Headphone Commute’s Best of 2011 : Music For Vibrating Your Neighbors’ Dusty China

Music evolution spins in cycles. A new development in sound hoards a following of copycats, too anxious to proliferate the world with the nuclear output of their laptops. There are some that fail. There are some that surf along with the wave before it breaks, emerging from nowhere and receding back to nothing. And then there are some who push the genre just a tiny bit further. Here’s to the pioneers of the continuously evolving bass sound, helping me keep my neighbors far away…

NOTE: ALL ENTRIES ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY ARTIST


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Fever
When In Doubt

Africa HiTech
93 Million Miles
Warp

James Blake
James Blake
Universal / Polydor / Atlas

Kryptic Minds
Can’t Sleep
Black Box

Kuedo
Severant
Planet Mu

Machinedrum
Room(s)
Planet Mu

Sepalcure
Sepalcure
Hotflush

Siriusmo
Mosaik
Monkeytown

Submotion Orchestra
Finest Hour
Exceptional

Zomby
Dedication
4AD
More…

Make sure to return here tomorrow for yet another thematic list of favorite albums! See our selections in Headphone Commute’s Best of 2011.