reMixes! Our first proper award of the night. The winner of this year’s Best reMix just nipped in at the last minute, being a recent release. But it was hard to deny that it was going to take the prize as soon as we heard it.

There’s so much talent in this list. It was pretty hard to stand out this year, with so many big album releases going on, reMixes seemed to fall by the wayside sometimes. Also the proliferation of the dreaded ‘reMix context’ meant listeners ears were assailed with so much junk the word ‘reMix’ began to strike fear in their hearts. Still, the cream always rises to the top, and this list really does represent the cream.

British producer Ikonika began life making melodic and intricate tunes for Hyperdub but in recent times has turned her attention to something a little more funky, and a little more retro. Her reMix of Glaswegian SynthPop saviours Chvrches’ début track, Lies, for the recently re-released reMix package is pretty much everything we want in a track. Severely focused on Boogie, the tune is all B-boy beats, orchestral stabs, squealing synth riffs and the best of 80s electronic Soul and Pop loaded up in a groove cannon and aimed squarely at contemporary dancefloors. The past month and a half have been all about this track here at electronic rumors HQ.

01: Chvrches – Lies (Ikonika reMix)

♫ Chvrches – Lies (Ikonika reMix)

…and the rest of the list:

02: Grum – The Theme (Russ Chimes reMix)

♫ Grum – The Theme (Russ Chimes reMix)

03: Charli XCX – You (Ha Ha Ha) (Goldroom reMix)

♫ Charli XCX – You (Ha Ha Ha) (Goldroom reMix)

04: The Other Tribe – My Girl (Grum reMix)

♫ The Other Tribe – My Girl (Grum reMix)

05: Reflex – Together (Punks Jump Up reMix)

♫ Reflex – Together (Punks Jump Up reMix)

06: Daft Punk (Feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) – Get Lucky (Tommy reMix)

♫ Daft Punk (Feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) – Get Lucky (Tommy reMix)

07: Bryan Ferry – Don’t Stop The Dance (Todd Terje reMix)

♫ Bryan Ferry – Don’t Stop The Dance (Todd Terje reMix)

08: Keljet (Feat. X Ambassadors) – Love Of A Life (MiGHty mOUse reMix)

♫ Keljet (Feat. X Ambassadors) – Love Of A Life (MiGHty mOUse reMix)

09: Donna Summer – Bad Girls (Gigamesh reMix)

♫ Donna Summer – Bad Girls (Gigamesh reMix)

10: Paulie – Spread Love (Holmes Price reMix)

♫ Paulie – Spread Love (Holmes Price reMix)

11: Chrome Canyon – Memories Of A Scientist (ATTAR! reMix)

♫ Chrome Canyon – Memories Of A Scientist (ATTAR! reMix)

12: Breakbot – Break Of Dawn (Dimitri From Paris Boogie Dawn reMix)

♫ Breakbot – Break Of Dawn (Dimitri From Paris Boogie Dawn reMix)

13: A-Trak (Feat. Tommy Trash) – Tuna Melt (Les Rythmes Digitales reMix)

♫ A-Trak (Feat. Tommy Trash) – Tuna Melt (Les Rythmes Digitales reMix)

14: Bastille – Pompeii (Monsieur Adi reMix)

♫ Bastille – Pompeii (Monsieur Adi reMix)

15: Miss Kittin – Maneki Neko (The Sanfernando Sound reMix)

♫ Miss Kittin – Maneki Neko (The Sanfernando Sound reMix)

16: Röyksopp & Susanne Sundfør – Running To The Sea (Late Nite Tuff Guy reMix)

♫ Röyksopp & Susanne Sundfør – Running To The Sea (Late Nite Tuff Guy reMix)

17: Rex The Dog (Feat. Jamie McDermott) – Do You Feel What I Feel? (Kim Ann Foxman reMix)

♫ Rex The Dog (Feat. Jamie McDermott) – Do You Feel What I Feel? (Kim Ann Foxman reMix)

18: Cyclist (Feat. Maiko Watson) – Shine (Rogue Vogue reMix)

♫ Cyclist (Feat. Maiko Watson) – Shine (Rogue Vogue reMix)

19: Owl Eyes – Jewels & Sapphires (Goldroom reMix)

♫ Owl Eyes – Jewels & Sapphires (Goldroom reMix)

20: Owlle – Disorder (Moonlight Matters reMix)

♫ Owlle – Disorder (Moonlight Matters reMix)

As always, you should definitely pick up some of this music, it all comes highly recommended and most can be purchased here:

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So, the trade-off of being signed to the hugely acclaimed and trend setting electronic rumors Records is that you immediately become disqualified from placing in the prestigious electronic rumors Awards. I know, right? It’s a tough decision between being on the world’s hippest label, or being ranked in the world’s most influential charts.

Those that do decide to sign on the dotted line become part of the electronic rumors family, and although we can’t list them in our end of year round-ups (there would be far too much weird bias going on there), we can drop a couple of paragraphs about how awesome each and every one of them is and how the electronic rumors Crew’s year has been.

We kicked things off in February on the one year anniversary of the compilation that started it all, electronic rumors Volume 1, with the release of electronic rumors Volume 1: The reMix EP. Four artists who appeared on the compilation (Queen Of Hearts, Ronika, Kid Kasio & Echoes) had their compilation contributed tracks reMixes by four other artists who appeared on the compilation (Substatic, She’s The Queen, LexiconDon & beaumont). The results were ecclectic, occasionally surprising, and all-round funky as hell.

♫ Ronika – Wiyoo (Substatic reMix)

Then, completely out of the blue, came the amazing Canadian producer Box Of Wolves and his collaboration with Christa Vi, Boy. A tune that came to us at just the right time, it was exactly what we were looking for. Cool, edgy Pop with a raw Disco feel and heaps of enigmatic charm. Back with reMixes from Toronto’s Cyclist and Tongan producer Summer Occasion it was a killer release.

♫ Box Of Wolves & Christa Vi – Boy

Again, stretching out genre muscles we chanced upon London based Indie-Dreamwave duo New Arcades and hooked up with them for the release of their début, self titled EP. Being released in June, this was just what the summer ordered with six tracks of breezy, nostalgic, emotional, urban ElectroPop.

♫ New Arcades – Into The Skyline

electronic rumors’ original gangsters She’s The Queen returned in July with a double A-side single announcing to the world they had big things planned. Two storming Pop songs, in two very different styles, Cold Heart/I Don’t Wanna Know definitely sets up the New York duo for a massive 2014.

♫ She’s The Queen – Cold Heart

Disco dark horse beaumont finally let us release the Elle Pierre featuring Vampire in September. With a massive reMix line-up consisting of Clancy, StardonE, BeatLoaf and Helmut Schelsky this was our dancefloor destroying release of the year. It still sends shivers down our spines when the bassline kicks in.

♫ beaumont (Feat. Elle Pierre) – Vampire

electronic rumors staples She’s The Queen & Let Em Riot got cosy in November to release a free double A-Side single. Fantasy/There U Go featured to tracks from these talented artists archives as a little thank you to the fans who have supported them over 2013. And two storming tracks they were too. Either one could have easily been a single release in it’s own right, bt you can get both for free!

♫ Let Em Riot – There U Go

We tried to do a little good with our final release of 2013. X-Mas Rumors came out the week before X-Mas after some incredibly last minute production work from the artists as they generously leant their time to a shot notice charity EP we put together. electronic rumors newcomers Kids At Midnight joined Let Em Riot, She’s The Queen and beaumont in covering their favourite X-Mas songs with 100% of the EPs pay-what-you-want revenue going to The Alzheimer’s Society. By X-mas day we could donate a healthy chunk of change of this very worthy charity thanks to some amazing fans supporting both the music and the cause. It was the best X-Mas present we could have received.

♫ Kids At Midnight – Last Christmas

Of course the WebZine is still going strong too, against all odds, but once again we want to thank you lot. You who read. You who buy releases. You who keep us going. Without you we are all nothing, consider yourselves family too.

Things got a little hectic toward the end of 2013 so a few releases were pushed back to 2014. So as we come into the new year expect some massive stuff from Kids At Midnight, Box Of Wolves, Freak You, Ali Jamieson and The Sanfernando Sound & Kid Kasio, just for starters.

We love you all.

As always, you should definitely pick up some of this music, it all comes highly recommended and most can be purchased here:

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So, as a hush descends over the room, conversations trail off into awes silence, the lights dim and it’s time to start the show.

With red carpet shenanigans now behind us, everybody having strutted their stuff in their finest trappings, all that’s left is impatient anticipation….

Welcome to The electronic rumors Awards 2013!

Although it now goes without saying, the following list were pant-shittingly hard to compile. What soon became clear was that 2013 was very much a year of albums. Some stunning full length records were released this year, mostly overshadowing single releases in terms of hype. It was also, weirdly, a year of emperor’s-new-clothes releases. Over-hyped marketing extravaganzas that everybody felt they had to say they liked for fear of being seen as uncool. There were a whole bunch of albums that blew up and rightly deserved it, but an equal amount that were just the product of clever PR strategies and lazy music journalism.

But, whatever. Each to their own. These are our lists anyway. Like it or not, this is what floated our boat in 2013. As ever, we probably forgot something important, overlooked something from the start of the year, but whatcha’ gonna’ do? If we have forgotten something; no-one will be more pissed than us. So let’s just not mention it, eh?

Oh. There’s the drum roll. Get comfy, we’re about it begin…

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