Camille's Best of 2011 - Part 1 : Favorite Albums

I know I am WILDLY late on this one, but hey I've been busy.

2011 was a crazy busy year so I think I had a hard time keeping up with music, so the brevity of my list doesn't mean that last year was a sub-par for me musically, just that it took a lot for a track or an album to bubble up for me. Here is what made the cut.

Favorite Albums

1) SARS - Perspektiva
Serbian band that makes gorgeous, thoughtful music that is a far cry from a lot of the uninspired dance music and hits of the 90s that clog up the radio in Balkans....and they keep giving it away for free!



2) Little Dragon - Ritual Union
What can I say? The kids got back on form and did it better than they ever have before. So many jams on this album.


3) Drive soundtrack
Hot movie but it wouldn't have been have as good without this gorgeous soundtrack


4) Toro y Moi - Underneath the Pine
Every other shop I walked into seemed to be bumping this album but it always sounded fresh.


Most Disappointing Album of the Year
Joker - Tron



Ahhhhh man, we waited SO long and had such HIGH hopes!I guess you musta just cracked under the pressure. That said, I do love this Goldie remix...then again, Goldie can almost do no wrong in my mind.

Joker's jamming my year

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This track has been burning up my life since I first heard it on Joker's Sonar mix, and I
looked all over the nets for "fiiiiiiinalllleeeeee the weight is off my shoulders" to no avail. Finally, our trusty Fader crew has revealed the track to be the Joker remix of Simian Mobile Disco's new track "Cruel Intentions" featuring the fantabulous Beth Ditto (of The Gossip).

Here's the real track for download via FADER - Simian Mobile Disco - "Cruel Intentions" - feat Beth Ditto (Joker remix).

Here's the bootleg on Youtube




Download it, play it LOUD, enjoy the jamtasticness.

Joker at Sonar

So I am posting this for posterity, because it made my morning. Good times with Joker at Sonar, caught by Maryanne Hobbs of Radio 1. Peep the dude.

Grab the Sonar set at The Fader Blog

Joker - Digidesign

OKSG sent me this SUPER BASSY dubstep track the other day and told me not to mess around with playing it quietly. So I waited til everyone was out and then BUMPED IT full blast. The ideal situation to listen to this, in my opinion, would be to get into a drop-top with a good sound system and hydraulics, pop this track in said sound system, and roll through the streets of Brooklyn or LA. It is FIYAH that belongs in such an environment. Barring that, bump it in your crib, but I am not responsible for any lawsuits that might occur as a result of you rattling the walls of your apartment building and causing the place to crumble.

True story.



Download Joker's Purple Wow Soundmix here (via Dubstep.com.ua)