DJ Kicks is one of the longest serving compilation series within dance music, releasing its first mix in 1995 when the idea of a commercially marketed mix was the thing of dreams. Since then the DJ Kicks series has drawn influence from all facets of electronic music with mixes from the likes of Stereo MC’s, The Glimmers, Tiga, Four Tet, Hot Chip, Chromeo and Scuba to name a few. However every man and his blog has a mix series these days so why should we care about ‘DJ Kicks’…
DJ Kicks like its peers the Essential Mix and the Fabric Live series has stood the test of time through a combination of quality control, big names and exciting content. In particular every mix has to include an exclusive unreleased track from the selected artist. In 2006 !K7 the label behind DJ Kicks launched the ‘Exclusives’ Compilation to gather all these tracks together and present them in an unmixed format. This proved to be very popular and consequently the second in this series is due to be released early next month, featuring tracks from Four Tet, Scuba, Gold Panda, Kode 9, and Chromeo among others.
Tracklisting
01. Four Tet – Pockets
02. Henrik Schwarz – Imagination Limitation
03. Hot Chip – My Piano
04. Chromeo – I Can’t Tell You Why
05. The Juan MacLean – Feel So Good
06. Holden – Triangle Folds
07. Kode9 – You Don’t Wash (Dub)
08. Apparat – Sayulita
09. Soul Clap – Lonely C feat. Charles Levine
10. Motor City Drum Ensemble – L.O.V.E.
11. Scuba – M.A.R.S.
12. Gold Panda – An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds
13. Photek & Kuru – Fountainhead
Tags: Chromeo, DJ Kicks, Four Tet, Gold Panda, Kode 9, Mixtape, News, Scuba, The Juan Maclean
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These are the 30 tracks that have been jostling for position in our respective record bags throughout 2010, and have most likely been hyping a dance floor somewhere near you. Feel free to mention any we may have missed.
Once again this list has been compiled and verified by the BBB writing team of K-Ban, Stopmakingme, Matt Alfrey & Jonny Cassell.
Blah Blah Blah – Top 30 Tracks 2010
30. Black Van – Yearning
29. Big Boi – Shutterbug
28. The Deadstock 33s – We Could Be
27. Hot City – If that’s How I Feel
26. Round Table Knights – Stomper
25. Camel – Roots
24. Braiden – The Alps
23. Scissor Sisters – Invisible Light
22. Bowski – Leggings
21. Mosca – Gold Bricks I See You
20. Laid Back – Cocaine Cool (Instrumental)
19. Gold Panda – Snow & Taxis
18. Egyptrixx – Chrysalis Records
17. Kingdom – Fogs
16. LCD Soundsystem – Pow Pow
15. Chromeo – Hot Mess
14. Four Tet – Angel Echos
13. Azari & III – Indigo
12. Zinc – Nexx
11. Starkey – Knob Twiddler
10. Afrojack – Pacha On Acid
09. Gesaffelstein – Atmosphere
08. Pleasurekraft – Tarantula
07. Justin Martin – Mr Spock
06. Kayne West – Gorgeous
05. Chemical Brothers – Escape Velocity
04. James Blake – Limit To Your Love
03. Girl Unit – Wut
02. Caribou – Sun
01. Tensnake – Coma Cat
Coming Soon – Blah Blah Blah Top 20 (Remixes) 2010
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Another year has passed in the blink of an eye and already we are rushing head long into 2011. Whilst 2010 is unlikely to be considered a vintage year in musical history there were certainly some stand out moments and we hope to capture a few of those in our ‘Top 30 Albums of 2010′.
The following list has been compiled and verified by the WeAreBlahBlahBlah writing team.
Blah Blah Blah – Top 30 Albums of 2010
30. We Have Band – We Have Band
29. The Drums – The Drums
28. Surfer Blood – Astrocoast
27. Pantha Du Prince – Black Noise
26. Maximum Balloon – Maximum Balloon
25. Beach House – Teen Dream
24. Mount Kimbie – Crooks and Lovers
23. Best Coast – Crazy for You
22. Gold Panda – Lucky Shiner
21. Everything Everything – Man Alive
20. Roska – Roska Roska Roska
19. Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest
18. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach
17. Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History
16. Yeasayer – Odd Blood
15. Chromeo – Business Casual
14. Flying Lotus – Cosmograma
13. Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz
12. Robyn – Body Talk
11. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot
10. Hot Chip – One Life Stand
09. LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening
08. Four Tet – There Is Love In You
07. Vampire Weekend – Contra
06. Foals – Total Life Forever
05. Caribou – Swim
04. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
03. Sleigh Bells – Treats
02. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
01. Chemical Brothers – Further
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