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JACASZEK

Taniec

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JACASZEK

Taniec

Dense, almost baroque post-classical bliss from one of the most discussed albums of the year.

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SCUBA

Poppies (Substance dub version)

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SCUBA

Poppies (Substance dub version)

Like the broken dub of Stefan Betke's Pole project buried under an almighty, heaving mass of padded bass.

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GAS

Zauberberg VII

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GAS

Zauberberg VII

The 'Nah Und Fern' retrospective has had such an impact on our world we're still catching out breath...

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Millie and Andrea

Black Hammer

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Millie and Andrea

Black Hammer

Like Garage, Wonky and K-House collapsing into eachother...Awesome.

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FREUND DER FAMILIE

Sark (Taron Trekka Remix)

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FREUND DER FAMILIE

Sark (Taron Trekka Remix)

Injecting dub-tech with dusty romance and a nifty line in midnight Fender Rhodes.

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TAPE

Reperto

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TAPE

Reperto

Tomas Hallonsten and the Berthling brothers with gorgeous skewed pop from their sublime Luminarium album.

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MARTYN

Suburbia

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MARTYN

Suburbia

The most iconic and genre-defining moment in what's been a frighteningly good year for Martyn.

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RUSTIE

Tempered

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RUSTIE

Tempered

More top-flight off-kilterisms from boy wonder Rustie.

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MACHINEFABRIEK

Fonograaf

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MACHINEFABRIEK

Fonograaf

Astonishing work from Rutger Zuydervelt, lifted off his most widely acclaimed album to date.

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EZEKIEL HONIG

Porchside Economics

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EZEKIEL HONIG

Porchside Economics

Sonic minutiae moving around in carefully choreographed patterns. Utterly gorgeous.

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Windy and Carl

The Same Moon and Stars

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Windy and Carl

The Same Moon and Stars

Vintage Windy & Carl, marrying colossal sound layering with the most gentle sounds imaginable.

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GEENEUS

Yellowtail

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GEENEUS

Yellowtail

One of the biggest tracks emerging out of the Funky scene, and no doubt one of the best.

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Kode9, LD

2 Bad

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Kode9, LD

2 Bad

Immense curveball from Kode/LD, blended for Funky compatibility with swung beats and a swelling bump...

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PAAVOHARJU

Ursulan uni

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PAAVOHARJU

Ursulan uni

The ever esoteric Paavoharju sounding somewhere between Satie, The Art of Noise and Philip Jeck...

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This time on 14tracks:

“14 Tracks : The Best Of 2008 Part 2”

The second instalment in our year-end highlights selection features another batch of incredible music that's hovered somewhere below the radar in 2008. From the masterful post-classical opulence of Jacaszek to the squashed party styles of Geeneus and the demented 2-step variations of Millie and Andrea, it's a selection that should leave you in no doubt that it's been an absolute vintage year for bold, inventive and beautiful music from the margins. Stay tuned for next week's third and final part.

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What do you think of this selection?
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All comments are warmly welcomed.







On 10 Dec 11:06 Karim BEVOX said:

“treats”

Part 2 is just superb...... bonus that there'll be a part 3! Really love the Geeneus, Jacaszek and Gas, but they're all amazing...

On 10 Dec 14:56 Estefania said:
http://www.myspace.com/littleprettyautomatique

“So far so good”

I may not share some of the "best of"s with you but I say yes, no doubt, to GAS and PAAVOHARJU. So much beauty in there... And congratulations to Scuba, not only on his last album but on the work he's done with Hotflush. A must.

On 12 Dec 10:00 Matt said:
http://14tracks.com

“Bundled selections”

Zipped selection bundles have arrived, which should make the download process for full selections a little (a lot?) easier.

In case anyone’s wondering, this applies to all the existing selections too. Time to get Wonky?

Thanks for all your suggestions and your patience. x

On 12 Dec 10:59 Robin said:

“Please please please...”

I love 14 tracks - the selection of tunes is just inspiring. Here's the but... Please please please distribute tracks with well formed ID3 tags (with the original album name), art work and an in-order playlist. We're nearly in 2009 now and this stuff often looks like it came from a bittorrent site. It's just not good enough!!!

On 12 Dec 11:36 Shlom said:
http://14tracks.com

“to robin”

Please see the above comment. As of today all the selections are bundled in the correct order, with the correct tags, images and so on. cheers!

On 12 Dec 13:20 Robin said:

“Apologies!”

That'll teach not to read before I type. Great improvement! It'd be great if you could keep the original album names too for us anally-retentive audiophiles.

On 18 Dec 06:12 Rik Deckard said:
http://electronicmadness.net

“Merry Chrismas 14 Tracks/ Boomkat”

Another amazing selection,so inspiring just brilliant!One thing i would say is when you play the tracks,they play from start to finish,without you being able to jump to wherever you want in the track,like you can with the player on the main Boomkat site.Not that i want to continually skip bits as every track is stunning from start to finish,just an observation really.Happy Xmas 14 Tracks!Right i am going to get into part 3..