Best voice sample:
Homework - "I'm into this"
I'm Into This by Homework
"Lot of people, after work you got to go home you take a bath. Lot of people go home; you fuck your wife. Lot of people go home; you cut your grass. I go home and I fuck that MPC all night long. You understand?" Boom!
Best release with awful coverart:
SunsetVzla - Musique EP
The reason I would never design an album cover, is that it would end up looking something like this. Just look at it. That's some shoddy MS Paint work, right there. What's up with the squiggly line in the orange patch spilling over into the heart? What is that black splodge on in the upper right corner of the heart? Who choose that god awful font for the title? All excellent questions that will baffle me for years to come. But, in all fairness, the music is a nice collection of disco house stompers. For example:
Im in Love - Original Mix by SunsetVzla
Best video:
Tensnake - "Something About You"
Awww... They're kids having a rave party. That is just adorable.
Most awesome label:
Marble
Labels like Sound Pellegrino, BNR, Great Stuff and Turbo have continued to release quality music and being generally awesome. Others labels like Russian Highway Records were totally new discoveries for me a came as a pleasant surprise when I stumbled over it. But then there was that one label, that rose from the ashes from beloved Institubes and spread its wings like a phoenix and rose to the sky.But really, no need to get pretentious here. Just take a quick glance at the quality and volume of Marble's output of 2011 just sets it in stone; THE label 0f 2011. And speaking of Marble...
Best track:
Das Glow & Para One - "Pulsar"
Das Glow & Para One - Pulsar by Marble Music
JesusHChrist this is good. And 2:31 it goes from being insanely good to being this years best track.
Best album:
Surkin - USA
Surkin - USA (Album Teaser) by Marble Music
Yeah, so the whole "songs played on the radio"-schtick already felt a little bit tired when the QOTSA did it on Songs for the Deaf almost 10 years ago. But like Songs for the Deaf, Surkin's USA makes up for a cheesy concept with some gnarly tracks. Going from Italo Disco in "Love Shot", game music house in "I.N.Y.N" to dance floor madness in "Quattro" and "Ultra Light" and picking up some past Surkin favorites along the way, this is a fantastic LP debut.
Best EP:
Floorplan - Sanctified EP
Three fantastic and very different tracks from maestro Robert Hood that range from hard pumping house to gospel funk.
Best remix:
The Knight Cats - "Stap (Rampage & Nader Remix)"
The Knight Cats - Stap (Rampage & Nader Remix) by The Knight Cats
The dancefloor friendliness of this one just blows my mind.
Best old track that I didn't discover until 2011:
Fake Blood - "Fix your accent"
I really have no excuse for not noticing this track, until late this spring. Considering I view myself as an disco house afficinado, and bought this ep... well, back when it was released in 2009 it's a disgrace.
Best bootleg:
Sandy Loops - "Wild Horses (That Ronja Track)"
Sandy Loops - Wild Horses (That Ronja Track) by Sandy Loops
This of course is a great and fun track on its own merit, but it would have probably cost someone a shitload of money if it was ever officially released (considering that the filmatizations of Astrid Lindgrens books are kind of a big deal in Sweden).
Best track I wanted to play in every set, but forgot every damned time:
Ruede Hagelstein - "Give a little slap to your soul"
A Ruede Hagelstein Give A Little Slap To Your Soul by Upon You Records
Smoooooooth!
Best release with no relation to dance music what-so-ever:
Mastodon - The Hunter
A new Mastodon album is like christmas. Shorter and less pretentios tracks this time around (although song titles like "Octopus has no friends" might lead you to think otherwise), but great metal, anyway.
// Kasp (Orphans)
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