End of Year Favourites

So 2009 is almost done, 2010 is almost here, so I'm going to look back at some of my favourite tracks over the course of the year that I haven't already posted up here. I'm pretty sure not all of them were released this year, but most of them are relatively new and all of them definitely need to be listened to, all day/every day. The categorization is pretty arbitrary but more or less accurate, check these tunes out.

Best of Minimal/ Melodic/ Deep House

Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (Sascha Funke Remix)

Michel Cleis feat. Toto La Mompesina - La Mezcla (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)

Robert Babicz - Sin (Gui Boratto Mix)

Mujuice - Moonboy

Booka Shade - Outskirts (Trentemoller Mix)

Claude Von Stroke - Vocal Chords

Mat Zo - Synapse Dynamics

The Field - Yesterday & Today


Best of Electro/ House/ Dance

Daft Punk - Technologic (Vitalic Remix)

Veerus & Maxie Devine - Mouses Ate My Proteins

Empire of The Sun - Walking on A Dream (Johan Baath Edit)

Alex Gopher - Handguns (Dada Life Mix)

Chuckie & Silvio Ecomo - Moombah (Afrojack Mix)

Miles Dyson - Track from Hell (Electrixx Remix)

Ian Carey Project - Get Shaky (Vandalism Mix)

Bob Sinclar - New New New (Avicii Remix)


Best of the Rest (Chill/Experimental/Indie/ everything else)

Florence & the Machine - You Got the Love (The XX remix)

Chakra - Home (Solar Stone Remix)

jj - Ecstasy

Floating Points - Vacuum Boogie

Joker - Digidesign

Post Post - Sober

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll

Kid Cudi (feat. MGMT & Ratatat) - Pursuit of Happiness

There are many many more tracks that I discovered/loved in 2009 but that should be good for now, enjoy and happy holidays, party into 2010.

Zeroooo Seveenn!

One band that everyone needs to have on their chill playlist (and one that I was lucky enough to see this week) is British dub geniuses Zero 7. Here are some tunes you need to listen to -

Zero 7 - Destiny

Zero 7 - Somersault 

Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line (Dorfmeister remix)


Roots Manuva - Witness Dub (Produced by Zero 7)

Plus some more great minimal/cool beats that I've come across over the course of the week

Heartthrob - Baby Kate (Sascha Funke Mix)

Pantha du Prince - Saturn Strobe

Apparat & Ellen Allien - Do Not Break

Etienne de Crecy - Welcome

Some Essentials

Some amazing beats that need to be on every set list, including some great stuff from the Deadmau5 show last week...

Loco Dice - Carthago

Sascha Funke - Mango

Deadmau5 - To Play Us Out


Deadmau5 - You Need a Ladder

Loco Dice - Breakfast at Nina's (Onur Ozer RMX)

Deadmau5 - Everything Before

Late Night Alumni - Another Chance (Kaskade Homage to Roger Dub)

Calvin Harris - Merrymaking at my Place (Deadmau5 Mix)

Cygnus X - The Orange Theme (Deadmau5 Edit)

Paul Kalkbrenner -  Sky & Sand (Berlin Calling Edit)

Kalkbrenner and his brother Fritz composed a minimal soundtrack for the new film Berlin Calling, which should definitely be checked out...

And of course I was greatly impressed by the Mau5's opening act, Burns, whose mixes are something worth looking out for -

Passion Pit - The Reeling (Burns Remix)

Burns - Turbo (Jokers of the Scene Rmx)

Frankmusik - 3 Little Words (Burns Back to 96 Remix)

That's all for now. Peace...

Cool New Tracks

Some very nice tunes I found recently -

Designer Drugs - Back Up in This (Cold Blank Mix)

Scratch Perverts - Stand By

Noob & Brodinski - Peanuts Club (Beataucue Remix)

And one of my favourite new artists - Disco house's latest prodigy Louis La Roche - who I think is set to revolutionize and publicize disco/funky/french touch house like no other...

Louis LaRoche - Love 

Louis LaRoche - Me & Her

Michael Jackson - Thriller (Louis La Roche Mix)

Phonat - Set Me Free (Louis La Roche Remix) 

New Tunes

Some really cool new tunes I found, definitely worth checking out. I saw Pretty Lights recently and it was a really good show, definitely one of the few electronic artists out there who has a clear and distinctive new sound. His other stuff is definitely worth checking out as well. The single by Monarchy has been stuck in my head for a few days, and while I was unimpressed by what little I had heard of Fuck Buttons until recently, this track completely turned me. Enjoy.

Monarchy - Gold in the Fire

 Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar

The Herbaliser - Goldrush

Pretty Lights - Sunday School

Bye.

Nouveaubeats

Some awesome tracks I found, perfect to post before bed. Lots of electro and minimal and a little bit of dubstep and fidget thrown in as well.

Nouveaubeats - Looz (Rockdown Superstars Mix)

Wolfgang Gartner - Wolfgang's 5th Symphony

Lazy Rich - Take Control (Original Mix)

Miles Dyson - Minimal My Ass (Flutuance Remix)

Neuroxyde, David Jones & Andy T - Balkanika (Dub Mix)

Ragga Twins - Spliffhead (Ramadanman Refix)

Trolley Snatcha - The Future

Toxic Avenger - Superheroes (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Mix)

TEPR - 8 Bits Love

Dimitri from Paris - Toujours L'Amore

Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth

Bart B More & Oliver Twizt - Finally (Bart B More Mix)

Little Boots - Stuck On You (Fake Blood Remix)

Party Tunes for Saturday

Its Saturday, so here are some beats for dancing the weekend away...

Justice - DVNO (LA Riots Remix)
Justice need no introduction, but LA Riots have been catching my ear for a while and this remix is no different.

Major Lazer - Pon de Floor (Laidback Luke Mix)
Great track, better remix. Laidback Luke has some other great mixes too, definitely someone I'd like to see.

Burns - First Move (Fred Falke Mix)
Fred Falke is yet another German who knows his shit as far as it comes to making great mixes (like this Pryda one). Don't know too much about Burns but I like what I've heard and he is touring North America as Deadmau5's opening act this fall.

Also worth checking out -
Sharooz  - Adrenalize
Boys Noize - Jeffer (Para One Remix)

Good Indie

I have come across some good indie bands in the past few days - here are links to a few songs worth checking out.

Phoenix - 1901
You've probably heard the hype around French rockers Phoenix, and its not without cause. Reminds me a little bit of the Strokes, good new music.

Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer
Another very new and cool band out of Brooklyn - this song is very catchy and judging by what I have heard/seen, I think they will get big pretty soon.

Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This
Not very new, but very indie and I just came across them. A little bit hypnotic - like listening to someone dream.

Ninja Tune!

Isn't that a great word for a music genre?

Ninja tune, which lies somewhere between trip-hop and acid jazz, is the moniker that UK DJ Mr. Scruff uses to describe his music - which is, by the way, brilliant.



That video says it all, and pretty much everything by him is super chill - good beats and cool videos. Here's links to a few of my favorites -

>Mr. Scruff - Come On Grandad
Mr. Scruff & Quantic - It's Dancing Time
Mr. Scruff -Jazz Potato
Mr. Scruff - Chicken in a Box

According to his Last FM, Mr. Scruff is known for playing marathon sets (often exceeding six hours), his eclectic musical taste, his love of a “nice cup of tea” and the quirky home-produced visuals and animations that are projected on large screens during his gigs. Enough said, what a legend.

Introduction?

Too much bad music out there (the world at large). Too much good music in here (my head). Time to change that. Here's five tunes you should check out to start things off - kind of a preview for the kind of stuff I will probably be posting here.

Junkie XL & Sasha - Breezer
Junkie XL = Legend. Sasha = Another legend. You can put two and two together. Great track, infectious without being too hard or heavy. Not that there's anything wrong with hard & heavy.

Sharooz - Get Off
Like I said, nothing wrong with hard & heavy, as Sharooz proves on this track.  It's hard to get this beat out of your head, this guy is going to be huge. Also check out the Miles Dyson remix for a brilliant minimal version of the song.

A.Skillz & Krafty Kuts - Ain't It Funky
Great tune that grows on you, the title says it all.

The Whip - Divebomb (Crystal Castles Remix)
The Whip have exploded in a big way since I saw them last year - definitely one of my favourite new indie/electronic acts. Crystal Castles have done a great job as usual on this mix, and I still can't decide whether I like it better than the original (which, by the way, has an awesome video).

Parov Stelar - Lost in Amsterdam
Didn't know too much about this guy until I stumbled upon some stuff a few weeks ago, but I've been hooked since. Very chill, very downtempo, and interesting fusion of a lot of different styles - definitely worth checking out.