Sounds of 2012

100 of my favourite ear ticklers from 2012...

Top 20 
(in no order)
Maceo Plex's - 'Love Somebody Else'
Hackman - 'Forgotten Notes'
Kindness - 'House'
Alt-J - 'Fitzpleasure'
Frank Ocean - 'Sweet Life'
Julio Bashmore - 'Au Seve'
George Fitzgerald - 'Child'
T-E-E-D - 'Your Love' (Waze & Odyssey rmx)
Nneka - 'Shining Star'
Maddslinky - 'Compuphonic'
Gotye & Kimbra - 'Somebody That I Used To Know'(Klar & PF rmx)
Kate Boy - 'Northern Lights'
Azealia Banks - 'Liquorice'
Big Boi, A$AP Rocky & Phantogram - 'Lines'
Fiona Apple - 'Every Single Night'
Frank Wiedemann & Ry - 'Howling'
Little Dragon - 'Sunshine'
Miguel - 'Adorn You'
Kendrick Lamar & Dr Dre - 'The Recipe'
Lianne La Havas - 'Au Cinema'


Guilty Pleasure/Dragspiration track of the year - 'Let's Have A Kiki' by the Scissors Sisters...

Continued tracks 92-100...

Big Boi - Viscous Lies & Dangerous Rumours

Over the last few months a couple of Big Boi's new tracks have been skilfully leaked in the build up to the launch of 'Viscous Lies & Dangerous Rumours' - Big Boi has taken his sound in a new direction, and it's paid off.

The album boasts true-collaborations from Phantogram, Ludacris, Little Dragon, Kid Cudi, T.I, Jai Paul, A$AP Rocky and Theophilius London to name a few. 

Strong album tracks - 'Apple of My Eye', 'Higher Res' ft Jai Paul & Little Dragon, 'Mama Told Me' ft Kelly Rowland (originally Little Dragon’s Yukimi Nagano, however they opted for a more commercial appeal with Kelly), 'Tom Pettie' ft Little Dragon & Killer Mike and my current favourite 'Lines' ft Phantogram & A$AP Rocky

Viscous Lies & Dangerous Rumours is the great album to end 2012 on...

Bondax

Bondax (Adam & George) are two teenager producers from Lancaster with bags of talent - you may recognise their track 'Baby I Got That' as a big summer sound.

Their new track 'Gold' is full of warm and fuzzy new-wave garage vibes...

James Zabiela - Boiler Room

To follow up from the last Born Electric post, here is the fantastic set from James Zabiela at Boiler Room on 4th December...

Dusky - Calling Me

New EP from the duo Dusky 'Calling Me'...

Cajmere - Boiler Room mix

Cajmere's set for Boiler Room has to be heard...

Ry / Frank Wiedemann - Howling

Ry Cuming & Frank Wiedemann (one half of the deep house duo Âme) have collaborated on this enchanting track. Ry's melancholy voice is like warm honey.

Play this, it'll make your heart jump...

Video directed by Ry

BOILER ROOM - Born Electric

Tonight's Boiler Room is a special one.
It's James Zabiela's first Boiler Room session, enabling you to witness live his technical genius. Zabiela's also joined by some fantastic DJs - Gang Colours, Pedram & Pedestrian.

Live. 7-11pm Tuesday 4th December...
http://boilerroom.tv/born-electric-james-zabiela-gang-colours-pedestrian-pedram/



Born Electric's first release on their new label is Zabiela's 'The Healing'. The track is blissfully phantasmagoric and the video captures it's lucid state perfectly...

Midland's remix of 'The Healing'