Dirty Physics: Best of 2009

Well it's that time of year again, where everyone starts to look back and figure out their best of the year lists. We saw a lot of great music this year and 2010 is looking very promising. Its really crazy to think how much has happened in music in the past few years as we go into the new year. Music blogs have practically taken over and transformed the way people hear and share music, people are becoming more and more able to produce their own music from home and MJ died. What the internet holds for the future of music who knows, but its exciting to think about all the possibilities. So without further ado and coming in at the last minute, here is our favourites. Enjoy.

Josh's Fav. Albums of 2009:

1. The XX – Self-Titled
2. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3. The Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
4. Royksopp – Junior
5. Vitalic – Flashmob
6. The Flaming Lips – Embryonic
7. Desire – II
8. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
9. Bruce Peninsula – A Mountain is A Mouth
10. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone

Josh's Fav. Tracks of 2009:

1. Röyksopp - The Girl and the Robot

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2. Phoenix - 1901

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3. YYY's - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak RMX)

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4. NASA - Gifted (Aston Shuffle RMX)

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5. The XX - Islands

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Anton J.'s Fav. Albums of 2009:

1. The xx - Self-Titled
2. Fever Ray -Fever Ray
3. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
4. Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
5. Royksopp - Junior
6. Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
7. Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
8. Washed Out - Life of Liesure
9. Fear of Tigers - Cossus Snufsigalonica
10. Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth

Anton J.'s Fav. Tracks of 2009:

1. Fever Ray - Triangle Walks

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2. Memory Tapes - Bicycle

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3. Fuck Buttons - Solar Surf

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4. Washed out - New Theory

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5. Bear in Heaven - You Do You

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Honorable mention (I just couldn't leave this one out, it was so so close to number 5)

The Field - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime

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Les Incompétent's Fav. Albums of 2009:

1. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2. The XX - XX
3. Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream (Deluxe Edition)
4. Data - Skywriter
5. Adam Freeland - Cope
6. Passion Pit - Manners
7. Royksopp – Junior
8. Burns - Teknique EP
9. Miike Snow - Miike Snow
10. Fever Ray - Fever Ray

Les Incompétent's Fav. Tracks of 2009

1 Florence And The Machine - You've Got the Love (XX remix)

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2 Fake Blood - I Think I Like It

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3 Phoenix - Lisztomania

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4 La Roux - Quicksand (Alex Metric Remix)

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5 Drake - Best I Ever Had

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Jtokyo's Fav. Albums of 2009:

1. Drake - So Far Gone
2. The XX - Self- Titled
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
4. Passion Pit - Manners
5. Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx...Part II
6. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
7. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
8. Royksopp - Junior
9. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of the Day
10. Frankmusik - Complete Me

Jtokyo's Fav. Tracks of 2009:

1. Drake - Best I Ever Had

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2. La Roux - Bulletproof

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3. Kid Cudi - Day N Nite (Crookers Remix)

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4. Empire of the Sun - Standing on the Shore

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5. Deadmau5 - I Remember

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So there it is, 2009 in 4 small lists. See you in 2010.

Dirty Physics

Delphic

The year 2010 is nearing and it seems the music industry is greeting us with a bang to start off the year. Delphic, a dance rock band from Manchester will be releasing their highly anticipated debut album Acolyte on January 11. I highly suggest you all mark your calendars for that day. The first single called Doubt surfaced recently and took over the blogs by a storm. The two tracks below only give you a taste of things to come. Be sure to check out the album.

Doubt – Delphic

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This Momentary – Delphic

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Dec.27 Top 10 + 5

Finally getting around to making my first post, procrastination is a bitch, especially around the holiday times. Since every week I filter through a bunch of new and old music I find, I decided to make a post of my personal top choices every Sunday. The plan is to post top 10 electro tracks plus bonus 5 tracks, something to chill to, some lighter material. Bangers can tire you out at times so it’s always a good idea to throw something else into the mix. Some music will be new, some old, some you might have heard before, some you should def. hear if you haven’t before. So here are this week’s Top10+5 in no particular order.

Top 10:


I Can Make The Pain Disappear – Fear of Tigers

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I can’t believe Fear of Tigers is still unsigned, some label better claim this hidden gem quickly. This is the first track off his debut album, Cossus Snufsigalonica that was released just recently, and if you haven’t heard it before get on that NOW! For me this is def. one of the best albums this year, every single track is solid, no fillers at all. And the best news of all is that Fear of Tigers himself released the album for free download. Get it quick (http://rapidshare.com/files/314823133/Fear_of_Tigers_-_Cossus_Snufsigalonica.rar) The album is a fusion of dream-wave, synth-pop and shoe-gaze with a bit of house.


Sirkka – Fear of Tigers

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Couldn’t resist not to include another track from Fear of Tigers. This one got a different feel than the previous one. The synthlines really remind me of Deadmau5 for some reason.


Warp 1.9 (GTRONIC BadAssRMX) – The Bloody Beetroots

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The title doesn’t lie; this really is one of the most Badass remixes of Bloody Beetroots I’ve heard to date. The bassline just destroys your sub, so turn the bass up to get the full effect, you won’t be dissapointed.


Sometimes – Miami Horror

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The new track by the amazing Miami Horror, I’ve been hooked ever since his Bravado EP. This track is a bit different that his previous ones, a bit more dream-wave, but nonetheless captivating. Check out the whole EP which includes remixes by Fred Falke and G.L.O.V.E.S. Can’t wait for his debut album, hopefully to be dropping beginning or middle of 2010


Cherry (Feat Kali) (Mustard Pimp Dark Remix) - Mustard Pimp

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An oldie, but def. a goodie. Never fails to get a party pumpin.


The Human Touch (Sidechains Remix) – Heads We Dance

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A great remix of Heads We Dance, a more electro twist on their pop style. The track starts out pretty classy, and just gets bigger and bigger as the song goes. The cutup vocals mixed with strong synthlines don’t disappoint.


Digital Love (Algeronics Remix) - Daft Punk

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Hands down one of the best Daft Punk remixes as of late. It’s a risky move for a DJ to remix Daft Punk, because as results show its very rare to find a remix that will make them proud or is even worthy. Algeronics turns the song into a dubstep gem. The wonky bass works just perfectly with the vocals.


Disco Attack – FM Attack

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Solid synth-pop/dream-wave track from the new producer FM Attack, recently discovered and signed by Tiga. He recently dropped his debut album Dreamatic, check it out.


Iron Man - GTRONIC

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Once again another Bassline killer from GTRONIC of Belgium. Wait for the drop halfway into the track, blows you away how low bass can go. Check out his new EP.


Let The Bass Kick Original Mix – Chuckie
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An oldie, but a classic house track. Its just so damn catchy, never fails to pump up the crowd at a party.



+5 (Chill)


New Theory - Washed Out

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Check out this new EP “Life of Leisure”. Beachy, headphonic, chill synth-pop you can kick back and relax to.


Crystalised – the xx

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All the hype is true. The xx came to the scene out of nowhere, and blew everyone away. Their debut album is among my top 3 of this year no doubt.


Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime - The Field

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A really moving track from his sophomore album “Yesterday and Today”.


Is This Really What You Want? - "Jesus Christ." (the indie band)

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A side project of Tao Lins and Carles, the popular blogster of Hipster Runoff. You might recognize the vocals from a viral audio that was going around the net a while back. Their tentatively titled Is This Really What You Want? EP is to be released in the Fall. The two childhood friends spent 1 month recording the EP in Tao's studio apartment. It will be available digitally, physically, and emotionally.


Ecstasy – jj

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A very catchy and chill take on Lil’ Wayne’s “Lillipop”

Chromeo – Night by Night (Siriusmo Remix) – Boys Noize Edit

Three great acts converging on one track.

Chromeo – Night by Night (Siriusmo Remix) – Boys Noize Edit

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Merry Christmas from Dirty Physics

I hope all of you are enjoying your day off (well most of you). There is probably going to be not a lot of activity on here over the next couple days but I thought I'd share a few to hold you over. Here's a couple tracks from Too Many Sebastians.

"Main Street Electrical Parade" - Shinichi Osawa

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"Andy Lex" (80Kidz Xmas Remix) - Ladybirds

The preview isnt working on this song, so you'll have to take my word for it.

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Found @ Too Many Sebastians

Woah (Ultrnx Remix) - Grum

Woah (Ultrnx Remix) - Grum

Grum - Woah (ULTRNX-Remix) by ultrnx

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"2-1" (Murdok Dubstep Remix) - Imogen Heap

"2-1" (Murdok Dubstep Remix) - Imogen Heap

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Found @ The Mahogany Blog