ILM’s Top 77 Tracks of 2018

whoa the autechre song started playing as i scrolled past brad's GIF and i stared at it for like 10 seconds before i even read why it was posted

This is sweet, reminds me of the sort of 80s boogie/post-disco I really love.

for those unsure about listening to Autechre's "all end," may i recommend you play it for three minutes? It's roughly the same experience no matter where you drop the needle (mostly different textures) so you can get a taste fairly painlessly.

fuck yeah

this wasn't my fave from the album but it's a great single on its own

for those unsure about listening to Autechre's "all end," may i recommend you play it for three minutes? It's roughly the same experience no matter where you drop the needle (mostly different textures) so you can get a taste fairly painlessly.

It doesn't seem to be on Youtube, can I listen to it anywhere without having to sign up for a streaming service?

you can go to a nearby factory and sit near an industrial fan

or you can listen to it here: https://autechre.bleepstores.com/release/98703-autechre-nts-sessions-1-4

"short court style" is the fucking best

even if this Prass song doesn't do it for you I really recommend checking out the whole album, which demonstrates way more range than I had any notion she was capable of

Tuomas, "Plaything" is a part of a series of singles Roisin did with Maurice Fulton this year. They're pretty much all great

I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes) does indeed remind me of Little Kix-era Mansun!

no one edited that maxwell blurb

Oh wow, I love Fulton too, that's really a match made in heaven!

(xxpost)

imagine writing crisp pristinity when pristine crispness was just lying there

but is it light and airy?

I really like Roisin Murphy - that is not new.
Also really like Frances Quinlan - that is new. My first thought of comparison was the singer from Throwing Muses for some reason - wild, passionate and always on the brink of breaking down. (Though I guess you could also say The Cranberries). The album seems to leave her all the space, and that's good.

'Short Court Style' is so likeable.

It doesn't seem to be on Youtube, can I listen to it anywhere without having to sign up for a streaming service?

― Tuomas, Tuesday, January 29, 2019 1:40 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

All you need is a keyboard, a speaker, and a sleepy cat

simon otm, i had very low expectations for the new prass album based on the first one, which i didn't like at all, but i was intrigued by "short court style" and the rest blew me away, especially "hot for the mountain"

I think his misgivings are similar to mine tbh but he's expressed them even more awkwardly than I would have done

listening to this Roisin song after 58 minutes of autechre is weirdly unsettling

lol

http://i.imgur.com/4PVa6Qr.jpg

46: Mr. Twin Sister – “Jaipur” – 198 points – 6 votes
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Mr Twin Sister

fuck yes

somehow my first vote to place, my #3

Aww was hoping this would land higher, but can't complain

help me be
strong enough

make my heart
kind enough

Oh dear, more of this!

like it more than the other Mr Twin Sister track. this is freaky

Is Tuomas the Geir of dance?

59: Prince Kaybee featuring Busiswa and TNS - “Banomoya”

This is my favourite discovery of today's rollout. Not so keen on the male vox coming in, but the construction of space and movement with the bass & synths kills.

Also into Die Wilde Jagd, which somehow I'd missed before, though it feels thinner than it should be in places, not quite as epic as I want it to be.

(fuckin' ilx and the 1975 tho', ffs)

Trying to work out if I'm going to have any other placements aside from that Helena Hauff track... surely Blackpink will make it? Maybe Hen Ogledd & Yemi Alade?

This Roisin track makes me want to listen to Dreamer by Livin' Joy. More bland comments as they arrive.

I really like Jaipur and a couple of the other songs on Salt, but overall I didn't find the album anywhere near as compelling as their previous album which was perfect. Really wish they'd put Power Of Two and Echo Arms on there.

the 1975 is a psyop

I've been sleeping on this twin sister record too much probably

Ok, I actually listened to this Mr. Sister tune, and it is quite different from the previous one, and definitely better. Is most of their music like this, or like the earlier track?

salt > s/t

tuomas: listen to "in the house of yes"

I wanted to like the 1975's new record but couldn't make it through the first listen

yeah i kinda think so too, the s/t drops off a tiny bit in the second half imo

xxp

last one for the day!

salt wasn't as immediate as the s/t but it's the better record

correct!

Last one?! Don't we go down to 51?

lol I'm just now getting to Smoko. You guys there are 12 million songs released in 2018 better than this.

tuomas: listen to "in the house of yes"

I tried this, and I really like the basic disco groove and the vocals, but the arrangement is way too loaded! Why do they need to have all those extra sounds there, like the weird scratching? Just trust what you have!

going to 45 today. to 29 tomorrow. final 13 on friday.

that is a new breakdown but i can dig it