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Now in its 8th annual instalment, Bleep's 100 Tracks is the definitive guide to the best music of the year, available as a high-quality download.
A true journey of discovery, with the best tracks from our favourite albums, dance bangers, and unsung gems.
The product is only available until 23:59 GMT, 31st of January 2017 - so grab yours now or you'll have to wait for the 2017 one!
melody in high feedback tones
Cavern Of Anti-Matter
void beats/invocation trex
3:53
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Somewhere between analogue kosmiche, post-punk electro and hi-tech jazz techno, whilst all the while being held together by a penchant for spectrum spooling sounds and rhythms. Tightly played, fruitful pop.
Loop the Loop
Bullion
Loop the Loop
3:25
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Sampha features on the lush title track with his characteristically soulful melismatic backing vocals and additional keys, but the true stars of the song are Nathan Jenkins' effortless singing and his fluffy arrangement of weightless, glistening synths and elastic bass lines.
Untitled 1985 (Victor Shan/Gerd Janson Rave mix)
Muslimgauze
Split
6:26
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Muslimgauze's 85 UK hardcore rinse-out gets a rave remix, destined to destroy dancefloors anywhere its deployed.
Ee Chê
Anna Homler and Steve Moshier
Breadwoman & Other Tales
8:03
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Mixing elements of hypnotic waves of electronics with more compositional instruments, while Anna Homler uses her vocals as an instrument composing fluent sounds of sonic melody that perfectly entwine with the music they are laid across.
Oil on Ice (version 2)
JT The Goon
Oil on Ice - EP
3:56
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Hi-def grime from Triton warrior JT the Goon.
It Means I Love You
Jessy Lanza
Oh No
4:41
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Lanza's vocals are more pronounced and confident than ever before, and her production (with additional touches from Junior Boys' Jeremy Greenspan) is distinctively different, channeling eccentric sounds from Yellow Magic Orchestra to Nozinja.
Scido
Kowton
Utility
4:50
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This is a proper teeth-grinding, head-nodding ride that owes as much to mid 90's Bristol drum & bass as it does to late 00's warehouse techno but all capped off with a signature sound that is undoubtedly Kowton at the controls.
Trotro
DJ Katapila
Trotro
5:02
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Trotro give a message of 'energy is for everyone', mixed with a healthy dose of TR-808 heavy sound.
Aftermath
Fatima Al Qadiri
Brute
3:55
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In combining sparse percussion with effectively placed caesuras, Fatima manages to convey an unsettling sense of tension that says: it's time for outrage.
Arthropoda
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
EARS
3:37
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Prominently layering higher and lower pitches and using reverb effects, Kaitlyn's vocals adopt instrument-like textures.
Biutiful
Ash Koosha
I AKA I
3:16
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Otherworldly music. Ash Koosha intricately arranges a vast array of tones, textures and timbres into a new sonic sculpture.
20:17
Olafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm
Trance Frendz
5:55
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There ain't much Trance in the Tiesto sense here; rather long-form ambient improv, drifting electronics and spatial modular composition.
Punch
Not Waving
Animals
5:47
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Extremely noisy track of post-punk-influenced electronic sounds, with blasts of sub-bass, noise, and a good ol’ helping of rave all meshing together.
Robotic Handshakes in 4D
ZULI
Bionic Ahmed EP
5:11
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Bass-heavy and sounds somewhat broken. Slow motion groove with mechanical hisses.
CUT ELEVEN
Innsyter
Poison Life
3:20
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Devised from a circuit burnt Roland groove, a moody synth melody, and a complete (wonderful) disregard for studio levels. Think Jamal Moss, gone feral.
Cryo Enemy
Silk Road Assassins
Reflection Spaces
3:04
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Glass floored trap and grime mutations, crossing the DNA of Gobstopper with Hud Mo, all with a 7 am post-club glazed stare.
How to Save a Life (Vector of Eternity)
Mikael Seifu
Zelalem
6:11
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Hypnotic and spiritual jazz that still sounds proudly Ethiopian and utterly enthralling.
Savage Riddim
Endgame
Savage
3:42
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Melancholic club music that packs incredible energy into a low, swung tempo.
Time Eater
Gold Panda
Good Luck And Do Your Best
4:58
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A more considered approach to Gold Panda’s trademark electronica that favours a more organic sample laden sound.
Meditation
Babyfather featuring Arca
"BBF" Hosted By DJ Escrow
5:21
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Post-Dilla beat with a Massive Attack atmosphere and that Blunt-vocal, underscored by classic art-pop sensibility.
Music of the Air
Tim Hecker
Love Streams
4:08
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Hecker injecting a dose of ultraviolet light into his sounds.
Under The Sun
Mark Pritchard
Under The Sun
6:30
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A perfectly crafted, hypnotic, sonic composition from Mark Pritchard.
More Red (with Brother May)
Micachu
Taz and May Vids
2:59
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Skwed Dancehall abstractions on More Red with Brother May, a.k.a. the London-based MC who voiced Mica’s Fact Mix 444 in 2014.
Honeyed Words
Anna Meredith
Varmints
3:18
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Guitars, cello, clarinet and synth from debut Moshi Moshi artist, Scottish composer Anna Meredith.
Evening Side (Oneohtrix Point Never Edit)
Four Tet
Evening Side (OPN Edit)
4:02
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Oneohtrix takes Evening and moves it into full flow night-time mode by adding a 4 x 4 to the mix and making excellent use of the originals percussion, possibly the most club friendly work from OPN yet and sure to move minds and feet alike.
Flu (feat. Arthur Verocai)
Jameszoo
Fool
5:09
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Mitchel Van Dinther aka Jameszoo calls his music 'naive, computer jazz', which sums this masterful record up perfectly.
I Sing In Silence
Goat
I Sing in Silence
3:28
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One of the premier live bands on the planet right now served us a tantalising, teasing, tasty and tumultuous two-tracker.
Hovering
Kyoka
SH
3:24
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A space where chaos and clarity reigns; a music of broken 2-step percussion (in the SND mould) and pin-sharp electronic production (think label-mates Vainio, Kangding Ray, Alva Noto).
Skeleton Crew
Slackk
Aviary EP
4:34
You'll have likely heard the wonky Skeleton Crew in sets from Mumdance and Logos.
Prototype HA
Antwood
Virtuous.scr
3:50
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Prototype HA flashes of seductive chrome.
Disintegration Anxiety
Explosions In The Sky
The Wilderness
4:11
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The song Disintegration Anxiety shares its title with an epic song of loss by The Cure, and it's the sparse melancholy-tainted-by-euphoria of Robert Smith's band that Explosions often reference.
Her Move
Peder Mannerfelt
Controlling Body
5:00
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Killer hip-hop swagger set to an experimental techno flavour.
N R 3
Nosaj Thing
NO REALITY
3:26
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N R 3 drops some beat-rooted gear that we have grown to love of Nosaj.
Nocturne 4
Ben Lukas Boysen
Spells
6:47
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Yet more heartbreaking gold from the Erased Tapes family arrived in the shape of the debut LP from German sound designer Ben Lukas Boysen.
Same
Julianna Barwick
Will
4:55
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Dream music.
Dead Heat
Raime
Tooth
4:35
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Raime perfectly executed a unique breed of post-minimal punk/techno that saw them being praised by everyone from Aphex Twin to Regis.
Selfish
Andy Stott
Too Many Voices
4:34
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Andy Stott takes on Sidewinder grime with Selfish.
Innocent Love
Oliver Coates
Upstepping
7:20
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From the first string-licks of Innocent Love, the ghosts of the great Arthur Russell haunt you.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief
Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
5:03
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A richly produced piece of work which offers rewards upon first glance and is certain to convince those unsure of the true genius of the band.
Marked For Life
Huerco S.
For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
3:40
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When the seemingly arhythmic structures of ‘Marked For Life’ take on new forms through delay effects, Leeds’ mastery of metamorphosis is in full bloom: a truly enticing departure from the more traditional beat-based compositions.
Closer to Closure
Jherek Bischoff
Cistern
5:15
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Much like Pauline Oliveros and her Deep Listening Band before him, Bischoff took inspiration from exploring the acoustics of an empty underground water tank.
We Be All Africans
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids
We Be All Africans
6:09
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Intergalactic jazz funk with an afro-beat groove and hypnotic licks. Like Fela and Sun Ra had a massive party and the whole world was invited.
Nothing but Scenery
Nite Jewel
Liquid Cool
3:20
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Liquid Cool is full of confidence, hypercoloured synth licks and Teengirl Fantasy style vocal house jams; a sweetly realised work.
The Crane (Function / Inland Remix)
Source Direct
The Crane
9:27
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A killer remix from Inland/Function, morphing the original into something that could have emerged on Sandwell District back in the days.
Clear Cut (Original Mix)
DVA Damas
Clear
9:53
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Perfectly clear-cut return of Downwards North America duo DVA Damas, building upon The Cramps style rockabilly post-punk sound they have made their own.
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CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya mix ]
Aphex Twin
Cheetah EP
8:13
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CIRKLON3 [ Kolkhoznaya mix ] mixes up a techstep funk number with the robotic blues of The Man-Machine-era Kraftwerk with the raw melancholy of the most slippery Analord acid.
Time Moves Slow
BADBADNOTGOOD featuring Samuel T. Herring
IV
4:33
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Time Moves Slow takes in spacious arrangement of guitar chords, bass line and subtle drums leaving enough room for Samuel T. Herring's vocals to take centre stage.
Chantel
Steven Julien
Fallen
4:39
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Julien explores his funk influences flexing on the dancefloor.
Sepulchral Offerings
Hieroglyphic Being
The Disco's Of Imhotep
4:55
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One of the most prolific artists working on the fringes of house/techno/jazz/space and the world as we know it, Jamal Moss presented possibly his most well rounded and cosmic record yet.
Dummy Track
Why Be, Elysia Crampton, & Chino Amobi
Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City
3:33
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Why Be, Elysia Crampton, & Chino Amobi join forces for an Amazonian battering on Dummy Track.
E.V.P.
Blood Orange
Freetown Sound
5:43
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Like a British Prince on this boogie cut, his voice will find a way to stay in your head long after the track has finished.
RPG
Trim
1-800 Dinosaur Presents: Trim
2:39
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Trim calls on label head Blake who turns in his most sterling work since 2014's 200 Press with the rapid fire RPG.
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Formation Boyz
Gqom Oh! X Crudo Volta Mixtape
6:25
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The Gqom Oh! X Crudo Volta Mixtape is the perfect entry point to this most singular of labels, anyone who copped the labels previous releases, or are into Mu's Bangs & Works comps or early 00's grime but are on the search for new flavours, this is 4 U.
S.D.Y.F.
Zomby and Rezzett
Ultra
5:32
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Zomby and Rezzett's mind blowing eski ambient jungle collab finally saw the light of day in all it's glory. Imagine 28 Gun Bad Boy had been released on Wiley Kat for a taste of the vibe here.
Reset It (Head High Dirt Mix)
Special Request
Modern Warfare Remixes
5:32
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Head High (AKA Shed) moved the original's drum & bass tempo into a jackin' house rework complete with the OG's MC chatter.
I've Always Liked Grime
Mall Grab
Menace II Society
6:48
Mall Grab decided to combine grime with big room house on the tongue in cheek titled 'I've always liked grime.'
Before the Rain
2814
Rain Temple
7:13
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Sure to be an instant classic of the ambient electronica genre, 'Before the Rain' is shot through a crystalline backdrop of innercity raindrops that hail from underneath a sky the colour of a television tuned to a dead channel.
1. Sun Song by The Earl Hennessy Trio
The Lost Tapes Record Club
The Lost Tapes Record Club EP-2
6:39
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Sun Song by The Earl Hennessy Trio portrays this atmosphere of a glacial snow blind passage layered in a forest of reverb, sublime library sounds.
Rachett
DJ Earl featuring MoonDoctor and OPN
Open Your Eyes (with 0PN)
2:58
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Teklife returned with their second release proper, from the real OG DJ Earl.
Silver Siding
Marc Houle
Silver Siding EP
4:58
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A warbling bassline and glistening, slightly acid tinged synths, with an 80s vox style vocal sat neatly over them.
Night/Fall/Dream
SKY H1
Motion
3:58
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Sparkly choral synths gives rise to hope, bursting with colour and positivity.
Invariable Cowhandler
Biosphere
Departed Glories
3:45
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Ghosted vocals drift through vast walls of reverb drenched sound.
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Frankie [feat. Frankie]
Powell
Sport
4:59
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Rippin' guitar fuzz.
Ya
Factory Floor
25 25
7:05
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Never stopping to focus on one thing for two long, vocal licks fly past in a haze of dub FX, snare drums loop in and out of the mix with little fanfare and acid lines bubble underneath a bouncin' sub bass line that is at the core of the album's sound.
Bubble
Equiknoxx Music
Bubble
3:51
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Equiknoxx roll a beat for Swing Ting.
Leisure Complex
Daze
Leisure Complex
5:32
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A drum pattern as complex and rhythmic as you’d find while digging into the classic era of break-beat and jungle, though not quite hitting so hard.
BB
Kornel Kovacs
The Bells
6:32
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Having spent recent years touring with his label mates all across the globe, and releasing some of the most exciting and inventive takes on house music, Kornel Kovacs has a pretty good handle on what rocks a dance.
Independently Together
FIS
From Patterns to Details
4:19
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Incredible track from FIS's spellbinding LP, From Patterns to Details.
Really Doe (feat. Kendrick Lamar & Ab-Soul & Earl Sweatshirt)
Danny Brown
Atrocity Exhibition
5:19
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Produced with Ab-Soul, Earl Sweatshirt & Kendrick Lamar. While there will be many drawing parallels and comparisons with Kendrick's To Pimp A Butterfly, to our ears where Kendrick moved library and jazz into his world, Danny is bringing in early the cold winter months ahead, through an industrial sized sized vat of post-punk experimentalism that bleeds through his flavours to create a richly thick style and substance that's ingrained in his DNA and stands him tall above the rest.
NOTU_URONLINEU (featuring Danalogue)
DVA [HI:EMOTIONS] featuring Danalogue
NOTU_URONLINEU
8:05
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The most crystallised, yet shadowy vision of the DVA sound yet.
Meiosis Gametes
Karen Gwyer
Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase
8:53
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A long, drifting deep house mutation from No Pain in Pop favourite Karen Gwyer.
Bridge Spot
FaltyDL
Heaven Is for Quitters
4:53
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Bridge Spot sports some of FaltyDL's early drumfunk shuffle into a deep house banger.
Who Loves You?
Romare
Love Songs: Part Two
8:25
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Machine driven funk from Romare's latest LP, a strong vibe on the deeper end of the club spectrum.
Female Vampire
Jenny Hval
Blood Bitch
3:37
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Beautifully dark atmospheric pop from Jenny Hval's stunning Blood Bitch.
Mob Of Waters
Mica Levi & Oliver Coates
Remain Calm
2:20
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In a world where everyone is going deeper into abstract electronics, the live instrumentation on show here makes 'Mob Of Waters' truly unique.
Yermande (Kick and Bass Mix)
Mark Ernestus Ndagga Rhythm Force
Yermande
6:10
Buy
Slickest sounds & rhythm from the Basic Channel corner, endless echoing drum work with the signature Ndagga vocals over the top, always on the brink of fading into an endless sea of reverb.
In Yer Face (Bicep Remix)
808 State
In Yer Face Bicep Remixes
7:41
Buy
Proper buzz from Bicep remixing the acid house classic by 808 State into a NY garage number.
Tuck
Katie Gately
Color
5:28
Buy
Tuck has Katie Gately's voice creating goose-like noises, echoing the wild brass concert underneath.
History Lesson
Nicolas Jaar
Sirens
3:42
Buy
Nicolas Jarr returned, sounding more versatile than ever.
Teleported
Okzharp and Manthe Ribane
Tell Your Vision
2:59
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A freestyle grime beat overlaid with a strong house vibe. Great stuff.
Broke In
Yves Tumor
Serpent Music
4:29
Championing the challenging, Yves Tumor seems to have a knack for constantly expanding our perceived notions of music, drawing upon mid-period musique concrete as a unifying reference point. Dense, psychedelic and melancholic, the groove wriggles its way into your head and stays there, all the while you debate the reason you were listening to anything else beforehand.
Play with Me
B12
All Abandon All
5:35
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‘Play with Me’ exemplifies the exquisite fusion of melodies which go beyond your standard synth motif, with captivating syncopated percussion. A simple, yet infectious beat with shimmering pads.
In Between 2
GAIKA
SPAGHETTO
3:27
Buy
GAIKA blends the RNB style champagne dreamin' of the slicker early '00s UKG with a streetwise, hood up gothic twist that will see it draw appeal from across the board of soundboys and girls alike.
Lying Has To Stop
Soft Hair
Soft Hair
5:56
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Connan Mockasin and Late Of The Pier frontman Sam Eastgate, to some better known as LA Priest, immortalised their friendship with the release of their first album as Soft Hair.
Win In The Flat World
Lorenzo Senni
Persona
4:53
Buy
Much like Mumdance and Logos did to grime, SOPHIE did to bubblegum pop and SND did to UKG, Lorenzo Senni excavates and extractes a style of hard dance music and gives it a valuable new spin that is both futuristic yet reflects the modern times with a deafening intensity sure to move minds and feet alike.
No More Dreams II
1991
No More Dreams
3:27
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The music of 1991 harks back to times of old, seeping into our collective conscious to recall memories of the golden age of ambient dance music.
Afterglow
Jacques Greene
Afterglow
3:53
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Jacques Greene returned with the neon sheen glow of Afterglow, once again raising the bar of RNB rooted house and electronica in the way that only Jacques can.
Shanghaied
Hudson Mohawke
DedSec - Watch Dogs 2 (OST)
3:53
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Opening track from HudMo's awesome soundtrack for Ded Sec - Watch Dogs 2.
Sonata Elletronica
Malcolm Pointon
Electromuse
10:16
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Early electronics from avant-garde electrician musician Malcolm Pointon, beamed right in from his self-built synths circa 1974.
Kazzt
Airhead
Mumdance & Logos Present Different Circles
2:00
'Kazzt' will undoubtedly become a hallmark in the history of the 'weightless' sound.
