just caught up with this
I like CXCX just fine, but this is the weirdest #1 in this poll since "Wut."
weirdest as in unexpected or weirdest-sounding? bcz Wut was a culmination, a peak, a joyous collective ILM event; this is just a result of a lot of people liking something moderately (which makes sense after a wonderfully disparate 77!)
I don't know any of the boys in the video except for Dave 1 & Pee-Thug, Diplo, will.i.am and The Fat Jewish
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 10:49 (six years ago) link
wut winning and yamaha #4 was why i signed up to ilm
― nxd, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
Wut was a culmination, a peak, a joyous collective ILM event; this is just a result of a lot of people liking something moderately
As someone who never much liked "Wut," this is still true.
― Tarr Yang Preminger Argento Carpenter (Eric H.), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link
niels if you like pour asha, try
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5LkLmxcgIQ
― kolakube (Ross), Thursday, 1 February 2018 02:16 (six years ago) link
weirdest as in unexpected or weirdest-sounding?
Unexpected, on a personal level, because I had no idea what "Wut" was until people began saying it was going to win, and I was like "WHAT IS WUT?" Same thing with "Boys." I did not follow CXCX at all in 2017, and had never heard "Boys" until listening to it after seandalai gave me the results.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 February 2018 02:26 (six years ago) link
xp had I voted, that might have been my #1 track of the year
― Tarr Yang Preminger Argento Carpenter (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 February 2018 13:51 (six years ago) link
nice Ross, I definitely like what I'm hearing! Is Skee Mask's other stuff similar?
btw I was happily surprised to find out SAM is from Denmark and actually a friend of a friend, small world
― niels, Saturday, 3 February 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
I'm late, but Thank you to everyone who ran the polls and everyone who voted. I started to make a ballot, but realized that I knew 1% of the tracks nominated. This poll was full of surprises. I've been putting off sitting down and going through this thread until finally, while coming down off a microdose acid trip last night, I went through every song on the list.
First off, I loved this one from the nominations YT playlist. It would have blown my mind if it had placed. The story about it is interesting too - https://youtu.be/sWblpsLZ-O8
My favorites in no order:Twice - LikeyBullion - Blue PedroChromatics - ShadowPlayboi Carti - MagnoliaMondo GrossoJ Hus - Did You SeeLoona/Odd Eye Circle - Girl FrontLoona/Yves - All My LifeS.A.M. - Pour AishaSusanne Sundfor - UndercoverKehlani - UndercoverAvalon Emerson - One More Fluorescent RushSerge Beynaud - AkrakaboBlack Madonna - He Is The Voice I HearSun El-Musician feat Samthing Soweto - Akanamali Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The FeelingJason Isbell - If We Were VampiresPatrice Baumel - GlutesKamasi Washington - Truth
Great poll. Really blew my mind a few times. Someone said that it's been one of the best polls ever. I agree. Can't wait to dig through the albums now!
― mom, Saturday, 10 February 2018 06:20 (six years ago) link
we have similar tastes there mom, like almost weirdly so. A Mind was my nom.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, 10 February 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Saturday, February 10, 2018 11:58 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That's awesome ulysses! I'm glad you introduced me to that song. I love how moogy that filter on the bass sounds, like the tone is about to rip apart at the seams.
You know I noticed a common theme running through many of these tracks: an abundance of 7th chords, minor and major. 2017 seems to have really taken those tones to heart. (Not that 7th chords are uncommon to begin with, but they always strike my ear, and it seems like I heard them lots of tracks from this top 77)
― mom, Saturday, 10 February 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
Blue Pedro is in my head ALL THE TIME now
― imago, Saturday, 24 February 2018 12:43 (six years ago) link
Thoughts and prayers.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 24 February 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
Lol
― i know kore-eda (or something), Saturday, 24 February 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link