aya - im hole is wonderful and I'll be voting it high. Very much love.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 01:11 (two years ago) link
oh wow "cawe yoko" rules
― ufo, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:17 (two years ago) link
Voting is open! ILM's 2021 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD
― Vangelis fleadh (seandalai), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:19 (two years ago) link
under the radar stuff y'all need to check out:
Albums
DJ Manny - Signals in My HeadFootwork/Juke AOTY imho. U Want It is one of my favorite songs of the year and is catchy as all hell
Arushi Jain - Under the Lilac SkyProbably my AOTY of electronic music - this is a transcendent album of gorgeous modular electronics, much more lush and immersive than recent Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, and incorporates Jain's voice using South Asian musical inspiration. This album is far more therapeutic and ready for a trippin' than Jon Hopkins' latest effort.
Nite Jewel - No SunHeart breaking. Minimalist R&B perfection. Can't get over how good this is front to back.
Koreless - AgorThis has been mentioned elsewhere here, but want to bring it up again as it's seriously that good. Ambient deconstructed club record that sounds at once futuristic and nostalgic.
Altin Gün - YolThis Turkish retro funk band BRINGS it. Every time I throw it on I'm blown away again.
Sofia Kourtesis - Fresia MagdalenaThis EP has more bangers than most great albums. Easily my favorite dance record of the year, most of the songs here will probably be on my tracks ballot. Drop anything here in a set FTW.
Songs
Kind of obsessed with these couple songs - again more dance/hip hop oriented stuff, but these are the tracks that just get me excited to DJ
Mano Le Tough - Man of AranHerbert - Fantasy (feat. Verushka)Nightmares on Wax - Creator SOS (feat. Haile Supreme & Wolfgang Haffner)Nightmares on Wax - Wonder (feat. Haile Supreme & Shabaka Hutchings)BASSIDE - NYC2MIA (SOPHIE REMIX)
― octobeard, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:38 (two years ago) link
More tracks (the Eomac in particular is an awesome hard hard banger):
Brijean - Hey BoyEomac - Mandate For Murder
― octobeard, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:41 (two years ago) link
+1 on Nite Jewel and Kourtesis.
Find of the day on shuffle was DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ. 2 hour albums of uh.. is 'future funk' still a thing? This is the one that came on first and hooked me.
i'll hype up my very faves later on if they havent been covered... and they don't change while i'm shuffling.
the most wonderful time of the year
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:47 (two years ago) link
(oh i fixed my playlist and i'm not tinkering with that smarterplaylists junk no more. it's 266 nommed albums that had nommed tracks, on Spotify. thank u)
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 02:48 (two years ago) link
Sans Soucis - On Time For Her (album)I saw this London artist recommended on Twitter and was surprised she had not been mentioned here. Good, breezy indie soul w/ diverse influences.I nominated a different track but this is the catchiest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQaGZzZ6-8
― Chris L, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 04:02 (two years ago) link
I am going to do my best to try to get through every nominated single. Bear in mind that I have a tendency to listen to tracks four or five times apiece unless I utterly hate them on contact so this is a bit of a process.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 04:17 (two years ago) link
Is Tim F not active anymore? Enjoyed his eoy thread.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 05:25 (two years ago) link
Xpost: First time hearing the Arushi Jain and loving it. Thanks.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 05:31 (two years ago) link
I'm not gonna campaign for much this year, because eh, but by golly that Mabe Fratti album blew me away. Spare some votes for it if you can. I'd love to see it in top 77, even if it's in the low reaches.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCjmlYPC2-g
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 07:43 (two years ago) link
A few tracks that not everyone may have stumbled over
Tinashe – Small Reminders – cascades of r&b sensuality over angular rocks of bass, follow the thread in the labyrinthDunnie feat. Oxlade – Overdose remix – pure charm poured directly over your faceMaria Arnal i Marcel Bagel - El Gran Silencio – flying into the night to explore the icy, dreamy and lyrical regions on the artistic side of electro-popLinn da Quebrada – I míssil – if you're missing the astuteness and sensuality of a Brazilian trans artist in your ballotLost Girls – Real Life – Phantomatic reverberations of krautrock by the best Scandinavian narrator talking about her email inboxMarina Sena - Voltei Pra Mim - If you know about Marisa Monte, Céu, Tulipa Ruiz, Luia Maita and are looking for an additional album to listen to, consider 'De Primeira'
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 07:44 (two years ago) link
Just want to say that UK Drill made some incredible pop music this year. There's no shame in voting for Body even though it went to #1 and Tion Wayne later did a track based on an Ed Sheeran sample. Still a great great song.
Also, give the BackRoad Gee album a chance. His focus on ad libs and onomatopoeia over flows perhaps makes it lyrically weak, but the sound of it was incredible. Check the dog samples on Lost in the Flesh for instance.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 08:50 (two years ago) link
Tapestry Of Sound - Maypole Theme (Surrealist Piano Roll Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qNpm5bCMM
breakbeat, garage, trance, or big piano house anthem? I feel like 2021 was a really good time for bobbins despite barely being able to go out dancing, this one managed to tie together so many different influences and styles, in both a classic and a fresh way.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 13:52 (two years ago) link
Finn & India Jordan - The Big B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3TnDqwKNLo
big-room, hi-energy, relentless banger, made of thick bass and a hook as catchy as "Inspector Norse" or "Rej"
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 13:55 (two years ago) link
Very much enjoying the Spotify Tracks playlist. Definitely more hits than misses for me and lots of new discoveries. Thanks everyone.
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 14:08 (two years ago) link
“Getting Older” is my Billie jam.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
Speaking of the Local Action crew, I want to stump for Anz - You Could Be (feat. George Riley). It's both throwback and fresh, perfect pop dance, and the bassline reminds me of Levert's Casanova.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E36658KPKac
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 15:45 (two years ago) link
Tyla feat DJ Lag & Kooldrink - Overdueone of last year's amapiano highlights. this is probably going to be overlooked in favour of "getting late" which was her earlier hit but "overdue" is even better
― ufo, Tuesday, January 4, 2022 6:06 PM (yesterday)
This is nice! I don't know what ~ILM taste~ is anymore, but a few years back I would have said this had potential to be a borad anthem (though I'm not sure I personally think it's better than Getting Late)
― rob, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 16:00 (two years ago) link
a great punk/post-hardcore album I'll be voting for is BUMMER - Dead Horsehttps://bummerkc.bandcamp.com/album/dead-horse
for fans of Pissed Jeans, Scratch Acid, Drug Church, Killdozer etc.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8xUxcoO2js
― gman59, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 16:06 (two years ago) link
also, this is another one I'll surely vote for. could be a good metal/regular poll crossover.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ4kqVYnB04
― gman59, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 16:10 (two years ago) link
Local Action/2 B Real is probably my favourite label this year - "Microdosing" and "Wish It Would Rain" and "Baby" were all standout bobbins for me too
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
Sofia Kourtesis - Fresia MagdalenaThis EP has more bangers than most great albums. Easily my favorite dance record of the year, most of the songs here will probably be on my tracks ballot. Drop anything here in a set FTW.― octobeard, Tuesday, January 4, 2022 8:38 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― octobeard, Tuesday, January 4, 2022 8:38 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
+1 (my nom). I will be voting for the EP, I think; too many good tracks to just pick one.
Find of the day on shuffle was DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ. 2 hour albums of uh.. is 'future funk' still a thing? This is the one that came on first and hooked me.― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, January 4, 2022 8:47 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, January 4, 2022 8:47 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Nice - another of my noms. Found it in the EOY list cycle and couldn't resist it. Reminds me of the first Avalanches album, especially bouncier songs like "Electricity". Sample-heavy dance album. Here's one of the tighter songs, as many run over 10 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER7g9hWCOxs
― Indexed, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 16:50 (two years ago) link
I will rep for two country tracks:
Carly Pearce - "Next Girl"
My pop country SOTY. Clever, double entendre-laced songwriting with a muscular beat. Co-written with Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne, the tandem behind many of the great Kacey Musgraves, Brandy Clark, and Sam Hunt songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5KKh5gFock
Jason Eady - "French Summer Sun"
A beautiful, patient acoustic song from one of the most talented country songwriters of the last decade that delivers it's plain message about the costs of war through vivid narrative. I do believe John Prine would've loved this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGevzDkqhVk
― Indexed, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 17:25 (two years ago) link
Glad some folks like Cawe Yoko, Fely Tchaco is fun. The guitar on that track is ridiculous but I love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSXXvHiqkvw
Here's another good one by her, not nominated but just fwiw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMXHjlIoI-k
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 18:26 (two years ago) link
May as well post the one song that I will absolutely, positively be the sole voter for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5jcXNbFfKQ
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 18:37 (two years ago) link
Pleasant discoveries I've made from the playlists so far:
Rochelle JordanLinda FrederikssonBilal Nasser - Where the Orange Groves GrowMaxine Funk Joy CrookesInsides - Soft BondsMoritz von Oswald Trio - Dissent
Although the last one made me put on the Soccer96 because of how incredible it sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38tfTqJFI6I
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 19:07 (two years ago) link
Oh cool, glad you liked Bilal's album.
― treat the gelignite tenderly for me (Sund4r), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 19:14 (two years ago) link
I just want to rep for the LADY BLACKBIRD album, a vocal jazz album that doesn't do anything groundbreaking but it's impeccably produced and she has a really beautiful voice - somewhere between Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughn - I've been enjoying this one immensely this winter season.
There are three wonderful songs of her in the tracks nominations. My nom and vote will go towards "Fix It" which is based on Bill Evans' "peace piece" and floors me everytime. My second favorite would be the James Gang cover of 'Collage' which has a light psychedelic jazz vibe and a great bass sound to it but that one wasn't nominated.
FIX IT:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9-w37kmtKA
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 19:40 (two years ago) link
LindaFred album is sort of cuddly-ECM - no idea whether it got much traction anywhere but it's gorgeous.
Would love to see Insides and Rochelle make the 77 - both very high on my ballot. The Rochelle is joyously hooky and frothy and really grew in stature all year.
― technopolis, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 20:24 (two years ago) link
Did not expect that one to come up here! Being Alone is also really really really good and was my entry point into that record. That album is crazy epic and the artist is ridiculously prolific.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8410zKbhY
― octobeard, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 20:28 (two years ago) link
The artist she reminds me of is Mylo a bit more than the Avalanches, but that turn of the millennium nostalgia is def there.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 20:31 (two years ago) link
Here are a few pretty accessible tracks from me:
SUEP - Domesticated DreamI meant to post about this on one of the indie-related threads but kept forgetting. A project from the keyboardist of Porridge Radio (and feat some other DIY pals), this is a laid-back bop that gets very earwormy and I love it.
Kanano Senritsu - DropJ-pop with a bit of a footwork influence. Slams.
Wheelchair Sports Camp - YESS i'm a MESSKalyn Heffernan is a pretty new discovery for me but I'm completely won over by this hip-hoppy pean to everything being fucking awful.
Taraka - 0010110Ex-Prince Rama member with a sick psych-pop jam.
And of course Go_A - ШУМ (SHUM)The song that should have won the Eurovision Song Contest and should by rights win this poll too. (There's actually an alternative version I prefer but this is the official one, and it rules almost as much.)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 22:03 (two years ago) link
Whoa at the J-pop + Jersey club song
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 22:15 (two years ago) link
crypto, i love that uncle watson track! painfully accurate
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 22:25 (two years ago) link
ooh "drop" is excellent, that's one track produced by kenmochi hidefumi (of wednesday campanella fame) i hadn't heard
― ufo, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 22:34 (two years ago) link
If the table is the table is in here, I wanna see your ballot
― jpg trouble in wallo gina (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 5 January 2022 23:49 (two years ago) link
Thanks, whoever did it, for that Moritz Von Oswald album nom! Completely overlooked it and it’s amazing.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 6 January 2022 01:27 (two years ago) link
Xenia Rubinos is probably my AOTY.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_X7yrfWU_U
I really like the Griff EP and "Black Hole" in particular. Sort of expected her to make more of a splash but not yet I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2SK_jb68dk
And I just love this Mandy, Indiana track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sUSDQxUV7A
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 6 January 2022 01:51 (two years ago) link
ooh "drop" is excellent, that's one track produced by kenmochi hidefumi (of wednesday campanella fame) i hadn't heard― ufo, Wednesday, January 5, 2022 7:04 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ufo, Wednesday, January 5, 2022 7:04 PM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
ahaaa. Yep. I'm in.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 6 January 2022 02:19 (two years ago) link
Speaking of the Local Action crew, I want to stump for Anz - You Could Be (feat. George Riley). It's both throwback and fresh, perfect pop dance, and the bassline reminds me of Levert's Casanova.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E36658KPKac― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, January 6, 2022 2:45 AM (thirteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, January 6, 2022 2:45 AM (thirteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
This will be close to my #1. Barely stopped rinsing it since I first heard it.
― monotony, Thursday, 6 January 2022 04:49 (two years ago) link
the other fantastic george riley track this year was "power", sublime r&d&b
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpZGvnKqSc
― ufo, Thursday, 6 January 2022 04:58 (two years ago) link
quite possibly voting for both
R&b-wise, 'Amber Mark - What it is' is dead certain to be on my ballot
I'm considering about 5-10 Amapiano / SA songs, and from the top I have a hard time choosing between Ngixolele and Mmapula from Busta 929. Then there's at least Osama, Higher, LiYoshona, Phakade Lami, Gupta, Tyla, nobody nominated La vie est belle so I guess Folasade from the album with Tresor. Choices choices...
― Nabozo, Thursday, 6 January 2022 07:24 (two years ago) link
Vilde Tuv is a Norwegian artist who's worked in an interesting, melodic modern singer-songwriter landscape, but she took a couple of years off to study electronic music production, came back with those skills and a recorder flute and made an instrumental trance epic - the album Melting Songs, which is on the noms list
She's currently in the process of adding music videos to each track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLYbTcV1zBc
― abcfsk, Thursday, 6 January 2022 08:22 (two years ago) link
The k-pop lowdown:
Weeekly - After School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfVuRQX0ydQ
A fairly new group that I hadn't noticed before releases a song of pure, bright delight. The chorus is undeniable, the verses have just the right pep.
Aespa - Savage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPdWvnAAurg
Aespa's hate it or love it embrace of SM's divisive signature mashed up sound peaked with 'Savage', going from the harsh and metallic to the soaring rnb bridge. For me it's a welcome statement in a scene where some artists with international ambitions water down their sound:
― abcfsk, Thursday, 6 January 2022 08:44 (two years ago) link
SW2 & Moses Boyd's "Dirty South", a great track in its own right, was remixed by Sully into something even better, cutting up Boyd's jazz drumming from the original and turning the track into full-on drum & bass. One of my most played tracks from last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5XjEMPFNJQ
― mike t-diva, Thursday, 6 January 2022 10:12 (two years ago) link
Couple of afrobeat tracks for your consideration:
(Ayra Starr is currently getting hard done by on Tom's Peoples Pop Poll of 2021 so hopefully will make more of a splash in the ILM 77)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Sp0jIHDYE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_-n_RHDyuA
― groovypanda, Thursday, 6 January 2022 11:06 (two years ago) link
I was sure this was a lost C86 band when I first heard them. Gorgeous melancholy jangle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC0xoDdLbo8
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Thursday, 6 January 2022 15:17 (two years ago) link
everybody please vote for the maria arnal i marcel bagés album― roflrofl fight (voodoo chili), Friday, January 14, 2022 4:34 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
I highly recommend their previous album as well. Fantastic incorporation of Spanish music into art pop / ambient singer-songwriter, and what a full-bodied voice she has. Should appeal to fans of Mabe Fratti for example.
― Nabozo, Sunday, 23 January 2022 17:00 (two years ago) link
(Not nominated in 2017 on ILM, so I guess we are all catching up)
― Nabozo, Sunday, 23 January 2022 17:05 (two years ago) link
Glad to see Gardna getting some EOY love, he’s been doing some consistently chipper music (and club nights here in Bristol) for a while now. Bit biased as he’s a pal of a pal but seems like a good egg.
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Sunday, 23 January 2022 17:42 (two years ago) link
I didn't vote, guys, sorry, I just didn't vibe with the nominees I listened to enough to get excited about voting but I am still really looking forward to the rollout where I always find some exciting tracks!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 23 January 2022 18:02 (two years ago) link
I'm really excited for the rollout, tbh— I always discover some faves from that thread.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Sunday, 23 January 2022 19:16 (two years ago) link
still need to check out Gardna but he seems like a great lad
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 25 January 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link
Good job with this year's final winning lineup btw. There's lots missing that I both voted or and/or should have voted for but after some rigorous listening, there's definitely not more than 10 songs out of 77 that I just don't like.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 27 January 2022 02:01 (two years ago) link
Oh sick, ten of my votes made it ;)
― imago, Thursday, 27 January 2022 09:40 (two years ago) link
MC Boing made it to the top 77 then
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Thursday, 27 January 2022 10:26 (two years ago) link
wait... am i missing something? we haven't rolled out yet have we?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 27 January 2022 12:20 (two years ago) link
lol
― Tim F, Thursday, 27 January 2022 12:28 (two years ago) link
wait... am i missing something? we haven't rolled out yet have we?― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, January 27, 2022 1:20 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
No, it's just forks and moka discussing the results over coffee and telling us how interesting it all is :D
― Nabozo, Thursday, 27 January 2022 13:26 (two years ago) link
Do 77-60 tomorrow and then 15 a day next week imo
― imago, Thursday, 27 January 2022 14:16 (two years ago) link
No no it's fine, we can all wait, namaste
That Wet Leg one two surprised me
― groovypanda, Thursday, 27 January 2022 14:40 (two years ago) link
We're starting on Monday.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 27 January 2022 17:31 (two years ago) link
VOTE BITCOIN
― Vangelis fleadh (seandalai), Thursday, 27 January 2022 18:42 (two years ago) link
can we put the results on the blockchain?
― rob, Thursday, 27 January 2022 18:55 (two years ago) link
Will the graphics be sold as nfts?
― Frederik B, Thursday, 27 January 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
The graphic for our #8 placement which is a song called “player of games” by Grimes will be sold as an NFT, yes.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 27 January 2022 21:15 (two years ago) link
I went to POLL and I got the big D
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 27 January 2022 21:19 (two years ago) link
if the blockchain is how we get rid of fakeouts, then I'm a cryptobro now
― rob, Thursday, 27 January 2022 21:27 (two years ago) link
ahoyILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2021
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 29 January 2022 21:11 (two years ago) link
So I am deep listening to the "F" artists now, about 350 tracks out of 1110. Maybe will go back to posting reactions here?
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 20 February 2022 21:20 (two years ago) link
Go for it, I enjoy your write ups
― punching the clock on a tambo (morrisp), Sunday, 20 February 2022 21:46 (two years ago) link