D's Best of the Beats 2015

D’s Best of the Beats 2015

As you know music is my life and I'm immersed in it nearly 24/7.  Here are my stand out tracks of 2015.

Spring:

Faded - ZHU

Vegas – Shamir (his album Rachet is pretty incredible)

Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes

Ghosttown – Madonna (classic M songwriting)

Earned It – Weeknd (one of the sexiest tracks of the year)

I Can Change – Brandon Flowers (sampling Bronski Beat’s Smalltown Boy)

Fade Out Lines (The Avener Rework) – The Avener

Sea Creatures – SOAK (saw her play at Drake Hotel in the summer – she was incredible and completely untouched by the industry)

Here – Alessia Cara (you know that moment when you can appreciate a song before it gets played everywhere)

Hold My Hand (Chris Lake Radio Mix) – Jess Glynne

Lean On – Major Lazer (a song that also took some time to bubble up but once it did it was everywhere)

Ain’t Nobody (Loves Me Better) – Felix Jaehn (this is the artist who remixed “Cheerleader” and made it such a big single this year)

Are You With Me? (Kungs Remix) – Lost Frequencies (you can hear this island sound really come through on many of dance singles that were released this year. Even Bieber made it part of his comeback)

Summer:

Where Are U Now (Kaskade Radio Edit) – Jack U (this single somehow made the world forget what douche Justin Bieber was and gave his career a reboot)

This Summer is Gonna Hurt Like a Motherfucker – Maroon 5

Fantasy (Felix Jaehn Radio Edit) – Alina Baraz & Galimatias

Goodbye (Hugel Remix) – Feder (she reprises some lyrics from Alanis Morissette’s You Oughta Know)

Show Me Love (EDX Radio Edit) - Sam Feldt (who hasn’t sampled this 90’s club anthem in some way? This incarnation was really well done)

Good For You (J Farell Remix) – Selena Gomez (out of all the younger pop female artists I love her the most – her voice lends to sexiness in ways that her counterparts could only dream)

How Deep Is Your Love – Calvin Harris & Disciples

Budapest – George Ezra (he sounds nothing like what he looks like)

Shine (The Jane Doze Remix) – Years & Years (these guys broke in a big way this year which makes me smile)

No Sleeep – Janet Jackson (I’m not sure why she needed to add J Cole to the album version)

Stole The Show – Kygo (I can’t wait for a full album from this guy, he’s been dropping singles all year. This is the standout track)

Coming Over (Filous Remix) – Dillon Francis & Kygo

Headlights (Oliver Moldan Radio Edit) – Robin Schulz (we got to hang out for a bit when he spun in the Underground in January)

Ocean Drive (Michael Calfan Radio Edit) – Duke Dumont

The River – Leon Bridges (no one is more authentic 60’s soul than this man)

Hotling Bling – Drake (I was slow to get on this train but once I got on I never wanted it to stop)

Run Away With Me (Velvet Sunrise Radio Edit) – Carly Rae Jepsen (one of the greatest pop albums of the year)

Reality – Lost Frequencies (a perfect end of summer jam)

Autumn:

What Do You Mean? – Justin Bieber (I never would of thought he’d ever make a year end list for me)

S.O.B. – Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (Exactly what the world needs – the whole record really)

Here For You – Kygo (I’m telling you this was the sound of dance music in 2015)

Automatic – ZHU & AlunaGeorge

Can I (Tez Cadey Remix) – Alina Baraz & Galimatias

Felt This – With You (reminds of mid 90’s deep house)

Disarm You (Mysto & Pizzi Remix) – Kaskade (I have been a fan of this guy for over a decade – every couple records he’ll put out a single that resonates with me)

Hello – Adele (she really did break the internet this year with this track)