2020 Top 10's, or so...

The Watcha

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seems like a good time to hear / see what people have enjoyed the most this year! Might as well get the ball rolling...

(for me, in some sort of particular order...)

Tunes
-T>I – Thin Line (Critical)
-Last Life – The Minimal (Samurai)
-Quartz – Figure It Out (Samurai)
-Forest Drive West – Terminus (R&S)
-DLR & Break – Hit The Target (Sofa Sounds)
-Serum & Kasra – Blaze Heat (Critical)
-Circuits – Wingwalker (Circuits)
-Workforce – Make Me (Exit)
-Dyl & DB1 – Ecou #10 (Re:st)
-Dissident – Algae Bloom (Dispatch)
-Lao Wai – The Young Are Getting… (Tesseract Records) (from 2019, but I only discovered it this year!)

Remixes / VIP’s
-Complex – Journey (T>I rmx) (Down 2 Earth)
-Torana – Rescind (Homemade Weapons rmx) (Weaponry)
-Homemade Weapons – Rubicon (Takuhn rmx) (Weaponry)
-Dillinja – Hard Noize (Break rmx) (Valve)
-Overlook – All Them Witches (Clarity rmx) (UVB76)
-Ray Keith - Renegade (T>I rmx) (Dread)
-Bou – Veteran VIP (Souped Up)
-Enei – Sinking VIP (Critical)

EP’s
-VA – Hannya VIP’s (Samurai)
-VA – Sidearms Pt1 (Weaponry)
-VA – Sidearms Pt2 (Weaponry)
-Clarity – Clarity (UVB76)
-Cryptographic – Echo (Re:st)
-Loxy, Resound & Skeptical – DisDub017 (Dispatch Dubplates)
-Quartz – Snakes (Samurai)
-Cesco – Angry Waves (1985)
-Forest Drive West – Terminus (R&S)
-VA – Cold March Of Regress (Unbidden Audio)
-Workforce – Your Moves (Exit)
-VA – Classic Symptoms 12 (Hospital)
-Roho – Alter Ego (Weaponry)
-Donato Dozzy – The Tao (Samurai)
-Simstah – A Lost Path (Re:st)
-Pessimist, Holsten & Clarity – The Riot Tune (Hotline)
-Torana – Rust (Weaponry)
-Heron Flow – Rolex Groove (CNVX)
-Nuage – Romantic Overdose (Microfunk Music)
-The Untouchables – Life Forms (Rupture)

LP’s / Albums / Compilations
-Last Life – Recon (Samurai)
-VA – Assembly LP (Dark Drum & Bass Convention)
-Dyl & DB1 – Ecou (Re:st)
-VA – Outliers (Samurai)
-VA – Outliers 2 (Samurai)
-VA – Lost Dubs 3 (Microfunk Music)
-dBridge – Inhibited (Exit)
-Shiken Hanzo – Archives 2 (Bandcamp self release)
-T>I – Blank Canvas (Critical)
-dBridge – Weak or No Signal (Exit)

Single 12”s / 10”s double siders
-Fearful – FKD / Xinf (Diffrent)
-Dillinja – Hard Noize (Break rmx) / Break – Tubes (Valve)
-The Sauce – Kiss The Ring / Wut (CIA)
-Black Yukon Sucker Punch – Fault Current / Retrocognition (Yukon Punch)
-Antagonist – Shui / Escapism (Samurai)
-Serum – Chop House / Speedball (Souped Up)
-Tyrone – Disciples / O.G’s (Guidance)

Labels
-Samurai
-Weaponry
-Modern Conveniences
-Re:st
-Critical
-Exit
-Microfunk
-Souped Up

Highlights
-Takuhn having 2 amazing tunes out on Samurai and a remix on Weaponry.
-Break’s remix of Hard Noize finally coming out.
-The return of Clarity, Photek, Spor, Kemal and Rob Data + ST Files' Grey Area.
-RDG having a tune out on Samurai and a remix on Weaponry.
-Must Make, Unbidden Audio and Yukon Punch recs’ having their first vinyl release.

Disappointments / Lowlights
-Finding out today that Psyche (Psychology X) didn't make the vinyl cut on the Loxy and Resound DisDubs plate over Bongo Mania 🙁
-V Recordings – Future LP
-Workforce – Late Night Soundtrack 3
-VA – Edition 3 (1985 Music) was worse that Edition 2, which was worse than Edition 1
-Shogun Audio in general & their Shuriken series. What a shit show.
-1985 Music’s timid liquid releases.
 
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All right, I’ll bite. Everything in alphabetical order

Tunes:
3VS - Red Sun Drive
Blocks & Escher feat. Rhyming In Fives - Mr. Parker’s Voice
Calibre - The Goat
dBridge - Beg Steal & Borrow
Halogenix - Dragon Force
Kid Drama - Pivot
Logistics - Rebuild
ST Files - May Showers
Sully - Swandive
Workforce - Heart Crossed

Remixes/VIPs
Akuratyde - Last Forever (Real Train)
Alix Perez - The Raven VIP
Calibre - Falls To You VIP
Culture Shock - There For You (LSB Remix)
Dillinja - Hard Noize (Break Remix)
Enei - Sinking VIP
Goldie - Prism (Don & Roland Remix)
Phase & Nymfo - Duvel (Grey Code’s Trappist Remix)
Sub Focus - Airplane (Culture Shock Remix) (dub)
War - Come Cross VIP

Albums:
Adred - Kim
BCee & Charlotte Haining - Life As We Know It
Calibre - Shelflife 6
dBridge - Weak Or No Signal
Friske - A Different Perspective
Harmony - Resurgence
In:Most - Voyager
VA: ProgRAM 100 Software
Wardown - Wardown
Workforce - Late Night Soundtrack (ok, cheating a bit)

Labels:
CNVX
Critical
Dispatch
Hospital
Metalheadz
Modern Conveniences
None60
North Quarter
Signature (full back cat is finally available digitally)
Straight Up Breakbeat

Best returns:
Dillinja (sort of)
Kharm
Nu:Tone
Spor (again) :teeth:
ST Files

Biggest disappointment: no music from Klute
 
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Tunes...
Earl Grey - Infinite Loop - Western Lore
Workforce - Your Loss (Halogenix Rmx) - Must Make Music
NC-17 & Dauntless - Carry On - Dispatch
Satl & Artificial Intelligence - Don't Rush - Integral
D-Struct - Chromatic - P Lab FREE
Kings Of The Rollers - You Got Me (S.P.Y Rmx) - Hospital
Camo & Krooked - Turn Up (Pola & Bryson Rmx) - Hospital
Amoss - Speed Shades (Grey Code Rmx) - Flexout Audio
Black Barrel - Leave Your Dream - Dispatch
Phase & Grey Code - Still Drowning (Instr.) - Dispatch Dubplate

Artists...
Adred
Grey Code
Black Barrel
Break
Workforce
BTK
Rizzle
Ground
Satl
Wreckless

Labels...
Dispatch (Ltd / Dubplate)
Flexout Audio
Fokuz
Hospital
Lost (Signals)
Metalheadz (Platinum)
Overview
V Recs
Yuku
1985
 
Tunes
A Sides - Imperial
Audio - Confined
Ego Trippin - Basic Facts
Filthy Habits - Revenge
Flat T - Black Hole
Jeopardize - Manhunt
Klay - The Car
Marvel Cinema - Beat Streets
Metal Work - Z Virus
The Sauce - Spooked

EPs
Beat Merchants - Different Styles
DJ Sly - Nightmare
Ego Trippin - Chocolate
Jaxx - Prepare For Take Off
Jeopardize - The Death Marshes
Matt View & Marvel Cinema - Altitude
Mentah - Fire Pit
Prestige - Smashed
Sedo - Terminus
Spaow - Gallopo
 
My lovely songs:

Air K & Cephei - Reflections
Dexcel - Landscape
Bert H - Aadwark
Smote - Summertime (Nelver Remix)
Cyantific - Take Me In
Andromedik - Won't Let Go (feat. Voicians)
Blaine Stranger - Losing Myself
Fred V - Voyage
Hybrid Minds - Higher Love (feat. Charlotte Haining)
T & Sugah - Is This Love
Dossa & Locuzzed - Stella (feat. Pat Fulgoni)
In:Most - Notions
Boxplot & Ownglow - Polaroids of You
Polygon - Unspoken
Feint - Solace
 
Tunes
Anile – U Kno Who UR
Redeyes - Lust
Alix Perez - Perfect Stranger w/ Halogenix
Kasra – Let it Slide feat. Slay
Zero T – Jazz Tone
Jayline – Do You Like Rollers? feat. Dutta
DLR & Break – Hit the Target
Satl – Nebula
Wardown – Rupture
Alix Perez - Ain't Nothing


Remixes / VIP’s
Break – The Edge of Time (Workforce Remix)
Culture Shock – There For You (LSB Remix)
Bou – Veteran VIP
Charlotte Haining – Daydreamer (LSB remix)
Goldie - Run Run Run (Calibre Remix)
Lenzman feat. IAMDDB - In My Mind (Break Remix)
 
EP’s
-VA – Hannya VIP’s (Samurai)
-VA – Sidearms Pt1 (Weaponry)
-VA – Sidearms Pt2 (Weaponry)
-Clarity – Clarity (UVB76)
-Cryptographic – Echo (Re:st)
-Loxy, Resound & Skeptical – DisDub017 (Dispatch Dubplates)
-Quartz – Snakes (Samurai)
-Cesco – Angry Waves (1985)
-Forest Drive West – Terminus (R&S)
-VA – Cold March Of Regress (Unbidden Audio)
-Workforce – Your Moves (Exit)
-VA – Classic Symptoms 12 (Hospital)
-Roho – Alter Ego (Weaponry)
-Donato Dozzy – The Tao (Samurai)
-Simstah – A Lost Path (Re:st)
-Pessimist, Holsten & Clarity – The Riot Tune (Hotline)
-Torana – Rust (Weaponry)
-Heron Flow – Rolex Groove (CNVX)
-Nuage – Romantic Overdose (Microfunk Music)
-The Untouchables – Life Forms (Rupture)
No Dragonforce EP? duuuuude
 
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