Well, here we finally are. The last day of 2011. When we set out to do this 12 day long review of all the best in EDM, we were really trying to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of everything that went down in the wide world of electronic music. While everyone else is talking about Charlie Sheen and Steve Jobs as the biggest components of 2011, we were giving you the best tracks from the whole year among the best music videos, mixes, live performers and even more. We put a lot of work into all that content, but now it’s time for our most exciting post of the year. Not only did we all decide on which artists made the most significant impact in 2011 were, but we also get the opportunity, as the writers of this blog, to share with you our favorite tracks of the year. We did our best to avoid overlap so each set should be a pure aural experience full of different and futuristic sounds that we bumped our heads to all year long. I hope you enjoy and, as a friend of mine recently said, we look forward to going out of 2011 with a bang and waking up in 2012 with a wicked headache.
bhanna
I’m a sucker for vocals… what more can I say…
- Ali Love – Diminishing Returns (Alvin Risk Remix)
- Kaskade – Turn It Down
- Avicii & Sebastien Drums – My Feelings For You (Treasure Fingers Remix)
- Porter Robinson – Vandalism ft. Amba Shepherd
- Dillon Francis – Beautician
- Calvin Harris – Feel So Close
- Nero – Crush On You
- Skream – Anticipate
- Bingo Players – Cry (Just A Little)
- SBTRKT – Wildfire
Get the whole list HERE.
Jake
- Rogerseventytwo – You Take Me Higher
- Melee, DJ Kue, Warehouse – High (Original Mix)
- Ecotek – Dreams Come True
- Joker – The Vision
- Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Deathstar Remix)
- Cher Lloyd – Swagger Jagger (Dillon Francis Remix)
- Bingo Players – Rattle
- Flux Pavilion – Bass Cannon
- Nero – Promises (Nero & Skrillex Remix)
- Porter Robinson – Unison (Knife Party Remix)
Entire list available for download [HERE]
GBallz
I couldn’t begin to tell you how many songs were added to my collection in 2011. My ears are always open for that next great track – whether it’s from a podcast, a music festival, a DJ at a club, or my friends passing on word. I keep a running list on my phone of songs I need to download and as an aspiring DJ I need to constantly consider what will keep people moving on the dance floor.
My top 10 list was extremely difficult to put together and it’s gone through several revisions. As one can see, my favorites are mostly House and Electro-House, but I made sure to include a couple other sub-genres. This list is in no particular order:
- Arty – Around the World
- Mord Fustang – Lick the Rainbow
- Wolfgang Gartner – Space Junk
- Skrillex & Diplo – Amplifire
- Pulseless – Party Days (Utku S. Remix)
- Tiesto & Marcel Woods – Don’t Ditch
- Dillon Francis – Beautician 2.0
- Tommy Trash – Future Folk
- Chrizz Luvly – Keep Me
- Mustard Pimp – ZHM
Download this ZIP pack HERE
BONUS: Here are 7 honorable mentions for you to download, including songs by Arty & Mat Zo, Avicii, Tommy Trash, and Sub Focus
SOUP
- Swedish House Mafia – Save The World (Zedd Remix)
- Zeds Dead – Coffee Break
- Porter Robinson – 100% In The Bitch
- Dave Nada – Riverside
- Lazerdisk Party Sex – Selecta
- The Barber of Seville – Largo Al Factotum (Mustard Pimp Remix)
- Skrillex ft. The Doors – Break’n a Sweat
- Beastie Boys – Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win (Major Lazer Remix)
- Mimosa – Flourescence (Moombahton Remix)
- Skrillex ft. 12th planet – Needed Change
Soups Bangers: All zipped up for your listening pleasure!