year: 2018 tones of: dj koze, moby, nico jaar, darkside, fuck buttons genre samples: house, disco, soul, electronica, dance, funk music: fun, danceable, glitchy, joyous, tricky, exhilarating, scratchy, warm, kinetic, technical, funky, energetic, precise, soulful, wild favs: i never dream, you are going to love me and scream,now u got me hooked, flash in the pan, cityfade
notes: a.a.l. stands for against all logic which is apparently one of a handful of pseudonyms nicolas jaar operates under (he also does work as a member of darkside, just friends, bladerunner, and daftside). this seems to be a collection of his work under that moniker from 2012 to 2017. score: 8/10
1. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of The City 2. DJ Koze: Amygdala 3. Chance The Rapper: Acid Rap** 4. Autre Ne Veut [Oh-truh Neh Vuh]: Anxiety 5. Disclosure: Settle 6. The National: Trouble Will Find Me 7. Kanye West: Yeezus 8. Arctic Monkeys: AM 9. Daft Punk: Random Access Memories 10. Drake: Nothing Was The Same HM. Pusha T: My Name is My Name
T R A C K S*** 1. James Blake: "Retrograde"
2. Lorde: "Royals"
3. Drake: "Hold On, We're Going Home"
4. FKA Twigs: "Water Me"
5. Daft Punk: "Lose Yourself To Dance"
6. Chance The Rapper: "Juice"
7. Disclosure: "White Noise"
8. Autre Ne Veut: "Counting"
9. Pusha T: "Numbers On The Boards"
10. Local Natives: "Heavy Feet"
HM. Vampire Weekend: "Don't Lie"
* HM = Honorable Mention does actually rank at #11 this year ** Technically this is a mixtape, but the quality is the difference *** Excludes repeated artists (#s 1, 6, 7, HM) for breadth
music: warm, playful, diverse, wondrous, colorful, fun, interesting, exciting, rich, surprising, energetic, complex, beautiful, weird, experimental, full, sonorous, cool, creative instruments: recorders, seagulls, chimes, springs, vocals (by: caribou, matthew dear, ada, hildegard knef, marvin gaye), steel drums, sticks, claps, synthesizers, and some i can't even guess at!
favs: track id anyone?, royal asscher cut, magical boy, homesick, marilyn whirlwind, la duquesa, ich schreib' dir ein buch 2013, don't lose my mind, amygdala
