Best of 2014
This is the list of my top 100 musical discoveries of 2014.
Nothing much changed here. It's still all about chords, melodies, drums and basslines.
The Chart
|
100
|
Anthony Rother |
2014 |
| Ich Bin Ewig |
DE |
|
099
|
Visonia |
2014 |
| Impossible Romance |
IT |
|
098
|
Fred P |
2012 |
| Emotive Vibrations |
US |
|
097
|
Royal-T & Flava D |
2014 |
| On My Mind (Version Three) |
UK |
|
096
|
Bicep |
2013 |
| Satisfy |
UK |
|
095
|
A. G. Cook feat. Hannah Diamond |
2014 |
| Keri Baby |
UK |
|
094
|
Hot Since 82 |
2012 |
| Knee Deep in Louise (Shadow Child Remix) |
UK |
|
093
|
Unquote |
2011 |
| Reverberation Box |
RU |
|
092
|
Oneohtrix Point Never |
2013 |
| Still Life |
US |
|
091
|
A. G. Cook |
2013 |
| Close Your Eyes |
UK |
|
090
|
Bicep |
2013 |
| Courtside Drama |
UK |
|
089
|
Bicep |
2013 |
| The Game |
UK |
|
088
|
Unquote |
2011 |
| Hide Your Tears Because We are in Heaven |
RU |
|
087
|
Unquote feat. Grimm |
2011 |
| Memories Fade Away |
RU |
|
086
|
DJ Rashad & Gant-Man |
2011 |
| Heaven Sent |
US |
|
085
|
Warrior One |
2014 |
| NYC |
UK |
|
084
|
Kallisti |
2013 |
| Arc of Fire |
CA |
|
083
|
Linea Aspera |
2012 |
| Synapse |
UK |
|
082
|
Oneohtrix Point Never |
2013 |
| Along |
US |
|
081
|
Perfume |
2009 |
| Night Flight |
JP |
|
080
|
Matrixxman |
2014 |
| Venetian Mask |
US |
|
079
|
Anthony Rother |
2014 |
| Netzwerk |
DE |
|
078
|
Anthony Rother |
2014 |
| Schöpfer |
DE |
|
077
|
Anthony Rother |
2014 |
| Widerstand |
DE |
|
076
|
Anthony Rother |
2014 |
| In Digital Dominus |
DE |
|
075
|
Greg Beato |
2013 |
| Who's the Licho in Charge Ovaa Here |
US |
|
074
|
Acasual |
2013 |
| Spring Theory |
DE |
|
073
|
Greg Beato |
2013 |
| Dreamin |
US |
|
072
|
Bicep & Omar Odyssey |
2012 |
| Don't |
UK |
|
071
|
Burial |
2013 |
| Hiders |
UK |
|
070
|
Thy Slaughter |
2014 |
| Bronze |
UK |
|
069
|
Pagan Sector |
2014 |
| The Corpse Fell into the Hourglass |
NL/SE |
|
068
|
Linea Aspera |
2012 |
| Eviction |
UK |
|
067
|
Life Sim |
2014 |
| Caladhort |
UK |
|
066
|
Linea Aspera |
2012 |
| Fer-De-Lance |
UK |
|
065
|
Tielsie |
2014 |
| Palette |
FR |
|
064
|
Bicep |
2013 |
| Snack Bar |
UK |
|
063
|
Omar S |
2013 |
| Rewind |
US |
|
062
|
Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo |
2014 |
| Girls |
UK |
|
061
|
Citizen |
2014 |
| U Don't Know |
UK |
|
060
|
Blanc 1 |
2013 |
| It's All Over |
ES |
|
059
|
Bicep & Ejeca |
2012 |
| You |
UK |
|
058
|
Roly Porter |
2013 |
| Cloud |
UK |
|
057
|
Ten Walls |
2013 |
| Gotham |
LT |
|
056
|
Xeno & Oaklander |
2014 |
| Jasmine Nights |
US |
|
055
|
Lory D |
2001 |
| B1 Untitled |
IT |
|
054
|
Linea Aspera |
2012 |
| Lamanai |
UK |
|
053
|
Mano Le Tough |
2013 |
| Primative People (Tale of Us Remix) |
IE/IT |
|
052
|
DJ Roc |
2010 |
| One Blood |
US |
|
051
|
Current Value |
2006 |
| The Edge Of The Cliff |
DE |
|
050
|
Vince Watson |
2014 |
| Free Yourself |
UK |
|
048
|
Technimatic |
2013 |
| Intersection |
UK |
|
047
|
Terekke |
2013 |
| Bank 3 |
US |
|
046
|
Color War |
2014 |
| SOS (DJ Clap Remix) |
US |
|
045
|
Citizen |
2014 |
| As One |
UK |
|
044
|
Vince Watson |
2014 |
| Aurelon 10 |
UK |
|
043
|
Tielsie |
2014 |
| Hueboy (DJ Clap Remix) |
FR/US |
|
042
|
DJ Rashad |
2013 |
| Rollin' |
US |
|
041
|
Cliff Lothar |
2013 |
| Running Out of Time |
SE |
|
040
|
Le Matin |
2014 |
| Very Best of Myself |
FR |
|
039
|
Anthony Rother |
2014 |
| Automat |
DE |
|
038
|
Vince Watson |
2009 |
| Otherworldy |
UK |
|
037
|
Unquote feat. Grimm |
2011 |
| Paint My Wings |
RU |
|
036
|
Xeno & Oaklander |
2014 |
| Nuage d'Ivoire |
US |
|
035
|
Oneohtrix Point Never |
2013 |
| Chrome Country |
US |
|
034
|
Joey Anderson |
2013 |
| Above the Cherry Moon |
US |
|
033
|
Alden Tyrell |
2013 |
| Somehouse |
NL |
|
032
|
Claude Speeed |
2012 |
| Ssoon |
UK |
|
031
|
Depeche Mode |
2013 |
| All That's Mine |
UK |
|
030
|
Floorplan |
2013 |
| Never Grow Old |
US |
|
029
|
Vince Watson |
2009 |
| A Very Different World |
UK |
|
028
|
Terrence Parker |
2014 |
| Saved Forever |
US |
|
027
|
George FitzGerald |
2013 |
| I can Tell (by the Way You Move) |
UK |
|
026
|
Anthony Rother |
2014 |
| Technokultur |
DE |
|
025
|
Xeno & Oaklander |
2014 |
| G. Bruno |
US |
|
024
|
Disclosure feat. London Grammar |
2013 |
| Help Me Lose My Mind (Paul Woolford Remix) |
UK |
|
023
|
Xeno & Oaklander |
2014 |
| Lastly |
US |
|
022
|
Linea Aspera |
2012 |
| Malarone |
UK |
|
021
|
Current Value |
2006 |
| Dark Rain |
DE |
|
020
|
Vince Watson |
2014 |
| Magma |
UK |
|
019
|
Lenzman |
2013 |
| Broken Dreams (Makoto Remix) |
NL |
|
017
|
Sophie |
2013 |
| Bipp (Tielsie Remix) |
FR/UK |
|
016
|
Royal-T & Flava D |
2014 |
| On My Mind (Version One) |
UK |
|
015
|
A. G. Cook |
2014 |
| Beautiful |
UK |
|
014
|
Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin |
2012 |
| Vaccination (for Thomas Mann) |
CA/US |
|
013
|
Technical Itch vs. The Panacea |
2013 |
| Semisation 2013 |
DE/UK |
|
012
|
Lenzman |
2013 |
| Empty Promise |
NL |
|
011
|
Danny L. Harle |
2013 |
| Broken Flowers |
UK |
|
010
|
Hannah Wants |
2012 |
| Over |
UK |
|
009
|
Bicep |
2012 |
| Keep Keep |
UK |
|
008
|
Warrior One |
2014 |
| Only You |
UK |
|
007
|
Flava D |
2013 |
| Hold On |
UK |
|
004
|
Hannah Diamond |
2014 |
| Attachment |
UK |
|
002
|
Sophie |
2012 |
| Nothing More to Say |
UK |
|
001
|
Real Lies |
2014 |
| North Circular |
UK |
Countries
| Country | Number of tracks |
| United Kingdom | 50 |
| United States | 22 |
| Germany | 11 |
| France | 4 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Russia | 4 |
| Italy | 3 |
| Canada | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Spain | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 |
Release Years
| Year | Number of tracks |
| 2013 | 38 |
| 2014 | 35 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |