Sounds of 2011 features many of the top songs and artists we’ve written about this year. We can never fit in all the ones we would have liked to, but Crimson and I took on the daunting task of summarizing a year of exceptional music and discovery. Keep yapping at us on Facebook and Twitter if you like what you hear.



Alexander O’Neal Interview
Joe Goddard feat. Valentina – Gabriel
2562 – Winamp Melodrama
Zomby – Natalia’s Song
LOL Boys – Touch Them
Siriusmo – Lass Den Vogel Frei
Young Montana feat. Stainless Steel – Suchbeats
Bullion – Too Right
Letherette – In July Focus
Lone – Orange Tree
Nicolas Jaar – Almost Fell
Five Star Interview
Mount Kimbie – Carbonated
Oriol – Flux
Azealia Banks – 212
Change – You’re My Number One
Prince - Erotic City
Pebbles – Girlfriend
Letherette – Langsette
Ian Pooley – Bony Batucada
Jensen Sportag – Mapquest
Siriusmo – Cuba
ZZT – Lower State of Consciousness (Justice Remix)
Siriusmo – Synthie
Chromeo – Ah Oui Comme Ca
Instant Funk – Slap Slap Lickedy Lap
Carrie Lucas – Show Me Where You’re Coming From
Letherette – No Point
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Intro
Detroit Grand Pubahs – Sandwiches
Daft Punk – Technologic
Shalamar – Make That Move
Tepr – Too Too Too
Jamie XX – Far Nearer
Seams – Focus Energy
Gentle Giant – I Lost My Head

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I is the first edition of a new quarterly series from Dipped in Dollars, where I mix some of my favorite releases we’ve thrown out over the last few months. This is going to be an exciting summer from Dipped in Dollars. Tracklist provided below.

Justice – The Party (Comanche Edit)
Trae – Inkredible
Hudson Mohawke – ZooOOOoOOm
The xx – Basic Space (Mount Kimbie Remix)
Ninjasonik – Somebody Gonna Get Pregnant
Siriusmo – Nights Off
Dimlite – Can’t Get Used To Those
Gauntlet Hair – I Was Thinking…
Jai Paul – BTSTU
The Avalanches – Little Journey

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I was recently shown the DVD portion of Justice‘s A Cross The Universe, and it got me thinking about how their upcoming release was going to stack up against new material from Daft Punk and Breakbot. This is going to be an interesting a year for the heavy hitters.

Is this really Justice? Nope.

Steve Justice – Trying To Make Friends

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I just bought my ticket for ED Banger’s 7th Birthday Bash at Terminal 5 (primarily to see Breakbot + Justice destroy New York), and didn’t really understand why DJ Mehdi was on the bill. That was until I heard snippets from his latest release, Red, Black & Blue and commend him for doing a brilliant job of transforming the originals into an entirely new listening experience. I’m not saying that all of his previous work is terrible, I dig a lot of the songs from Lucky Boy. I’m really excited for this show. Check out his SO ME directed video for I Am Somebody.

DJ Mehdi – I Am Somebody (feat. Chromeo)

Uffie – Pop The Glock (DJ Mehdi Casco Edit)

Justice – The Party (DJ Mehdi Edit)

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