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#Top24of24 Day 24

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.
December 24, 2024 at 12:42 PM
#Top24of24 Day 23

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
December 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM
#Top24of24 Day 22

Another one that ended up on this year’s Total:

Gui Boratto & Darren Emerson - The Shell
December 22, 2024 at 2:16 PM
#Top24of24 Day 21

A good year to include some music from Lebanon 🇱🇧

Snakeskin - Bodies
December 21, 2024 at 12:25 PM
#Top24of24 Day 20

Woke up with this in my head this morning. It was meant to be.

Caribou - Broke My Heart
December 20, 2024 at 4:15 PM
#Top24of24 Day 19

Speaking of dogs...

Rex The Dog - Laika
December 19, 2024 at 2:06 PM
#Top24of24 Day 18

Mall Grab & Real Lies - Ripples in the Timeline

9/10, needs more golden retrievers.
December 18, 2024 at 2:29 PM
#Top24of24 Day 17

Four Tet - Daydream Repeat

More fuzzy warm (and tinkly!) dance textures. And of course that WHOOOOM
December 17, 2024 at 4:39 PM
#Top24of24 Day 16

From what is quite possibly my favourite album of the year:

Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
December 16, 2024 at 2:49 PM
#Top24of24 Day 15

A.G. Cook - Soulbreaker

Britpop will never die.
December 15, 2024 at 4:51 PM
#Top24of24 Day 14

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.
December 14, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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Here's another one you've heard before. Shitty, pretty, wild - you're giving me:

Jamie xx feat. Robyn - Life
December 13, 2024 at 5:44 PM
#Top24of24 Day 12

More big warm fuzzy feelings dance music because that is my life now. 💙

Christian Löffler feat. Mogli - Portals
December 12, 2024 at 2:34 PM
#Top24of24 Day 11

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
December 11, 2024 at 4:08 PM
#Top24of24 Day 10

Omar S., AF13, Desire & Mitchell Yoshida - White Horses

>>Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce the hi-hat<<
December 10, 2024 at 2:31 PM
#Top24of24 Day 9

"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
December 9, 2024 at 2:43 PM
#Top24of24 Day 8

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.
December 8, 2024 at 5:10 PM
#Top24of24 Day 7

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!
December 7, 2024 at 2:53 PM
#Top24of24 Day 6

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.
December 6, 2024 at 2:52 PM
#Top24of24 Day 5

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:
December 5, 2024 at 3:55 PM
#Top24of24 Day 4

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)
December 4, 2024 at 1:50 PM
#Top24of24 Day 3

Erika de Casier - Lucky

I can walk under ladders!
December 3, 2024 at 10:19 AM
#Top24of24 Day 2

Daniel Avery - Wonderland/Running

There may be a few of his mates further down the list as well.
December 2, 2024 at 2:33 PM
#Top24of24 Here we go again with one of these musical advent calendars - 24 songs from my Top 40 (under construction) of 2024, 1 song per artist.

Day 1: Dar Disku - Galbi
Dar Disku - Galbi
YouTube video by Soundway Records
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December 1, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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"Woof" Sofi Tukker

Let's wrap this up with something fun & goofy; the chorus makes me laugh in a good way
SOFI TUKKER - Woof (feat. Kah-Lo) [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by SOFI TUKKER
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December 24, 2024 at 10:06 PM