Top 20 Albums of the Year:
Bicep – Bicep
Bonobo – Migration
DJ Seinfeld – Time Spent Away From U
Four Tet – New Energy
Jacques Greene – Feel Infinite
Joe Goddard – Electric Lines
Kendrick Lamar – Damn.
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Moses Sumney – Aromanticism
Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives
Mura Masa – Mura Masa
The National – Sleep Well Beast
Purple Disco Machine – Soulmatic
Red Axes – The Beach Goths
Slowdive – Slowdive
Spoon – Hot Thoughts
Thundercat – Drunk
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
The xx – I See You
Top 30 Tracks of the Year:
Bicep – Glue
The Black Madonna – He Is The Voice I Hear
Busy P – Genie (Joe Goddard Mix)
Calvin Harris – Slide
Camelphat & Elderbrook – Cola
Daphni – Tin
Detroit Swindle – Can’t Hold It
Drake – Passionfruit
Drop Out Orchestra – Where Is My Man
Four Tet – Two Thousand and Seventeen
Freeform Five & Ali Love – Throwing Stones
Gerd Janson & Shan – Surrender
Gorillaz f/ DRAM – Andromeda
The James L’Estraunge Orchestra – Closer / Groovin You
Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.
Lanark Artefax – Touch Absence
LCD Soundsystem – Tonite
Lorenz Rhode – On Top
LSB – Missing You
Mark Barrott – The Pathways Of Our Lives
Marquis Hawkes – The Basement is Burning
Objekt – Theme From Q
Parcels – Overnight
Portugal The Man – Feel It Still
Real Estate – Darling
Shy Luv & Jones – Shock Horror
Thundercat – Show You The Way
Todd Terje – Junglelknugen (Four Tet Remix)
Total Giovanni – Your Light
The xx – On Hold (Jamie xx Remix
Spotify Playlist:
Mixcloud DJ Mixes:
Part One f/ Bicep, Detroit Swindle, Purple Disco Machine, Busy P, and more.
Part Two f/ Claude VonStroke, Maya Jane Coles, Catz n Dogz, Walker & Royce, and more
· Tame Impala – Currents
· Foals – What Went Down
· Jamie xx – In Colour
· Floating Points – Eleania
· The Chemical Brothers – Born In The Echoes
· My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall
· St Germain – St. Germain
· George Fitzgerald – Fading Love
· Julio Bashmore – Knockin Boots
· Lauer – Borndom
Next Ten
· Father John Misty – I Love You Honeybear
· Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
· Ashworth – Grain
· Leon Bridges – Coming Home
· Alabama Shakes – Sound and Color
· Bob Moses – Days Gone By
· Seven Davis Jr – Universes
· Ghost Culture – Ghost Culture
· Lane 8 – Rise
· Neon Indian – VEGA INTL. Night School
Top Tracks of 2015
Hip Hop/Pop
· Jack Ü – Where Are Ü Now
· Jamie xx – I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)
· The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
· The Weeknd – The Hills
· Missy Elliott – WTF
· DRAM – Cha Cha
· Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta
· Drake – Hotline Bling
· Rudimental f/ Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me
· Major Lazer f/ DJ Snake and Mo – Lean On
Indie Rock
· Tame Impala – Eventually
· Foals – Mountain At My Gates
· Jamie XX – Loud Places
· Leon Bridges – Coming Home
· Miike Snow – Heart Is Full
· Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight
· Florence + The Machine – Ship To Wreck
· Tame Impala – Let It Happen
· Neon Indian – Annie
· Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Can’t Keep Checking My Phone
House & Electronic
· Disclosure f/ Gregory Porter – Holdin On
· A-Trak f/ Jamie Lidell – We All Fall Down
· Bicep – Just
· Detroit Swindle – Alright (We‘ll Be)
· Dusky – Skin Deep
· Dyone – Only Love Can Set U-Free (Bicep Remix)
· Format:B – Chunky
· Lindstrom – Home Tonight
· LoneLady – Groove It Out
· Palms Trax – Sumo Acid Crew
· PBR Streetgang & X-Press 2 – Cosine (Lauer Remix)
· Reboot – The Frenchie Thing
· Ron Basejam – When I Hear That Music
· Special Request – Amnesia
· Tensnake – Keep On Talking
· Boof – Just On The Swings
· Floating Points – Silhouettes
· St Germain – Real Blues
· Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit (Claptone Remix)
· Julio Bashmore – Holdin On
Check out some of the ECE team’s favorite music from 2012.
Our favorite albums of 2012:
Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
Beach House – Bloom
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Cobra Juicy
Boys Noize – Out of the Black
Calvin Harris – 18 Months
Cat Power – Sun
Crystal Castles – (iii)
Daphni – Jiaolong
Divine Fits – A Thing Called Divine Fits
Django Django – Django Django
Eric Prydz Presents Pryda
Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
Four Tet – Pink
Gary Clark Jr – Blak & Blu
Grizzly Bear – Shields
Hot Chip – In Our Heads
Jack White – Blunderbuss
Jessie Ware – Devotion
Justin Martin – Ghettos & Gardens
Miike Snow – Happy To You
Morning Parade – Morning Parade
Netsky -2
Niki & The Dove – Instinct
Passion Pit – Gossamer
Pond – Beard, Wives, Denim
Poolside – Pacific Standard Time
Reptar – Body Faucet
Scuba – Personality
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Teengirl Fantasy – Tracer
The Heavy – The Glorious Dead.
The Lumineers – The Lumineers
The Maccabees – Given To The Wild
The Shins – Port of Morrow
The xx – Coexist
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Trouble
Twin Shadow – Confess
Van She – Idea of Happiness
Walk the Moon – Walk the Moon
Our favorite songs of 2012:
Alabama Shakes – Hold On
Alex Clare – Too Close
AlunaGeorge – Your Drums, Your Love
Amtrac – How Can She
A-Trak/ Mark Foster/ Kimbra – Warrior
Avicii f/ Salem Al Fakir – Sihouettes
Bat for Lashes – Laura
Benoit & Sergio – New Ships
Ben Pearce – What I Might Do
Bingo Players – Cry (Just A Little)
Burial – Kindred
Calvin Harris – Feel So Close
Calvin Harris f/ Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing
Cat Power – Cherokee
Chairlift – I Belong in Your Arms
Chromatics – Back From the Grave
Digitalism vs Tommy Trash – Falling
Disclosure – Latch
Dog Blood – Next Order
Drums of Death – Waves City
Duke Dumont – The Giver
Dusky – Flo Jam
Father John Misty – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
Flight Facilities – Clair de Lune
Flight Facilities f/ Grovesnor – With You
Florence + The Machine – Spectrum (Calvin Harris Remix)
Grimes – Genesis
Holy Ghost! – It Gets Dark
Hot Chip – Flutes (Sasha Remix)
Hot Natured f/ Ali Love – Benediction
Imagine Dragons – It’s Time
James Curd – Guide Me (Gigamesh Remix)
Jamie Lidell – What a Shame
Jessie Ware – Running (Disclosure Remix)
Jessie Ware – Wildest Moments
Julio Bashmore – Au Seve
Justice – New Lands (Falcon Remix)
Justin Martin – Don’t Go (Dusky Remix)
Justin Martin – Ghettos & Gardens
Kaskade f/ Neon Trees – Lessons In Love
Katy B f/ Jessie Ware – Aaliyah
Local Natives – Breakers
M83 – Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix)
M83 – Reunion (Mylo Remix)
Madeon – Finale
Major Lazer f/ Amber Coffman – Get Free
Martin Solveig – The Night Out (Madeon Remix)
Miguel – Adorn
Miike Snow – Paddling Out
Monsta – Messiah
Muse – Follow Me
Netsky – Love Has Gone
Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks
Passion Pit – Take a Walk
Poolside – Harvest Moon
Porter Robinson – Language
Pryda – Shadows
Russ Chimes – Back 2 You
Rustie f/ AlunaGeorge – After Light
Santigold – Disparate Youth
Shiny Toy Guns – Fading Listening
Skrillex f/ Sirah – Bangarang
Sub Focus – Out of the Blue
Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound
Tame Impala – Elephant
Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
The Knocks – The Feeling
The Lumineers – Ho Hey
The Shins – Simple Song
The xx – Angels
Todd Terje – Inspector Norse
Twin Shadow – Five Seconds
Usher – Climax
Zedd f/ Matthew Koma – Spectrum