Top tracks of 2008
'Cos all them kids are doing it, only I can't be bothered to filter out what came out this year and what didn't. Anyway, Last.fm says Four Tet's "Ribbons" was my most played track this year, with Syclops' bouncey, squiggly electro-funk at 2, Four Tet again with "Ringer" at number 3 and then behind that a bunch of tracks ripped from Portishead in Portishead, which was way better than the rather studied fucked-up-ness of the studio LP. (Do we still say LP?)
Ex-Pipette Rose Elinor Dougall's demo of "Start Stop Synchro" was all the more heart-warming for its' rough lo-fi Casio tones, recalling "Work and non-work"-era Broadcast. "Requiem pour un con" is a fucking banger, no question - and I played Scientist's stuff to death, De Materialize has a bassline to die for. Baby Woodward is going to grow up with those echoed bleeps and deep basslines reverberating round their cot.
EOD's warm and moody acid track "Unirater" reminds me of much of the Analord series, mmmm - love it. There's loads more over at 002q.com.
I love going through other people's lists to see what I've missed - but I can't be doing with yer Fleet Foxes, Elbow, TV on the Radio, Gang Gang Dance, Santogold, Glasbloodyvegas etc... I'm still going through the Pitchfork Top 100, but I'm adoring Invisible Conga People's hushed disco thud "Cable Dazed" from Italians Do It Better.
