As the year draws to an end the editors always ask the hard question, what music has made its mark? I always struggle with only ten, so this year you get two dozen. My favourite dozen albums of 2009, and another dozen cool 7″ singles.
Best Albums of 2009…
1. VA – Forge Your Own Chains (Now-Again)
2. The Gaslamp Killer – Hell And The Lake Of Fire Are Waiting For You (Hit + Run)
3. Disrupt – The Bass Has Left The Building (Jahtari)
4. VA – Warp20 (Warp)
5. VA – Psych-Funk 101 (World Psychedelic Funk Classics)
6. Shackleton – 3EP’s (Perlon)
7. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics – Inspiration Information (Strut)
8. The Slew – 100% (Ninja Tune)
9. VA – Hyperdub 5 (Hyperdub)
10. Beak> – Beak> (Invada)
11. Astronomy Class – Pursuit Of Happiness (Elefant Traks)
12. Buddy Peace – Late Model Sedan (Strange Famous)
Best 7″ vinyl of 2009
1. Remdog – Marabu Series EP (2600 Recordings)
2. OBFUSC – Inverted Island (Static Caravan)
3. The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother (Third Man)
4. Disrupt – Berzerk Dub (Jahtari)
5. Guilty Simpson/Oh No – Forge Your Own Chains Edits (Now-Again)
6. Various Production Vs The Virgin Passages – I Want You To Sleep (Fire)
7. Glen Porter – Falling Down (Project Mooncircle)
8. Jack White – Fly Farm Blues (Third Man)
9. Vast Aire feat. MF Doom & Dabrye – The Powerful Beacon (Takeshi)
10. The Giallos Flame – Euro Slash EP (2600 Recordings)
11. The Gaslamp Killer Vs Finders Keepers (Finders Keepers)
12. Free Choice/Mental Powers split EP (fifth-column.net)
