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• Abstract Though - Hypothetical Situations // Kombination Research (2003) - One of the fabled 7 Drexciyan Storms
  
• Akufen - My Way // Force Inc. (2002) - Sample-heavy experimental glitch
  
• Alex Smoke - Paradolia // Soma (2006) - Superb deep emotive techno
  
• Andy Stott - Unknown Exception // Modern Love (2008) - More of a singles collection than an album proper but undeniable greatness altogether in one place
  
• Ben Klock - One // Ostgut (2009) - Solid warehouse goods from one of the Berghain mainstays
  
• Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase // Warp (2005) - A mini album harking back to the days of Music Has The Right
  
• Burial - Burial // Hyperdub (2006) - Stunning debut who's word soon spread from the underground to become coffee-table cool
  
• Burial - Untrue // Hyperdub (2007) - Our favourite album of the last 10 years - simply superb!
  
• Christ - Metamorphic Reproduction Miracle LP // Benbecula (2003) - Reverb drenched off-kilter electronica from the 3rd member of BOC
  
• Claro Intelecto - Neurofibro // Ai Records (2004) - Quality debut from Mark Stewart while he still had a foot in the electronica camp
  
• Convextion - Convextion // Down Low Music (2006) - A long time coming but the debut LP from Gerard Hanson was well worth the wait
  
• Datassette - Datassette // Ai Records (2008) - Sounding not unlike Drexciya on a dubstep tour of South London
  
• Deepchord Presents Echospace - The Coldest Season // Modern Love (2007) - Chilled out ambient electronics with a heavy nod to Basic Channel
  
• Disrupt - Foundation Bit // Werk Discs (2007) - Digital Laptop Reggae's defining moment
  
• DJ Rush - Shall We Dance // Pro-Jex (2000) - Jackin' Chicago filth from the crossdressing freak
  
• Ellen Allien & Apparat – Orchestra of Bubbles // Bpitch Control (2006) - Perfectly pitched Techno/Electronica that stood out from the rest of German minimalism
  
• Felix Da Housecat - Kittens & Thee Glitz // City Rockers (2001) - THE electro-clash album
  
• Hot Chip - The Warning // EMI (2007) - Pop music never tasted so good
  
• Isolee - We Are Monster // Playhouse (2005) - One of the most accessible releases from the producer that originally defined Glitch/Micro House
  
• Jose Gonzales - Veneer // Peacefrog (2005) - A surprise release for Peacefrog but sublimely beautiful nonetheless
  
• Kelpe - Sea Inside Body // DC Recordings (2004) - Playful beat-tinged electronicaKraftwerk - Tour De France Soundtracks // EMI (2003) - A welcome return to the studio from the men who set the ball rolling way back when
  
• LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver // DFA (2008) - James Murphy's sophomore album really built on the defining DFA sound of his first.
  
• Lusine - Podgelism // Ghostly International (2007) - More a remix album, but is incredibly consistent and cohesive
  
• M83 - Dead Cites, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts // Gooom (2003) - Electronica's answer to My Bloody Valentine with synths
  
• Martyn - Great Lengths // 3034 (2009) - Thoughtful dubstep with a wide-ranging appeal
  
• Matthew Dear - Asa Breed // Ghostly International (2007) Pop-tinged electronics from Audion's alter ego
  
• Metro Area - Metro Area // Environ (2002) - Future disco of the highest order
  
• Minilogue - Animals // Cocoon (2008) Classy minimalism without the po-faced seriousness
  
• Moderat - Moderat // Bpitch Control (2009) - A brilliant collaboration which married their two sounds perfectly
  
• Modeselektor - Happy Birthday! // Bpitch (2008) Lashings of bass, beats and fun from the jokers of techno
  
• Monolake - Polygon Cities // Monolake/Inbalance Computer Music (2005) - Clinical audiophile electronics of the highest order
  
• Panda Bear - Person Pitch // PAW Tracks (2007) - The Beach Boys references are unashamedly clear but this album gives the sound a tweak and delivers it to a whole new generation
  
• Pantha Du Prince - This Bliss // Dial (2007) - Perfectly titled album that offers a lighter feel to techno minimalism
  
• Radioactive Man - Radioactive Man // Rotters Golf Club (2001) - Tenniswood steps out from beneath Weatherall's shadow and more than matches his mentor's production abilities
  
• Radiohead - Kid A // Parlophone (2000) - Radiohead ditch the guitars for electronica for a defining album
  
• Redshape - The Dance Paradox // Delsin (2009) - Retrospective techno futurism from the man in the mask
  
• Rhythm & Sound - The Versions // Burial Mix (2003) - Deep instrumental cuts from Basic Channel's dub project
  
• Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa // Playhouse (2003) - Definitive Villalobos album before he got consumed by 9 minute production epics
  
• Royksopp - Melody AM // Wall of Sound (2001) - Playful pop electronica
  
• Scuba - A Mutual Antipathy // Hotflush Recordings (2008) - One of the first dubstep albums that focused more on the techno side of the sound
  
• Shed - Shedding The Past // Ostgut (2008) - Stripped down no-frills techno straight out of the Berghain
  
• Technasia - Future Mix // Technasia (2001) - More of a singles collection interspersed with radio snippets than an album in the truest sense of the word but with killer techno like this on offer who's going to be picky!
  
• The Knife - Silent Shout // Brille (2006) - Brilliantly dark electronic pop
  
• The Other People Place - Lifestyles of The Laptop Café // Warp (2001) - Solo project from Dexciya's James Stinson released not long before his untimely death
  
• The Streets - Original Pirate Material // 679 Recordings (2000) - Perfect social commentary of Britain's youth in the early Noughties
  
• Thom Yorke - The Eraser // XL Recordings (2006) Perfectly captures Thom Yorke's lyrics with mournful electronica
  
• Two Lone Swordsmen - Tiny Reminders // Warp (2000) - The last fully electronic album from the Swordsmen before Weatherall's rockabilly fascination took hold
  
• Ulrich Schnauss - A strangely Isolated Place // City Centre Offices (2003) - Lush atmospherics perfect for armchair listening
  
• Various Production - The World Is Gone // XL (2006) A half dubstep half folk album really shouldn't work but Various' cross-genre production abilities resulted in this very engaging offering

Top 20 Mixes / Compilations Of The Decade:

• 2manyDJs - As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt 2 // PIAS (2003) - Cross-genre cut & paste madness that set the world alight and spawned a thousand imitators
• Appleblim - Dubstep Allstars Vol 6 // Tempa (2007) - Superb showcase of the techier side of dubstep
• Dave Clarke - World Service // React (2001) - Killer nu-electro mix before it all went horribly fash (slammin' techno mix too!)
• Ellen Allien - Fabric 34 // Fabric (2007) - Solid mix unconstrained by the minimal rules that governed so many at the time
• Felix Da Housecat - Excursions // Obsessive (2002) - Genre-defining Electroclash mix on Felix's road to mega-stardom
• I-F - Mixed Up In The Hague Vol 1 // Panama Records (2000) - Legendary set from the electro / italo master
• Modeselektor - Boogybytes Vol 3 // Bpitch Control (2007) - Smashing cuts from across the electronic spectrum through the Modeselektor mangle to prove that the boys could rock the party from behind the DJ booth too
• Optimo (Espacio) - How to Kill The DJ Part 2 // Kill The DJ Records (2004) - Perfectly summed up the eclectic nature of one of the defining clubs of the decade
• Radioactiveman vs Transparent Sound - Beatz Clash Vol 1 // Longhaul (2002) - Excellent 'proper' electro soundclash
• Richie Hawtin - DE9 | Closer To The Edit // M_nus (2001) Love him or loath him, Hawtin has been an undeniable innovator in pushing the boundaries of DJing. This was his first full-blown embracing of digital technology to produce a rich cut and paste tapestry.
• Robert Hood - Deep Concentration (Grey Area Mix) // N/A (2008) - Heads down loopiness from the minimal master
• Rotters Golf Club - Machine Funk Specialist Mix // Rotters Golf Club Promo (2002) - Superlative electro mix given away at the RGC label launch party
• Scion - Arrange & Process Basic Channel Tracks // Tresor (2002) - Taking an untouchable body of work and producing something greater than the sum of its parts using an early version of Ableton - one of the greatest 'mix' CDs of all time
• The DFA - Remixes Chapter One & Two // DFA (2006) - With originals as good as these, the remixers had their work cut out but the likes of Tiga, Soulwax and the DFA took things to another level
• Tiga - American Gigolo // International Deejay Gigolo (2001) - The mix that propelled Tiga into the limelight and towards being crowned the Electroclash prince
• Various - 5 Years of Hyperdub // Hyperdub (2009) - Superb double pack from an important label that's always pushing the boundaries
• Various - DFA Compilation 1 // DFA (2003) - DFA records helped define the decade. This was a perfect introduction to their Punk-Funk-Disco sound
• Various - Interstellar Fugitives 2 - The Destruction Of Order // Underground Resistance (2006) - Criminally overlooked album from one of electronic music's most important institutions
• Various - Leisure // Ai Records (2003) - Classy electro/electronica goodness
• Various - Soundboy's Grave Gets Desecrated By Vandals // Skull Disco (2008) - Shackleton and Appleblim forged ahead with their own vision of what Dubstep could be

Labels: 2000-2009, Albums, Charts, Compilations, Mixes

If you were to track my record buying habits over the past 10 years, 2009 would have been a notable spike on the map but for all the wrong reasons. I bought far less records last year than in previous years due in part to having less time for visiting record stores but also due to spending more time listening to mixes than individual tracks due to the abundance of podcasts that seemed to spring up in 2009. The likes of Resident Advisor, mnmlssg's and FACT (to name but a few) were dishing out quality mixes with such regularity that I found myself almost addicted to listening to these offerings but at the same time also becoming swamped with the sheer number available that I still have a significant backlog to wade through. To me, and I'm sure many others, podcasts have become an important medium in electronic music and for this reason I've included them in my annual pick of the best mixes and compilations of the year.

Techno has been my foremost musical love for a long time now and I found myself sticking more and more to this genre throughout 2009. I agree with Langer's comments that a lot of producers are looking back towards the past and while new ideas are perhaps less obvious than they have been in previous years, the scene has reached a very healthy level of maturity and an abundance of exhilarating music continues to be produced. For me, the producer of the year was Ben Klock and while his releases weren't massively groundbreaking they were exceptionally solid and perfectly primed for dark warehouses spaces whilst still providing entertaining home listening - what more does one need? The other big powerhouse for me was Sandwell District through the excellent 12s they continued to unleash as well as the various DJ-related projects of many of its members.

The other main reason I spent less time listening to other's records was an attempt to spend more time writing my own stuff. On a personal production perspective, the highpoint of my year was performing my debut solo gig - something I hope to repeat on several occasions during 2010. The lowpoint was the long-awaited release of a compilation of which I had been told my debut release would be a part of, only for the record to come out and my track not to be on it (thanks Moodgadget - you suck!). However, just prior to year end, I managed to get signed to another label and my debut EP should be out around summer this year (more details later).

Anyhow, enough of my ramblings and on with my lists. Given my slightly sheltered nature this year, I'm sure there's a whole bunch of great stuff I've simply not heard but as I continue to wade through other end of year roundups and do some digging, I'm having great fun being educated.

Here's hoping 2010s another good one!

RAW's Top 30 Tracks Of 2009:
01 Ben Klock feat. Elif Bicer - Goodly Sin // Ostgut Ton
02 Millie & Andrea - Temper Tantrum // Daphne
03 Scuba - Speak // Naked Lunch
04 Kevin Gorman - Mikrowave 12 // Mikrowave
05 O/V/R - Interior // Blueprint
06 Burial & Four Tet - Moth // Text Records
07 Quantec - Halcyon // Echocord
08 Peter Van Hoesen - Attribute One // Time to Express
09 Levon Vincent - Late Night Jam // Ostgut Ton
10 Equalized - EQD002 // Equalized
11 Animal Collective - My Girls // Domino
12 Ben Klock - Subzero (Original + Sandwell District Mix) // Ostgut Ton
13 Pattern Repeat - Ofetriade (Original + Ben Klock Remix) // Echocord Colour
14 Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo // Hotflush
15 Moderat - Rusty Nails (Original + Shackleton Remix) // Bpitch / Fifty Weapons
16 Moderat - Seamonkey //Bpitch Control
17 Mount Kimbie - Maybes // Hotflush
18 TVO - Aklo Cut With Saffron // Highpoint Lowlife
19 Decoside - Reload 3 // Eclipsemusic
20 Joker - Digidesign // Hyperdub
21 TVO - Dots & Hashes // Stuffrecords
22 STP - The Fall // Subsolo
23 Tigrics - Boko (Friskfisk Remix) // Highpoint Lowlife
24 Jus Wan - Submersive // Naked Lunch
25 Guido - Orchestral Lab // Punch Drunk
26 Redshape - 2010 EP // Delsin
27 Ike Release - Misdeeds // Infrasonics
28 Unknown - RUR4 // RUR
29 Gold Panda - Mayuri // Various Production
30 CLP - Dip Shorty (Unsportmanslike Remix) // Shitkatapult

RAW's Top 10 Albums Of 2009:
01 Ben Klock - One // Ostgut Ton
02 Redshape - The Dance Paradox // Delsin
03 Martyn - Great Lengths // 3024
04 Falty DL - Love is a Liability // Planet Mu
05 Moderat - Moderat // Bpitch Control
06 LZ Kruzer - Manhood & Electronics // Uncharted Audio
07 Emptyset - Emptyset // Caravan
08 Sinner DC - Crystallized // Ai Records
09 Point B - Suicide Beauty Spot // Combat Recordings
10 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion // Domino

RAW's Top 10 Mixes / Compilations Of 2009:
1 Sandwell District - RA177 // Resident Advisor
2 Omar S - Fabric 45 // Fabric
3 TVO - FACT Mix 102 // FACT Magazine
4 SCB - SSGMX37 // mnmlssgs
5 Various - 5 Years of Hyperdub // Hyperdub
6 Surgeon - RA144 // Resident Advisor
7 Various - When I Was 10 // Ai Records
8 Various - Warp 20 (Unheard) // Warp
9 Modeselektor - Body Language Vol. 8 // Get Physical
10 Mark Solo - The Waters Have Broken // Soliton Research

Labels: 2009, Albums, Charts, Compilations, Mixes, Tracks

The final year of the Noughties has once again provided us with a plethora of fine releases which have blurred the boundaries of genres and thrown up more surprises than we ever thought possible. Its been nearly 25 years since the first House records and the electronic music scene is in ruder health than ever and shows no signs of abating.

Once again for me the Dubstep/Techno crossover has provided the most interesting releases and still commentators cannot agree on a suitable name for this genre. 2009 has also seen the re-emergence of 2-step and UK Garage influences being thrown into the mixing pot which has now created a sound which is part Bassline/8-bit/2-step/House. The name of this all encompassing new genre? UK Funky...... Hmm your guess is as good as mine.

The Techno scene, as well as embracing 2-step rhythms has shunned the minimal aesthetics of the mid Noughties and returned to its mid Nineties hard Techno roots evidenced on sounds coming out of the Berlin Berghain scene and British producers on labels such as Blueprint and Sandwell District going back to their Nineties origins. It's said you must look back to go forwards but I feel a certain sense of Déjà vu and for me it just feels like rehashing the past.

However as we come to the dawn of a new decade, one can look to the future with a certain degree of optimism because as though the Noughties changed the way in which we consume music forever, one thing always remains and that is the music itself.


Langer's Top 40 Tracks of 2009


01 Mount Kimbie - Maybes // Hotflush Recordings

With its Bladerunner atmospherics, Plink Plonk percussion and chopped vocal and melodic structure, no other record even sounded remotely similar to this in 2009.






02 Burial & Four Tet - Moth // Text Records

Four Tet with a melancholic riff that never lets up + Burial's woodblock percussion and atmospherics equals a record that certainly lived up to the hype.






03 Moderat - Rusty Nails // BPitch Control

Mournful vocals courtesy of Apparat and soaring synth work from Modeselektor






04 Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo // Hotflush Recordings

The biggest crossover record of the year and deservedly so. So uplifting it hurts.







05 Intrusion - Little Angel Feat Paul St Hilaire // Echospace [Detroit]

Dub Techno's finest moment this year pushed its way to the top because of an irresistible vocal from Paul St Hilaire.





06 Animal Collective - My Girls // Domino

Channeling Frankie Knuckles through lyrics about housing with Adobe Slats seemed the most unlikely combination you could possibly imagine. What resulted was pure uplifting, life-affirming pop.





07 The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea // XL Recordings

An 8 minute Krautrock epic from the Goth Mods which came out of nowhere and blew everyone away.







08 Scuba - Klinik // Hotflush Recordings

All Scuba's recordings this year have been faultless. My producer of the Year.







09 Moderat - Nr. 22 // BPitch Control

Pure Dubtec brilliance again from Moderat. From my album of the year.






10 Levon Vincent - Late Night Jam // Ostgut

One of the Techno riffs of the year comes in after 3 minutes of this epic.







11 Claro Intelecto - Chadderton // Modern Love
12 Cobblestone Jazz - Traffic Jam // Wagon Repair
13 Pangaea - Memories // Unknown
14 Florence and the Machine - You Got The Love (XX Remix) // Universal Island
15 Scuba - Speak/Negative // Naked Lunch
16 Wax / Shed - Dub Shed (STP Remix) // Subsolo
17 Joy Orbison - Brkln Clln // Doldrums
18 A Made Up Sound - Rework // A Made Up Sound
19 Gold Panda - Mayuri // Various Productions
20 Bill Withers - Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit) // White

21 Sideshow - If Alone Feat. Paul St Hilaire (Chateau Flight / Appleblim Mixes) // Aus Music
22 Boris - Buzz In (Optimo (Espacio) Mix) // Scion Audio Visual
23 Millie & Andrea - Temper Tantrum // Modern Love
24 The Streets - Blinded By The Lights (Nero Remix) // 679
25 Joker - Digi Design // Hyperdub
26 Kode 9 - Black Sun // Hyperdub
27 Gravious - Futurist EP // Highpoint Lowlife
28 Likhan - Redlight // 7even
29 2562 - Embrace // 3024
30 Martyn - Hear Me // 3024
31 Hector & Bryant - Tension (Original Mix) // Phonica
32 Andy Stott - Night Jewel // Modern Love
33 TVO - Afanc (2562 Remix) // Stuffrecords
34 Instra:mental - Watching You // Nonplus Records
35 Headhunter - Prototype (Modeselektor's Broken Handbrake Remix) // Tempa
36 Ghosts On Tape - Predator Mode (Roska Remix) // Wireblock
37 Darktown Strutters - Lucifer Rising // Unknown
38 Vitalic - Flashmob // PIAS Recordings
39 Ratatat - Mirando (Animal Collective Remix) // XL Recordings
40 La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Lets Get Ravey Mix) // Polydor

Langer - Best of 2009 Mix 60 mins


Albums of 2009

01 Moderat - Moderat // BPitch Congtrol
02 Martyn - Great Lengths // 3024
03 Animal Collective - Meriweather Post Pavillion // Domino
04 The Horrors - Primary Colours // XL Recordings
05 Atlas Sound - Logos // 4AD
06 Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange // 4AD
07 Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport // ATP
08 Falty DL - Love Is A Liability // Planet Mu
09 Intrusion - The Seduction of Silence // Echospace [Detroit]
10 Point B - Suicide Beauty Spot // Combat Recordings
11 Echaskech - Shatterproof // Just Music
12 Gold Panda - Before // Unknown

Labels: 2009, Albums, Charts, Top 40, Tracks

Love them or loathe them, end of year lists are something there's simply no escaping from and while such things are at best subjective they usually provide a few surprises, a little fun and a few new bits and pieces for the inquisitive to go and investigate. Unlike last year, I've actually managed to compile my best of's before the year's out and in doing so it's reminded me what a great year it was for electronic music...again! Langer's already done a tidy little summary of the year that was and as our taste's are fairly closely aligned I see little need to add anything further. As per my earlier comment, there's bound to be those of you wondering why some things rate so highly on these lists while other undeniably great tracks don't feature at all. Aside from the variance in people's taste's I simply put this down to the fact that there's just so much good music being produced that there's just not enough hours in the year to hunt down and listen to every last gem that's out there but as ever with these things if you think there's quality music that we've totally overlooked then we'd love you to set us straight so we can go and check it out for ourselves.

Tracks of 2008:
1. Bjork - Dull Flame of Desire (Modeselektor For the Girls Remix) // One Little Indian
2. Zomby - Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix) // Hyperdub
3. Redshape - Blood Into Dust // Styrax Leaves
4. Voltaic - Abyss // Point One Recordings
5. Jus Wan - Action Potential // Apple Pips
6. Darkstar - Squeeze My Lime //Hyperdub
7. Martyn - Vancouver // 3024
8. Jus Wan - The Crossing // Tube 10 Recordings
9. Substance - Relish (Shed Remix) // Scion Versions
10. Hud Mo - Ooops! // Wireblock
11. Likhan - Daoine Sidhe - 7Even Recordings
12. Ben Klock - October // BPitch Control
13. Minilogue - Cow Crickets & Clay // Cocoon
14. Jus Wan - Flashpoint // Tube 10 Recordings
15. Martyn - Suburbia // Apple Pips
16. Datashat - Stop The Message (Widescreen Edit) // Handsette
17. Blue Vitriol - Cryovolcano // Jahtari
18. TRG - Broken Heart (Martyn's DCM Remix) // Hessle Audio
19. Intrusion - Tswana Dub (Brendon Moeller's Beat Pharmacy Dub) // Intrusion
20. Darkstar - Need You //Hyperdub
21. Gowentgone - M.A.M. (Marcel Dettmann Remix) // Vidab
22. Simon Baker - U // Cocoon
23. MLZ - NewAnalogueCentury // Modern Love
24. Datassette - Damage Report // Ai Records
25. Minilogue - In A Distance // Cocoon
26. Shed - Estrange // Ostgut Ton
27. Shackleton - Death Is Not Final // Skull Disco
28. Skream - 2D // Tempa
29. T++ - Audio 1985#8_2 // Apple Pips
30. Emptyset - Endoxa // Caravan
31. Kode9 vs. Ld - Bad // Hyperdub
32. Pangea - You & I // Hessle Audio
33. Thom Yorke - Skip Divided (Modeselektor Remix) //XL
34. Rootah - Holy Mount // Jahtari
35. DJ Mujava - Township Funk // Warp / This is Music
36. Scuba - Ruptured (Surgeon Remix) // Hotflush
37. Dave Aju - Crazy Place (Luciano «Likuid» Remix) // Circus Company
38. Scuba - From Within (Marcel Dettmann Remix) // Hotflush
39. Nanorhythm - Third Day // Soliton Research
40. Nanorhythm - Sith Lullaby // Soliton Research

Albums of 2008:
1. Minilogue - Animals // Cocoon
2. Datassette - Datassette // Ai Records
3. Andy Stott - Unknown Exception // Modern Love
4. Scuba - A Mutual Antipathy // Hotflush
5. Radioactive Man - Growl // Control Tower
6. Shed - Shedding The Past // Ostgut Ton
7. Anders Ilar - Sworn // Level Records
8. Headhunter - Nomad // Tempa
9. Distance - Repercussions // Planet Mu
10. Third Man - Clarion Call // Ai Records
11. Starkey - Ephemeral Exhibits // Planet Mu
12. Claro Intelecto - Metanarrative // Modern Love
13. Aether - Artifacts // Exponential Records
14. Ital Tek - Cyclical // Planet Mu
15. 2562 - Aerial // Tectonic
16. Hot Chip - Made In the Dark // EMI
17. Housemeister - Who Is That Noize // All You Can Beat
18. B12 - Last Days of Bilence // B12
19. Extrawelt - Schoene Neue // Cocoon
20. Michna - Magic Monday // Ghostly International

Mixes / Compilations of 2008:
1. Robert Hood - Deep Concentration: The Grey Area Mix // M-Plant
2. Fuse Presents - Deetron // Music Man
3. Marcel Dettmann - Berghain 02 // Ostgut Ton
4. Jahtarian Dubbers Vol 1 // Jahtari
5. Sampler Zero Eight // Ai Records
6. Appleblim - Dubstep Allstars: Vol. 06 // Tempa
7. Soundboy's Gravestone Gets Desecrated by Vandals // Skull Disco
8. Ame - Fabric 42 // Fabric
9. Greg Wilson's 2020 Vision // 2020 Vision
10. Andrew Weatherall vs The Boardroom // Rotters Golf Club

Artists of 2008:
1. Martyn
2. Rustie
3. Marcel Dettmann
4. Datassette / Datashat
5. MLZ

Labels: 2008, Albums, Artists, Charts, Compilations, Mixes, Tracks

Labels: Albums, Compilations, Top 40, Tracks

It's been another great year for electronic music of all forms with Minimal Techno still king in Ibiza, Dubstep exploding into everyone's consciousness after years developing in the underground and the Rock Rave/Electro sound still making the Indie kids dance. I personally have grown bored with this particular genre although it has thrown up some decent records the majority have been Electro House by numbers.

There have been some outstanding tracks and albums released this year of which below are my personal favourites. The tracks are placed in order of preference but pretty much after the top 20 they can be placed anywhere. The albums and compilations are all outstanding in their own ways and are in no particular order. Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem just squeezes ahead of Burial and The Chems by a small margin.

Here's to 2008.









Tracks of 2007.

1. Modeselektor - The White Flash (Feat Thom Yorke) // BPitch Control
2. The Chemical Brothers - Saturate (Electronic Battle Weapon 8) // Freestyle Dust
3. Heartthrob - Baby Kate (Sascha Funke Remix) // M_nus
4. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends // DFA
5. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great // DFA
6. Moderat (Featuring Paul St Hillare) - Let Your Love Grow // BPitch Control
7. Frankie Valli - Beggin (Pilooksi Edit) // 679 (Technically out in 2006 on Dark & Lovely)
8. Jamie Woon - Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Remix) // Live Recordings
9. Burial - Ghost Hardware // Hyperdubs
10. Bloc Party - Where Is Home (Burial Mix) // Wichita
11. Faze Action - In The Trees (Carl Craig C2 Mix) // Juno
12. Beck - Cellphone's Dead (Villalobos Entlebuch Remix) // Interscope
13. Shackleton - Blood On My Hands (Villalobos Apocalypso Remix) // Skull Disco
14. The Others - Bushido // Dub Police
15. Bob Marley - War (Matty G Remix) // WAR001
16. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum (Onastic Dub) // DFA
17. Ame - Enoi // Innervisions
18. Dubfire - I feel Speed (Audion Mix) // Sci + Tec Digital Audio
19. Underworld - Crocodile (Original Mix) // Underworldlive.com
20. Dubfire - Rib Cage // Desolat
21. Dubfire - Roadkill // Funkwelle
22. Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill (Ripperton Dub) // Unreleased
23. Ripperton - Siboney // Unreleased
24. Andy Stott - Hostile // Modern Love
25. Andy Stott - Massacre // Modern Love
26. Shit Robot - Chasm // DFA
27. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beedle Edit) // White Label
28. Gui Boratto - Mr Decay // Kompakt
29. Riton - Hammer of Thor // Souvenir
30. Sebo K & Metro - Transit // Get Physical
31. Paul Ritch - June // Get Physical
32. Kenny Hawkes & David Parr - The Booby Trap (Serge Santiago Mix) // Arcobaleno
33. Rekorder - Rekorder 8.1 // Rekorder
34. Audion - Noiser // Spectral Sound
35. Unklejam - Love Ya (Herve Remix) // Virgin
36. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. // Ed Banger
37. Justice - Stress // Ed Banger
38. Hot Chip - Shake A Fist // EMI
39. Simian Mobile Disco - It's The Beat (The Teenagers Mix) // Wichita
40. Samim - Heater // Get Physical


Albums of 2007

LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver // DFA
Burial - Untrue // Hyperdub
Interpol - Our Love To Admire //
The Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night // Virgin
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Modeselektor - Happy Birthday! // BPitch Control
Gui Boratto - Chromophobia // Kompakt
Lusine - Podgelism // Ghostly International
Cobblestone Jazz - 23 Seconds // !K7
Echaskech - Skechbook // Just Music
Justice - Cross // Ed Banger
!!! Chk Chk Chk - Myth Takes // Warp
Monosylabikk - Rocks // Kitty Yo

Mixes / Compilations of 2007

Ellen Allien - Fabric 34 // Fabric
Modeselektor - Boogybytes Vol III // BPitch Control
Optimo - Walkabout // Endless Flight
Dirty Edits Vol 1 - Dirty Soundsystem// Discograph
Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve - George/West // 3rd Mynd
Skull Disco - Soundboy Punishments // Skull Disco

Labels: 2007, Albums, Charts, Compilations, Mixes, Top 40, Tracks

It's that time of the year again for the ill-ec-tro-nic half year round-up. And so far it has been quite a year with great singles, albums, compilations and mixes.

So here are ours. What are yours?


Langer's half year Top 20. Singles

1. Heartthrob - Baby Kate (Sascha Funke Remix) // M_nus
2. Jamie Woon - Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Remix) // Live Recordings
3. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends // DFA
4. Riton - Hammer of Thor // Souvenir
5. The Chemical Brothers - Electronic Battle Weapon 8 // Freestyle Dust
6. Faze Action - In The Trees (Carl Craig C2 Mix) // Juno
7. LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum (Onastic Dub) // DFA
8. Gui Boratto - Mr Decay // Kompakt
9. Ame - Enoi // Innervisions
10. Burial - Ghost Hardware // Hyperdubs
11. Crash Course In Science - Cardboard Lamb (Vitalic Remix) // Planet Rouge
12. Beck - Cellphone's Dead (Villalobos Entlebuch Remix) // Interscope
13. Shackleton - Blood On My Hands (Villalobos Apocalypso Remix) // Skull Disco
14. Transit - Sebo K & Metro // Get Physical
15. Minilogue - Elephants Parade // Wagon Repair
16. Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill (Ripperton Dub) // Unreleased
17. Unklejam - Love Ya (Herve Remix) // Virgin
18. Justice - Stress // Ed Banger
19. Rekorder - Rekorder 8.1 // Rekorder
20. Audion - Noiser // Spectral Sound



RAW's half year Top 20. Singles

1. Rekorder - Rekorder 8.1 // Rekorder
2. Minilogue - Elephants Parade // Wagon Repair
3. Heartthrob - Baby Kate (Sascha Funke Remix) // M_nus
4. War001 - One Step // White Label
5. Battles - Atlas (DJ Koze Remix) // Warp
6. Agoria - Les Violins Ivres // PIAS
7. Burial - Ghost Hardware // Hyperdubs
8. Nanorhythm - Woden's Discotheque // Soliton Research
9. Beck - Cellphone's Dead (Villalobos Entlebuch Remix) // Interscope
10. Audion - Noiser // Spectral Sound
11. Andy Stott - Massacre // Modern Love
12. Convextion - Miranda (Deep Chord Remix) // Matrix
13. Franki Valli - Beggin' (Pilooski Edit) // 679 (Actually this came out end of last year - Langer)
14. Thom Yorke - The Clock (Surgeon Remix) // Unreleased
15. Nanorhythm - Continental Breakfast // Soliton Research
16. Florian Meindl - Reality Is On The Way // Flash Recordings
17. Stamp Release - LAC // Stamp Release
18. Chemical Brothers - Do It Again (Huntemann Remix) // Virgin
19. Gui Boratto - Mr Decay // Kompakt
20. Ame - Enoi // Innervisions

Langer & RAW's Albums of the year (so far)

Gui Boratto - Chromaphobia // Kompakt
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver // DFA
Echaskech - Skechbook // Just Music
Gabriel Ananda - Bambusbeats // Karmarouge
Argenis Brito - Micro Mundo // Cadenza
The Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night // Virgin
Justice - † // Ed Banger
!!! - Myth Takes // Warp

Compilations / Mixes

Ellen Allien - Fabric 34 // Fabric
Modeselektor - Boogybytes Vol III // BPitch Control
Optimo - Walkabout // Endless Flight
Skull Disco - Soundboy Punishments // Skull Disco

Labels: Albums, Charts, Compilations, Mixes, Singles, Top 20