{"id":4029,"date":"2011-12-31T20:54:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T03:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2012-01-22T10:08:42","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T17:08:42","slug":"best-songs-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/?p=4029","title":{"rendered":"Best Songs of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/musicvenndiag.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/chimatli.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/musicvenndiag.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"musicvenndiag\" width=\"261\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4112\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Hehe<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to include some kind of literary musical tribute to the past year but my writing skills are out of practice and I&#8217;m afraid my words would make no one happy, so it&#8217;s just the music folks!<\/p>\n<p>Some of my favorite songs this year were released in previous years and time willing, I&#8217;ll post those up sometime in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>For now, take a listen and let me know if any of these were you favorites and please, tell me which songs I missed.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers and Happy 2012!<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011: &#8220;Where the concrete meets the river&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjKtbCx3piM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Austra \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Beat and Pulse (extended) <\/strong><br \/>\nThe beat is pure old school cold wave electronica, the pulse relentless and the amazing vocals by Katie Stelmanis are flavored with Siouxsie-like echoes combining to create an overall sinister kind of mood.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/75c9r-gfNZ8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Brenmar &#8211; Done (Don&#8217;t Luve Me No More)<\/strong><br \/>\nA last minute addition, awesome track. First heard from one of my favorite music curators\/DJs\/Record producers, Disaro. Their label is putting out some amazing music. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2p5hdF1Ln9s\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Burial &#8211; Halo<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat can you say about Burial? He&#8217;s amazing, just listen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j7_jLXUxt18\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Cassius-I Love You So (Skream remix)<\/strong><br \/>\nNu-Jungle or J-Tek (Jungle Tekno) and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s massive! (to borrow a British term). This track has everything 90s electronic music did well, plus some: diva vocals, anthemic hooks, addictive sing-a-long lyrics and the beautiful 140 rpm Amen Break.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TGmM2l39LEs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Charli XCX &#8211; Nuclear Seasons<\/strong><br \/>\nA late minute addition. It&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been listening to the past few weeks. We all need a bit of pop to bring levity to our heavy lives, right?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lOCFNXHiB9w\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Com Truise \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Polyhurt<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bottom heavy style, slo-mo funk\u00e2\u20ac\u009d yeah, that about explains this music. But it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the sad, melancholy, the future shoulda been great but it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t kinda mood (is that called dystopia?) that I really like about this song. And the organ fiddling is pretty nice too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vi1kKqOEkng\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Connan Mockasin \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Forever Dolphin Love (Erol Alkan rework) 2011<\/strong><br \/>\nI saw dolphins in the ocean and later on that day, I heard this song. It was the year of coincidences.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PAoBeVV-e8c\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Creep-Days<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not a huge fan of The xx but appreciate Romy Madley Croft\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contribution to this track. Her languid vocals provide a bit more of that moody witchy-ness I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve come to appreciate in this post-Fever Ray world of ours.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6hFdWGE6RWo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Daphne &#8211; I Know<\/strong><br \/>\nDaphne is the Caribou dude. His talent is endless.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VSbrbltv7uM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>FaltyDL-Gospel of Opal (Ft. Anneka)<\/strong><br \/>\nEchoes of drum n bass with sweet vocals that are barely saccharine but not enough to distract from the military high hats and the heavy, heavy bass.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jxC2XLePDWQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Grimes \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Vanessa <\/strong><br \/>\nFirst it sounds like it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bunch of other songs shoved into one song but \u00e2\u20ac\u0153shoved\u00e2\u20ac\u009d sounds bad, right? Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s say it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like a collage of other good songs I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve posted recently and all the mixing resulted in a little something nice for everyone. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s echoes of Austra (also Canadian), especially in the beats. I particularly like the Felix Da Housecat-ish drop at 2:26, super touch! And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s awesome to hear women using their full range of voice nowadays.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tSo3emfWkCM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Hard Mix-Callers <\/strong><br \/>\nWobbling, fun house mirror music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JP4zIDD-64k\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Fever Ray &#8211; The Wolf<\/strong><br \/>\nThe movie was a huge disappointment but the opportunity to hear new music from Fever Ray justified the ticket price.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-k3qlkOBd9o\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Holy Other &#8211; Touch <\/strong><br \/>\nHoly Other is a secretive DJ, from Berlin via Manchester. The song is a nice bit of ethereal dubstep, slowed down R&#038;B vocals and a sorta bamboo windchime percussive element giving the song a little windblown energy before the dark drop comes in. One of my favorites this year. <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/StCWElNvZoM\">Yr Love<\/a> was another good one.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2a8hKM424jw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Iceage &#8211; Never Return<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of those song I listened to over and over and over&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jnwdW4yoovs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Jape &#8211; The Oldest Mind<\/strong><br \/>\nJape is responsible for one of my all-time favorite songs, <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-3OSoBFzhLI\">Floating<\/a>, but I hadn&#8217;t been paying much attention to any of his new music until I heard this song. It didn&#8217;t quite grab me right away, the beginning of the song eases you into what&#8217;s to come. It&#8217;s the break at 2:19, as the tune moves into a melancholy place that made me fall in love with this song. How is it possible to make music sound hopeful while at the same time acknowledging a bitter past? Jape somehow accomplishes this. &#8220;Celebrate what it means to be young,&#8221; a phrase with a lot of meaning for me this year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qfJ39n4lucY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Jonwayne &#8211; Tomato Purge<\/strong><br \/>\nJonwayne is the only artist on this list I had the pleasure of seeing live this year. His original music DJ sets at Low End Theory, an amazing dubstep, electronic music, alternative hip-hop club night here in Lincoln Heights were among my favorites. He&#8217;s a nice guy too! Low End Theory has a real community feel to it and I was lucky enough to frequent the Wednesday night hotspot quite a bit this year, thanks to my homegirl Ana and the good folks at The Airliner.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rUkdjmTrfAQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!--more--><strong>Modeselektor &#8211; Pretentious Friends<\/strong><br \/>\nBusdriver lends some nice rhymes to this fun song. <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/uWiJ2F4dlUg\">Hasir<\/a> is good for some beat bouncing listens as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WH8mT3bCX2E\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Plaid \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Missing<\/strong><br \/>\nWavy chord flows, harpsichord melodies, synthy vocals, nods to various beautiful musical pieces that came before it and little familiar notes peaking in at the edges make this one of my favorite songs of the summer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dkxEYe4rhKI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Star Slinger \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Casanova\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Jump Off<\/strong><br \/>\nFun song by this Manchester DJ, wish I wouldn&#8217;t have read his tweets though especially the reactionary response to the events in England this summer. Oh well, he makes good music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sLrJUulMoVo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Waterlily &#8211; You Kiss<\/strong><br \/>\nClean crisp beats and the best use of a sample from ABC, ever. &#8220;Hello, my name is Eden and I want you to kiss my___.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rq0rsldDzx4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong> When Saints Go Machine &#8211; Parix <\/strong><br \/>\nDanish band with an <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/d_Nq9fUX2WE\">Antony<\/a> soundalike? Beautiful end of the year song. &#8220;Bad dreams ricochet, ricochet&#8230;Where the concrete meets the river&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hehe I&#8217;d like to include some kind of literary musical tribute to the past year but my writing skills are out of practice and I&#8217;m afraid my words would make no one happy, so it&#8217;s just the music folks! 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