Ruaridh Law

Other things from 2014 The Soca Diwali rhythm (isn’t it time for a comeback?)

Zoviet France live up a hill in a forest

Cycling 74’s Max 7

Tapes moving from being uncool to not uncool

Some Truths, in general

Modular bores

Mark Z Danieleski’s The Fifty Year Sword

The Applecore records Pure Fire Summer 2007 Megamix CD I found down the back of some shelves last week that pisses all over most other mixes this year.

Robert Hood’s [above] The Grey Area mix resurfacing

Yung Millner off Utopia

Alex Macpherson

40 tracks 1. Nicki Minaj – Lookin’ Ass

2. Kira Isabella – Quarterback

3. Mila J [above] – Smoke, Drink, Break Up

4. Hodgson – Babylon System

5. Rae Sremmurd – No Flex Zone

6. Keyshia Cole, Mila J, K. Michelle, Lil Mo & Da Brat – Loyal (Remix)

7. Kiesza – Hideaway (Gorgon City Remix)

8. Meridian Dan ft. Big H & JME – German Whip

9. Trae Tha Truth ft. Young Thug – Try Me

10. Jay Baptiste ft. Troy Hudson – Real Shifters (Get Down)

11. Kalenna – Murder

12. Skepta ft. JME – That’s Not Me

13. Jessie Ware – Tough Love

14. Neon Jungle – Braveheart

15. Bobby Shmurda – Hot Nigga

16. Runtown ft. Davido – Gallardo

17. Cam & China – Do Dat

18. Teyana Taylor ft. Pusha T & Yo Gotti – Maybe

19. Yemi Alade – Johnny

20. Katy B – Vulnerable/Drunk In Love

21. Tamar Braxton ft. Future – Let Me Know

22. Mary J. Blige – Whole Damn Year

23. Henry Knight – Olopa

24. DJ Pioneer & TJ ft. Dana McKeon – Circles

25. Beep Dee – From Above

26. Calle Lebraun ft. Abbee – Sometimes I (Fantasize)

27. Indiana – Solo Dancing (Chris Lake Remix)

28. Shanti Celeste – Days Like This

29. Nicole Scherzinger – Your Love

30. Tifa – Back It Up

31. Shawnna – Gettin’ To It

32. DJ Khaled ft. Remy Ma – They Don’t Love You No More (Remix)

33. Lana Del Rey – West Coast (MK Remix)

34. Netta Brielle – 3xKrazy

35. Ondo Fudd – There Will Be A Time

36. Shiba San – Okay

37. Lafawndah – Butter

38. 2NYO – Roll With Me

39. Sinead Harnett – High Wire

40. Honey Cocaine – Icey Bitch (Syap Edit)

Walker Chambliss 1. Father [above] – Look At Wrist feat. ILoveMakonnen and Key!

2. Skepta & JME – That’s Not Me

3. Slug Christ – On It (Seven Grams) feat. Stalin Majesty

4. Rae Sremmurd – No Type

5. FKA Twigs – Two Weeks

6. Gorgeous Children – How We Do It

7. The-Dream – Black

8. Antwon – Metro Nome feat. Wiki

9. Lil Herb – Koolin

10. Dark0 – Amethyst

Louis Pattison

Perhaps these weren’t empirically the best tracks of 2014, but they were tracks I played over and over, and never got old. Sleaford Mods – Tied Up In Nottz

Run The Jewels [photo via Joshua Mellin, CoS] – All Due Respect (feat Travis Barker)

Aphex Twin – XMAS_EVET10 [120] (thanaton3 mix)

Visionist – Acceptance

Live Island – King

Damien Dubrovnik – Penis Corset

Shriekin – Steel Ships

Future Brown – Wanna Party (feat Tink)

copeland – Advice For Young Girls (feat Actress)

Consumer Electronics – Teknon

Chris Kelly QT – Hey QT

Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan – Tell Em (Lies)

Slug Christ feat. Stalin Majesty – On It (Seven Grams)

Popcaan – Everything Nice

Jeremih – Don’t Tell ‘Em

Dat Oven – Icy Lake’ (Total Freedom remix)

Finn – Keep Calling

Rome Fortune [above] feat. Makonnen – Friends Maybe

False Witness – Makina

Tinashe – 2 On’ (No Schoolboy Q edit)

Laurent Fintoni

10 tracks and other things that didn’t suck in 2014 Fracture – Loving Touch

Om Unit ft Jehst – The War

Action Bronson’s Fuck Me, That’s Delicious TV show [above, photo by Blare]

Busdriver ft Aesop Rock and Danny Brown – Ego Death

The Bug ft Manga – Function

NPR’s Microphone Check podcast

The Ballad of Geeshie & Evie feature on The New York Times

Round Robin Duets show, NYC, May 2014

Mala b2b Loefah at FWD>> circa June 06 set that Blackdown posted (I was there)

Chimpo’s rapping and his Monkey Teef mixtape

Joe Muggs Alison Chanic – Painlessly in Love (Lakker Remix)

Theo Parrish – Footwork

Bruce – Tilikum

Pinch & Mumdance – Turbo Mitzi

Mr Mitch – Be Somebody

DJ Rashad – Do it Again (feat. Spinn & Manny)

Joker [above] – Purple City (Swindle Remix)

Fracture – Loving Touch

Samrai – Problematic Riddim

Blackmass Plastics – Doomatron

Aidan Bennison Dej Loaf – Try Me

JayKae & Dapz On The Map – Froggy

Kyze ft. Giggs – Punani

Naira Marley & Max Twigz – Marry Juana

Popcaan – Everything Nice

Skepta ft. JME – That’s Not Me

Stormzy [above] – Not That Deep

Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q – 2 On

Tom Lea

2014 was the first year I’ve not owned a car since I was 19 – here’s seven songs I played on repeat during late night DLR journeys. FKA Twigs – Two Weeks

Tokyo – Poetic Justice

DJ Tricks – Unthinkable

Caribou feat. Jessy Lanza [above] – Second Chance

A. G. Cook – Beautiful

dj j – Lil Bit

Slackk – Kit & Holly

Mr. Beatnick Dorian Concept – Draft Culture

Telephones – Blaff

Seven Davis Jr – P.A.R.T.Y

Rezzett – Zootie

Moire – Bboy 202

Beautiful Swimmers – Sleepyhead

Jack J – Looking Forward To You

Pender Street Steppers – Bubble World

Wiley – On A Level