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Favourites/Best/Worst,etc of 2011
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05-12-2011 11:29pmSeen as it's now December interested to hear peoples opinions,etc about this year in dance music, quiet enough one for me clubbing wise but i still like to try keep up to date with new stuff being released and any news,etc.
Here is mine anyway.......
Tune of the year
There has been a lot of good tunage this year maybe not as good as previous years but still some impressive tunage, hard to pick out just one but ill go with this cracker.
DJ Mix album of the year
Again a hard one but this is a superb mix, quality house
DJ of the year
DJ Spen is the unsung hero of house music, absolute quality
http://djspen.com/news/
Label of the year
I'm tempted to go for Defected as they consistently deliver the goods, however ill go for the quality Soluble Recordings a small independent deep/soulful label,every single release of theirs has been quality.
http://www.solublerecordings.com/
Remix of the year
No contest with this one,soon as i heard it i loved it, the original is an all time classic and Chocolate Puma have not butchered it and stayed true to the original tune.
Best night of the year
I haven't been to many night this year but the few i have been to have been quality but ill go back to January - CJ Bolland and Frank De Wulf in the Button Factory was a savage night the best old skool night in a long time in Dublin.
Muppet of the year
No contest really,tragic....
Overall best moment of the year
The return of the legendary MK, of the greatest producers and remixers in the history of House music.
http://www.defected.com/store/details/Various/Defected+presents+House+Masters+-+MK/2309/3485
That's all i can think off feel free to add in your own.:)2
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Savage year for me so many memories, pre parties, after parties everything was deadly don't think I had a bad night out all year.
Best Gigs
Ben Klock @ TP
Ostgut Ton @ Toko, Amsterdam
Boddika @ TP
Julio Bashmore @ Trouw, Amsterdam
Cosmin TRG @ TP
3 day bender after Pan-Pot even though the gig was useless.
I could go on and on to be honest, what a year...
Favourite Tunes
Just class
Dropping this in Alexs
Hearing this played by Ben Sims and Tommy Four Seven
This being dropped by Boddika during his boileroom set and in TP
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Got to visit a load of new venues this year too, Berghain, Toko MC and Trouw stand out but you can't beat the Twisted Pepper on a good night.0
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I would love to see either half of Instra:mental.. Unless they come to Limerick it prob won't be possible for the foreseeable future though..0
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Boddika was class on Saturday, well worth a trip up to Dublin when he comes back.0
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Best Labels
Swamp81, Hotflush, 4AD, 3024, Clone
Best Gigs- Joy Orbison @ The Twisted Pepper in March
- Four Tet (live) @ BLOC
- Laurent Garnier (LBS) @ BLOC
- Maya Jane Coles & Scuba @ Berghain
- Julio Bashmore @ The Twisted Pepper in August
- David Rodigan @ The Twisted Pepper in October
- Joy Orbison @ The Bernard Shaw in November
Best Releases
Way too much...- Joy O - Wade In/Jels
- Instra:mental – Thomp / When I Dip
- Burial – Street Halo
- Floorplan – Sanctified EP
- Arkist – Rendezvous / Fill Your Coffee
- Objekt #1
- Objekt #2
- Untold – Little Things Like That
- Lando Kal – Further/Time Out
- Hotflush – Back And 4th
- Hessle - 116 and Rising
- Joy O & Boddika - Swims/Froth
- The Weeknd - House of Balloons
- Rustie - Glass Swords
- Hudson Mohawke - Satin Panthers EP
Probably loads that I'm forgetting about, Peverlist, Pangaea, Floating Points, Julio Bashmore...0 -
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Best Gig:
Planetary Assault Systems @ The Button Factory
Havent been really able to make it out to many gigs this year due to health issues but this was definitely the best one by a mile.
Best Tracks:
The latter half of this year has seen me rediscover techno in a big way and make me wonder why i even bothered listening to house music in the first place.
Some notable tracks
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Gig of the year for me was Luke Slater in the Twisted Pepper. First time going to a techno night without chemical assistance and I'd a fckin ball. Slater wrecked it and I didn't leave the dancefloor all night and was dripping sweat by the end. Really surprised how much I enjoyed it having just had a few pints beforehand and a couple of sneaky bowls outside. Never thought techno and weed would be a good combo but there you go. Honourable mentions to Hardfloor at the Vaults, P.A.S. at the Button Factory and Garnier (L.B.S.) at Tripod.0
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Gig of the year for me was Shed in TP. I thought he was savage - I don't think I moved from my spot on the dancefloor al night. Proper ear boner stuff!
It's hard to pick favourite tracks or records because it changes all the time tbh. But here's a few that I keep on coming back to over and over and over again.........
These lads are from Dublin and the whole EP is absolute quality. http://www.discogs.com/Slowburn-Constant-Progression-EP/release/2826293 Hard to pick a favourite
http://www.discogs.com/Dexter-Great-Northern-Diver/release/3091826
http://www.discogs.com/Jazz-Neversleeps-Take-Care-Of-You-Diepgank/release/2957183
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Its-All-In-The-Mind/release/3135349
And finally, http://www.discogs.com/Move-D-Workshop-13/release/2960799
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Don't think I've been out anywhere so no clubbing nights to mention :pac:
Albums aplenty however... and 2011 didn't fail to deliver good music!
I'm going to lash up an album at a time in no particular order...
Nicolas Jaar - Space is the Only Noise
http://www.discogs.com/Nicolas-Jaar-Space-Is-Only-Noise/master/305947
Too Many Kids Finding Rain In The Dust
Keep Me ThereEven those peripherally interested in dance music have probably noted the meteoric rise of Nicolas Jaar. The Chilean-born New Yorker debuted at just 17 with the expansive, cellar dweller house of his debut, the Student EP, in 2008 on New York's esteemed Wolf & Lamb. Following his Marks and Angles EP on Circus Company and a contribution to the label's celebratory Snuggle & Slap compilation, Jaar returned early last year to his original home with the slow astral grooves of A Time for Us along with a series of singles on his own slightly-skewed label, Clown & Sunset. As his music continued to both fuse and restructure traditional house, downtempo, jazz touchstones, his increasingly popular live sets mirrored the warmth and patience of his own productions, often sticking with warm-up BPMs for long portions of his sets (or damn near the entire runtime).
All of which leads up to Space Is Only Noise, his heartily anticipated debut album on the lovably weird sonic melting pot, Circus Company. And, frankly, the label's the perfect home for a record of Jaar's recombined dance tempos and textures. Much like James Blake—which Space is likely to be coupled with in the coming weeks for their different approaches to vocally oriented electronic music—there's a fascination with space and near-silence. Jaar uses his own voice, for the most part, more as texture than as center. Much of Space's charm lies in how suffused they are with moments of hush. In fact, so calm and comforting is Jaar's debut that the album at times almost resembles a bizarre downtempo DJ set of his own material (to which precisely nobody would be dancing). Melding Parisian jazz, Warp-style IDM, slo-mo house, classical, musique concrete and hip-hop, Jaar somehow never feels like he's trying on too many hats; the seams of his restitching just don't show.
For an album so clearly concerned with cohesion and a sustained narrative, it seems almost foolish to try to tease apart highlights. Space is, first and foremost, a full-length statement, and one of the best you're likely to hear all year. Remove any of its tracks, resequence any portion, and it would feel like a film poorly recut by the studio. Bookended by the mournful sample-and-piano crawl of "Etre"s, there's the bluesy vocal glide and soft Rhodes of "Colomb," or the waltzing guitar and slow grinding bass of "Too Many Kids Finding Rain in the Dust." With its basso vocal repetitions and stumbling rhythm, "Keep Me There" sounds a lot like labelmates Nôze, while Jaar anchors the drunken house of "I Got A" around a famed Ray Charles vocal, reveling in the use of such a "big" piece of history.
The title track, on the other hand, is echo-chamber soul music, Jaar's voice making its way carefully over its gentle, clicking rhythms and electronic glare. "Almost Fell" finds Jaar in brokedown effected-falsetto against sparse Rhodes coloring—the record's most refined moment arguably, and its saddest—only to lead into one of its more celebratory outings, the buoyant sample-cut funk of "Balance Her in Between Your Eyes." It's a pairing that resembles the slow emotional slide of life itself, this barely noted rise from deep blues to dancing days. It's also a good example of just how reflective and journey-based Jaar's debut feels. Space Is Only Noise is as appropriate for ten on a Sunday morning as it for the bleary ends of 3 AM, an on-the-nod effort that still feels redemptive and invigorating. You can play it whenever, which is good because you're going to want to play it a lot.
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2nd entry is actually a reissue but feck it. The Lego Feet EP 'Lego Feet' which was early Autechre was originally released in 1991 and has been pretty rare since then. I picked up the CD this week and cannot stop playing it - it has quite a typical early 90s feel but you can also hear Autechre in there - the early signs of what was to come, much more experimental than anything of a similar ilk at the time. My only problem is now that I've got the CD, I'd really love a copy of the mega expensive original vinyl release!
Anyway...
http://www.discogs.com/Lego-Feet-SKA001CD/master/388349
Some boomkat hype...20 years after its original vinyl release, the self-titled EP by Lego Feet - aka Autechre's Sean Booth and Rob Brown - finally lands on CD, with substantial extras, clocking in at a total of 70 minutes. The first ever release on Skam Records, for many this really is the holy grail of British electronica: pre-dating even the first official Autechre 12", 'Cavity Job'. Issued in limited quantities in '91, the vinyl has never been re-pressed and remains incredibly rare - there's currently an original copy listed on Discogs for £300. Save for a couple of short segments appearing on Skam compilations, none of the music has been available on any other format - until now. It almost goes without saying that it's ace, with a shape-shifting sound that looks forward to the serotonin-depleted post-electro of Incunabula (one passage sounds like a sketch for 'Basscadet'), and even beyond that. It's hard to refer to specific parts, so all we can do is to advise you to look out for: instant classic basslines for messed-up B-boys, industrial techno breakbeats that BMB/Surgeon would be proud of, synth melodies the equal of anything by Richard D. James, intense 303 acid burn-ups, hardcore drum choppage and a genuine sense of Detroit machine-soul being reconfigured for the North of England. All in all, it's Booth and Brown's most dancefloor-friendly release ever, its roots in acid house and rave culture explicit; at the same time it hints at the abstraction and future-rushing idiosyncrasy that would quickly become Autechre's signature. Coupled with the EP anthology compiled by Warp, Lego Feet caps what has been a bountiful year for Ae nuts, and one which has left us in no doubt - as if there ever was any - of the duo's eternal and undisputable badman status. Essential.
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Only stumbled across this one today but having listened to a few tracks on youtube I have since bought a copy on bleep - it was listed in their top 10 albums of the year and I can certainly see why, unreal... definitely reminds me of the industrial dark sound of Pan Sonic but more accessible. Great also that you get an instant download from bleep when you order on vinyl or cd... loving that, wish more would offer it.
Byetone - SyMeta
Topas
TelegrammAs soon as we heard the opening track of SyMeta we were sold, after waiting three years since the excellent 'Death of a Typographer', raster-noton's label boss Olaf Bender presents us with another incredible album. Starting with 'Topas' and 'Telegramm' which can be heard as one single piece, we are confronted with punched out punctuation that drives us forward towards oblivion, with crunching beats and distorted chords it gradually builds towards a funked up dancefloor groove. Each track takes an exploration through the elements of early minimal techno, drones of industrial noise and the dread of doom metal, with references to early Sahko, Pan Sonic as well as the recent Emptyset and Cloaks. With its hypnotic repetition and layered textures, it has the atmosphere more of a live jam than of normal Raster-Noton dissection, a perfect meeting between precision and chance. Like Mika Vainio speeding down the autobahn, blaring minimal techno out the window, it is a force to be reckoned with. An absolutely essential release.
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Best release(s) of the year are no doubt Versalife's Night Time Activities on Clone West Coast -
Just the right combination of electro, techno and ambient - maybe not totally suited to the dancefloor but as pieces of work they are a class apart.
Tales of the Unexpected - From Pt1
Unclear Matter - From Pt2
Part 3 is due out anytime now !!
Album wise it has to be Legowelt - The TEAC Life and it was Free!
Forest Conditioner
Metro Airport
Best label - Haven't bought more than two releases of any one label all year but the Delsin gear rarely disappoints
Mike Dehnert - Palindrom
and Deeply Rooted deserves a mention too
Marcellus - Sulphuric
Also really liking the constant stream of releases from Basic Soul Unit over the last 12 months
Basic Soul Unit - Flying Through The Fog
Don't do the clubbing buzz anymore really so no opinions there - although I am defo going to make Mike Huckaby in The Pepper in January!!
This tune made me smile my ass off today cause some records I thought got lost in the post arrived a week and a half later ! Plus I'm finished my exams tomorrow and looking forward to a good few pints with the mates - roll on 2012
Morphology - Spacetime Interval
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Off the top of my head
Favourite Singles for me:
George Fitzgerald - Silhouette/Reset
Arkist - Rendevous/Fill Your Coffee
Lando Kal - Further/Time Out
Four Tet - Pyramid
Favourite Remixes:
Albums of the Year:
Cosmin TRG - Simulat
Legowelt - The Teac Life:
Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
Favourite Compilation:
Hotflush - Back & 4th
Biggest dickhead:
Richie Hawtin for his wimpy 'OMG, look at that dude carrying records. Is it 1994?!?!' facebook photo.
Best night out:
Haven't been out much tbh but either of the two nights I was out with the crew I got to know from here, for Shed and Joy O, rank as top nights out.0 -
Still figuring out what's what in this game but here's a few of my favourites from 2011...
Went to see Roman Flügel in Kennedy's and Kode9 in Twisted Pepper, both shows blew my little mind0 -
Both of the Andy Stott EPs this year were incredible.
Actually I'm just going to list off what I've loved this year... no youtube though or anything, just a plain old list :eek: A mixture of everything from ambient to techno and in no particular order... there has been a lot actually, 2011 delivered in terms of great and diverse music.
Albums
Biosphere - N-Plants
http://www.discogs.com/Biosphere-N-Plants/release/2859491
Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise
http://www.discogs.com/Nicolas-Jaar-Space-Is-Only-Noise/master/305947
Dadavistic Orchestra - Dokument .02
http://www.discogs.com/Dadavistic-Orchestra-Dokument-02/master/351050
Byetone - Symeta
http://www.discogs.com/Byetone-Symeta/master/391269
Blanck Mass - Blanck Mass
http://www.discogs.com/Blanck-Mass-Blanck-Mass/master/356151
Roly Porter - Aftertime
http://www.discogs.com/Roly-Porter-Aftertime/master/372286
2562 - Fever
http://www.discogs.com/2562-Fever/master/325634
Patten – GLAQJO XAACSSO
http://www.discogs.com/patten-GLAQJO-XAACSSO/release/3197857
Andy Stott - Passed Me By [technically not albums but anyway...]
http://www.discogs.com/Andy-Stott-Passed-Me-By/master/338786
Andy Stott - We Stay Together [as above, both fcking unreal!]
http://www.discogs.com/Andy-Stott-We-Stay-Together/master/373491
Planetary Assault Systems - The Messenger
http://www.discogs.com/Planetary-Assault-Systems-The-Messenger/master/378245
Hauschka – Salon Des Amateurs
http://www.discogs.com/Hauschka-Salon-Des-Amateurs/master/326453
Peaking Lights - 936
http://www.discogs.com/Peaking-Lights-936/master/314893
John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
http://www.discogs.com/John-Maus-We-Must-Become-The-Pitiless-Censors-Of-Ourselves/master/345681
Lucy - Wordplay For Working Bees
http://www.discogs.com/Lucy-Wordplay-For-Working-Bees/release/2751651
Instra:mental – Resolution 653
http://www.discogs.com/Instramental-Resolution653/release/2813659
Reissues / Boxsets / Collections etc
Lego Feet - Lego Feet [this is really stunning, definitely a highlight of the year for me - unbelievably ahead of its time]
http://www.discogs.com/Lego-Feet-SKA001CD/master/388349
Dntel - Life is Full of Possibilities [love this album, can't believe I've only got it now considering it came out ten years ago]
http://www.discogs.com/Dntel-Life-Is-Full-Of-Possibilities/master/28396
Drexciya - Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller
http://www.discogs.com/Drexciya-Journey-Of-The-Deep-Sea-Dweller-I/master/392503
John Beltran - Ambient Selections 1995 - 2011
http://www.discogs.com/John-Beltran-Ambient-Selections-1995-2011/master/347181
Autechre - EPs 1991 - 2002
http://www.discogs.com/Autechre-EPs-1991-2002/master/311026
Demdike Stare – Tryptych
http://www.discogs.com/Demdike-Stare-Tryptych/master/335310
I'm sure I've missed some but the above pretty much sums up what I've enjoyed in 2011.0 -
Scubadevils wrote: »Autechre - EPs 1991 - 2002
http://www.discogs.com/Autechre-EPs-1991-2002/master/311026
Ooh I got that this year too, amazing stuff! Who else can make a track like Drane and then not save it for an album?? :pac:0 -
just a few random favourites that i can think of from the past year..
Desolate - The Invisible Insurrection
Yoko Duo - Behaving Like a Widower
Fjord & Brio - Ellem
Kangding Ray - OR
Alva Noto - Univrs
SpejderRobot - Lad Tvivlen Komme Ham Til Gode
wAgAwAgA - Hyper Typewriter
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just a few random favourites that i can think of from the past year..
Desolate - The Invisible Insurrection
Yoko Duo - Behaving Like a Widower
Fjord & Brio - Ellem
Kangding Ray - OR
Alva Noto - Univrs
SpejderRobot - Lad Tvivlen Komme Ham Til Gode
wAgAwAgA - Hyper Typewriter
Vladislav Delay - Vantaa
Finally picked this one up today - incredible, nothing like other stuff I've heard by him, definitely an album of the year!
Whats the new Vladislav Delay album like? Was going to get that too today but held off...0 -
love his work.. and all the collaborations in between.. id say you might enjoy his collab with Ryuichi Sakamoto as well - Summvs.. bit classical, bit low key and glitchy.. but hey, you either love it or hate it
hmmm.. as far as Vladislav goes.. its definitely slow burning for sure.. which is quite easy to overlook these days when youve got so much music at your fingertips.. i really enjoyed it though. heres a snip..
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