2010 Top 10* // Tunes, Big

*10 means 25.  Often in life, we are confronted with tough choices.  Coke or Pepsi?  Rubben Studdard or Clay Aiken?  To be or not to be?  Deal or no deal?  In each of these pickles, we also have another choice, namely whether or not we are indeed going to make a choice.  Making decisions takes guts, intestinal fortitude, and moxy.  Avoiding decisions requires cowardice, spinelessness, and anti-moxy.

I am here to tell you my intestines are filled with anti-moxy.  I am not going to rank my 10 favorite tracks of the year, nay I couldn’t even narrow it down to 10.  I am going to list my 25 top tunes…I’m sorry, dear reader…I feel ashamed…oh, the horror!…alphabetically…please forgive me!  I’m drinking a cup of 50% Coke 50% Pepsi.  I am voting for a genetically engineered synthesis of Ruben & Clay.  I am both being and not being simultaneously.  I am making a deal not to make a deal.

2010 Top 25
Addison Groove – Footcrab
Benga & Walsh – Biscuit Factory
Boris Dlugosch – Bangkok (Roska Remix)
Coki – Chief Dub
Congorock – Babylon (Dub)
D Double E – Street Fighter Riddem
Doctor P – Sweet Shop
Drop The Lime – Sex Sax
Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand
Gramophonedzie – Why Don’t You
Herve – Hot! Drum Attack
James Blake – CMYK/Untold – Stop What You’re Doing (James Blake Remix)
Joker & Jakes – 3K Lane/3K Lane 1999
Kanye West – Dark Fantasy/Power
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
Mexican Institute Of Sound – Cumbia (Deathface Remix)
Mount Kimbie – Carbonated
P-Money & Sukh Knight – Slang Like This
Rusko – Hold On
Sub Focus – Could This Be Real
TC – Where’s My Money (Caspa Remix – Munchi’s Kinda Agressive Right Now Moombahcore Remix)
Zombies For Money – Kolkata (Sticky Version)

DANCING SPECIALIST // New Mix // Stream & Download

Stream & download my new mix “Dancing Specialist presented by NOISE212.”  9 out of 10 dancetists (like a dentist, but for dance) agree, “DJ Shiftee is the ultimate dancetist.  His knowledge of dance is so vast and so formidable that I henceforth resign from my position as a dancetist.”

Dancing Specialist presented by NOISE212 by Shiftee

Track List

1. The Specialist Intro
2. Drop The Lime – Sex Sax
3. Gramophonedzie – Why Don’t You
4. Riot Kid – Darjeling
5. DJ Technics – What Not What
6. Rampage – Southside Anthem
7. Zombies for Money – Kolkata (Sticky Version)
8. Jack Beats – Out of Body
9. Tiesto & Diplo – C’mon (Toadally Krossed Out Remix)
10. B.Rich – Make Me Dance (HeavyFeet Remix)
11. Jay Robinson – Rawr (Detboi Plays Jazzflute Mix)
12. Herve – Hot! Drum Attack
13. Redlight – Kid Soldiers
14. Sub Focus – Could This Be Real
15. Alias – Warriors (4×4 Remix)
16. Oh Snap!! – Gangsters Gone (Tomb Crew Remix)
17. Joker & Jakes – 3K Lane 1999
18. The Specialist Outro Scratch

Artwork by Hannah Zornow.

New Podcast // Noise 212 // DANCING SPECIALIST

I whipped up a new mix/podcast for the gang over at Noise 212 called “Dancing Specialist.”  It’s got music on it I’ve scientifically determined makes people dance.  My research has been supported by Michael Flatley, Fred Astaire, the Jabberwocky’s, and Sir Frederick Ezekiel Jock Jams IV, the creator of Jock Jams.

Download the Podcast here: “Dancing Specialist” on Noise 212′s BreakingNoise™ Podcast

Tracklist

The Specialist Intro
Drop The Lime – Sex Sax
Gramophonedzie – Why Don’t You
Riot Kid – Darjeling
DJ Technics – What Not What
Rampage – Southside Anthem
Zombies for Money – Kolkata (Sticky Version)
Jack Beats – Out of Body
Tiesto & Diplo – C’mon (Toadally Krossed Out Remix)
B.Rich – Make Me Dance (HeavyFeet Remix)
Jay Robinson – Rawr (Detboi Plays Jazzflute Mix)
Herve – Hot! Drum Attack
Redlight – Kid Soldiers
Sub Focus – Could This Be Real
Alias – Warriors (4×4 Remix)
Oh Snap!! – Gangsters Gone (Tomb Crew Remix)
Joker & Jakes – 3K Lane 1999
The Specialist Outro Scratch

Artwork by Hannah Zornow.