*If there's already a thread for this, let me know, this will be deleted immediately - but yes, I was too lazy to look
So, how was it? What were your favorite tracks of the year (not necessarily released this year, but what did you play/listen to/like)? Did you get tuned into a new sound? Who was your favorite jock? What was your biggest disappointment?
Feel free to answer any and all - or to just let me know how utterly wretched and unnecessary this thread is.
And for my part, here's at least a decent list of the tracks I was into this year:
16 Bit Lolitas - Neptune (Original Mix)
Lucio Aquilina - Magic M (Massi Reconstruction)
Romboy and Bodzin - Pandora (Original Mix)
Dusty Kid - Milk (Original Mix)
Chymera - Umbrella (Original and Funk D'Void Mixes)
The Fix - Anesthetic (Original Mix)
Marcus Worgull - Dragon Loop (Original Mix)
Spooky - New Light (Original Mix)
Minilogue - The Leopard (Extrawelt Mix)
Thom Yorke - The Eraser (Satoshi Tomii Reconstruction)
FALSE - Sink the Ship (Original Mix)
Matthew Dear - Deserter (Original and Four Tet Remixes)
Audion - Noiser
Avana - Elegy (Original Mix)
The Youngsters - Equestrian Muppet Idol (Original Mix)
Alex Under - Extrapelzo (Original Mix)
Okain - Modulacion (Original Mix)
Christian Paduraru - Born Again (Avana Native Dub)
Gregor Tresher - Anti (Original Mix)
Giresse & Erb - Vacuum (Original Mix)
James Zabiela - Persevere (Original Mix)
Rejected - Let's Go Juno (Original Mix)
Joris Voorn - Blank (Original Mix)
Pig & Dan - Sweet September (Original Mix)
Dahlback & Dahlback - Rolle Nive (Original Mix)
Disco Mob - Dirty Dishes (Patrik Bjorkman Mix)
Joshua Collins - Lilo (Original/Fortier Mixes)
Star & Ito - Sudoko Kid (Fanciulli Mix)
H.O.S.H. - Steppenwolf (Original Mix)
Avex Axiom - JMC Wiggins (Original Mix)
M.I.R.K.O. - Cranky (Original Mix)
Herb L.F. - Miles (Original Mix)
Joroen Verheij - Chica-Go (Rejected Mix)
I greatly expanded my already-broad EDM tastes, and got a lot more experience playing-out. I've gotten a lot better at both mixing and producing. I'd say it was a great year for me.
BT's "Electrocuted" was a blight on an otherwise very good year in music. Not good so much because of things that were released this year -- I'm never really that "current," so I'm not confident about my ability to evaluate that -- but because of things I got into and discovered.
Son Kite
Minilogue (who are actually the same two guys as Son Kite, I found out a few weeks ago)
Extrawelt
Also I fell in love with acid techno and finally found the Xylem Flow Mix of William Orbit's "Water from a Vine Leaf."
Somewhat unrelated, but I also bought a lot of classical music. Favorites were Debussy's "La Mer" and piano music, Stravinsky, Brahms piano concertos, and Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 (everybody should have a copy of this; even people who "aren't into classical" tend to like it -- sample).
Dec-13-2007 15:34
david.michael
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Dayton, OH, USA
quote:
Originally posted by RJT
I'm glad that was the first response.
I do what I can.
Dec-13-2007 15:48
Ted Promo
NWO WOLFPACK INSANE
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Can this be my goal??!
I began to get into more experimental/downtempo acts and then into post-rock and folk. I still stay into edm a fair amount, but I'm branching out further.
groups/producers I've gotten into or more into
CocoRosie
Loess
The Knife
José Gonzalez
Malcolm Middleton
Fairmont
Asura
Talkdemonic
Lymbyc Systym
Apparat
Agoria
Bitcrush
Amon Tobin
Christ.
Christian Kleine
Hermann & Kleine
Caural
Console
Sixtoo
Skream
Goldmund
FC Kahuna
Explosions in the Sky
Sigur Ros
Four Tet
Mice Parade
Ms. John Soda
eh, tired of listing shit. It's been a good year of music for myself. As for my favourite dj - I guess I'd have to say James Holden. I enjoyed his show the most and I thought all his sets this year were solid.
Dec-13-2007 15:49
Nostalgic
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Registered: Apr 2005
Location:
once again, another horrible year for trance and progressive is still pretty much nonexistent, again.
Dec-13-2007 15:58
RJT
last minute disco
Registered: Oct 2004
Location:
It's hard for me to distill my choice of DJ for 2007 to just one (if I had to, it would be Howells), but here are a few who I really enjoyed a particularly large amount of music from this year:
Danny Howells
Sven Vath
Lee Burridge
Funk D'Void
Magda
Omid (16b)
Demi
TA's:
nefardec aka Adam Vana (Tantra is exceptional, but pretty much everything from him is enjoyable)
Bas & Clovis live sets - always fun to hear what friends are playing out
UWM aka Robobotronic Davis - I don't remember the name off the top of my head, but I believe it was from the winter/spring - stuck with me all year.
Mili aka Mili Sefic - Hands down the best DJ in Chicago (though not anymore ), his set opening for Danny Howells this year was unreal.
Cervy aka Milo Wahi live sets - His set opening for Digweed is epic.
Glaniskanis - Pretty much where I find a good chunk of tunes I end up playing for long stretches of time.
Az aka Mark Asbrey - Step 1. Become chemically inebriated. Step 2. Put on any of Az' mixes. Step 3. ????? Step 4. Profit.
Stu Cox - Again, though there wasn't much from him this year - it was all fire hot.
nrjizer aka Tom Delaubenfels - One of the best prog/tech house DJ's on TA, it was a lot of fun to see so many similar tracks in our playlists this year played in very, very different fashion.
...
That's all I can think of right now (need to study sometime ) - but yeah, clearly the locals/TA talent was where it was at for me this year.
hiroshi watanabe - genesis
minilogue - the leopard (extrawelt remix)
booka shade - in white rooms (mexico mix)
james alexander & pete gawtry - lost in you (the digital blonde remix)
the pqm project - babe i'm gonna leave you (pqm's melburn pass)
silent brothers - alba / quasar / departed
astral projection - the prophecy
j00f - rasa lila
the digital blonde - mandeliva
vibrasphere - capsize
sound field - lifted higher
planisphere - a lot of different tracks
martin h & peter gun - casino (peter gun remix)
stefan anion - orion's belt
hybrid - until tomorrow (stefan anion & starfire remix)
gaudium - 4 outputs
joris voorn - dirty thoughts
funk d'void feat jay leblone - lovin (your body mix)
spooky - new light (strobelight mix)
ray & peter - spacesuit
progression - echoes
the timewriter with terry lee brown jr - is this life
the timewriter - flicking pages
apparat - arcadia
aril brikha - leaving me
superpitcher - rainy nights in georgia
partial arts - trauermusik
underworld - crocodile
underworld - beautiful burnout
slam - azure
sasha - coma
guy j - save me
ame - fiori (original mix)
swayzak - smile and receive (apparat remix)
dubfire - roadkill (breakfast remix)
breakfast - the horizon
solar fields - cruise
ALBUMS:
Apparat - Walls
The Timewriter - Soulstickers
Underworld - Oblivion With Bells
Joris Voorn - From A Deep Place
Aril Brikha - Ex Machina
Sound Field - Audio Surfin
Planisphere - Solarism/Solarized
Solar Fields - EarthShine
Dec-13-2007 16:02
woscar
Starstuff
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
Re: How was your 2007 in EDM?
Tracks that I liked and listened to a lot during this year:
Phonogenic - The Last Beer on Earth
King Unique - Yohkoh
16 Bit Lolitas - Neptune (Original Mix)
16 Bit Lolitas - Destiny
Lucio Aquilina - Magic M (Original Mix) & (Massi Reconstruction)
Lucio Aquilina - My Cube
Pig & Dan - Sweet September (Original Mix)
Adam Freeland - Silverlake Pills (Gui Boratto Remix)
Phonique feat Gui Borato - Space Cruise (Phonique Version)
Sasha - Coma (Original)
Guy J - Night Loss
Josh Gabriel - Summit
REshuffle - Hedonism
Marc Marzenit - Spheere
Sweet N Candy - There!
Deadmau5 - Jaded (Original Mix)
Deadmau5 - Faxing Berlin (Original Mix)
Joel Mull - Nocturnal
Chaim - Dana (Guy Gerber Remix)
Nils Noa - Monkeybreak (Inkfish Remix)
Kolombo - Model (Robert Babicz Remix)
Ben Brown - Love and Solace (16 Bit Lolitas Remix)
Underworld - Crocodile (Album Version)
Pryda - Genesis
Pryda - Balaton
Pryda - Madderferrys
Pryda - Europa
Pryda - RYMD
Cirez D - Tigerstyle
Brazen - Toto (Original Mix)
Guy Gerber, Shlomi Aber - After Love (Original Mix)
Roland Klinkenberg and DJ Remy - Mexico Can Wait (Peter Horevorts Mix)
Jaytech - Spacelift
Komytea - Soldiers Of Karkadu (Original Mix)
Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger (Deadmau5 Edit)
Infusion - Better World (Wink Interpretation)
Jay Lumen - Million Years (Original Mix)
Jay Lumen - Circulation
Jay Lumen - High Intensity (Original Club Mix)
John Dahlback - Don't Speak
Spektrum - Kinda New (Tiefschwarz Dub)
Infusion - Do to You (In '82)
Wize - Heaven (Original Mix)
Hypnos - Red Light (Original Mix)
Dealers Choice - Bomb This Place (Original Mix)
Rozzo - Blue (Original Mix)
Kris B - Dirty Meat (Original Mix)
Rowan Blades and Chris Lake - Malteser Geezer
Marnix - Fire! (Jamie Anderson Remix)
Delgui - Highlights (Charles Webster Mix)
Favorite compilations (Released this year):
Transitions vol.3 mixed by John Digweed
Sequential vol. 2 mixed by Hernan Cattaneo
Balance 011 mixed by Luke Fair
Renaissance Masters vol.9 mixed by Satoshi Tomiie
Favorite DJs this year:
Rowan Blades
Desyn Masiello
Danny Howells
Hernan Cattaneo
Luke Fair
John Digweed
), his set opening for Danny Howells this year was unreal.
