ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

In any case I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Frogbs for making it a bit easier to cherry pick through these Underworld cahiers.

Ah yes, that rings a bell.

And keeps on ringing.

:D

would be nice if "custard speedtalk" showed up too though "appleshine continuum" was my vote. the highs from drift were really really high

What's an appleshine continuum btw.

Pretty sure you need to be really really high to listen to it all the way through.

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39: Carly Rae Jepsen - “Want You In My Room” - 247 points - 7 votes

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Carly Rae Jepsen • Dedicated

The Singles Jukebox

“” Want You In My Room” is the worst kind of song to write about: so self-evidently joyful and skilled in every aspect (those synths!! that sax solo!!) that it’s hard to point at any one thing to analyze. Is it enough to just say that the song is the best execution of crush pop in the catalog of an artist who is the queen of crush pop? Is it enough to say that I listen to the song in the shower and my morning walk to class? Is it enough to say that this song (and really, the whole starting run of Dedicated) is an excellent soundtrack to a roadtrip with the one you love? I don’t know, and I don’t quite know how to express how good it is that Carly Rae Jepsen is around and making music like this, but I hope this helps.” - Jacob Sujin Kuppermann

““Want You In My Room” might be Carly Rae Jepsen at her horniest, but it’s also Jack Antonoff at his least restrained, together making something that’s thrillingly giddy. Carly Rae Jepsen drops some of those thinly disguised hints for more straight-forward temptations, coming across as intense where Dedicated erred more towards tepid. There’s still room for coyness, with the distorted “want you in my room” bashfully buried in the mix and the way Jepsen’s voice brazenly glides across the instrumental on the line “slide on through my window.” But most importantly, “Want You In My Room” feels completely uninhibited and absolutely freeing as Carly Rae Jepsen delivers any line with as much of a wink as she desires.” - Michael Hong

:D

It's like she hacked Brad's brain before writing this one lol

Too many contenders, stuck to the album

No thank you.

i would agree with that assessment xxp

prob my favorite antonoff production of last year too next to "death by a thousand cuts"

Nice! Ended up just voting for the album as I couldn't decide between this, Julian, Too Much and Everything He Needs.

Dumebi was an absolutely beautiful tune this year

All Mirrors was high on my ballot, I really like its particular blend of minimalist songwriting and maximalist production.

glad this is the crj track to show up

Pretty sure you need to be really really high to listen to it all the way through.

it certainly doesn't hurt

I tried anyway and now I have very strong feelings about this, none of which are remotely positive.

I don't get CRJ. Literally nothing I've heard by her since "Call Me Maybe" has left an impression on me. Are my ears bad?

Updated playlist on the track platform; get to listening!

on the bed
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I don't get CRJ. Literally nothing I've heard by her since "Call Me Maybe" has left an impression on me. Are my ears bad?

No, she's mediocre at best unless you are the specific slice of fandom that resonates with her vibe (see also: Robyn, Ciara, Vampire Weekend from the third album on, etc)

voted for bags, great song

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38: Schacke - “Kisloty People” - 250 points - 6 votes - 1 number 1 vote
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Techno + House Bobbins 2019

“Martin Schacke recorded Клуб Навсегда (Kisloty Forever) in Russia two summers ago. Back then, he was a rising star at the forefront of Copenhagen's techno scene, and he was spending a couple weeks in St. Petersburg for a residency at Клуб (pronounced "club"), a 7- or 800-person venue in the Leningradsky Metal Factory that DAZED once called "the wildest club in Russia." Schacke and Клуб had a special relationship. According to RA contributor Nikita Velichko, Клуб was inspired by Mayhem, the Copenhagen spot where Schacke was a resident. As we see on Клуб Навсегда, the inspiration ran both ways: the EP samples Russian pop songs and, taking its unofficial slogan as its title, exists as a kind of love letter to Клуб.

Of these four tracks, one became an anthem, and that's "Kisloty People," an acid-flecked, Italo-flavored, fast techno reimagining of Акула's 2001 Europop hit "Кислотный DJ" ("acid DJ"). The chipmunk vocal over the locomotive beat might have been enough to make it a hit. The rushing Moroder synths that arrive two minutes in push it over the edge. "Kisloty People" is demonically catchy and charged with the crazed energy that makes so much Copenhagen techno great. It is addictive and deliriously fun, that rare pleasure of a techno track with a monster hook.”

- Resident Advisor’s Best Tracks 2019
(https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3542 )

SV finally infiltrates the West

jeez this may be my favorite 77 of all time based on days one and two

Playlist says Underworld is only 34 minutes (phew). So far, "Akulaleki" is the best of the day I hadn't heard before.

Yeah, well done. xxp

the 34-minute edit of "appleshine continuum" cuts the "appleshine" part, which is fine if you want to get directly to some organ soundz

Didn’t vote for this, almost did. So glad it placed, this was my go to hype song for the gym this year.

xp yeah but then it's to easy to lose sight of what we're continuumining y'know

glad to see this one here! great list so far, lots I have to check out too

xps to my last post: in fairness, FKA twigs probably belongs on that list too but I'm in the fandom slice for her so *shrug, irritating falsetto* I'm so FICKLLLLLLLLLLLLLE

I dig kisloty people

fka's voice gives me a rash (did like the first EP tho)

and much prefer the Appleshine Film Edit to the long version

Hated those techno-chipmunk vocals then, still hate them now.

I can’t do it right now. 26 minutes is too much and I really just want to listen to CRJ (though I voted for I’ll Be Your Girl). She is so fun, what a nice pop star.

this has been a wonderful rollout so far

It's been solid for what it is.

why is forks' playlist in ascending order rather than descending

Maybe this isn't typical SV fare - I shouldn't assume everything Russian is one of his picks!

The acid bassline on this is hype

why is forks' playlist in ascending order rather than descending

― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP)

He always does it this way and cannot be swayed.

"SV finally infiltrates the West"

I actually didn't vote for this! However, the original Akula song it's based around is an all-time banger.

Xp 2 Dan: should be most recent song up top so that if you take some time between songs you can listen to new music first? If it’s not reading that way I blame phone interface and will fix when I am at a desk

I think the current playlist order is the best because when the poll is over the hordes of ILX fans viewing the playlist will know what our top songs were.

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36 (TIE): Koffee - “Toast” - 254 points - 9 votes
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gratitude is a must: the Koffee thread

“Listening to this, the first thing that came to mind upon hearing the lyrics was “God’s Plan”, so it’s amazing how much I enjoy this compared to that snooze. I think the difference between the two lies in the videos. While I appreciate Drake for giving to those less fortunate, it feels like a performative kind of goodness: he had to broadcast it to the world. Koffee’s music video is simple: just shots of Jamaican kids playing soccer and her hanging around them, and yet it feels like so much more. This is what true gratitude looks like — Koffee sounds almost in disbelief saying the lyrics about how she rose, but she’s never forgotten where she’s coming from. Sometimes a song surprises you and knocks you out — this is definitely one of those for me.” -Tobi Tella

“ You know those moments where you are enjoying a day with your friends, and, after lots of activity, spontaneity, and silly things that occur, it then drifts down to a single, quiet moment where everyone looks at each other, and then there are only smiles and nods in acknowledgment? That’s because there’s nothing more to say, the existing reality is so perfect — that’s what “Toast” is. The jovial confidence, the dynamic phrasing and the elastic rhythms all give a sense of rooted elation, of someone who is secure in their love and connection with the environment around them while syncing with endless, almost imperceptible changes. At around 2:29, there’s a beautiful interpolation of a gentle harp sound that was preceded by a rushing house synth, that is replaced again by drumming and claps, before being suddenly interrupted and being echoed out in half-rhythms. Deeply self-assured in making daring but subtle changes.” -Iris Xie

https://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=27216

lol xp

also here you go

happy that rob doesn't have to permanently roll his eyes. also this song rules