Best of 2008 (electronica-techno-house)

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   1. Ellen Allien: Sool

   Released on her own B-Pitch Control label, the fourth album by the Berlin-based queen of minimal electronic music offers a departure from the more conventional Teutonic techno sounds of Berlinette ...read more

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   2. Autechre: Quaristice

   North West England’s experimental electronica duo Rob Brown and Sean Booth, a.k.a Autechre, have finally released their ninth album, Quaristice, the long-awaited follow-up to 2005’s Unt...read more

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   3. Clark: Turning Dragon

   Anyone living under the illusion that electronic music is somehow twee and delicate need only to listen to the latest from Clark – or any Clark album for that matter – to see how prepos...read more

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   4. Girl Talk: Feed the Animals

   Hands down, the party album of 2008. The greatest mashup album ever assembled – and “assemble” is the only right word to describe this kind of music. Who else but Girl Talk can se...read more

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   5. Lindstrom: Where You Go I Go Too

   Electronic music may not be known for tunes of Ramones-like brevity, but even the most ardent clubhound will be left a bit breathless after the knockout 30-minute opener (no, that’s not a mis...read more

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   6. v/a: Kompakt Total 9

   One of the many pleasures of the recent Gas compilation is that it’s bringing new fans to Kompakt, the Cologne-based electronic label that has been churning out great music for 15 years now. ...read more

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   7. v/a: Nobody Knows Anything

   Two discs of supercharged, high-octane electro-pop, delirious fun from beginning to end. The fine folks at DFA here introduce artists from the Berlin-based Supersoul Recordings and their raucous mi...read more

Tags: dance , electronica , house , mash-up , techno