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DJ Comment:
Closing out the set of Alex's Favorite Tracks of 2012 with Chicago producer Mister Lies' beautiful track Cleam. Definitely late-night headphone listening. See you all in 2013!
Cleam
Hidden Neighbors EP
Self-released in 2012
Northwest Artist!
5:54 AM
...air break...
5:52 AM
DJ Comment:
London singer/songwriter/producer Kwes closed out his Meantime EP with this sad sounding but lyrically hopeful track Igoyh.
Igoyh
Meantime
Released in 2012 by Warp
Northwest Artist!
5:47 AM
DJ Comment:
British producer Adam Bainbridge brings disco and R&B together beautifully in his debut full length, World, You Need a Change of Mind.
House
World, You Need a Change of Mind
Released in 2012 by Casablanca/Terrible
Northwest Artist!
5:44 AM
DJ Comment:
Canadian producer/DJ Mike Silver also known as CFCF was heavily influenced by composer Philip Glass when working on this Exercises album.
Exercise 5 (September)
Exercises
Released in 2012 by Paper Bag
Northwest Artist!
5:40 AM
...air break...
5:38 AM
DJ Comment:
UK producer Andy Stott will be back in Seattle performing at The Crocodile on Saturday, January 19th with support from Bryan Zentz and Kid Smpl.
Numb
Luxury Problems
Released in 2012 by Modern Love
Northwest Artist!
5:31 AM
DJ Comment:
Burial sort of just randomly drops tracks and the whole world stops to listen. That definitely happened when the Kindred EP dropped in February as well as when the Truant single dropped late this December.
Ashtray Wasp
Kindred EP
Released in 2012 by Hyperdub
Northwest Artist!
5:25 AM
DJ Comment:
Check out the short film that Flying Lotus put out with his latest (and highly anticipated) record, Until the Quiet Comes at http://flying-lotus.com/watch-tiny-tortures-video/.
See Thru to U
Until the Quiet Comes
Released in 2012 by Warp
Northwest Artist!
5:23 AM
DJ Comment:
Daughn Gibson came a little bit out of left field early this year with his solo LP debut All Hell. Gibson says that 'Ray is about a terrible son whose mother has died. He comes home drunk and his dad is like, "Come on, man, can you please get it together?" I would say that every other household on my block probably has a situation close to that.'
Ray
All Hell
Released in 2012 by White Denim
Northwest Artist!
5:20 AM
DJ Comment:
The xx released their highly anticipated sophomore album this year titled Coexist. They stopped by Seattle a couple times and we were lucky enough to have them do an in-studio performance at KEXP. View the video of the session at http://blog.kexp.org/2012/09/11/live-video-the-xx/.
Angels
Coexist
Released in 2012 by XL
Northwest Artist!
5:18 AM
...air break...
5:16 AM
DJ Comment:
Beyonce's little sister Solange with the single Losing You. She takes a much more electronic driven musical approach as she works with Dev Hynes on this track.
Losing You
True
Released in 2012 by Terrible
Northwest Artist!
5:12 AM
DJ Comment:
Another visitor to the KEXP studios this year was Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. Listen to the session at http://kexp.org/live/liveperformance.aspx?rId=34087.
Tapes & Money
Trouble
Released in 2012 by Casablanca
Northwest Artist!
5:08 AM
DJ Comment:
Check out the video from Grimes' exclusive KEXP in-studio session over at http://blog.kexp.org/2012/03/28/live-video-grimes/.
Oblivion
Visions
Released in 2012 by 4AD
Northwest Artist!
5:04 AM
DJ Comment:
Nina Kraviz spent her childhood in the Siberian city of Irkutsk and then moved to Moscow where she became heavily involved in the club scene. This track Ghetto Kraviz is off of her debut self-titled full length.
Ghetto Kraviz
Nina Kraviz
Released in 2012 by Rekids
Northwest Artist!
5:01 AM
DJ Comment:
Sunny, electronic jams from London duo Maribou State. Be sure to check out their Scarlett Groove release out now on Southern Fried.
Scarlett Groove
Scarlett Groove
Released in 2012 by Southern Fried
Northwest Artist!
4:56 AM