Humdrum asked nearly 20 of Hong Kong’s house and techno DJs to share their five favorite tracks of 2012. Below are the year’s big tunes, secret weapons and floor-fillers that defined the sound of Hong Kong’s electronic underground in a year that it diversified and accelerated greatly.

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Hong Kong DJs Top Tracks of 2012

Ocean Lam

[Humdrum / Foxtrot]

Martin Dawson & Glimpse

Our Friends

[Pets Recordings]

Ben La Desh

You Gotta

[Dirt Crew Recordings]

Genius Of Time

Tuffa Trummor Med Röst (soundcloud)

[Aniara Recordings]

Kid Culture

Visions feat. Rene Engel

[Sincopat]

Hauschka

Radar (Michael Mayer Remix)

[FatCat Records]

Casey Anderson

[Humdrum]

Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge

Lost In A Moment (Dixon Rework)

[Innervisions]

Deniz Kurtel & Tanner Ross

I Knew This Would Happen (feat. PillowTalk)

[Wolf + Lamb]

Tin Man

Futurist Acid

[Exprezoo]

Todd Terje

Inspector Norse

[Smalltown Supersound]

Maceo Plex

Under The Sheets

[No. 19 Music]

Honorable Mention

Barker & Baumecker – Schlang Bang [Ostgut Ton]

AKW

[PUSH]

Matthew Dekay and Lee Burridge

Fur Die Liebe

[All Day I Dream]

A duo who’ve produced some forward-thinking dancefloor material, and the strings on this track get me every time.

Ry Cumin & Frank Wiedermann

Howling (Âme Remix)

[Innervisions]

I don’t usually go for big vocal tracks, but there’s something quite stirring about this guy’s singing – plus the track comes to a pretty powerful conclusion.

Barnt

Geffen

[Cómeme]

It was always fun watching the crowd when dropping this weird little number. Geffen is really nothing more than a beat and a fun little octave-driven synth line, but it drove people crazy every single time.

Maetrik

The Poem

[Ellum Audio]

I still prefer the stuff Eric Estornel produces as Maetrik over his Maceo Plex guise, and this track really sums up why: rib-shaking beats and simple but devastating basslines. Massive.

Ian Pooley

CompuRhythm (Dixon 4/4 Treatment)

[Innervisions]

Have such good memories of catching Dixon at Barcelona in Sonar this year, and he’s fast become one of my favourites. This is his best remix yet, maybe after the 2011 Singing rerubs.

DJ Ball

[Intermix]

Andrade

My Time (Beatport)

[Overall Music]

Kriece

After Dark (Beatport)

[Arabica]

Thomas Gandey & Zeb Wayne

Pounce

[Southern Fried Records]

Lee Curtiss feat. Debbie Rennalds

Body Twitch

[Visionquest]

Francesco Grant

Everybody Love Me (Soundcloud)

[AFU]

DJ Darka

Hot Chip

Flutes (Sasha Remix)

[Last Night On Earth]

LCD Soundsystem

You Wanted A Hit

[DFA Records]

Dark Soul Project & Solar Sphere

Sunshine Night (Santiago Garcia Remix)

[Baires]

HVOB

Dogs

[Stil Vor Talent]

Tomomi Ukumori

Scenario (Henry Saiz‘s Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel 34th floor Remix)

[Humble & Radiant]

Dee Montero

[Montero Grooves/fmr. KEE Club]

Pachanga Boys

Time

[Hippie Dance]

Hunter/Game

Feel The Presence

[Hot Creations]

Ry & Frank Wiedermann

Howling (Âme Remix)

[Innervisions]

Betoko

Raining Again

[Diynamic]

Maetrik

The Poem

[Ellum Audio]

Frankie Lam

[PUSH]

Nicolas Jaar

Mi Mujer

[Wolf + Lamb]

Nina Kraviz

Love or Go (Kink mix)

[Rekids]

Kasper Bjorke

Lose Yourself To Jenny (Rebolledo Remix)

[HFN Music]

Lemos

Nice Day (Kreons Extended Reconstruction) (Soundcloud)

[Resopal Red]

Makam

What Ya Doin’

[Dekmantel]

Honorable Mentions

Alex Niggemann – Street Therapy [Poker Flat]

Hrdvsion – Right and Tight [International DeeJay Gigolo]

Dosem – Replicants [Suara]

Davide Squillace – Pieces of You [Manifesto]

Death On The Balcony – Them 3 Words (Eat Everything More Than Friends Remix) [Pets]

Fresh Funky S

[Now Is The Time]

Ornette

Crazy (Nôze Remix)

[Get Physical Music]

Adana Twins

Strange

[Exploited]

Monkey Safari

Hi Life (Ole Biege Remix)

[Monaberry]

Maxxi Soundsystem

Regrets We Have No Use For feat. Name One

[Hypercolour]

Charles Ramirez & Stan Garac

The Pianist

[Hall of Fame Records]

Imai Fukutaro

[Intermix / Synchro Records]

A-Inc

Calumet Pass

[CARIZMA]

Marvin & Guy

Town

[Let’s Get Lost]

Elvis.T

INTRO 2010 (DJ Sodeyama Remix) (Beatport)

[Acupuncture Records]

Levon Vincent

Stereo Systems

[Novel Sound]

Imai Fukutaro

The Invisible Dog

[Synchro]

Jacko Joao

[SL/NT]

Chloe

Distant (Magda Remix) (Soundcloud)

[Kill The DJ]

DJ T. feat. Khan

Leavin’ Me (Clockwork Remix)

[Get Physical Music]

Nina Kraviz

Aus feat. King Aus On The Mic

[Rekids]

Sollmy

Claustrophobia (Soundcloud)

[Tools & Stuff]

Reset Robot

Tinto

[Intacto]

DJ Jeremy

[This Is Music]

Guy Gerber

The Mirror Game

[Visionquest]

Barnt

Geffen

[Cómeme]

Paperclip People

Throw (Slam’s RTM Remix)

[Planet E Communications]

Catz ‘N Dogz

They Frontin’ feat. Monty Luke

[Get Physical Music]

Hot Chip

How Do You Do? (Todd Terje Remix)

[Domino]

Juan Martínez Gregorio

[Deeper Sounds HK]

Audision

Yellow Sunset (Robag Wruhme Stoylago Edit)

[&nd]

Asaf Avidan

One Day/Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Remix) (Day Version)

[Four Music]

Cio D’or

Uhr

[Telrae]

Dürerstuben

Sonnenblut am Platz der Perlen

[Laut & Luise]

Kollektiv Turmstrasse

Lapacha (Alex Q’s Wir Geben Nicht Auf Mix)

[Musik Gewinnt Freunde]

Honorable Mentions

Norken & Deer – Remember That Feeling [Laut & Luise]

Nu & Jo Ke – Who Loves the Sun [Bar25]

Kerri Monk

[Foxtrot]

Vincenzo Battaglia

Darkness Island (Soundcloud)

[Prisma Record]

FakeOb

Beehive

[Avenue Recordings]

Johnny S

Get Down

Xavi Dee & David Sure

Black Mamba (Clem Remix) (Soundcloud)

[Electrofraise Records]

M.A.I.K.

Eat The Flow (Maitycally Remix) (Beatport)

[Clubstream]

M@i

[Foxtrot]

Shadow Dancer

It’s The Everything

[BNR Trax]

Craig Pettigrew

Allergy (Beaport)

[Zenbi Recordings]

Ricardo Esposito & Michael Nadje

Vivantes (Beatport)

[BTAIM]

Dosem

Replicants (Edu Imbernon & Coyu Remix)

[Suara]

Ryoh Mitomi

Suzunari (Soundcloud)

[Carizma]

Miko Van Chong

[Mamoz]

SBTRKT

Hold On

[Young Turks]

Todd Terje

Inspector Norse

[Smalltown Supersound]

Disclosure

Latch feat. Sam Smith

[PMR Records]

Tensnake feat. Syron

Mainline

[Defected]

Nina Kraviz

Ghetto Kraviz

[Rekids]

Simon Templa

[Now Is The Time]

Oliver $

Doin’ Ya Thang

[Play It Down]

Zakes Bantwini

Wasting My Time (Franck Roger Remix)

[Realtone Records]

Luis Radio & Raffa Scoccia

Organismo (Traxsource)

[BBE]

Maceo Plex

Can’t Leave You

[Crosstown Rebels]

Wendy Wenn

[Small & Tall / W2 / Foxtrot]

Barnt

Geffen

[Cómeme]

Worthy & Eats Everything

Tric Trac

[Dirtybird]

Dream 2 Science

Breathe Deep

[Rush Hour Records]

Luca M

Pufarine

[Area Remote]

David Labeij

Rolling Back

[Mobilee]

Top Artists

1st: Maetrik / Maceo Plex (a.k.a. Eric Estornel)

2nd: Dixon, Barnt, Nina Kraviz, Todd Terje

3rd: Âme, Hot Chip, Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge, Ry Cuming & Frank Wiedemann

Top Record Labels

1st: Innervsions

2nd: Rekids, Cómeme, Get Physical Music

3rd: Visionquest, Wolf + Lamb, Ellum Audio

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