Urban75 Album of the Year 2014 revisited

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First Paranoid London album

 

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Not as good as Born to Die, but better than everything she's done since. There are definitely moments when it sounds like a parody of Lana Del Rey but I dunno if there's anything wrong with that:

 

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Yagya - Sleepygirls



My son was born in 2014 and for a while this album of relaxed Icelandic dub techno was about as lively as my sleep deprived brain could tolerate.

 

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Katia Guerreiro - Até ao Fim

 

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A label comp, but the tracks were unreleased. A wild selection

Hyperdub 10.1

https://www.discogs.com/master/719714-Various-Hyperdub-101

 

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Remember when someone made up a completely false rumour about Mitski's dad being an arms dealer? I can't find any proof it happened, but I'm sure it did. The mid-2010s were a better, happier time, maybe.

 

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Gotta be up there as the Spanish-language Texan witchy d-beat/rawpunk album of the year:

 

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DJ Paypal - Drake Edits

 

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2014 seemed to be all about footwork compilations The Dread Collective/Footwork Jungle one was great

https://www.discogs.com/release/15631476-Various-Rave-20

 

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Flying Lotus - You're Dead still holds up

 

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Sumerian Fleet - Just Pressure

Alden Tyrell and Mr Pauli create a cross between Nitzer Ebb and Sisters of Mercy for the electro-goth dancefloor

 

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Some lovely minimal D&B

https://www.discogs.com/master/756153-Kimyan-Law-Coeur-Calme

 

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Legowelt - Crystal Cult 2080

Vintage synth botherer Danny Wolfers with another great album of house/techno/whatever it is he does.

 

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Toumani and Sidiki Diabaté - Toumani & Sidiki

 

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Olcay Bayir - Neva/Harmony

 

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For an album of techno, KiNK - Under Destruction is pretty good all the way through

https://www.discogs.com/master/686146-KiNK-Under-Destruction

 

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https://www.discogs.com/master/1180767-Zamilska-Untune

A lot of this is a bit too slow for my current tastes, but still some industrial bangers here

 

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Don't think it's up there with the absolute greatness of Europe, and I might still take the debut over it, but We Come From The Same Place still has ukeleles, stripy tops on the front cover, a song that mentions reading Didion, you know it's gonna be fukking great:

 

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The first album has its moments, but I think Under Color of Official Right is the start of the run of really great Protomartyr records. The first time I listened to it I thought it was kind of dull metal, which proves why you should never trust my opinion about any music ever. Here's the song that got me to read Patrick Hamilton:

 

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Apparently Charli XCX did an album in 2014. Has she made any music since then? Who knows?