2016 was an outstanding year for electronic music. As always, I have compiled a list of my favourite albums, EPs, singles and remixes for the year in review, as well as a few honourable mentions. Enjoy listening to the singles and albums via Apple Music.
Top 10 Albums:
- Weval – Weval
- Moderat – III
- Beacon – Escapements
- Youandewan – There Is No Right Time
- Tycho – Epoch
- Nicolas Jaar – Sirens
- Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
- Justice – Woman
- Max Cooper – Emergence
- Simian Mobile Disco – Welcome to Sideways
Honourable Mention: Metronomy – Summer 08, WVV – Pulsar, Dinky – Valor, Breakbot – Still Waters, Bibio – A Mineral Love.
Top 10 EPs:
- Massive Attack – Ritual Spirit
- Komon & Will Saul – Lost In Time
- David August – The Spell / A Golden Rush
- Aphex Twin – Cheetah
- Coldcut – Only Heaven
- Nightmares On Wax – Ground Floor
- David August – J.B.Y. / Ouvert
- KiNK – Chorus
- Pional – When Love Hurts
- Felix Laband – Bag of Bones
Top 10 Singles:
- Max Cooper – Waves
- Moderat – Reminder
- Komon & Will Saul – Lost In Time ft. Ben Westbeech
- Justice – Randy
- David August & Nelia Kit – A Golden Rush
- Youandewan – Waiting For L
- Weval – The Battle
- WhoMadeWho – Hi & Low
- Bonobo – Kerala
- Midland – Decompression Suite
Honourable Mention: Massive Attack – Ritual Spirit, Tycho – Epoch, Beacon – Preserve, Nicolas Jaar – Three Sides of Nazareth, Radiohead – Identikit, WVV – Fourier, Bibio – With the Thought of Us.
Top 10 Remixes:
- Roman Flugel – 9 Years (DJ Koze Remix)
- Here Is Why, Adam Port – Tonight (Adam Port 12” Autobahn Edit)
- Todd Terje – Snooze 4 Love (Dixon Remix)
- Metronomy – Old Skool (Fatima Yamaha Remix)
- Dinky – Casa (Axel Boman Dub Mix)
- Beacon – IM U (Nitemoves Remix)
- Sfire – Sfire 3 (John Talabot’s Tribalist Rework)
- Tycho – See (Beacon Remix)
- Moderat – Eating Hooks (Siriusmo Remix) [Solomun Edit]
- Nevermen – Mr. Mistake (Boards of Canada Remix)