ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

Holding out for Richard Dawson in the top 20 here.

unfortch given the wealth of trax in the deep tech thread i always thought this was the most likely crossover, so i can't see it for any more...jay baptiste maybe?

― lex pretend, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 1:52 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I voted for Beep Dee (as well as Hodgson)

i voted for rs4 so uh yeah i think this is it for deep tech

oh right babylon system, i gave that a listen, that drama sounds cheap to me which i'm sure it isn't when you're at those clubs but i don't live in london sorry. made me reach for rhythm & sound instead.

starting to regret my tossed off poorly researched unweighted trax ballot

idk i've only heard it in my room sorta drunk and it's v consuming xpost

deep tech is actually pretty big outside of london just sayin xp

I've not heard Babylon System before (or many vocal deep tech records at all) and HOLY SHIT.

for me, its just very flat footed and the sound palette is tiring

my impression of deep tech is that it's great and functional if you're living it but i'm not and see no reason to want to, that sort of functionality is something i can find in front of me if i need it.

I was expecting Los Awesome to have appeared by now so I guess it won't, I just noticed I voted for Collard Greens which was in last year's poll so that will be another no no

ponderous, thats the word

deep tech is actually pretty big outside of london just sayin xp

― out here like a flopson (tpp), Wednesday, January 21, 2015 11:59 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

tell me more about what's big thx

I should have voted for "Los Awesome" but I forgot :(

*I* voted for Beep Dee, lol

to be real to tpp i live outside of everywhere so

http://i.imgur.com/gT8l1NO.jpg

27 JESSIE WARE "Tough Love" [367 points, 14 votes]
http://youtu.be/XLaOxbd37jc

beep dee looking like a bizarre example of something both myself and imago vote for yet doesn't place

yesss

4th of my votes :)

so you wanna be a man about it - do you have to?

<33333333 perfect perfect song

Nice!

v richly detailed song

i'm in the 'album is a grower' hive so voted for that but title track is my personal fav

jesus christ an advert came on before this playing something called the vaccines and that was even worse than the music in this poll

i'm in the 'album is a grower' hive so voted for that but title track is my personal fav

― nxd, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:06 PM (13 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

me too

huh maybe i should've voted for beep dee

listened to the deluxe edish while stuck in traffic last night, so many good cuts on this album. great song obv.

what % of videos in this list have beats audio product placements

well Bang Bang hasn't (won't?) placed yet.

lol remember when this song premiered and ppl were legit worried the album was gonna be bad?

i mean it was a grower but seriously, gorgeous song

great song

lol i have not seen any "bang bang" fans on ilm

was a convert to "bang bang" over time but i kinda hope it doesn't place, it's just the loudest thing in the world

i'm a bang bang fan, i usually hate jessie j

the jessie ware is inoffensive, dont mind these where nothing happens and there isnt a horrible sound. bit cold tho

finally a rave from saer

"tough love" production is so nice

xxp *fires open party popper*

finally a rave from saer

there have been like 5 or 6 which werent damaging to the environment!

if nicki's "only" places it has a really weird beats audio placement in the video, kind of wedged in

40 GURU "Pooley" [320 points, 8 votes, 3 first place votes] fantastic. one of the best discoveries so far. afropop rarely *clicks* for me but this totally does

39 D'ANGELO AND THE VANGUARD "Prayer" [320 points, 12 votes] the whole album knocks and this is no exception

38 TKAY MAIDZA "U-Huh" [326 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote] discovered this during noms. love it. 212 is one of the best songs of all time and this is no less amazing for being sub-Azealia.

37 PHANTOGRAM "Fall In Love" [327 points, 10 votes, 2 first place votes] not feeling this one, haven't heard it

36 YOUNG THUG "Stoner" [328 points, 12 votes] probably my 4th favourite single by artist of the decade. i think it still made my top 5. can't imagine anyone not liking his music tbh, to me this is just *it*

35 SHIFT K3Y "Touch" [332 points, 9 votes, 2 first place votes, Lorenzo Remix: 130 points] another one i encountered during noms. preferred "make it good" but happy that it inspired a classic hyperbole by j0rdan post

34 INDIANA "Solo Dancing" [336 points, 11 votes] kind of a whatever track

33 TAYLOR SWIFT "Shake It Off" [339 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote] i think ppl's extracurricular interest in tswift & her career arc and lyrical themes etc. have blinded them to the charms of this song. it's just an amazing, p much perfect, million dollar song

32 BECKY G "Shower" [340 points, 9 votes] ahhhh this one is amazing. love it when radio jam i never knew the names of place

31 THE WAR ON DRUGS "Red Eyes" [346 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote] the appeal of this band is that they sound like young turks by rod stewart, which is a very exciting idea to me. unfortunately the results are not as exciting as the concept

30 RÖYKSOPP & ROBYN "Monument" [346 points, 11 votes, 2 first place votes] i just listened to this like 2 mins ago but i have no memory of it. just passed right thru

29 DEJ LOAF "Try Me" [348 points, 15 votes, 1 first place vote] complete masterpiece, truly idiosyncratic and charming, every line endlessly quotable, the beat sounds like actual heaven

28 HODGSON "Babylon System [364 points, 12 votes] amazing, amazing track. can't listen to it enough. i was booorn. i kinda wish all music sounded like this. serious but fun, just the right amount of layers. i'm not a total syncopation junkie so a lot of the uk stuff annoys me in large doses but this is just enough syncopation in this one for me

best day so far for me

if nicki's "only" places

ha

yeah, ehh I have no idea what people voted for

beats audio, mostly, it sounds like

I don't mind "Bang Bang," but as far as onomatopoeiac hits of 2014 go it's no "Boom Clap."

Only wasn't nominated, was it?

I had to very quickly skim this morning's results so I didn't see if this got mentioned in the thread, but forks's solution to not having "Shake It Off" available for the Spotify playlist? Brilliant.

I've not heard Babylon System before (or many vocal deep tech records at all) and HOLY SHIT.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 2:00 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i'm always surprised when your or tim or rtc cop to not having heard stuff, i always get an omniscient vibe off your dance threads

Tough Love was my number three, it's a stunning song. Really wish I'd loved the album as much as I loved this.

^^ otm. I love Tough Love, Champagne, Kinda, but other than that the album is disappointingly mediocre.