2015 Jams of the Year

Which tracks currently represent the best music you've heard so far this year.

#5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmnL8dQwfBg

#4

#3

#2

Aphex Twin - hat5c 0001 rec-4

#1

Helen - Allison (no Youtube for this?)

<3

Good year so far. looking forward to the new OPN.

for sake of brevity ill post just one

Two guys mainly have been providing the jams this year, here's an example from one of them who's opened up the floodgates:

https://soundcloud.com/user18081971/1-chink-101

And here's the other, who's also been churning out everything from ambient synth albums to techno bangers to goofy drum machine remixes of old tunes, starting up his own label again,... and it's all fucking tremendous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YcdoxWTnsw

The latter also introduced me to a bunch of other artists through his many podcasts e.g.

As a matter of fact here's 90 minutes of jams that paint a nice picture of what 2015 sounds like in my head:

https://soundcloud.com/cremeorganization/creme-podcast-28-legowelt-the-infinity-quadrant-exploration-team-reveals-a-new-map

The Kate Bush edit one hour into that mix just about sums it up really.

My number one jam of this year so far is Joshua Abrams - By Way Of Odessa

http://noticerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/i-hope-you-like-the-universe

I could make a top 100 entirely of Richard d James soundcloud tracks, so that whole set has been jams of the year (decade?) for me

oh damn that Joda Clément thing is sounding pretty sweet, gonna have to look into that further. And hell yeah Pole, I've chalked up a lot of listens on that album already.

Oh also mixes from libramix.org.. It has been my go-to jams while working just about all year

sigha - 14.5

delroy edwards - die motherfucker

ty dolla $ - blase

patronen - wichtiges

lory d - gm hf

  On 10/2/2015 at 2:07 AM, Marked x 0ne said:

I could make a top 100 entirely of Richard d James soundcloud tracks, so that whole set has been jams of the year (decade?) for me

Yeah. I decided not to include those songs since they're older. Even though they're new to me. #1 musical event of the year, and likely decade, is the soundcloud experience imo.

Fully agree with Sagan's selection. Fair call not including Soundcloud tracks, but I feel like some of them just have to be mentioned in this thread.

Of course, it's nearly impossible to make a selection, but here's 3 that I keep coming back to anyway:

https://soundcloud.com/user18081971/5-scorrier

https://soundcloud.com/user18081971/18-ssba

Also, might not qualify as 2015 but heck, too good:

Finally, to avoid this being an Aphex only post:

  On 10/1/2015 at 9:03 PM, manmower said:

 

 

 

been digging all that i come across on 100% silk in general, just singles and comps tho - ill give this a listen next

  On 10/3/2015 at 4:08 PM, joshuatx said:

 

  On 10/1/2015 at 9:03 PM, manmower said:

been digging all that i come across on 100% silk in general, just singles and comps tho - ill give this a listen next

 

He has his album 'Visions' and the 'Visitors' tape both on that label I think. The album is masterfully produced house but I like the tape even better, it's essentially leftover tracks that didn't quite fit the album I guess, with more variety in genre and a raw edge to them. 'Knowing You' is my real fave track on there but I couldn't find a streaming version on the web right away.

Can't pick only 5. So here are 8, in no particular order:

AFX - Umil 25-01

Beach House - Spark

Donnacha Costello - Enso

FKA Twigs - In Time

Aleksi Perälä - UK74R1515060

Main Attrakionz - Cycles

Holly Herndon - Interference

Kuedo - Slow Knife

That Jupitar Jax track is really nice, thanks for sharing it!

  On 10/2/2015 at 2:14 AM, taphead said:

oh damn that Joda Clément thing is sounding pretty sweet, gonna have to look into that further.

it's really well-made ambient/sound art, well-enveloping, really puts me at ease. a lot of subtle details going on.

it's a tape cassette release, but the label uses chrome/cobalt (type ii) bias tapes, so it sounds pretty decent. kind of a hassle to flip the tape over, as it's only thirty minutes (15 min. per side). of course, w/Bandcamp you get a digital version as well

  On 10/3/2015 at 5:43 PM, lin said:

That Jupitar Jax track is really nice, thanks for sharing it!

same here, listened to all his stuff on spotify at work over the weekend

Track of the year

  On 10/1/2015 at 9:03 PM, manmower said:

As a matter of fact here's 90 minutes of jams that paint a nice picture of what 2015 sounds like in my head:

 

 

The Kate Bush edit one hour into that mix just about sums it up really.

Amazing - thanks for this one.

WIll be my Summer 2016 TUNE!

Nickelus F - Trick Dice

On top of my head

Amon Tobin - In Your Own Time

https://amontobinmusic.bandcamp.com/track/in-your-own-time