2. Slow Focus - Fuck Buttons (ATP)
My last.fm page tells me that my seven most listened to tracks of the year were the seven tracks from this album. I suppose you might conclude from that that it ought to be my number one of the year, but it just got edged out by an album that regular listeners to my show won't be surprised to see at number one - but more of that later.
Both of the earlier Fuck Buttons albums were great favourites but this one managed to be even better, taking that glorious electronic fuzz, meticulously placed rhythms and beguiling changes to such heights that you really wonder where this incredible duo might take us in the future. For now, they have their particular field to themselves. They also produced the best live performance I witnessed in 2013, with their set at the Green Man Festival. If you're wondering how two blokes standing behind computers can generate such a spectacle, I advise you to go and see them without delay.
The album, needless to say, is easily available, but can be got here among other places.
I suppose I ought to start reminding you now that you can hear the first broadcast of the 2013 Festive Fifty from twelve midnight on 24/25 December here. Join us for an hour before midnight where some of us Dandelion DJs will also be playing some of our favourites of the year.
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