Sadly no space for Amtrac, Annie, Floating Points, Fred Again..., Confidence Man, nor the Honey Dijon remix of Tiga & Hudson Mohawke's Feel the Rush - presumably the #Top30of30 will be easier.
But let's end on a high. Pure joy. The kids are all right.
Sadly no space for Amtrac, Annie, Floating Points, Fred Again..., Confidence Man, nor the Honey Dijon remix of Tiga & Hudson Mohawke's Feel the Rush - presumably the #Top30of30 will be easier.
But let's end on a high. Pure joy. The kids are all right.
Shaking things up with another one you've heard before. Fine album, from which this was my favourite for a long time.
Fontaines D.C. - Here's the Thing
Shaking things up with another one you've heard before. Fine album, from which this was my favourite for a long time.
Fontaines D.C. - Here's the Thing
Another one that ended up on this year’s Total:
Gui Boratto & Darren Emerson - The Shell
Another one that ended up on this year’s Total:
Gui Boratto & Darren Emerson - The Shell
Woke up with this in my head this morning. It was meant to be.
Caribou - Broke My Heart
Woke up with this in my head this morning. It was meant to be.
Caribou - Broke My Heart
Four Tet - Daydream Repeat
More fuzzy warm (and tinkly!) dance textures. And of course that WHOOOOM
Four Tet - Daydream Repeat
More fuzzy warm (and tinkly!) dance textures. And of course that WHOOOOM
From what is quite possibly my favourite album of the year:
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
From what is quite possibly my favourite album of the year:
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
Vegyn - Makeshift Tourniquet
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions is a top 10 album of the year for me - it mostly trades in lush, downtempo chillout stuff, but this is the one banger.
Vegyn - Makeshift Tourniquet
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions is a top 10 album of the year for me - it mostly trades in lush, downtempo chillout stuff, but this is the one banger.
Here's another one you've heard before. Shitty, pretty, wild - you're giving me:
Jamie xx feat. Robyn - Life
Here's another one you've heard before. Shitty, pretty, wild - you're giving me:
Jamie xx feat. Robyn - Life
More big warm fuzzy feelings dance music because that is my life now. 💙
Christian Löffler feat. Mogli - Portals
More big warm fuzzy feelings dance music because that is my life now. 💙
Christian Löffler feat. Mogli - Portals
Here's one you've heard before. And yes I am a 52-year-old man who was literally moved to tears when he first heard it and also last week when he heard it for the umpteenth time (while on a commuter train!). So confusing indeed.
Charli XCX feat. Lorde - Girl, So Confusing
Here's one you've heard before. And yes I am a 52-year-old man who was literally moved to tears when he first heard it and also last week when he heard it for the umpteenth time (while on a commuter train!). So confusing indeed.
Charli XCX feat. Lorde - Girl, So Confusing
Omar S., AF13, Desire & Mitchell Yoshida - White Horses
>>Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce the hi-hat<<
Omar S., AF13, Desire & Mitchell Yoshida - White Horses
>>Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce the hi-hat<<
"Identify with the crackpots, identify with the have-nots"
Plus an identical rhyme to rival the Beasties' "commercial/commercial"
Metronomy x Pan Amsterdam - Nice Town
"Identify with the crackpots, identify with the have-nots"
Plus an identical rhyme to rival the Beasties' "commercial/commercial"
Metronomy x Pan Amsterdam - Nice Town
And here's the only track to actually feature some Dutch - Luke Slater's tribute to an Eindhoven manic street preacher.
L.B. Dub Corp - Only The Good Times
Musically, it complements Day 7's Burial track as a much more rose-tinted look back at a dance music golden age.
And here's the only track to actually feature some Dutch - Luke Slater's tribute to an Eindhoven manic street preacher.
L.B. Dub Corp - Only The Good Times
Musically, it complements Day 7's Burial track as a much more rose-tinted look back at a dance music golden age.
Burial - Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above
In many ways the "biggest" track(s) in the list, certainly the longest, and quite possibly my favourite. It's a 90s rave throwback thing, Jim, but not as we know it. A trip!
Burial - Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above
In many ways the "biggest" track(s) in the list, certainly the longest, and quite possibly my favourite. It's a 90s rave throwback thing, Jim, but not as we know it. A trip!
Tourist - Valentine
If my list looks pretty diverse so far, fear not: the bulk is still pale English men (and the occasional Welsh woman) fiddling around with electronics in their home studios.
Tourist - Valentine
If my list looks pretty diverse so far, fear not: the bulk is still pale English men (and the occasional Welsh woman) fiddling around with electronics in their home studios.
Anish Kumar- Everything Blooms Around Her
My favourite track of the year at the midway point - at least that's what I told @tomewing.bsky.social when he asked for suggestions, though I note it didn't make his Bluesky suggestions playlist, ahem. Anyway:
Anish Kumar- Everything Blooms Around Her
My favourite track of the year at the midway point - at least that's what I told @tomewing.bsky.social when he asked for suggestions, though I note it didn't make his Bluesky suggestions playlist, ahem. Anyway:
Velocity Made Good - A Craft Like This
Here's the obligatory Dutch selection. A duo, one electronic wizard and a live drummer producing some kind of chemical beats (and hiding behind a wall of smoke when I first saw them, supporting Mandy, Indiana in Utrecht)
Velocity Made Good - A Craft Like This
Here's the obligatory Dutch selection. A duo, one electronic wizard and a live drummer producing some kind of chemical beats (and hiding behind a wall of smoke when I first saw them, supporting Mandy, Indiana in Utrecht)
Daniel Avery - Wonderland/Running
There may be a few of his mates further down the list as well.
Daniel Avery - Wonderland/Running
There may be a few of his mates further down the list as well.
Day 1: Dar Disku - Galbi
Day 1: Dar Disku - Galbi
"Woof" Sofi Tukker
Let's wrap this up with something fun & goofy; the chorus makes me laugh in a good way
"Woof" Sofi Tukker
Let's wrap this up with something fun & goofy; the chorus makes me laugh in a good way