1. James Blake - CMYK/Klavierwerke
4. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
James Blake is the brightest upcoming producer. His music is something completely new. He is also a genius in voice manipulation and creating space in music which is why his two EPs are the greatest thing to happen to modern electronic music since Burial released Untrue.
2. Four Tet - There is Love in You
Words cannot describe how great this album is. Each track is a hypnotic swirl of complex fragil sounds over a 4/4 beat. A perfect album, a work of art.
3. Toro y Moi - Causers of This
Though the genre died out relatively quick, Toro y Moi's music evolves rapidly with each release. Causers of This is a masterpiece of beautiful sample work.
4. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
The Monitor is just one of those big punk records. Some of the best songwriting I've heard in a longtime.
5. Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus
5. Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus
Flylo's epic masterpiece is a lesson in fusion, the best since Miles Davis' Bitches Brew.
6. Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers
6. Mount Kimbie - Crooks and Lovers
Mount Kimbie pushes dubstep into new territories and promises a bright future for the young genre.
7. Tycho - Past is Prologue
Tycho makes impossibly beautiful electronic music, and their newest is just that.
8. Bonobo - Black Sands
7. Tycho - Past is Prologue
Tycho makes impossibly beautiful electronic music, and their newest is just that.
8. Bonobo - Black Sands
Black Sands gave me hope for the future of downtempo. Ninja Tune Records still puts out good stuff.
9. Twin Shadow - Forget
Twin shadow did the impossible in 2010, they brought back new wave without making it clique
10. Scuba - Triangulation
9. Twin Shadow - Forget
Twin shadow did the impossible in 2010, they brought back new wave without making it clique
10. Scuba - Triangulation
The head of Hotflush Records demonstrates why he is the king of the ever progressing genre.
Notable Mentions:
Harlem - Hippies
Twin Sister - Color Your Life
Onra - Long Distance
Skream - Outside the Box
Twin Sister - Color Your Life
Onra - Long Distance
Skream - Outside the Box
Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo/Shrew EP