In future years I promise to use less ‘abusive personification of animal photography’ for year end mixes, but in the meantime grab Bempology 2008 – Part 9 here. Battling with Part 7, Part 9 is another one of my favorites from the year. Starting off with a downright perfect CSS remix of Keane’s ‘The Lovers Are Losing’, Part 9 emanates a pretty carefree vibe throughout. Other top picks here come in the form of Jukebox the Ghost ‘Good Day’ remix (Andrew Maury of RAC takes up an upbeat track and raises it to another level), Walter Meego ‘Keyhole’ (an electronic guitar solo that rivals Daft Punk’s famous ‘Aerodynamic’ take, paired with a fantastic warbling falsetto that should get this song put on any Halloween playlist), Kyte’s remix of Joy Formidable ‘Cradle’ (an awesome electronic artist taking on one of the best new bands in indie music today = win win), and Mumford and Sons epic folk-romp ‘Roll Away Your Stone’ (a perfect blueprint for making folk music to dance to, even at this time you could tell these guys were bound to blow up). Things slow down at the end, with some of the best slow tracks in the year from Lewis & Clarke with ‘Before it Breaks You’ (9 minutes of chilled out bliss) and Loney, Dear ‘Ignorant Boy, Beautiful Girl’ (unreal vocal instrumentation carries through the whole song, so happy that college acapella groups never found this gem). Download and tracklisting below.
- Keane – The Lovers Are Losing (CSS Remix)
- Junkie XL – Night Pursuit (Anoraak Remix)
- Team Water Polo – Letting Go
- Jukebox the Ghost – Good Day [Andrew Maury Remix]
- Metric – Help, I’m Alive
- Chairlift – Evident Utensil
- Walter Meego – Keyhole
- The Bird And The Bee – Man
- Flosstradamus feat. Caroline Polacheck – Big Bills
- Cut Copy – Feel The Love
- The Joy Formidable – Cradle (Kyte Remix)
- Blondfire – Aluminum Stars
- Coconut Records – West Coast
- The Dø – On My Shoulders
- Moonbabies – forever changes everything now
- team9 vs. Stereogum – Killer Mirror
- Laura Marling – New Romantic
- Stuart James – City On A Roll
- Frightened Rabbit – Good Arms VS Bad Arms
- Johnny Flynn – The Wrote and Wit
- Mumford & Sons – Roll Away Your Stone
- Samamidon – Saro
- Sigur Ros – Vid spilum endalaust
- Tilly & The Wall – Let The Beat Control You (James Yuill Remix)
- The Most Serene Republic – Present Of Future End
- Lewis & Clarke – Before It Breaks You
- Horse Feathers – Working Poor
- Bon Iver – Re: Stacks
- Loney, Dear – Ignorant Boy, Beautiful Girl