Tuesday, 28 December 2010

TEA Favourites - Ones To Watch In 2011

TEA's final post for the year is dedicated to house and techno musics ones to watch as of this Saturday. The 10 listed below have all been banging away making a bit of noise in their repected genres and and according to TEA are set to take on the world and more come next year.

10.Ethyl & Flori


Ethyl Soundcloud
Flori Soundcloud
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9.Forward Strategy Group

Soundcloud
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8.Milton Bradley


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7.Tommy Four Seven



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6.Francis Inferno Orchestra



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5.Mic Newman



Website

Soundcloud

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4.Markus Suckut



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3.Midland



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2.James Kumo



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Soundcloud

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1.Xhin



Website

Soundcloud

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Friday, 24 December 2010

TEA Favourites - PRODUCERS


You can look back on 2010 with a big fat smile on your face thanks to these here 10 fellows. Year by year electronic music is making enormous thoroughfares between genres as well as constant advancements in particular styles and ideas. TEA looks back on these particular 10 as the main contributors to what we fell in love with this year. Whether it be the new kids on the block, old heads or the known mainstayers they are all doing there bit to keep our style of music as exciting, illusive and honest as possible.

Drum roll please.

10.Falty DL



9.Traversable Wormhole


Traversable Wormhole

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8.Jonas Kopp



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7.Gary Beck



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6.Lucy



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5.Peter Van Hoesen



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4.James Blake


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3.Mike Dehnert


Soundcloud

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2.Ramadanman



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1.Marcel Dettmann



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TEA Favourites - LABELS

Once again it's die German and Brits that have a strangle hold on releasing the world best music for the night club and dance floor. A honourable mention goes to the hard working Peter Van Hoesen for his Time To Express imprint and the mysterious Vault series but as it stands here is TEA's top 10 vinyl pushers and digital uploaders for 2010.

10.Fachwerk [GER]



8.Delusions Of Graduer [UK]


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7.Curle Recordings [BEL]


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6.Prologue [GER]


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5.Electric Deluxe [NED]


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4.Aus Music [UK]


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3.Hotflush Recordings [UK]


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2.Ostgut Ton [GER]


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1.Stroboscopic Artefacts [GER]


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Monday, 20 December 2010

TEA Favourites - TRACKS



100.DJ Nibc - Hold On (Basic Soul Unit remix) [Trunkfunk]

99.BCR Boys - Coded By The Girl (Sawf remix) [Perc Trax]

98.Will Saul & Mike Monday - Small Moments [Aus Music]

97.Bob Holroyd (T.Williams Mix2) [Phonica]

96.James Blake - Klavierwerke [R&S Records]

95.Shlomi Aber - Balck Funk Hi [Ovum]

94.Roman Lindau - Sonnerie [Fachwerk]

93.Robert Hood - Clash [M Plant]

92.Robert Hood - Omega [M Plant]


91.Walt J - Reborn 2 [Curle]


90.CC - Track 1 [Sound Carrier]

89.The End Of All Existence - Track 1 [The End Of All Existance]

88.Frank Martiniq - Blast Corps [Stroboscopic Artefacts]

87.Kenny Larkin - Glob (Ben Klock remix 2) [Planet E]

86.Resse & Santonio & Mayday - The Sound [Kool Kat]

85.Sawlin & Subjected - Track 1 [Vault Series 1.0]

84.Thomas Brinkmann - Cheap Little Rat [Curle]

83.Alex.O.Smith - Ultra Fine One [FXHE]

82.Dino Sabatini - Scylla [Prologue]


81.Lucy - Beautiful People [Mote Evolver]


80.Max Essa - Moonlight & A New Direction [Bear Funk]

79.DVS1 - Pressure [Transmat]

78.Shed - Boom Room [Ostgut Ton]

77.DJ QU - Law (Brothers’ Vibe Law dub) [Deep Vibes Recordings]

76.Sepalcure - Every Day Of My Life [Hotflush Recordings]

75.Perc - Rowan [Stroboscopic Artefacts]

74.Pattern Repeat - 003B [Pattern Repeat]

73.Tony Lionni - As One [Freerange]

72.VVV - Project Y [Fortified Audio]


71.Jimmy Edgar - Hush [Glasstable Music]


70.Actress - Ohn (Fairlight Mix) [Honest Johns]

69.Function & Jerome Sydnenham - Two Ninety One [CLR]

68.Efedmin - Night Train [Dial]

67.Leif - Priority feat Donna (Ethyl & Flori remix) [Fear Of Flying]

66.Marcel Dettmann - Argon [Ostgut Ton]

65.Luis Flores - Pain In My Left Arm (Obtane remix) [Hidden Agenda]

64.Four Tet - Plastic People [Domino]

63.LV & Untold - Beacon [Hemlock Recordings]

62.Terence Fixmer - Last Heroes [Electric Deluxe]


61.Milton Bradley - The Unheard Voice From Outer Space [Prologue]



60.Rene Breitbarth - Reel [Deep Data]

59.Tiga - Overtime (Beyer & Dalhback remix) [Turbo]

58.IFM - Panorama [Quintessentials]

57.Gadi Mizrahi - She Don’t (Lowtec remix) [Spectral Sound]

56.Reporter - Click Shaw (Runaway remix) [Holocene Music]

55.Bicep - Darwin [Throne Of Blood]

54.Schatrax - Champagne Dancer [Fear Of Flying]

53.Perc & Modern Heads - Moddax [Stroboscopic Artefacts]

52.Mike Dehnert - Treillis [Echochord Colour]


51.DJ Koze - Rue Burnout [Pampa]


50.Cosmin TRG - Liebe Suende [Rush Hour]

49.Head High - It's A Love Thing (Piano Invasion) [Power House]

48.Francis Inferno Orchestra - So Divine [Disko]

47.Mount Kimbie - At Least (Instra:mental remix) [Hotflush Recordings]

46.Joy Orbison - The Shrew Would Have Cushioned The Blow [Aus Music]

45.Hunee - Like Dat [Rush Hour]

44.Space Dimension Controller - Kaleidiscope Ecstacy [R&S]

43.Jonas Kopp M33 [Stroboscopic Artefacts]

42.Ed Davenport - Spirits [autoreply]


41.Samuel L Session - Inner City Dust [Figure]



40.Sideshow - Sort Of Dubolution [Aus Music]

39.SP-X - Extract [Time To Express]

38.Shed - The Bot [Ostgut Ton]

37.Cio D’or - Organza (Milton Bradley remix) [Prologue]

36.Mark Broom & James Ruskin - The Metal Man [Blueprint]

35.Alessandro Crimi - Machines [Broque]

34.Marcel Dettmann - Wound Up (Wincent Kunth remix) [MDR]

33.Martyn - Is This Insanity (Ben Klock remix] [3024]

32.Cosmin TRG - See Other People (FaltyDL remix) [Rush Hour]


31.Norm Talley - Cosmic Waves [Pariter]


30.Markus Suckut - Vary [Stroboscpic Artefacts]

29.Pantha Du Prince - Behind The Stars [Rough Trade]

28.Speedy J - Armstrong [CLR]

27.Ethyl & Flori - Those Eyes [Quintessentials]

26.Function vs Jerome Sydnemham - The Drift [Ibadan]

25.Fantastic Man - Look This Way [Wolf Music]

24.Brian Eno - Flint March [Warp]

23.Terence Fixmer - Phantoms [Electric Deluxe]

22.A.Mochi - Scream Of Silence [Figure]


21.Traversable Wormhole - Exiting The Milky Way [CLR]




20.Paris Underground Trax - Hardcore Deep House [My Love Is Underground]


Warmer (French) version of the Power House series. Was tough to decide between the two!



19.Motorcitysoul - Deliver Me (Kruse & Nuernberg remix) [Simple Records]


Bottoming kick drum and bassline to boot. Beef your set up or slow it down, this is the track for you.



18.FCL - Lets Go [We Play House]


Hands up house jam on the year. First sign of the vocal creates an instant floor filler.


17.Mike Dehnert - Eigenbedarf [Fachwerk]


Deep in the night white noise and bubbles.



16.Audio Injection - Operation (Speedy J remix) [Electric Deluxe]


13 minute wormhole. Stuff that makes you want to crawl into the speakers.


15.Tornado Wallace - Paddlin [Delusions of Grandeur]


Slow Down, Speed Up and Chug.



14.Sasse & James Flavour - The Right Way (Piano Dub) [Moodmusic]


Kick and percussion that will devour any track you mix into with some lovely resonance.


13.Mark Broom - Scream [Saved]


Screams first, fist pumps second.


12.Hot Lunch - Inside Of You [The Popular Peoples Front]


Peak time house time.



11.YOUANDME - I Like [CUTZ.ME]


Killer Moodymann vocal thanks to his appearance at RBMA London. Laptop DJs beware.




10.Falty DL - St Marks (Cosmin TRG remix) [Rush Hour]


Anything Cosmin TRG touched this year turned to gold. TEA's pick of the bunch.




9.WAX - 30003 [Hardwax]


Dance, Clap and Rumble.


8.Glimpse - If I was Your Girl [Crosstown Rebels]


TEA's number 1 track from the Runner LP.


7.Ramadanman & Midland - More Then You Know [Aus Music]


One of this years most exciting teams up with one of next years one's to watch. Jam.


6.LB Dub Corp - In Down [Ostgut Ton]


Hedonistic thumper. Artwork complements the music perfectly.



5.Sascha Rydell - Cette Nuit [Fachwerk]


TEA's EP of the year. So Deep. So Banging, So Good


4.Marcel Fengler - Razkaz [Ostgut Ton]


Was a sucker for Ben Klock's Bones & Strings rework to Kerri Chandler. This is no different.



3.Xhin - Incidental [Apotek]


Biulds, Biulds, Biulds.....womp!


2.Peter Van Hoesen - Quartz #1 [Time To Express]


The man that keeps on giving at his grittiest.


1.Tommy Four Seven - Sor [CLR]


Congratulations Tommy Four Seven!


Upon first hearing this track I felt like a school boy that had peeked in the girls change room. I shouldn't be doing this. But I did and things got bigger and better from there. No nonsense here folks, this is raw as it comes.