)
Pev & Kowton - Raw Code (Hessle Audio)
Prins Thomas - Bobletekno & Flau Pappadans Versions (Full Pupp)
Rezzett - Rezzett EP (The Trilogy Tapes)
Sheriff Lindo And The Hammer - Ten Dubs That Shook The World LP (EM Records)
Theo Parrish - Dance Of The Medusa (Sound Signature)
Theo Parrish - Overyohead / Dance of the Drunken Drums, Repress (Sound Signature)
Westov Temple - Messiah Drugs (Great Circles)

i just wanna stress how good The Smoke Clears - Listen LP is, its ambient/chill out by John Daly and it's the best thing he's done in a good while, just really deeply satisfying.

haven't really seen anyone talk about it, except it was on good ol' p1pecock's eoy list

Is anyone else enjoying d'Eon's 12" as Kallisti? It's split more or less evenly between more hardcore-sounding tracks ("Coke Priest," "Michael Douglas") and pretty, beatific new-agey stuff ("Dancefloor," "Arc of Fire") and it is wonderful

Xps, it's kind of a mixture of things, one of which is dubstep, but I really liked Ishome's album Confession.

who is that an xpost to?

hahahaha "i'm sorry i've been on mute"

apology accepted!

This Actress stuff is kind of pleasantly monotonous.

Not sure but Shigeto's "Perfect Crime" sounds like it might have an After Dinner sample in it.

I'm really struggling to get my head around the much repped 100% Galcher mix tape. Some pretty listless rapping over uninspired deep house....hmmmm.

or is it uninspired rapping over listless deep house?

well your hatin' inspired me to find out for myself, and i liked it, so there

Not sure but Shigeto's "Perfect Crime" sounds like it might have an After Dinner sample in it.

oh? i don't know After Dinner, but i don't hear anything that sounds sampled in that track.

On succeeding listens this seemed more doubtful to me, because the snippet of music I was focused on continued in a way I don't remember it. After Dinner was a Japanese art rock sort of outfit. For example (I'm not sure this is the track I had in mind).

Or avant-pop. Etc.

I haven't been following new music enough lately- could any of you recommend your favorites this year in the vein of (any of these) Isolee, Actress, Stott, Holden, Hecker, Emeralds? Those are just some artists I've been binge listening to lately.

Stott
http://1080pcollection.bandcamp.com/album/tulpa

huerco s dude

also check out stellar om source

Thanks! Will report back tomorrow.

Loved all 3 recommendations! Thanks again.

This may be my most clueless post (hopefully) but what does this make me- a house/experimental fan?

makes you a n00b

That too, for sure.

I'm really struggling to get my head around the much repped 100% Galcher mix tape. Some pretty listless rapping over uninspired deep house....hmmmm.

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yeah i did not feel it at all, myself

i would love to see some kind of hype flowchart on that one. i remember seeing white material ("what, like beautiful drapes?") mentioned on the bobbins thread in october and then suddenly it was fucking everywhere, everyone riffing on "working man's techno" (rmde).

Slow Life

#2

The Gardland album is really good and I would recommend it for Evan.

Noted! I'll listen to that too! Thank you.

marco nega on batti batti

Anthony Naples - Faceless could have been such a good track if he'd let it breathe and didnt fuck about with it