Music of 2015

Here’s a list of my favourite songs and albums in 2015, with a streamable Spotify playlist for both.

Top 50 songs of 2015 – 3 hr 18 min

Best albums 2015 – 5 hr 45 min

Songs

My top 50 songs in 2015.

It’s mostly female sung electronic pop, not-boring drum & bass, electronic and a pinch of alternative.
1, 2, 5, 12, 44, 50 are from the PC music genre which a friend introduced me to, and I can’t get enough of.

– 3 hr 18 min

1. A. G. Cook — Beautiful
2. Hannah DiAmond — Attachment
3. Spor — Strange Heart
4. Grimes — Flesh Without Blood
5. QT — Hey QT
6. Null — Dhash
7. Phace — Empty Talk
8. Nils Frahm — Says
9. Null — Oil Run
10. Spor — Always Right Never Left
11. Null — Back 2 Normal, Almost
12. A. G. Cook — Keri Baby feat. Hannah Diamond
13. Grimes — REALiTi
14. Spor — Like Clockwork
15. Cradle of Filth — Coffin Fodder
    The lead guitar melody starting at 0:23!
16. Calvin Harris — Faith
17. Grimes — World Princess Part II
18. Noisia – Reptilians
19. Hit The Switch — Aphasia
20. Grimes — Kill v. Maim
21. Alexandra Stan — Mr. Saxobeat (Radio Edit)
22. Wavves — Nine Is God
23. Skrillex & Diplo — To Ü (feat. AlunaGeorge)
24. Fetty Wap – Trap Queen
25. Lo-Fi-Fnk — Pirate Radio
26. Ferry Corsten — Hyper Love (Summer 15 Radio Edit)
27. Null — Luv U, Luv Me
28. Ferry Corsten — Find a Way (Radio Edit)
29. Ferry Corsten — Angel Dust (Radio Edit)
30. Spor — As I Need You
31. Ad Inferna — A.I. DOMINION
32. Everything Everything – Spring / Sun / Winter / Dread
33. Ferry Corsten — Reborn (Radio Edit)
34. Ferry Corsten — Back To Paradise (Ferry Fix)
35. Grimes — Belly of the Beat
36. Calvin Harris — Blame feat. John Newman
37. Skrillex & Diplo — Beats Knockin (feat. Fly Boi Keno)
38. Spor — Arms House
39. Silverstein — Face of the Earth
40. Mute — Bates Motel
41. Lethal Bizzle — The Drop (feat. Cherri Voncelle)
42. Skrillex & Diplo — Jungle Bae (feat. Bunji Garlin)
43. Major Lazer — Roll the Bass
44. Hannah DiAmond — Every Night
45. Weezer — Everybody Needs Salvation
46. Calvin Harris — Under Control w/ Alesso Feat. Hurts
47. Everything Everything – Get to Heaven
48. Phace – My Mind is Modular
49. Null – Ronde Interstellaire
50. Danny L Harle – Forever

Albums

Seven of my most loved albums/EP/LPs in 2015.

All albums – 5 hr 45 min

Spor – Caligo

Released: February 19, 2015

An excellently produced, diverse album that I could not stop listening to. It was released on BitTorrent too. The soundtrack to the first half of my 2015.

Website: http://sottovoce.co/spor/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/spor
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1f24d62eDAWJCjzOO0nX7T
Twitter: https://twitter.com/spor
Tickets: http://sottovoce.co/spor/
Buy album: here

Null – Almost

Released: 2 March 2015

This was my favourite find of 2015!
From Melbourne, Australia.
Intelligent electronic with some ’90s techno and house sounds in there.
I also enjoyed this Hardcore/Rave mix by him.
He has one of the best artist websites I’ve seen. A rich multimedia experience where the visuals perfectly complement the music. Felt like I was experiencing the visual half of the EP.

Website: http://www.nullelectronics.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/null_electronics
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Q2MU66DuRojbHJhHDbDQv
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nullelectronics
Tickets: https://www.facebook.com/NullElectronics/events <– if there’s a better link, comment and I’ll update.
Buy album: https://nullelectronics.bandcamp.com/album/almost

Grimes – Art Angels

Released: November 6, 2015

After listening to the first three tracks I was so excited, I looked for and bought tickets to her March 2016 show in London.
This is masterful pop. Creative genius shit.

Website: http://www.grimesmusic.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/actuallygrimes
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5hB4jVN4ZHpubyiMmW81K1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Grimezsz
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/actuallygrimes
Tickets: http://www.grimesmusic.com/tour-dates
Buy album: iTunes | Google Play | Amazon

Noisia – Incessant EP

Released: April 20, 2015

First heard in this Lifted Podcast episode.
The EP is excellent, interesting drum & bass.
The samples in the track, “Reptilians” are hilarious.

Website: https://www.noisia.nl
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/noisia
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4qsnrwQbI6qXo8VmK3Najp
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Noisia_nl
Tickets: https://www.noisia.nl/shows
Buy album: https://www.noisia.nl/store/release/noisia-incessant-ep-mp3

Ferry Corsten – Hello World EP 2

Released: July 13 2015

A solid trance release that never gets boring thanks to the changing nature of each song.
There’s a Carl Sagan sample sample in the opening track too: “Reborn”.

Website: http://www.ferrycorsten.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ferry-corsten
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/111VLPdvJnxwC2V4aVcVUi
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FerryCorsten
Tickets: http://www.ferrycorsten.com/tour
Buy album: Beatport | iTunes | Google Play

Skrillex & Diplo – Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü

Released: 27 February 2015

Walking through Leicester Square after work one day I heard, “To Ü (feat. AlunaGeorge)” played on a loud speaker by some male dancers. What is this song? This is great. I Soundhounded it I found that it was by Jack Ü.
This album is a lot of fun. If I was a party person, I’d play this album at my party.

Website: http://jackuofficial.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jacku
Buy album: http://jackustuff.com/collections/music/products/skrillex-and-diplo-present-jack-u-vinyl

Phace – Shape the Random LP

Released: 16th March 2015

Found this album from a friend’s recommendation. Is there anyone else who sounds similar to Noisia I asked?
This album is incredibly stimulating.
I enjoy listening to this while coding.

Website: http://phace.space
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/phace
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3mVW59ULmDzbDzQPtwnTHo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/phace_
Tickets: http://neosignal.de/about/phace
Buy album: Bandcamp | Neosignal Recordings Store | Beatport | iTunes