2016_Dokk's top 100 plays of the year according to iTunes

Some interesting stuff this year from Micachu, Sophie, Andy Stott, The Fall, Ed Blaney, and even Brian Eno had an engaging new solo album out. A special mention to Allie Goertz for her album "Sad Dance Songs", inspired by the cartoon series "Rick and Morty", which is simultaneously goofy and haunting - quite an achievement.

 

Also this year I finally caught up with the joys of Chris & Cosey, Little Scream, Black Randy and the Metrosquad, Judy Nylon, Nikki Colk's KaitO, and Alternative TV.  

But without a doubt my find of the year was Kill Alters, who technically had I discovered the year before with their Godmode cassette release, but it was only recently I really embraced this. Singularly oppressive and cathartic, I made sure I saw them perform live during their micro tour of NYC. Though video isn't necessarily their forte, here's a track from their 2016 EP "No Self Helps"...

Speaking of live music, I already have my tix for Sleaford Mods in Brooklyn, playing at Warsaw in March. Maybe I'll see you there : )

Anyway, here it is, my list of the top 100 tracks that made 2016 for me, in order of iTunes plays. Judge away, I don't care...

#/Title/Performer/Plays

1/Do You Really Want Some/Gramme/47

2/Spectacle (All Gone Pete Tong Edit)/Hiatus (Idris Elba)/45

3/I'm Sorry (Mr. Poopy Butthole)/AllieGoertz/38

4/Born in the Echoes/The Chemical Brothers/30

5/Any God of Yours/Archy Marshall/29

6/Day Job/Sego/28

7/Love as a Weapon/Little Scream/27

8/Fallen (Blanck Mass Remix)/John Carpenter/24

9/Go/KaitO/24

10/Just Like We Never Said Goodbye/SOPHIE/23

11/I'm Not Dancing/Tirzah/23

12/King's Lead Hat/Brian Eno/21

13/Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head/Kylie Minogue/21

14/Absence/Infantjoy/20

15/Never Let It End (Hardway Bros Remix)/Museum Of Love/20

16/Breakfast Edge/Ty Segall/20

17/Lost Again/Yello/20

18/Untouchable (Remix) [feat. Björk]/Ghostigital/19

19/End of the Trail/Shit Robot/18

20/Lose Control (ft Nancy Whang)/Shit Robot/18

21/R.A.F (Ft. Brian Eno)/Snatch/18

22/Peonies/Arca/17

23/Sinister/Frankie Cosmos/17

24/Boots/Herbert/17

25/Lazy Sunday/The Small Faces/17

26/New Romantic/Andy Stott/16

27/Better Have a Drink to Think/Clarke Hartnoll/16

28/Unwell/dadahack/16

29/All Leave Cancelled (X)/The Fall/16

30/I'm So Humble (feat. Adam Levine)/The Lonely Island/16

31/Amateur Hour/Sparks/16

32/Ain't That A Kick In The Head/Dean Martin/15

33/Logan's Run/Unkle With South/15

34/Why Are People Grudgeful?/The Fall/14

35/(But) Can We Fry Our (Bloody) Eyes Here (feat. Soley)/Ghostigital/14

36/This is Helena/Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark/14

37/The Fringe/Sego/14

38/Listenin' To The Records On My Wall/Skream/14

39/Boum/Charles Trenet/13

40/Secrets (ft. Jenny Shuttleworth)/Ed Blaney/13

41/Golden Phone/Micachu/13

42/Supermoon/Simian Mobile Disco/13

43/Narcotourists/Slam Vs. Unkle/13

44/Compute/Soulwax/13

45/Better Days (ft Micachu)/Speech Debelle/13

46/Basic Space (Mathes Remix)/The xx/13

47/Sessomatto/Armando Trovaioli/12

48/Night Fever/Bee Gees/12

49/Third Uncle/Brian Eno/12

50/Welcome to the Pleasure Dome/Frankie Goes To Hollywood/12

51/Blue Murder/Image Of A Group/12

52/Separator (Anstam RMX)/Radiohead/12

53/Space Race/Shit Robot/12

54/I Travel/Simple Minds/12

55/Knas/Steve Angello/12

56/Anything/Suburban Lawns/12

57/I Exhale/Underworld/12

58/Bulletproof (Unkle Remix)/Breakbeat Era/11

59/Fuzzy Dunlop/dadahack/11

60/Cunning/Download/11

61/Rough Steez/Fuck Buttons/11

62/Ce N'est Pas Fini!/Image Of A Group/11

63/The Beat Within/Infantjoy/11

64/Thwipside/KaitO/11

65/I Dare You (Demdike Stare Edit)/MICACHU/11

66/Let's All Chant/Michael Zager Band/11

67/Capital G [Paul Epworth Phones 666 Revolutions Mix)/Nine Inch Nails/11

68/Undenied/Portishead/11

69/Echo Of Frozen Faces/Propaganda/11

70/Lovelight (Soulwax Ravelight Dub)/Robbie Williams/11

71/Mortimer's Blues/Adia Victoria/10

72/Bromance (Original Mix)/Avicii/10

73/I Slept In An Arcade/Black Randy and the Metrosquad/10

74/Come to Dust/Boards Of Canada/10

75/Mea Culpa/Brian Eno & David Byrne/10

76/Spinning Away/Brian Eno & John Cale/10

77/Wo Ha/The Chemical Brothers/10

78/My Forbidden Lover/Chic/10

79/Do-A Bong/Clarke Hartnoll/10

80/Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)/David Bowie/10

81/Moss Garden/David Bowie/10

82/Moth/Download/10

83/Daddy's Car/Eno & Hyde/10

84/Wise Ol' Man (Edit)/The Fall/10

85/Dedication (Remix)/The Fall/10

86/Discord/Fire Engines/10

87/One September Monday/Frankie Goes To Hollywood/10

88/Nekrophilologie [feat. Bob Logg Iii]/Ghostigital/10

89/Shoot Shoot/KaitO/10

90/Ego Swim/KILL ALTERS/10

91/Bootprints/King Creosote/10

92/Los Niños Del Parque/Liaisons Dangereuses/10

93/Chimes 7/MICACHU/10

94/Telegraph/Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark/10

95/NY Excuse/Soulwax/10

96/Sat'day Night In The City Of The Dead/Ultravox!/10

97/Radio/Wishmountain/10

98/In Yer Face/808 State/10

99/Knock On Wood/Amii Stewart/9

100/Soul Vine (70 Billion People)/Cabaret Voltaire/9

Reset for 2017...!