After a long time, aka a couple drunk hours, I've decided on my favorite song of 2010 which is a song that I'm pretty sure has passed through my ear cavities more than any other this year.
Sorry for such a cryptic title but "best of" seems so played out, also these albums aren't necessarily the best albums that came out this year, in fact I think some albums I don't mention are just as good if not better than what is to follow but I think these records haven't gotten the recognition they deserve. This is in no meaningful order other than the way I placed them since my tastes and mood are in constant flux. Also I don't mean this as a end all be all "best albums" list, these are just my personal favorite 2010 records as of right now, these few minutes.
Tracklist: Electrelane : I Only Always Think The Streets : Streets Score The XX : Crystalised (DarkSky Remix) Silentone : Beat For Rossi B & Luca : Jah No Dead Clubroot : Lucid Dream Darkstar : Aidy’s Girl Is a Computer Burial : Unite Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason : Lo-Fi-Ve Joy Orbison : Hyph Mngo Skream : Trapped In a Dark Bubble Silentone : DUB PLATE 1 Aardvarck : One1 James Blake : Sparing The Horse Boogaloo Crew : Hedgehog Sound Zomby : Expert Tuition Deadboy : Heartbreaker Bad Autopsy : Psionic Terror Cooly G : Narst zed bias : To the left (test) MJ Cole feat. Serocee : AO (MJ’s Open Your Gob Dubb) DJ Champion: Motherboard Bertrand Dupart : Ketokole (Boddhi Satva Ancestrial Mix) Fantastic Mr Fox : Plimsoul Emvee : Glitch Dub Dorian Concept : Trilingual Dance Sexperience THE XX : ISLAND (JAMIE XX REMIX) Silentone : You’ve Got No Love (Feat. Nigh) Egypt : In The Morning (Original Club Mix)
Tracklist: 01 - Sa.Du - Lost In Deep - Pablo Gael Remix - Bonzai Basiks 02 - Vita - Dig Down (Reverse Commuter's Down Deeper mix) - Adjunct 03 - Regen - Duke - Traut Muzik 04 - TELEFUNK - Blue Berlin Dreams - Impulsa Records 05 - Stefano Tropeano - Wrapped (Original_Mix) - Yellow Tail 06 - J Alexander - Endless (Jazz at the Berghain Version) - Friends Electric Records 07 - Anton Pieete - Whaler - Kling Klong 08 - Nils Hoffmann - Long Island Work - Broque 09 - André Kraml - El Cuclillo Y El Burro (Balcazar MexRed Poncho Remix) - 200 Records 10 - Someone Else - Jena Jazz (Irvin Remix) - Ready Made 11 - Pedro Goya - Margarida - Troia LTD REcords 12 - Chaim - U & Eye - Bpitch Control
Together, Oro11 and Chief Boima are Banana Clipz, a project that began when both artists were living in Oakland. Forged over the course of three years, their EP distills the pair's shared love of Afro-Latin-Caribbean sounds into a modern club template, one partially inspired by Bersa Discos' monthly Tormenta Tropical party in San Francisco, where Boima was a frequent guest DJ and even more frequent dancefloor participant.
While Oro11 and Chief Boima might be responsible for the beats on the Banana Clipz EP, the seven-track release features a number of guest vocalists, including white-hot Oakland/Panamanian rappers Los Rakas, Bay Area-based Guyanese dancehall MC Tidal, Sierra Leone-born singer Khady Black, and Black Nature of San Francisco's Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars.
Tracklist: 1. A Beginning – Anthology Series Vol. 3 2. Sun King – Abbey Road 3. Mean Mr. Mustard – Abbey Road 4. Polythene Pam – Abbey Road 5. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window – Abbey Road 6. I Am The Walrus – Magical Mystery Tour 7. Tomorrow Never Knows – Revolver 8. Within You Without You – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 9. Because (Acapella) – Anthology Series Vol. 3 10. Blue Jay Way – Magical Mystery Tour 11. I’m So Tired – The Beatles (White Album) 12. Revolution 1 – The Beatles (White Album) 13. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 14. A Day In The Life – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 15. Golden Slumbers – Abbey Road 16. Carry that Weight – Abbey Road 17. The End – Abbey Road 18. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Acoustic) – Anthology Series Vol. 3 19. Julia – The Beatles (White Album) 20. Cry Baby Cry – The Beatles (White Album) 21. Dear Prudence – The Beatles (Whi 22. te Album) Flying – Magical Mystery Tour 23. Come Together – Abbey Road 24. Glass Onion – The Beatles (White Album) 25. Get Back – Let It Be 26. Dig It – Let It Be 27. Let It Be – Let It Be 28. Goodnight – Anthology Series Vol. 3
I wasn't sure what to think after the first video was mysteriously placed into my email with no explanation or description and I was very intrigued as to what it meant. I've thought about it from time to time since and was very pleasantly surprised when I just returned home to see this piece in my inbox, just as odd and perplexing as the first video it leaves me very excited to see what it all means and how it will fit together.
01- Siobhan Wilson – Getting me down (Anoraak rework) 02- Passion Pit – Little secret (Pengiuin Prison remix) 03- Matt Van Schie – Journey 04- Trans AM – First words 05- Mario Basanov – Do you remember (Arithmatix! remix) 06- Kisses People – Can do the most amazing things 07- Kyte – Designed for damage (Pacific! remix) 08- Flight Facilities Feat. Giselle – Crave you (The CS90S remix) 09- Le Prix – Eyelash ok 10- Shy Child – The Beatles 11- Mansfield Tya – You are the woman (Anoraak remix)
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