2010 Top 30 // Tunes, Big // Category, Dubstep

Once again, I’m going to have my cake and eat it too.  But wait, does this expression make any sense?  Is there ever a situation in which a person would have cake and not eat it?

“Excuse me, yes, waiter.  I’d like a cake…Noooo, not to eat, I’m going to take it home and hang it on my wall!”

And so, here are my 30 favorite dubstep (& related) tracks I heard in 2010.  Note some overlap with my overall 2010 list, but who are you?  The list police?  Get off my back!

2010 TOP DUBSTEP
Addison Groove – Footcrab
Benga & Walsh – Biscuit Factory
BioViolence – Nothing
Bird Petersen – Zutopong
Coki – Chief Dub
Crissy Criss & Youngman – Kick Snare (Drumstep VIP)
D Double E – Street Fighter Riddem
Dirty Deeds – Captain Planet VIP
Dizzee Rascal, Chase & Status – Heavy
Doctor P – Sweet Shop
Felix Da Housecat – Kickdrum
Flux Pavilion – Got 2 Know
James Blake – CMYK/Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake Remix)
Joker & Jakes – 3K Lane/3K Lane 1999
Katy B – Katy On A Mission
Lauren Flax ft. Carrie Wilds – Stronger (Bare Noize Remix)
Little Jinder – Youth Blood (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
Magnetic Man – Flying Into Tokyo/Mad/Perfect Stranger
Marco Del Horno – Ho! Riddem (Swerve ft. P-Money Remix)
Mexican Institute Of Sound – Cumbia (Deathface Remix)
Mimosa – Silver Lining
Mount Kimbie – Carbonated
P-Money & Sukh Knight – Slang Like This
Rx & Sonkin – Stop Being A Bitch
Rusko – Hold On/Sub Focus Remix
Skream – Raw Dogz
Spooky – Spartan
Starkey – Capsule/Playing With Fire/Rain City
TC – Where’s My Money (Caspa Remix – Munchi’s Kinda Agressive Right Now Moombahcore Remix)
Zomby – Digital Fauna

25 Artists To Watch In 2011

My last name begins with the letter Z, so I’m a big fan of reverse alphabetical order.  Here are 25 folks/groups of folks I’m expecting lovely things from in 2011.

Udachi
Tomb Crew
SRC
Spooky
Screendeath
S-X
Rx
Rafik
Om Unit
Mimosa
Malilone
Lunice
Kry Wolf
Kastle
I-Dee
Final
DJ Cable
Dirty Deeds
Digital Boy & Shark
Deathface
Carrie Wilds
Brotherhood of Filth
The Boogaloo Crew
BioViolence
Beat Torrent

Last Week’s Set – Noise 212

I dropped a set for the Noise 212 ustream last week.  It featured lots of dubsteppy/drumsteppy/drumandbasssteppy goodness, my own tunes, bodacious mic stylings, some scratches, and many awkward dance moves.  Oh the memories!  Relive the past below (tracklist after the vid).

TRACKLIST

  1. Nas – Bridging the Gap (Shiftee Remix)
  2. US Air Force Band – Star Spangled Banner
  3. Team America – Fuck Yeah
  4. Benga – Crunked Up
  5. AC Slater & Mumdance – Transatlantic Riddim (Instrumental)
  6. Jay Robinson – The Moon
  7. Terror Danjah – Horror Story
  8. Shiftee – Be More Dub
  9. Addison Groove – Footcrab
  10. James Blake – Sparing the Horse
  11. Borgore – Foes
  12. Flux Pavillion – Got 2 Know
  13. Doctor P & P Money – Sweet Shop (Come Follow Me Mix)
  14. Magnetic Man – Mad
  15. DJ Sneak – Southern Boy (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
  16. Mexican Institute of Sound – Cumbia (Deathface Remix)
  17. Zomby – Digitual Fauna
  18. Rusko – Hold On (12th Planet Remix)
  19. Rusko – Hold On (Sub Focus Remix)
  20. Crissy Criss & Youngman – Kick Snare (Drumstep Mix)
  21. DJ Kool – Let Me Clear My Throat
  22. Dirty Deeds – Captain Planet VIP
  23. Adam F – Original Jungle Sound (TC Remix)
  24. Shy Fx & David Boomah – On the Run
  25. Sub Focus – Could This Be Real (Drum & Bass Remix)
  26. Jadakiss – Who’s Real
  27. Shiftee – Bwobble Blues
  28. Guido & Yolanda – Way U Make Me Feel