Top 20 Albums of the Year:
Bicep – Bicep
Bonobo – Migration
DJ Seinfeld – Time Spent Away From U
Four Tet – New Energy
Jacques Greene – Feel Infinite
Joe Goddard – Electric Lines
Kendrick Lamar – Damn.
LCD Soundsystem – American Dream
Moses Sumney – Aromanticism
Mount Kimbie – Love What Survives
Mura Masa – Mura Masa
The National – Sleep Well Beast
Purple Disco Machine – Soulmatic
Red Axes – The Beach Goths
Slowdive – Slowdive
Spoon – Hot Thoughts
Thundercat – Drunk
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory
The War On Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
The xx – I See You
Top 30 Tracks of the Year:
Bicep – Glue
The Black Madonna – He Is The Voice I Hear
Busy P – Genie (Joe Goddard Mix)
Calvin Harris – Slide
Camelphat & Elderbrook – Cola
Daphni – Tin
Detroit Swindle – Can’t Hold It
Drake – Passionfruit
Drop Out Orchestra – Where Is My Man
Four Tet – Two Thousand and Seventeen
Freeform Five & Ali Love – Throwing Stones
Gerd Janson & Shan – Surrender
Gorillaz f/ DRAM – Andromeda
The James L’Estraunge Orchestra – Closer / Groovin You
Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.
Lanark Artefax – Touch Absence
LCD Soundsystem – Tonite
Lorenz Rhode – On Top
LSB – Missing You
Mark Barrott – The Pathways Of Our Lives
Marquis Hawkes – The Basement is Burning
Objekt – Theme From Q
Parcels – Overnight
Portugal The Man – Feel It Still
Real Estate – Darling
Shy Luv & Jones – Shock Horror
Thundercat – Show You The Way
Todd Terje – Junglelknugen (Four Tet Remix)
Total Giovanni – Your Light
The xx – On Hold (Jamie xx Remix
Spotify Playlist:
Mixcloud DJ Mixes:
Part One f/ Bicep, Detroit Swindle, Purple Disco Machine, Busy P, and more.
Part Two f/ Claude VonStroke, Maya Jane Coles, Catz n Dogz, Walker & Royce, and more
· Tame Impala – Currents
· Foals – What Went Down
· Jamie xx – In Colour
· Floating Points – Eleania
· The Chemical Brothers – Born In The Echoes
· My Morning Jacket – The Waterfall
· St Germain – St. Germain
· George Fitzgerald – Fading Love
· Julio Bashmore – Knockin Boots
· Lauer – Borndom
Next Ten
· Father John Misty – I Love You Honeybear
· Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
· Ashworth – Grain
· Leon Bridges – Coming Home
· Alabama Shakes – Sound and Color
· Bob Moses – Days Gone By
· Seven Davis Jr – Universes
· Ghost Culture – Ghost Culture
· Lane 8 – Rise
· Neon Indian – VEGA INTL. Night School
Top Tracks of 2015
Hip Hop/Pop
· Jack Ü – Where Are Ü Now
· Jamie xx – I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)
· The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
· The Weeknd – The Hills
· Missy Elliott – WTF
· DRAM – Cha Cha
· Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta
· Drake – Hotline Bling
· Rudimental f/ Ed Sheeran – Lay It All On Me
· Major Lazer f/ DJ Snake and Mo – Lean On
Indie Rock
· Tame Impala – Eventually
· Foals – Mountain At My Gates
· Jamie XX – Loud Places
· Leon Bridges – Coming Home
· Miike Snow – Heart Is Full
· Alabama Shakes – Don’t Wanna Fight
· Florence + The Machine – Ship To Wreck
· Tame Impala – Let It Happen
· Neon Indian – Annie
· Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Can’t Keep Checking My Phone
House & Electronic
· Disclosure f/ Gregory Porter – Holdin On
· A-Trak f/ Jamie Lidell – We All Fall Down
· Bicep – Just
· Detroit Swindle – Alright (We‘ll Be)
· Dusky – Skin Deep
· Dyone – Only Love Can Set U-Free (Bicep Remix)
· Format:B – Chunky
· Lindstrom – Home Tonight
· LoneLady – Groove It Out
· Palms Trax – Sumo Acid Crew
· PBR Streetgang & X-Press 2 – Cosine (Lauer Remix)
· Reboot – The Frenchie Thing
· Ron Basejam – When I Hear That Music
· Special Request – Amnesia
· Tensnake – Keep On Talking
· Boof – Just On The Swings
· Floating Points – Silhouettes
· St Germain – Real Blues
· Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit (Claptone Remix)
· Julio Bashmore – Holdin On
Check out our “Best of 2013” year end wrap up mix of some of the biggest songs of the year and some of our personal favorites including Daft Punk, Arcade Fire, Empire Of The Sun, Robin Thicke, Drake, Cut Copy, Phoenix, and more.
Here’s the May edition of Voltage with a shimmery and sunny feel for those warm summer days ahead. Featuring tracks by Phoenix, Disclosure, Ellie Goulding, Classixx, Treasure Fingers, and more.
Here’s the Voltage monthly podcast for March 2013, mixed by DJ Pat O’Brien. Enjoy this mix of house and nu-disco sounds from Russ Chimes, Daft Punk, Justice, A-Trak, and more.
Check out some of the ECE team’s favorite music from 2012.
Our favorite albums of 2012:
Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
Beach House – Bloom
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Cobra Juicy
Boys Noize – Out of the Black
Calvin Harris – 18 Months
Cat Power – Sun
Crystal Castles – (iii)
Daphni – Jiaolong
Divine Fits – A Thing Called Divine Fits
Django Django – Django Django
Eric Prydz Presents Pryda
Father John Misty – Fear Fun
Flying Lotus – Until The Quiet Comes
Four Tet – Pink
Gary Clark Jr – Blak & Blu
Grizzly Bear – Shields
Hot Chip – In Our Heads
Jack White – Blunderbuss
Jessie Ware – Devotion
Justin Martin – Ghettos & Gardens
Miike Snow – Happy To You
Morning Parade – Morning Parade
Netsky -2
Niki & The Dove – Instinct
Passion Pit – Gossamer
Pond – Beard, Wives, Denim
Poolside – Pacific Standard Time
Reptar – Body Faucet
Scuba – Personality
Tame Impala – Lonerism
Teengirl Fantasy – Tracer
The Heavy – The Glorious Dead.
The Lumineers – The Lumineers
The Maccabees – Given To The Wild
The Shins – Port of Morrow
The xx – Coexist
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Trouble
Twin Shadow – Confess
Van She – Idea of Happiness
Walk the Moon – Walk the Moon
Our favorite songs of 2012:
Alabama Shakes – Hold On
Alex Clare – Too Close
AlunaGeorge – Your Drums, Your Love
Amtrac – How Can She
A-Trak/ Mark Foster/ Kimbra – Warrior
Avicii f/ Salem Al Fakir – Sihouettes
Bat for Lashes – Laura
Benoit & Sergio – New Ships
Ben Pearce – What I Might Do
Bingo Players – Cry (Just A Little)
Burial – Kindred
Calvin Harris – Feel So Close
Calvin Harris f/ Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing
Cat Power – Cherokee
Chairlift – I Belong in Your Arms
Chromatics – Back From the Grave
Digitalism vs Tommy Trash – Falling
Disclosure – Latch
Dog Blood – Next Order
Drums of Death – Waves City
Duke Dumont – The Giver
Dusky – Flo Jam
Father John Misty – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
Flight Facilities – Clair de Lune
Flight Facilities f/ Grovesnor – With You
Florence + The Machine – Spectrum (Calvin Harris Remix)
Grimes – Genesis
Holy Ghost! – It Gets Dark
Hot Chip – Flutes (Sasha Remix)
Hot Natured f/ Ali Love – Benediction
Imagine Dragons – It’s Time
James Curd – Guide Me (Gigamesh Remix)
Jamie Lidell – What a Shame
Jessie Ware – Running (Disclosure Remix)
Jessie Ware – Wildest Moments
Julio Bashmore – Au Seve
Justice – New Lands (Falcon Remix)
Justin Martin – Don’t Go (Dusky Remix)
Justin Martin – Ghettos & Gardens
Kaskade f/ Neon Trees – Lessons In Love
Katy B f/ Jessie Ware – Aaliyah
Local Natives – Breakers
M83 – Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix)
M83 – Reunion (Mylo Remix)
Madeon – Finale
Major Lazer f/ Amber Coffman – Get Free
Martin Solveig – The Night Out (Madeon Remix)
Miguel – Adorn
Miike Snow – Paddling Out
Monsta – Messiah
Muse – Follow Me
Netsky – Love Has Gone
Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks
Passion Pit – Take a Walk
Poolside – Harvest Moon
Porter Robinson – Language
Pryda – Shadows
Russ Chimes – Back 2 You
Rustie f/ AlunaGeorge – After Light
Santigold – Disparate Youth
Shiny Toy Guns – Fading Listening
Skrillex f/ Sirah – Bangarang
Sub Focus – Out of the Blue
Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound
Tame Impala – Elephant
Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
The Knocks – The Feeling
The Lumineers – Ho Hey
The Shins – Simple Song
The xx – Angels
Todd Terje – Inspector Norse
Twin Shadow – Five Seconds
Usher – Climax
Zedd f/ Matthew Koma – Spectrum