2020-01-13
Hey City Zen of 2019
Did I travel in 2019! Still another great year for music! I am sure I missed really great stuff, but here is the best City Zen of the year that made my radar. Top 30 Albums, Top 100 Tracks, Top 26 Remixes/Edits (from E-Trash's DJ sets), and Live albums. The top tracks and remixes areassembled in a Spotify List as well.
Top 30 Albums of 2019
There are definitely 5 albums that stood above for, consistency, innovation or surprise, and which I listened the most to (alphabetically):
The Chemical Brothers - No Geography
Crazy P - Age of the Ego
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Thom Yorke -Anima
The other 25 alphabetically:
Top 26 Remixes and Edits of 2019
Top 30 Albums of 2019
There are definitely 5 albums that stood above for, consistency, innovation or surprise, and which I listened the most to (alphabetically):
The Chemical Brothers - No Geography
Crazy P - Age of the Ego
Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Thom Yorke -Anima
The other 25 alphabetically:
!!! - Wallop
Lena d'Água - Desalmadamente
ÁTOA - Sem Medos
James Blake – Assume Form
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
Channel Tres – Black Moses
Charli XCX - Charli
Chico da Tina- Minho Trapstar
Leonard Cohen - Thanks for the dance
Digitalism – JPEG
Folamour - Ordinary Drugs
Hot Chip - A Bath Full of Ecstasy
Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
Kraak & Smaak - Pleasure Center
Madonna - Madame X
Metronomy - Metronomy Forever
Missy Elliot – Iconology
Pongo – Baia
Rhye- Spirit
Mark Ronson- Late Night Feelings
RY X - Unfurl
Sault - 5
Ed Sheeran - No6 Collaborations
Sleater-Kinney – The Center won't Hold
Underworld – Drift Series
#EP, but with more great tracks than most albums.
*A large series of tracks released in time, more like a box set, really.
Not so much a reissue, but Prince's originals of famous tracks he wrote form other people. Amazing talent.
Best Live Albums of 2019
The best live show of the year was definitely Christine and the Queens for me (at Super Bock Super Rock).
But in terms of records, two stood out:
David Byrne - American Utopia on Broadway
Ney Matogrosso - Bloco na Rua
Top 100 Tracks of 2018
Best Reissue of 2019
Prince - Originals
Not so much a reissue, but Prince's originals of famous tracks he wrote form other people. Amazing talent.
Best Live Albums of 2019
The best live show of the year was definitely Christine and the Queens for me (at Super Bock Super Rock).
But in terms of records, two stood out:
David Byrne - American Utopia on Broadway
Ney Matogrosso - Bloco na Rua
The best way to display this is via a Spotify list which also includes the remixes below (in no particular order):
Top 26 Remixes and Edits of 2019
So many great remixes and edits this year. There were definitely 6 above the rest, which took the original into another place of excellence. All remixes, edits and mashups below elevate the originals either into a whole different place, a distilled essence, or simply make it work so well on the dance floor. It is great when a track has two great lives, which is a remix at its best:
Jorge Ben & Caetano Veloso- - Salve Simpatia (Ive Brussel Jkriv Rework)
Dino d'Santiago- Nova Lisboa(Moullinex Remix)
Letrux - Flerte Revival (SJ Zé Pedro & Marco AS Remix)
ABBA - The Visitors (Mighty Mouse’s Edit For Jim)
Fred Pallem & Le Sacre du Tympan - L'Odyssée (Yuksek Remix)
Mark Ronson featuring Yeabba - Don't you leave me lonely(Purple Disco Machine Remix)
The remaining awesome remixes alphabetically:
Change - Make Me (Go Crazy) (OPOLOPO Remix)
The Chemical Brothers - Got to keep On (Riton Remix)
Noel Gallagher - Black Star Dancing (The Reflex Revision)
Childish Gambino - This Is America (Todd Terry, Louie Vega & Kenny Dope Remix)
Hercules & Love Affair featuring ANOHNI - Raise me up (Hercules 2019 Remix)
Jax Jones with years & Years - Play (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Jkriv featuring Adeline - Vertigo (Joey Negro Spirit of 78 Mix)
Jungle - Heavy, California (Gerd Janson MPC Translation)
Kraak & Smaak - Sweet time (Yuksek Remix)
Anna Lunoe - 303 (Flava D Remix)
Shawn Mendes featuring Camila Cabello - Senorita (Barry Harris extended "Chillin' in Ibiza'' Club remix)
Ben Pearce featuring Tayla - Fireproof (Ten Ven Remix)
Pongo - Kuzola (20Syl Remix)
The Prodigy - We Live Forever (Teddy Killerz Remix)
Robyn - Beach2k20 (Yaeji Remix)
Robyn - Between the lines (The Black Madonna Remix)
RY X - Body Sun (Claptone Remix)
Sister Sledge- We are Family (Dr Packer's Multi Track Mix)
Sting & Shaggy - Just one Lifetime (Dave Audé Remix)
The Vision featuring Andreya Triana - Heaven (Mousse T.'s Disco Shizzle Remix)
The Chemical Brothers - Got to keep On (Riton Remix)
Noel Gallagher - Black Star Dancing (The Reflex Revision)
Childish Gambino - This Is America (Todd Terry, Louie Vega & Kenny Dope Remix)
Hercules & Love Affair featuring ANOHNI - Raise me up (Hercules 2019 Remix)
Jax Jones with years & Years - Play (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Jkriv featuring Adeline - Vertigo (Joey Negro Spirit of 78 Mix)
Jungle - Heavy, California (Gerd Janson MPC Translation)
Kraak & Smaak - Sweet time (Yuksek Remix)
Anna Lunoe - 303 (Flava D Remix)
Shawn Mendes featuring Camila Cabello - Senorita (Barry Harris extended "Chillin' in Ibiza'' Club remix)
Ben Pearce featuring Tayla - Fireproof (Ten Ven Remix)
Pongo - Kuzola (20Syl Remix)
The Prodigy - We Live Forever (Teddy Killerz Remix)
Robyn - Beach2k20 (Yaeji Remix)
Robyn - Between the lines (The Black Madonna Remix)
RY X - Body Sun (Claptone Remix)
Sister Sledge- We are Family (Dr Packer's Multi Track Mix)
Sting & Shaggy - Just one Lifetime (Dave Audé Remix)
The Vision featuring Andreya Triana - Heaven (Mousse T.'s Disco Shizzle Remix)
Labels: #2019, #BestOf, #Music
