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Retrospective | 2013

LOW - LIFE

As per usual, I’m just a little bit late handing in this final report. But it’s not because we left it to the last minute… (Well that’s not entirely true; some of us did.) But some of us have been deliberating for weeks – and much more intensely during the last week or so. After countless hours of sifting through the ol’ iTunes library and scrolling through SoundCloud <3s, we painstakingly compiled this list of releases that moved us from the past year.

We didn’t rank them. Who are we to make the ruling that “so-and-so dropped the best track of the year”?

Think of this as a music yearbook for our eclectic little dysfunctional family of music enthusiasts.

It’s not the case that all of us agree on every single item on the final list. The list would look completely different if any one of our other staff-writers had prepared the final draft in my stead. But I did my best to weave a tapestry of each of our distinctive contributor’s thoughtful selections. That said, it is impossible for me to transcend my personal bias in the final selection process.

There were way too many tracks that I wanted to include and had no choice but to leave out due to length limitations. We could have put together a list of three hundred tracks, but we had to abritrarily draw the line somewhere… We selected twenty LPs, twenty EPs, and one hundred tracks to share with you.

So – don’t take this as an exhaustive list. I must admit that we left out a large handful of gems, but I did my best to throw together a sampling of music from 2013 that bobbed our heads, shook our butts, and filled our hearts with reverence and joy.

What does the future hold for us?

L O W – L I F E

Selected LPs

Reflektor

Reflektor – Arcade Fire [Merge]

Family Vacation

Family Vacation – Axel Boman [Studio Barnhus]

Tomorrow's Harvest

Tomorrow’s Harvest – Boards of Canada [Warp]

Random Access Memories

Random Access Memories – Daft Punk [Columbia]

Psychic

Psychic – Darkside [Other People]

Settle

Settle – Disclosure [PMR]

Amygdala

Amygdala – DJ Koze [Pampa]

Doris

Doris – Earl Sweatshirt [Tan Cressida, Columbia]

Engravings

Engravings – Forest Swords [Tri Angle]

Beautiful Rewind

Beautiful Rewind – Four Tet [Text]

Overgrown

Overgrown – James Blake [Atlas, A&M, Polydor]

Rap Album 1

Rap Album 1 – Jonwayne [Stonesthrow]

Immunity

Immunity – Jon Hopkins [Domino]

Cut 4 Me

CUT 4 ME – Kelela [Fade To Mind]

Yeezus

Yeezus – Kanye West [Def Jam]

Six Feet Beneath the Moon

6 Feet Beneath the Moon – King Krule [XL, True Panther]

Cold Spring Faultless Youth

Cold Spring Faultless Youth – Mount Kimbie [Warp]

Eve

Eve – Booka Shade [Embassy One]

Anything In Return

Anything In Return – Toro Y Moi [Carpark]

Treat Me Right

Treat Me Right – Trus’me [Prime Numbers]

Selected EPs

Scala

Scala – Agoria, Francesco Tristano [Innervisions]

Tatischeff

Tatischeff EP – Ame [Innervisions]

River Dealer

Rival Dealer – Burial [Hyperdub]

MTS Vol.2

MTS Vol. 2 – Crazy P [Future Boogie]

Careless EP

Careless – Dusky [Aus]

Uprising EP

The Uprising – Ian O’Donovan [KMS]

Planets, Spaceships EP

Planets, Spaceships – Jamie Jones [Hot Creations]

Taking Over EP

Taking Over – Joe Goddard [DFA]

Anaphora

Anaphora – John Tejada [Palette]

Yugen

Yugen – Koreless [Young Turks]

LZD, Pt. 2

LZD II – Laszlo Dancehall [Man Make Music]

Brother Sister

Brother/Sister – Leon Vynehall [Aus]

Airglow Fires EP

Airglow Fires – Lone [R&S]

Truths EP

Truths – Maribou State [Southern Fried]

Send A Prayer EP

Send A Prayer – Motor City Drum Ensemble [MCDE]

Sweet Life

Sweet Life – Rick Wade [FINA]

Elliot

Elliot – Roosevelt [Greco Roman]

Gotham EP

Gotham – Ten Walls [Innervisions]

Requiem EP

Requiem – Ten Walls [Life and Death]

Strandbar

Strandbar – Todd Terje [Olsen]

Selected Tracks

Axel Boman

Axel Boman

Pressure – Adesse Versions [Make Love In Public Spaces]
For One Hour (ft. Scalde) (Paradis remix) – Agoria [Rebirth]
Out – Autem [ASL Singles Club]
Hello – Axel Boman [Studio Barnhus]
Cinderella Curfew – Baunz [self-released]

Boards of Canada

Boards of Canada

Satisfy – Bicep [Feel My Bicep]
It’s All Over – Blanc 1 [Hivern]
Semena Mertvykh – Boards of Canada [Warp]
Heat – Boddika [Swamp 81]
Imperfection – Bodhi [Future Classic]

Booka Shade

Booka Shade

Giving It All (Joe Goddard remix) – Bondax [Ultra]
Cirrus – Bonobo [Ninja Tune]
Love Inc. – Booka Shade [Embassy One]
Come Down To Us – Burial [Hyperdub]
Walkin’ – CAS [self-released]

Darkside

Darkside

All My Love (Kingdom edit) – Cassie [self-released]
FlyLOVE – Chris Turner [Rebirth]
Lose Yourself to Dance (ft. Pharrell Williams) – Daft Punk [Columbia]
Confidence – Daniel Stefanik [Cocoon]
Heart – Darkside [Other People]

Disclosure

Disclosure

Colt – Dense & Pika [Hot Flush]
When A Fire Starts To Burn – Disclosure [PMR]
No One Gets Left Behind (Konstantin Sibold remix) – DJ Yellow, Flowers & Sea Creatures [Compost]
Started From the Bottom – Drake [Cash Money, Island, Republic]
Need U (100%) ft. A*M*E – Duke Dumont [Ministry of Sound]

Four Tet

Four Tet

Careless – Dusky [Aus]
Hive (ft. Vince Staples & Casey Veggies) – Earl Sweatshirt [Tan Cressida, Columbia]
Love Your Illusion – Eric Volta [No. 19]
Between Villains – Captain Murphy, Viktor Vaughn, Earl Sweatshirt [Williams Street]
For These Times – Four Tet [Nonplus]

Atoms For Peace

Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich of Atoms For Peace

Pyramid (Atoms For Peace remix) – Four Tet [self-released]
Majestic Mountains – Franskild [Sweat It Out!]
I Can Tell (By the Way You Move) – George Fitzgerald [Double Six]
Truth South – Glimpse [Aus]
Renata (Daphni remix) – Holden [Border Community]

James Blake

James Blake

Musician – Homeboy Sandman [Stones Throw]
Sirocco – Ian O’Donovan [KMS]
Faithful – Jacques Greene [LuckyMe]
Retrograde – James Blake [Atlas, A&M, Polydor]
You Naked (Jimmy Edgar remix) – Jamie Lidell [Warp]

Kaytranada

Kaytranada

Golden (Kaytranada Life Living Edition) – Jill Scott [self-released]
I See Lights (Karmon remix) – Jimmy & Fred [Exploited]
She Burns (ft. Mara Carlyle) – Joe Goddard [Greco-Roman]
Somewhere – John Tejada [Kompakt]
Open Eye Signal – Jon Hopkins [Warp]

Jonwayne

Jonwayne

Altitude – Jonwayne [Stones Throw]
Ringo – Joris Voorn [Green]
Big Room Tech House DJ Tool – TIP! – Joy Orbison [Rinse]
Lucky I Got What I Want – Jungle. [Chess Club]
Avalanche – Just Friends [Clown & Sunset]

Kanye West

Kanye West

Everything – Justin Jay [Southern Fried]
Hold My Liquor – Kanye West [Def Jam]
Survive – Kidnap Kid [Black Butter]
Sun – Koreless [Young Turks]
Nightflow (Kenny Larkin Drama remix) – La Fleur [Watergate]

Leon Vynehall

Leon Vynehall

Guuurl – Lapalux [Brainfeeder]
Ain’t No Time – Laszlo Dancehall [Man Make Music]
I Know – Leftwing & Kody [Off]
Sister – Leon Vynehall [Aus]
Airglow Fires – Lone [R&S]

Maceo Plex

Maceo Plex

Loneliness – Luca Bacchetti & Guti [Endless]
Closer – Lulu James [Sony RCA]
J.A.W.S. – Luxury [Method]
Mind On Fire – Maceo Plex [K7]
Eyesdontlie – Machinedrum [Ninja Tune]

DJ Koze

DJ Koze

It’s Only (DJ Koze Remix) – Matthew Herbert [Pampa]
Burning Bright (ft. Kim Ann Foxman) – Maya Jane Coles [I/AM/ME]
Creep (ft. Wayne Tennant) – Michael Gracioppo [Innervisions]
Trace – Midland [Aus]
Without You – John Talabot [DJ-Kicks]

Jamie Jones

Jamie Jones

Turn Off the Lights (Jamie Jones remix) – Mineo [Hot Creations]
Send A Prayer Pt. 2 – Motor City Drum Ensemble [MCDE]
Made To Stray – Mount Kimbie [Warp]
Finder – Ninetoes [Kling Klong]
Thank You 4 Letting Me Be Myself – Omar S [FXHE]

Theo Parrish

Theo Parrish

Wires (Theo Parrish Remix) – Owiny Sigoma Band [Brownswood]
Untitled – Paul Woolford [Hotflush]
Your Love (You Give Me Fever) – Romare [Black Acre]
Elliot – Roosevelt [Greco-Roman]
The Wheel (Employee Of The Year remix) – SOHN [self-released]

Shlohmo & Jeremih

Shlohmo & Jeremih

Bo Peep (Do U Right) – Shlohmo & Jeremih [Yours Truly]
Lady C’mon (Kissey remix – extended version) – Sinkane [DFA]
Bipp – Sophie [Numbers]
Makin’ Love – Sound Stream [Sound Stream]
Time (ft. Seth Troxler) – Subb-an, Tom Trago [Visionquest]

Ten Walls

Ten Walls

Another Earth – Tale Of Us [Minus]
Requiem – Ten Walls [Innervisions]
Amaze – Terekke [L.I.E.S.]
Oh Sheit It’s X – Thundercat [Brainfeeder]
Let’s Go Dancing (Maya Jane Coles Dancing In The Dark remix) – Tiga vs. Audion [Turbo]

Todd Terje

Todd Terje

Strandbar (disko version) – Todd Terje [Olsen]
Worst Enemy – Toddla T Sound [Ninja Tune]
Hummel – Topspin, Dmit Kitz [Save Room]
Imprint Of Pleasure – Tube & Berger [Suara]
Wit(z) – Valentin Stip [Clown & Sunset]

Larry Heard

Larry Heard

Summer At Night – Vincenzo Varagone [Soundlab]
Say You Won’t Ever (Larry Heard club mix) – Wallflower [Rebirth]
All Little Things – Wareika [Visionquest]
Make It Good (Pete Josef remix) – The White Lamp [Mixmag]
A1 – 8prn [self-released]

with love,

L O W – L I F E


The Bootleg Tapes | Vol. XV

Hey–can’t you see? Everybody’s dancin’ with me.

Take a look around–everybody all around town.

We present the fifteenth instalment of The Bootleg Tapes, mixed by yours truly…

TRACKS

Madeleine – Konstantin Sibold [Innervisions]
FlyLove – Chris Turner [Rebirth]
Eurodans -Todd Terje [Full Pup]
Music Sounds Better With You – Stardust [Roulé]
Imperfection – Bodhi [Future Classic]
No One Gets Left Behind (Konstantin Sibold remix) – DJ Yellow & Flowers and Sea Creatures [Compost]
Allowance – Isolee [Pampa]
My House – Purple Disco Machine [Off]
Colt – Dense & Pika [Hot Flush]
No Doubt ft. Marissa Guzman – Cuebur [Defected]
No Eyes ft. Jaw – Claptone [Exploited]
Need You 100% (Amtrac remix) – Duke Dumont [self-released]
Hope – Guti [DFTD]
Loneliness – Luca Bacchetti & Guti [Endless]
Let The Music Use You – Nightwriters [Trax]
For These Times – Four Tet [Nonplus]
010x – Benjamin Damage [50 Weapons]
Claire – Guy Gerber & Clarian [Visionquest]
Nightflow (Kenny Larkin Drama Mix) – La Fleur [Watergate]
Turn Out The Lights (Jamie Jones remix) – Mineo [Hot Creations]
Ride On Time – Black Box [Groove Groove Melody]
Make It Good (Pete Josef remix) – The White Lamp [Mixmag]
Cindarella Curfew – Baunz [XLR8R]
Confidence – Daniel Stefanik [Cocoon]
Heart – Darkside [Matador, Other People]
Epos – Ten Walls [Innervisions]
For One Hour ft. Scalde (Paradis remix) – Agoria & Scalde [Rebirth]

xox


Mineo | Turn Out The Lights [HOTC038]

London-based producer Tom Dinsdale has embarked on a new project, crafting club-oriented house beats well suited for Ibiza sun-sets, Black Rock City’s beautiful madness, and dimly-lit bedrooms. Tom’s new work will be released under the moniker, Mineo. The title track on Hot Creation’s 38th release is a deep punchy bass-line dressed with tepid chords and an infectious vocal sample–soulful, energized, and sublime–perfect if you’re a fan of dancing.

The B-Side for “Turn Out The Lights” is a remix of the title track done by none other than Hot Creation’s label-head, Jamie Jones . Jamie takes the original and brushes it with elements of deep techno: The song becomes darker, more repetitive, and ultimately more robust.

Like the first, the final track of the EP “Off The Handle” resembles a UK-house sound. This cut is arguably weaker when compared to the other two, but, the track is still strong enough to stand on it’s own. The weaknesses of the song are simply exacerbated by the strength of the first two tracks on the release, however, “Off The Handle” is sure to connect with astute minds on the dance-floor.

Release Dates:

12″ – 21st October
Beatport – 4th November

Adam Heard