Thursday, January 3, 2013

BEST ALBUMS OF 2012 [26-30]



26. How To Dress Well – Total Loss

How To Dress Well is the solo project of Tom Krell. His debut album Love Remains was released in 2010 and received high acclaim by Pitchfork. Last September, Krell released his second album Total Loss, which once again received great reviews and a Best New Music designation by Pitchfork. Here's the video to the track & It Was You...


27. Fake Blood – Cells 


Fake Blood is an alias under which Theo Keating (Wiseguys, Black Ghosts) release creative electronic music. The name can be used for a variety of word plays. For instance, the Soundcloud stream becomes the Fake Blood Stream. And the first Fake Blood album, out last year, is Fake Blood... Cells. The tune that really stands out from the album is All In The Blink. Here's a pretty cool video to the track...



28. Miguel Campbell – Back in Flight School


UK house label Hot Creations has released high quality tracks throughout 2012 with recent faves including Electricity by Lee Foss and Benediction by Hot Natured and Ali Love. Another Hot Creations artist that have made his mark last year is Miguel Campbell. After releasing the EP Rockin Beats/Not That Kind of Girl, he followed up with a full album titled Back In Flight School, which also contains the 2011 track Something Special. You can listen to the album in the player below...




29. Tyson - Die On The Dancefloor


Tyson is a British singer and producer with a taste for 80s sounds, such as italo disco. His 2012 debut album Die On The Dancefloor contains several top tracks, including the title track as well as After You're Gone and Out of My Mind...



30. Prins Thomas - Prins Thomas 2


Norwegian disco producer Prins Thomas released a full batch of tunes last year with his second album Prins Thomas 2. Check out the opening track Symfonisk utviklingshemming (which means something like symphonically challenged in English)...