Top 100 Tracks of the year, according to..

[wonk! there it is]

..me. Woo-hoo. Please excuse the self-indulgence but I thoought some of you might be interested in this.

I do a lot of writing for hhv.de and they asked me to compile them again, like I did last year. The last 40 are still to come next week but here's what I've posted so far.

The write-ups are in German, so no need to bother reading them for the majority here but there's also Audio streams for pretty much every track mentioned so far.

http://community.hhv.de/magazin/kolumnen...gs-of-2008

1) Juan MacLean – Happy House
2) MGMT – Kids
3) Afefe Iku – Mirror Dance
4) Hercules & Love Affair – Blind
5) DJ Mujava – Township Funk
6) Chemical Brothers – Midnight Madness (EBW 10)
7) Lil Wayne – A Milli
8) Paul Kalkbrenner – Sky and Sand (feat. Fritz Kalkbrenner)
9) Portishead – Machine Gun
10) dOP – Like a Motherless Child

11) Wiley – Wearing my Rolex
12) Siriusmo – Simple
13) Jesse Rose – Touch my Horn
14) Mr. Oizo – Cut Dick
15) Low Motion Disco – Love Love Love (Aeroplane Remix)
16) Zomby – Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)
17) Fat Joe –That White
18) Antony & The Johnsons – Another World
19) Q-Tip – Move
20) Plastique de Reve – Resist

21) Oh Snap! – Bill Cosby Sweater (Hostage Remix)
22) DJ Mehdi – Pocket Piano (Joakim Remix)
23) Arto Mwambé – Une Seule Nuit (Mix De Danse)
24) Moby – I Like To Move In Here (Holy Ghost! Remix)
25) Cut Copy – Lights & Music (Boys Noize Remix)
26) Neon Neon – I Lust You
27) Tiga – Mind Dimension
28) Sis – Trompeta
29) In Flagranti – Personal Angst
30) DJ Koze – I Want To Sleep

31) The Black Keys – Things Ain’t Like They Used To Be
32) Boy 8 Bit – The Suspense is Killing Me
33) Metronomy – Heartbreaker (Diskjokke Remix)
34) Big Boi – Royal Flush (feat. Andre & Raekwon)
35) Idiotproof – Gorilla
36) Jake One & MF Doom – Trap Door
37) Ladytron – Ghosts
38) Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish
39) ZZT – The Worm (Erol Alkan Remix)
40) TRG – Broken Heart (Martyn Remix)

41) Kid Cudi – Day n Night (Crookers remix)
42) Munk – Live Fast! Die Old! (Headman Remix)
43) Al Green – Lay it down (feat. Anthony Hamilton)
44) Mickey Factz – Rockin’ & Rollin’ (feat. The Cool Kids)
45) Padded Cell – Savage Skulls
46) The Kills – Cheap & Cheerful
47) Soundhack – Rodeo
48) Mickey Moonlight – Interplanetary (Riton Remix)
49) Stimming – Una Pena
50) Grace Jones – Williams’ Blood (Aeroplane Remix)

51) Surkin – White Knight Two
52) Raphael Saadiq – Oh Girl
53) Erykah Badu – The Healer
54) Voodoo Chilli – Get on Down
55) Benga – 26 Basslines
56) Omar S – Psychotic Photosynthesis
57) Mystery Jets – Hideaway (Switch remix)
58) Rodriguez Jr. – Lila
59) Lykke Li – I’m Good, I’m Gone
60) Duke Dumont – Hoy!

61) Fan Death – Veronica’s Veil
62) The Roots – Rising Down (ft. Mos Def & Styles P)
63) The Glimmers – I’d much rather go (out with the Boys)
64) A-Trak – Say Whoa
65) Starkey – Miracles
66) Hot Chip – Touch Too Much (Ewan Pearson Remix)
67) Boys Noize – Let’s Buy Happiness (Proxy Remix)
68) Estelle – American Boy (feat. Kanye West)
69) The Long Blondes – Guilt (Pantha du Prince Remix)
70) Crazy Cousins – Bongo Jam

71) Etienne de Crecy & Monsieur Jo – Hanukkah
72) Nina Simone – Take Care of Business (Pilooski Edit)
73) Lützenkirchen – 3 Tage wach
74) Wu-Tang Clan – The Jump Off (Bird Peterson Remix)
75) Dusk & Blackdown – Focus
76) Sebastien Tellier – Divine
77) Wiley – Summertime (Bart B More Remix)
78) Gnarls Barkley – Blind Mary
79) Apple – Siegalizer
80) James Pants – Crystal Lite (feat. Deon Davis)

81) Laurent Garnier – Back to my Roots
82) A1 Bassline – It’s a Lot
83) Golden Bug – Barbie’s Back
84) Black Milk – Long Story Short
85) Machines Don’t Care – Drop it to the Floor
86) Jay-Z – Dope Boy Fresh (Jockin’ Jay-Z)
87) Zombie Nation – Forza!
88) Syclops – The Fly
89) Jokers of the Scene – Acidrod
90) N.E.R.D. – Everyone Nose (Remix feat. Lupe, Kanye & Pusha T)

91) Tricky – Council Estate (Mowgli Remix)
92) Foals – Red Sox Pugie
93) Rodion – Athena Acid
94) Koushik – Lying in the Sun
95) TC – Where’s my Money (Caspa Remix)
96) Luciano – Nin
97) Plastician – Intensive Snare (feat. Skepta)
98) Common – Gladiator
99) Muravchix – Tropical Warrior
100) Audion – Billy Says Go


And in order to make this thread less self-absored, feel free to post you own lists as well.

[charles]

Nice list, I'm looking forward to the next 40 =)
All genres are represented and it is good.

And it makes my german understanding better (and I need it)

[wonk! there it is]

Appreciated!

[ourtalk]

good read thanks

[kids want techno]

gute liste. vielen dank

[riotschool]

Nice one, Wonk!

Where are you from?

[wonk! there it is]

Thanks guys!

Next batch is up:

http://community.hhv.de/magazin/kolumnen...gs-of-2008

riot school: ich studiere in Konstanz, was jetzt nicht so der Bringer ist, aber Zürich liegt ja nahe...

[charles]

wow.
so many good tracks on this last list :
the worm (erol edit)
Dj Koze - I want to sleep
In flagranti - personal angst
tiga - minddimension
cut copy - light & music (BN remix)
Joakim's remix of Pocket Piano
And :
Moby - I love to move in here (Holy Ghost remix) (ok I think this my top tune of the year, I'm really looking forward to see the first twenties to see what I've missed)
Nice list... Thank you

[wonk! there it is]

Down to 11 now...

[Osmo]

Dunno bout Wearing My Rolex being so high....

[wonk! there it is]

^Haha, I just love that track.

[bash]

this is great, a really good look back over the year's best tracks :) lots to check out too!

i'd like to see business accumen and township funk in the top 10 :)

and definitely not kids!

[wonk! there it is]

bash Wrote:this is great, a really good look back over the year's best tracks :) lots to check out too!

i'd like to see business accumen and township funk in the top 10 :)

and definitely not kids!

Ha, I actually explained why I couldn't take Business Acumen in the little paragraph about Personal Angst. It would definitely be Top 3 if it hadn't initially been released in 2006. It just felt wrong picking a tune that is 28 months old.

[CHARLIErules]

Hah I love the user name "wonk! there it is"


Good list but where is the F-F-F-AKE Blood.

[wonk! there it is]

CHARLIErules Wrote:Hah I love the user name "wonk! there it is"


Good list but where is the F-F-F-AKE Blood.

I'm in the "he's a little overrated"-camp. Thought about including Mars, decided against it in the end.

[wonk! there it is]

Oh and let me reiterate: feel free to post your own lists here as well!

[Mat Payne]

wonk! there it is Wrote:

CHARLIErules Wrote:Hah I love the user name "wonk! there it is"


Good list but where is the F-F-F-AKE Blood.

I'm in the "he's a little overrated"-camp. Thought about including Mars, decided against it in the end.

I was listening to a mix today that had 'blood splashing' on it and thought it sounded dated. Very weird for a track that was only released a few months ago...

[wonk! there it is]

matpayne Wrote:

wonk! there it is Wrote:

CHARLIErules Wrote:Hah I love the user name "wonk! there it is"


Good list but where is the F-F-F-AKE Blood.

I'm in the "he's a little overrated"-camp. Thought about including Mars, decided against it in the end.

I was listening to a mix today that had 'blood splashing' on it and thought it sounded dated. Very weird for a track that was only released a few months ago...

Totally agree.

I'm also not a big fan of Break & Big Beat stuff and this is a very obvious influence in his music that puts me off

Oh and one last bump for the completet list. Yay.

[sixs]

matpayne Wrote:I was listening to a mix today that had 'blood splashing' on it and thought it sounded dated. Very weird for a track that was only released a few months ago...

I dunno why but that track has always seemed dated to me, even when it was considered gold dust in blogland. Still, almost everything else of his is mint.

[Osmo]

First time I've heard it, but really like Mirror Dance. And Sky and Sand!

[molotov]

Couldn't agree more with Happy House, it's so ridiculously amazing. I'm considering making a best of 08 mix, although it'd just be full of tunes that we're all bored of hearing/talking about I imagine.

[SemiShadowDancer]

Damn! Must try harder in 2009 ;)

[Duke Dumont]

honorably mention to "Afefe Iku – Mirror Dance" @ No.3..

this and "Gerd & The House Vectors-We Bring U Muzik" have been the most consistent tracks i've had the fortune to play this year..

[Mat Payne]

Duke Dumont Wrote:honorably mention to "Afefe Iku – Mirror Dance" @ No.3..

Columbus Beach is great too.

[wonk! there it is]

DirtBox Wrote:Damn! Must try harder in 2009 ;)

Sorry mate, haha. I actually thought about including "Cowbois" though but there was just so much good shit out there. You would have definitely been included if this was restricted to purely electronic music.

"Mirror Dance" is indeed very special. BTW: If you like this you should also give the Arto Mwambe track at 23 a chance .

I kinda feel corny for putting "Kids" so high but I can't help it: it's just an amazing song, regardless of over-exposure.