Saturday, January 25, 2014

My Top 10

Okay, I suppose I'll take a crack at this. I'm just going to do top 10 tracks of the year rather than albums, since apparently I'm too ADD to listen to full albums anymore, and there just haven't been that many full-lengths to get me too excited of late. So in no particular order:




1. Nautiluss - Zero Gravity

No frills 4/4 business that is just lovely. The Habitat EP from 2012 is also worth a look.

2. Benjamin Damage - Delerium Tremens

Pretty German-sounding for a Welshman. Fittingly named after a beer that will get you off your face directly.

3. Lil Silva - Mask

Not sure how to classify this, but it knocks hard.

4. Future Brown and Tink - Wanna Party

Bells, hihats, and handclaps. Purple drink and blunts.

5. Visionist - Escape

Grime got real weird in 2012/13. With most of the interesting stuff being instrumental and guys like Logos, Wen, Pev & Kowton putting out stuff that is super spacey, and sometimes so sparse and stripped down that it almost sounds unfinished. This track is a little meatier than most of that stuff though, with a nice vocal sample workout and some classic, weighty square wave grime bass.

Bonus Track:

6. Clouds - Future 1

Full-on 90's rave/breakbeat hardcore that doesn't sound throwback/nostalgic/ironic/whatever.

7. Randomer - Ruffa


Another one on Turbo. Dead simple track, but hard as fuck.

8. Missingno - XE2


This whole track is one big build-up with the full beat not even coming in til the last drop. Proving that you can never go wrong with pitched-up R. Kelly samples.

9. Machinedrum - Gunshotta


This might be the best Machinedrum track, period. I'm pretty pumped that there are interesting things happening north of 140 BPM again.

Bonus: Check the dubbed-out live version right at the beginning


Double-Bonus: This is from 2012, but the Three 6 Mafia remix pulled from the J.E.T.S. mix is just ridiculous. R.I.P. Lord Infamous

10. FKA Twigs - Papi Pacify


Video possibly NSFW. If you need to put the sex on someone real proficiently, this song will help you with that.

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