ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

with the unison vocals they come across kind of like a charmless Bananarama

hmm this is basically "getting me down" with all the fun surgically extracted though isn't it

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:58 AM (15 minutes ago)

lex otm

Is this the track with Charli XCX on it? I liked that one

oops, Swedish, sorry.

Was hoping this would be Ikonika.

― etc, Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:13 (1 minute ago) Bookmark

brrr the devil's own taking sides

it's a line from the song o_0

I know. Still put me off.

I think Charli wrote/produced it or something. Dunno if she's actually on it.

lol i love how "feat. charli xcx" was eventually tacked onto the release probably b/c charli's own recent singles weren't going anywhere

i can't actually hear her on it

just glanced through the rest of the list so far and this icona pop thing is easily, easily the worst thing to have shown up so far

i actually mildly liked the few charli xcx songs i'd previously heard too

it's basically designed to soundtrack some montage in an episode of Skins, isn't it?

Wait were people voting for the piano version or the 2005 Popjustice electrotoss version? If it's the former then I demand the names of everyone who voted for it so I can ban them.

I know. Still put me off.

refer you to rtc's post on this matter, if it put you off then whatever tbh

I'm surprised lex doesn't like it, seeing as the chorus hangs around their use of the word 'bitch'. I figured that was all it took for him to proclaim lyrical genius.

it's not actually as fun as any republica bananarama etc etc though is the thing, i hear only dread concrete mixer calculation and emotional squalidity

Haha turns out the '2005 Popjustice electrotoss version' was actually some other Solange song than Spotify had run on to. But it doubly applies to the actual Icona Pop song. This is dreadful.

I'm not in love with Icona Pop like Maura is or some other friends are, but this song's alright and FAAAAAR from the worst/most embarrassing thing to have placed so far.

Come now, its "Nineteen" written from the other side of the equation. I have time for exuberant nihilism.

"Losing You" is definitely in my wheelhouse, but I don't love it enough to have voted for it. (At least I don't think I did?) My wife loves it, tho. (Her #1 of 2012, fwiw, is the Hot Chip album track "Look at Where We Are.")

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12. PACHANGA BOYS "Time" [465 points, 15 votes, 1 first place vote]

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lol at minimal placing in the top 15 in 2012 BUT this song is pretty dope

it's basically designed to soundtrack some montage in an episode of Skins, isn't it?

Smashing up a pervy geography teacher's car, maybe?

I wish this were really part of some sort of neo-pachanga movement.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

this name sounds like a delicious food

(should also finally add that the afrobeats thread title was epically worthwhile if only for inspiring ships "legend of bigger yansh" dn)

YESSSSSSSSSSS

knew it was coming, pleasingly high. this is just fucking GORGEOUS

last month i stumbled into some afterparty at some random flat at 1am and the first thing i heard was this track - knew then and there it would be a good night, immediately bonded w/the boy who'd put it on

ugh amazing song

also it's 15 mins long but it never feels that long and when it ends i always wish it went on for longer

"Time" is never as good as I expect it to be, unfortunately. It's good, but it's not at all-time Kompakt classic, or at least it's not struck me that way the half dozen times I've listened to it. It tends to make me want to listen to "Even Angels" instead (not that I've heard that in 5+ years).

this is gonn abe good i can feel it already

That said I will give it another listen now and maybe in 15 mins I will recant.

Also is this really what anyone calls "minimal" these days?

on the icona pop youtube there was a link to his which just seemed appropriate http://youtu.be/rMrSZ76tEnA

this icona pop thing is like ke$ha for people that want things a little more easy listening or something

Forgot to vote for this, but happy w/the way it sneaks up on you; didn't think Superpitcher had another soppy epic in him but there you go.

bonded w/the boy who'd put it on

― lex pretend, Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:25 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

my eyes are generally starting to glaze over but i def read this as "boned white boy who'd put it on"

the I-IV-I-IV thing that goes on in "I Love It" makes me think of "Just Can't Get Enough"

After the last couple this sounds like the most gorgeous record ever made. Like you'd think this kind of route-one Kompakt soppiness would be really easy to make but you can only imagine the legions of useless hacks who would try something like this and tip straight over into cloying territory. Its restraint and simplicity is its virtue, like they never over-egg it, and they know EXACTLY when to play the killer chord change. It's not up there with the best Kompakt stuff from 8-10 years ago but it's still glorious.

Awesome, great to have some quality bobbins or minimal or whatever you call this.

I'm glad this placed, because I am loving it and now that I know it's Superpitcher it makes sense. Not sure I would've ever willingly listened to something by Pachanga Boys.

Also is this really what anyone calls "minimal" these days?

There's only 2.25 elements on the track at any time (only 2 minutes in, mind), the minimalometer is reading quite high!

really loving this track

How did this pass me by before now, it's gorgeous.

i really like that icona pop song because it spoke to a particular nihilism that defined my 2012 but 'manners' is a lot better

lost track of time

as time
goes
byyyyyy

In the era of m_nus and Mobilee and whatever at their height this would never have been considered minimal but up against the backdrop of the 2013 dance landscape it's absolutely tiny.

Honestly, the development of this Pachanga Boys track is nice and all but I'm not engaged, especially when compared to older epics like Jaydee's "Plastic Dreams"

It's not up there with the best Kompakt stuff from 8-10 years ago but it's still glorious.

― Matt DC, Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:30 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah OK on another listen I can cosign this. Maybe it should have made my list.

Also is this really what anyone calls "minimal" these days?

There's only 2.25 elements on the track at any time (only 2 minutes in, mind), the minimalometer is reading quite high!

― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:32 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

B-but minimal is a genre name, and this is not an example of something in that genre, unless the meaning has has. (OK, OK, I give up).

whoa totally missed pachanga boys this year, i'm digging it.

my number one was solange <3