Jack Mello's Best of 2010

In no particular order....

Albums:

Guido -- Anidea (Punch Drunk) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHfCNbq8WVE)

Kenny Graham and His Satellites -- Moondog and Suncat Suites (Trunk) (http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=bnskASlKlsA)

Hype Williams -- Untitled (Carnivals); Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite And Start Getting Reel (De Stijl) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZsad3s3hk)

Digital Mystikz -- Return II Space 3LP (DMZ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhIbyzvZFqM)

Mad One -- House Girls (Devine UK) http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/house-girls-the-album/ id401732838

Yellow Fever -- s/t (Wild World) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4NRsW85tiI)

Forest Swords -- Dagger Paths (Olde English Spelling Bee) (http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=UgYOcWh8G5E)

Dylan Ettinger -- New Age Outlaws, Director’s Cut (Not Not Fun) http://dylanettinger.bandcamp.com/ album/new-age-outlaws

Actress -- Splazsh (Honest Jon’s) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wsKiQDTBzg)

Tracks:

Ms. Dynamite -- legendary UK garage vocalist appears on two banging house/bashment/electro tracks in DJ Zinc’s “Wile Out” (Bingo Bass) and Redlight’s “What You Talking About?!” (More Than Alot). (http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvfFZvf8ePw)

Night Slugs, Numbers -- a pair of hot young labels with strong releases from Lil Silva, Girl Unit, L-VIS 1990, Kingdom, Jam City, Mosca, Taz, Slakk, Roska & Untold, Deadboy, Mr. Mageeka, Redinho, etc. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37OHvRKQptg)

Ramadanman/Pearson Sound -- a slew of future bass singles from Hessle Audio cofounder David Kennedy (“Glut”, 2x12” s/t ep, “Blanked”, “Stifle”, “Fall Short/Work Dem”, “Grab Somebody”). (http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pLzBTmmt0E)

LHF -- “EP1 Enter the Silence” (Keysound Recordings)...the ghosts of Goldie, Peshay and El-B filter through this debut 12”. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf7qwcKZ3EE)

Boddika -- “Boddika’s House” (Naked Lunch) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi_3dN29n3I)

Space Dimension Controller -- “The Love Quadrant” (Kinnego) (http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=e6Vq9E-p3xM)

Hounds of Hate -- “Tumble Down Slow” from the “I Like Triangles” EP (Back Yard)...a sweet summer jam. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxPfAB_kWU0)

More favorites from the year + bonus pic of cat in a box below!

Other:

Wiley’s 180-track Twitter giveaway (nearly a dozen really good tracks!) (http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=pslOzwnBFtQ)

Automomic Layer podcasts -- next-gen drum’n bass mixes from the Instra:mental team with influences at the front and back ends. (http://www.club-autonomic.com/)

Benji B BBC Radio 1 show -- after eight years of his weekly “Soulful Beats” show (including memorable specials with guests Theo Parrish and Loafah) on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Benji B takes over Mary Anne Hobbs‘ BBC Radio 1 show in fine form. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v4tv3)

Marmite and Peanut -- in year two, our krazy kittenz morph into very kute katz.

Spending my second anniversary this past June wandering around warm-and-sunny London with my better half; seeing the Francis Alÿs “A Story of Deception” exhibition at Tate Modern (coming to MOMA in May 2011). (http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/francisalys/)

Doing fill-in shows on the coolest radio station in the history of the world (that would be WFMU), thanks to all the full-time DJs who gave me the call. (http://wfmu.org/playlists/JK)