To follow up Billionaire’s massive bass assessment for ‘09 here are 10 pieces of pie that got my gullet greased this past year. In no particular order…
Renaissance Man
Spraycan was without a doubt one of the most innovative house tracks to hit wax this year, but what was most impressive about Renaissance Man was their ability to follow up its enormous success with such consistent creativity. With glowing bass lines chunkier than your grandma’s beef barley, it’s no surprise their cuts were so often sought after pre-release. I also have to credit them for opening my ears up to a lot of tech tunes that I would have otherwise missed; all of their mixes were gold.
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Buy Renaissance Man.
Joy Orbison
The jury is clearly out on this one…
Though Joy Orbison was definitely a mega-hyped phenom, it was for good reason. On top of bridging the many gaps that exist between the UK’s many schools of rhythm and bass in Hyph Mongo, the dude also managed to put together the BEST in 105-115 disco heaters with his BSRkR01 mix. This mix aptly showed the true depth of his influence and was hands down my favorite mix of the year.
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Buy Joy from Hotflush Recordings.
Thriller – Genie
Floating Points – Love Me Like This
C.O.M.B.I. – It A Late
Eddie C – Make It Better
The Revenge – Night Flight
B.W.H. – Stop
James Pants – We’re Through
Alicia Meyers – I Want To Thank You
Fudge Fingas – DinsDins4Dada
Bumblebee Unlimited – Lovebug (DK Edit)
Arthur Russell – Hop On Down
Nite Jewel – Weak For Me
The Samps – Traincummings…..
C.B. Funk – Subway To Cologne
Kate Bush – Cloudbusting
Big ups to Asian Dan for being on this early.
Sound Pellegrino
In less than a year, Teki & Co. turned their digital imprint into a taste maker’s wet dream. Running the gamut from 001’s Baltimore infused baile house banger by ZDS (Eurovision) to heavy hitting tech house treats and then onto L-Vis’ hard funky tunes or Solo’s midget house beasts, there was very little that wasn’t covered. Impressively on point for such variety. I’m really looking forward to what they’ve got in store for 2010.
Zombie Disco Squad – Esperanto
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Buy Sound Pellegrino.
