ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

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Waiting for Godot is all about variations.

I could get down with a hypnotic sexed-up mantra if it weren't so juvenile.

This would make for a great number on The Muppet Show. I can see it now.

Is Zero12Finest supposed to evoke Zero 7, because the foundation of the backing track to this sounds like a sped-up Zero 7 track to me

fwiw here's a SA house track I did vote for that's similar but a touch more welcoming imo: https://youtu.be/KprQC0F-7oU

sino msolo's album got A LOT of end of year play from me

anyways, you know what else is coming?

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29: The Comet Is Coming – “Summon the Fire” – 313 points – 10 votes – 1 #1 vote

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London jazz wizard Shabaka Hutchings: Sons of Kemet / The Comet Is Coming / Shabaka & the Ancestors

DJP, it's amapiano (is that considered genre or a production house?), which is the current sound in South Africa pop-house, so it's got a 'sound' that's prevalent through a bunch of tracks.

Cool, didn’t vote for this as had them on my album ballot but very happy to see them here.

So... the current sound in South African pop-house is "sped-up Zero 7"?

whoa

iirc this is pretty good

Oh shit, this is one that I actually meant to vote for but forgot about. Well, thanks to everyone else for getting it in here despite me!

The new London jazz scene is fun 'n' all but must it always be so short on improv? Is it more like an acid jazz revival or what?

Hmm this is kind of cool, like it's dropped in from the soundtrack of a low-budget dystopian sci-fi flick

Oh cool, have been enjoying Comet is Coming recently. I think they put out another album after this one that I've been meaning to check out.

Didn't really get the appeal of the last few tracks prior to this.

xp I can't hear the similarity between Zero 7's laid back jazz-inflected trip hop and BRYC, but you might be hearing something I'm not

oh shit I voted for this!!!

I hear more similarities between Zero 7 and TCIC tbh.

Love the way, on all of his projects, Shabaka treats his sax like he's an MC or vocalist and the bit where this peaks and he's just honking one note is pure terrace jazz.

They must be good live

love the TCIC album but haven't isolated any tracks from it

fuckin love this song, voted for the album instead.

idk how you pick a highlight out of the first four songs tbh

Is Zero12Finest supposed to evoke Zero 7, because the foundation of the backing track to this sounds like a sped-up Zero 7 track to me

"baby are you coming" too low

v surprised by the comet is coming placing in the tracks poll

This got pretty heavy 6music play in the UK, people in my office fucking hated it before too long.

surprisingly good running/workout song. more jazzy jock jams pls

Love the way, on all of his projects, Shabaka treats his sax like he's an MC or vocalist and the bit where this peaks and he's just honking one note is pure terrace jazz.

very OTM and the thing I like the most about this music, he doesn't shy away from minimalism and repetition for the sheer joy of it

Didn’t really enjoy that tbh, but it did remind me of The 900 Number by Mark The 45 King

To be honest I have never heard of The Comet Is Coming before but this song is great! Fine work ILM.

Wow. When I nom'd "Summon the Fire" I thought it was a long shot but so glad to see it so high. Absolute beast of a track. Love when they take it up an octave.

two new wonderful tracks for me
great start

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28: Chari XCX featuring Christine & The Queens – “Gone” – 314 points – 11 votes – 1 #1 vote

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Charli XCX

Singles Jukebox

At work we can almost always sell a Comet Is Coming EP/album if we play it in the store. At the very least a couple of people will ask who we're playing. I love a good word of mouth success like that (see also The Beths and Khruangbin).

Surprised this isn't higher! Good song.

meh

Cross You Out > Miss U* > Gone

*forgot to nom this :(

this is a very good song that i also thought was a little overrated. placed appropriately

Had this p high, they sound great together

I don't want to sound like erstwhile poster Sick Mouthy here but the way this is mastered makes it sound like shit, totally wrong for Chris's voice.

really liked hearing their two voices on one song

I feel like Comet Is Coming is a band I'd enjoy a lot but every time I put them on they go a bit too far down the chaotic skronk onslaught route and I end up reaching for more restrained bands like Girls In Airports or Dawn of Midi.
This is nice, but I could do without the excessive echo on the brass and the overall feeling I'm listening to the jazz equivalent of Explosions In The Sky.

This is a great song and a great album. I think Charli's turn away from the PC Music weirdness of Pop 2 has blinded some folks to the fact that she's finally cranking out some legit HITS.

explosions in the sky is a weird comp, tcic is way more chaotic even in the slower tracks

xp

the way this is mastered makes it sound like shit

that's the #aesthetic

I think Charli's turn away from the PC Music weirdness of Pop 2

weird thing to say about an album with "click" on it. pop 2 had better hooks

and the better version of "blame it on your love" ("track 10")

tbh everything Charli XCX has done since "You (Ha Ha Ha)" has been some level of disappointing to me

I know Boys winning the tracks poll a few years ago really caused the Charli backlash (although maybe it started before that?) but she's still one of my favourite artists around. I was the number one vote for Gone and I'm actually surprised to see it this high. Incredible performances from Charli and Chris as their voices blend together surprisingly well. Their chemistry in the video is so addictive and I must have watched it over a hundred times this year. That little bit where they break character at the three minute mark in particular gets me.