SOULSTRUT ***Top 20 Tracks of 2011***

Soul Zilla

Happy Holidays! As the year comes to a close why not post up your top 20 tracks
that were new to YOUR EARS. Off the top of my head,

Top 20 songs of 2011 for Me:
(alphabetically ordered)

1)AB White - Check Yourself
2)Big T Stigler & the LDS Band - Cleo
3)Bobby Bland - I Ain't Myself
4)Brooklyn People - Peace & Love
5)Christian Adams - Loneliness All Around
6)Curtis Knight - Down in the Village
7)John Fitch & Associates - Romantic Attitude
8)Johnny Cool - That's You My Love
9)Kak - Everythig's Changing
10)Lee Brackett - Ruby
11)OFS Unlimited - Mystic
12)Parish Hall - How Can You Win
13)Raw Soul - Leave My Beat Alone
14)Sir Guy - Let Home Cross Your Mind
15)Smokey Johnson - It Ain't My Fault Pts 1 & 2
16)The Duke of Burlington - Flash
17)The Fellows - Let's Make it Last
18)The Incorporates - Keep Her In the Groove
19)Underground Express - Never Found A Girl
20)Yusef Lateef - Love Theme from Spartacus

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rootlesscosmo

I recently discovered the "top 20" list on my ipod, which I guess orders teh songs based on most-to-least plays.

pretty amazing actually; I was surprised by a lot of them.

Cosmo

Here are my top tracks of 2011. It's all new stuff and way more than 20... Now I know that a lot of heads on here probably won't get up on a lot of this shit but for real these are the joints that I really felt this year. This list is being published on a website in Brazil in a couple days but since I haven't been frequenting this place recently I figured I would give you guys the advance

Hope all is well.

Cassius Slay "Bouncer"
Poolside "Harvest Moon"
Lykke Li "I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)"
Metronomy "The Look"
Meek Mill "Ima Boss feat. Rick Ross"
The Hackney Colliery Band "Africa"
Oliver $ "Doin' Ya Thang (Original Mix)"
James Brown "There Was A Time (Whiskey Baron Edit)"
Headman "Voices (Hannulelauri Dub)"
Daft Punk "Derezzed"
Big Sean "Dance (A$$) (Remix feat. Nicki Minaj)"
Jeremy Glenn "New Life (Perseus "Summer Of 83" Remix)"
Frank Ocean "Swim Good"
Graveyard "Ungrateful Are The Dead"
Riton "Dark Place feat. Shani Cuppcake"
Storm Queen "It Goes On"
Anna Calvi "No More Words"
Rihanna "We Found Love feat. Calvin Harris"
Hang Glider "Glide Time"
Swizz Beatz "Everyday (Coolin') feat. Eve"
TV On The Radio "Will Do" (XXXChange Remix)
Grandtheft "Let Me Out feat. Alixe Turner"
Sheen Bros "It's So Hot feat. Greg Nice" (The Miracles Club Remix)
James Blake "The Wilhelm Scream" (Paul Raffaele Bootleg)
Kanye West & Jay-Z "Ni**az In Paris"
Cassius "The Sound Of Violence (Aeroplane Remix)"
Kon & The Gang "Sunlight" (Dub)
Spank Rock "Energy"
Michna "Real Hero"
Sir Nenis "Freaks (Wax Motif & Neoteric Remix)"
Willy Moon "I Wanna Be Your Man (Drop The Lime Mix)"
Terius Nash "1977 (Miss You Still)"

BONUS cause I just found out about this today...

Cosmo

Thanks for zipping that all up, Zilla!

smoking_robot

Oliver $? man crowds love that track but i coulnt get into it.

kinda felt like it's because anyone who doesn't know it thinks the dj is soon all sorts of crazy shit, add lsd and they start respondin to moodyman's questions (seen it with mine own eyes). I dot know, there's a really good article giving a harsh critical review of that track on little white earbuds that I found that really articulates the point better than I could formulate it.

Todd terje is fire tho

edit - i always hate it when folks just shit on something you dig. that said, i aint tryin to shit on this track, i just really cant seem to liek it. i would however be interested in the opposite side's opinion on what makes it a dope track beyond "the crowd loves it", because i think we all agree popular opinion isnt a good metric of "goodness".

jimey

my best of 2011 list. no tracks though

Albums:
Jonathan Wilson - Gentle spirit (Cooperative Music)
Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk (Pampa)
Fatoumata Diawara - Fatou (World Circuit)
Matthew Halsall - On The Go (Gondwana)
Little Dragon - Ritual Union (Peacefrog)
Machinedrum - Room(s) (Planet Mu)
Austin Peralta - Endless Planets (Brainfeeder)
Moomin - The story about you (Smallville)
New Look - New Look (!K7)
The Sea and Cake - The Moonlight Butterfly (Thrill Jockey)
Hulk Hodn Hubert Daviz - Kaseta (Entbs)
James Blake - James Blake (Atlas Recordings)
Zara McFarlane - Until Tomorrow (Brownswood)
BNJMN - Plastic World (Rush Hour)
Shlohmo - Bad Vibes (Friends of Friends)
Other Lives - Tamer animals (TBD records)
Roman Fl??gel - Fatty Folders (Dial)
Kuedo - Severant (Planet Mu)
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin (Columbia)
SBTRKT - SBTRKT (Young Turks)
Sepalcure - Sepalcure (Hotflush)
Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting (Polydor)
Scrimshire - The Hollow (Wah Wah)
Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)
Dimlite - Grimm Reality (Now Again)
Rustie ??? Glass Swords (Warp)
Rick Wilhite ??? Analog Aquarium (Stillmusic)

EPs/ 12???:
Floating Points - Shadows (Eglo)
Koreless ??? 4D/MTI (Pictures music)
Mr Beatnick ??? Synthetes (Don???t be afraid)
Jamie xx - Far Nearer (Numbers)
Julio Bashmore - Everyone Needs A Theme Tune (PMR)
Kahn - Like we used to/Helter Skelter (Punch Drunk)
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 12 (Workshop)
Jacques Greene ??? Another Girl (LuckyMe)
Burial/Four Tet/Thom Yorke ??? Ego (Text)
Deadboy - Here (Numbers)
Dauwd - What???s there (Pictures music)
Hudson Mohawke ??? Satin Panthers (Warp)
Mosca - Done me wrong/Bax (Numbers)
Michael Kiwanuka - Tell me a tale ep (Communion Records)
Stubborn Heart ??? Need Someone (White)
Erdbeerschnitzel - Always Remain (3rd Strike Records)
George Fitzgerald ??? Fernweh/Hearts (Man make Music)

Compilations/Reissues:
Bosporus Bridges Vol. 2 (Black Pearl Records)
Kourosh Yaghmaei ??? Back from the Brink: Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock from Iran 1973-1979 (Now Again)
Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948 ??? 79 (Soundway)
The Sound of Siam ??? Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz and Molam from Thailand 1964-1975 (Soundway)
Deep Disco & Boogie Vol.1 (Kindred Spirits)
K.Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas - K.Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Continental)
Ebo Taylor ??? Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 (Strut)
Life is a Dance! Plugged-in Sounds of Wonder at the Pakistani Picture House (Finders Keepers)

Box set of the year:
Virgo - Resurrection (Rush Hour)

Finally on vinyl:
Onra and Quetzal - Tribute lp (hhv/Project Mooncircle)

Contender for mix of the year:
Andy Votel - ???Futen Carmen meets Keizer Ketchup - Embalmed Japanese Concept Pop???

Concerts/Shows:
Joe Bataan at CBE
GLK at Sommerloch
Hudson Mo/James Pants at Studio672
Mosca/Girl Unit at Odonien

2012 watch out for:
Glenn Astro
DJ Adlib - Hi-Hat club vol. 6
Christian L??ffler album
Stubborn Heart album
Berghem

staxwax

jimey said:

my best of 2011 list. no tracks though

Albums:
Jonathan Wilson - Gentle spirit (Cooperative Music)
Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk (Pampa)
Fatoumata Diawara - Fatou (World Circuit)
Matthew Halsall - On The Go (Gondwana)
Little Dragon - Ritual Union (Peacefrog)
Machinedrum - Room(s) (Planet Mu)
Austin Peralta - Endless Planets (Brainfeeder)
Moomin - The story about you (Smallville)
New Look - New Look (!K7)
The Sea and Cake - The Moonlight Butterfly (Thrill Jockey)
Hulk Hodn Hubert Daviz - Kaseta (Entbs)
James Blake - James Blake (Atlas Recordings)
Zara McFarlane - Until Tomorrow (Brownswood)
BNJMN - Plastic World (Rush Hour)
Shlohmo - Bad Vibes (Friends of Friends)
Other Lives - Tamer animals (TBD records)
Roman Fl??gel - Fatty Folders (Dial)
Kuedo - Severant (Planet Mu)
Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin (Columbia)
SBTRKT - SBTRKT (Young Turks)
Sepalcure - Sepalcure (Hotflush)
Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting (Polydor)
Scrimshire - The Hollow (Wah Wah)
Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse (Brainfeeder)
Dimlite - Grimm Reality (Now Again)
Rustie ??? Glass Swords (Warp)
Rick Wilhite ??? Analog Aquarium (Stillmusic)

EPs/ 12???:
Floating Points - Shadows (Eglo)
Koreless ??? 4D/MTI (Pictures music)
Mr Beatnick ??? Synthetes (Don???t be afraid)
Jamie xx - Far Nearer (Numbers)
Julio Bashmore - Everyone Needs A Theme Tune (PMR)
Kahn - Like we used to/Helter Skelter (Punch Drunk)
Kassem Mosse - Workshop 12 (Workshop)
Jacques Greene ??? Another Girl (LuckyMe)
Burial/Four Tet/Thom Yorke ??? Ego (Text)
Deadboy - Here (Numbers)
Dauwd - What???s there (Pictures music)
Hudson Mohawke ??? Satin Panthers (Warp)
Mosca - Done me wrong/Bax (Numbers)
Michael Kiwanuka - Tell me a tale ep (Communion Records)
Stubborn Heart ??? Need Someone (White)
Erdbeerschnitzel - Always Remain (3rd Strike Records)
George Fitzgerald ??? Fernweh/Hearts (Man make Music)

Compilations/Reissues:
Bosporus Bridges Vol. 2 (Black Pearl Records)
Kourosh Yaghmaei ??? Back from the Brink: Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock from Iran 1973-1979 (Now Again)
Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History of Colombian Cumbia & Porro As Told By The Phonograph 1948 ??? 79 (Soundway)
The Sound of Siam ??? Leftfield Luk Thung, Jazz and Molam from Thailand 1964-1975 (Soundway)
Deep Disco & Boogie Vol.1 (Kindred Spirits)
K.Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas - K.Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Continental)
Ebo Taylor ??? Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 (Strut)
Life is a Dance! Plugged-in Sounds of Wonder at the Pakistani Picture House (Finders Keepers)

Box set of the year:
Virgo - Resurrection (Rush Hour)

Finally on vinyl:
Onra and Quetzal - Tribute lp (hhv/Project Mooncircle)

Contender for mix of the year:
Andy Votel - ???Futen Carmen meets Keizer Ketchup - Embalmed Japanese Concept Pop???

Concerts/Shows:
Joe Bataan at CBE
GLK at Sommerloch
Hudson Mo/James Pants at Studio672
Mosca/Girl Unit at Odonien

2012 watch out for:
Glenn Astro
DJ Adlib - Hi-Hat club vol. 6
Christian L??ffler album
Stubborn Heart album
Berghem

Yeah I played the hell out of SBTRKT and i also enjoyed Rustie. Bibio's 'Mind Bokeh' also got a lot of burn this year.

Epic Strings

these are mine, a few are from late 2010 but i think a couple have not been released yet so that evens things out:

bryan ferry - alphaville (todd terje remix)
masamatix - in your eyes (maurice fulton remix)
seaview gardens - forbidden voices
maxxi & zeus - mz medley
soft rocks - ah zhaa
tandy love - bear ham
jean claude vannier - au desespoir des singes
dj nature - destiny reprise
solid state - spanish heartbeat
julien love - freaks don't come for free
paula cole - feelin love (psychemagik remix)
locussolus - i want it (lindstrom & prins thomas remix)
abu maxim & the praetorian steppas - sometimes / sweet love
mcde - l.o.v.e.
gatto fritto - hex
los charly's orchestra - music for the soul
maria minerva - disko bliss
jerry williams - easy on yourself (beat broker dub)
toro y moi - still sound
kramford look - ivory road

frenzie

GROOVE THERAPY 2011 MASTERMIX
Mixed by Shan Frenzie

STREAM / DOWNLOAD

White Elephant - Sir John
Andreya Triana - Lost Where I Belong
K Def - Supa Heath
Lack Of Afro - A Time For
Wagon Christ - Harmony
Celph Titled & Buckwild feat Cella Dwellas - Rapid Fire
Joell Ortiz feat Sheek Louch - Sing Like Bilal [Remix]
DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah - Tables Turn
Richie Cunning - Pure Imagination
Fabolous - You Be Killin' Em
K Def - Sparkle
Royce Da 59 - Second Place
Grip Grand & DJ MF Shalem - Suckers
Maffew Ragazino - Black Sheep
STS - Sugars Here
DJ Devastate - Dont Stop
Edo G - Fastlane
Boohgaloo Zoo - Watch It
Bilal - The Dollar [Black Milk Remix]
Zo feat Phonte and Sy Smith - Black Cow
DJ Quik - So Compton
Bishop Lamont feat Nate Dog Sonreal - I'm Faded
Will I Am feat Justin Timberlake - Nature Of The World
Favorite Flava - So Cruel [Sasac remix]
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Tablacadabra
Show & KRS One - Hear Me More
Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
Anders Hjelmstad Experience - Mystic Brew
Slakah The Beatchild - Enjoy Ya Self (BBE)
Dannu feat Meen Green - Need To Know
Mr President - Tribute to RZA
Wale feat Big Sean - Slight Work
Jamie Woon - Lady Luck [Dbruit's suave remix]
Blueprint - So Alive [Budo Remix]
J Boogie's Dubtronic Science - Salaam
Captain Planet - Dame Agua
CD vs CD - I Really Do Believe
Popular Peoples Front - Party Over Here [Gigamesh Rework]
Erodiscotique - Downtown
Randa & The Soul Kingdom - The Things
Boca 45 - Return Of The Original Dancefreaks [Part 1]
Cos Ber Zam - Ne Noya [Daphni mix]
J Rocc - Party
Virgil Howe & Shawn Lee - Electronic Brain Break
Lee Fields & The Expressions - My World Is Empty Without You

Aser

Jacques Greene ??? Another Girl (LuckyMe)

This one really grew on me this year, great song.

Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Joy Orbison rmx) - all him, can't stand this girl.
Brandt Brauer Frick - Bop (P??p?? Bradock's Geoduck Dive Remix) - pepe is a genius, I celebrate his catalog.
Soho 808 - Get Up Disco - it's cute.
Adele - Rolling In The Heat (Jamie XX shuffle) - monster
A Guy Called Gerald & System 7 - PositiveNoise (Carl Craig Remix) - best in the game at mastering his joints
Rainer Trueby vs. Danilo Plessow - Schoko Bolla - transitions a little rough but still a banger, support fellow strutters. Africa Brasil baby.
Ski Beatz - into pretty much everything he did this year.


and I did not know there was a bosphorous bridges vol 2, probably all gone by now. Really love vol 1. :(

bassie

frenzie said:

DJ Jazzy Jeff & Ayah - Tables Turn
Slakah The Beatchild - Enjoy Ya Self (BBE)

Are you a Toronto person?


Aser!!!! Happy New Year! Hello!

Brian

Aser said:

Jacques Greene ??? Another Girl (LuckyMe)

This one really grew on me this year, great song.

soooooooooooooo goood

Adele - Rolling In The Heat (Jamie XX shuffle) - monster

i fucking loved when people dropped this in the club and white people straight up did not know how to act/dance

Okem

PatrickCrazy said:

Adele - Rolling In The Heat (Jamie XX shuffle) - monster

i fucking loved when people dropped this in the club and white people straight up did not know how to act/dance

Yes, a remix of one white artist by another white artist, done in a style that's pretty familiar to a lot of white people. How confusing.

tripledouble

surprised no one mentioned 212. out of the few new things i heard, that shit stood out. video was sick. seems to be blowing up now too. then again, i probably cant name 20 songs that came out this year

Junior

Posted a selection of my rap picks in the other thread so, non rap related tracks that seem to have got a lot of play and in no particular order (amazing how much music this thread has put me up on over the last twelve months :

About Group - You're No Good (Theor Parrish remix)
Kuedo - Scissors
Zomby - Natalia's Song
SBTRKT - Sanctuary
The-Dream - 1977 (Miss You Still)
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX - My Cloud
John Maus - Streelight
Dave I.D. - Marvel
Martyn - We Are You In The Future
Bon Iver - Halocene
Frank Ocean - Swim Good
Invisible Conga People - In A Hole
PJ Harvey- England
Africa Hitech - Out In The Streets
Tapes - Atomica Riddim

Also Oneohtrix Point Never - Sleep Dealer which only has a bastardised single version on youtube.
Sure there's a lot more than that but seems like I've forgotten more music than I can remember over past 12 months.