RA plays selector, dialing up the top mixes and compilations of the year.

Optimo fabric mix deffinatelly my favorite this year... gonna check Ben Klock for sure

Kode 9's Dj Kicks should have been up there!

To say that i very rarely buy CD's now, the ones i did buy are at 11, 17 and No 1.

i thought that funf was a collection, not a mixing cd, am i wrong?

anyway ben wen down a bomb! good choice

not a bad list, but I'm not pleased with the order. + I miss some of my favs, kode9's dj kicks, dinky's cocoon mix, king cannibal's way of the ninja, occult symphonic by osunlade, late night tales by cinematic orchestra and disco circus 2 by mighty mouse

I can't believe RA didn't put in the list the ESP Institute Concentration Vol.1.
One of the best things I heard this year.

Like this poll. I'm going to discover many things. thanks RA
But, Just a little question, how can Ewan Pearson do the 4th best compil of the year without being in the 100 poll best DJ

so pleased seeing both my most favourite compilations in the top 10!!! Funf and Berghain 04!!! what releases!! and couldn't agree more with Ben regarding the "Nuthin Wrong" track!! it's the highlight of the mix!!!

redanka, because you didn't vote for him in the DJ poll?

@Paul so much things in you answer !

Massive respect Ben Klock.
Impeccable.

Nice to see such a high number of Fabric cds in there. Still waiting on delivery of the Shackleton instalment though!

great list, reminds you why fabric is so great.

personally i thought live at robert johnson 4 was unsurpassed this year, nice to see autonomic included so high as well

Martyn, Surgeon, Klock, Hamman & Janson, Scuba and Pearson were the favourites for me, in no particular order.

Still have some compilations to listen to from that pick.

Chris Liebing - 10 Years CLR ?

where's commix ? but ben klock in first chart ! nice !!

Martyn, Scuba, Shackleton and D-Bridge all here so thumbsup for their recognition. Haven't heard the Klock yet but will. Mix CD's are declining but there's an uncommonly high level of quality in this list. Which is nice.

Yes! Berghain 04 is my favorite this year, Ben Klock show us his fantastic mixing skills and how the techno should sound! I'm happy to see amazing Surgeon's Fabric in the top! What to say about Scuba's Sub: Stance - absolutely gorgeous! Excellent Funf and great year for Ostgut Ton at all! Congrats also for dBridge & Instra:mental, Shackleton, Deadbeat, Martyn and Seth!
Very nice top RA!

approve...but patrice Baumel - Vapour???

I cant wait till Father Christmas brings me Shackleton's Fabric mix!

And im definitely gonna check out no.20 and 18

surprised to see "Fünf" in the list. it's utter garbage, lots of uninspired techno.
and where is Superlongevity 5?

Nice to see the Shake comp do so well. The Optimo mix CD was a revelation for me... no other mix hit that level for me this year !

didn't like "fünf" neither...
the ewan pearson mix is my number one of the year

no Riddim Box? No Superlongevity 5?
Quite disappointed with this list, maybe the worse ever at RA...
Even if I totally agree with the nº1

meh

Was a little surprised not to see 'Elevator Music' on the list... but with 5 fabric comps already on the list I guess some moderation was required!

My ballot:

1. Deadbeat, Radio Rothko
2. Bloody Mary, Decadence
3. Friendly Fires, Bugged Out! Presents Suck My Deck
4. Michael Mayer, Immer 3
5. Anthony "Shake" Shakir, Frictionalism: 1994-2009
6. Gilles Peterson Presents Worldwide
7. Ninja Tune XX
8. Dark Matter: Multiverse 2004-2009
9. Matthew Hawtin, Once Again, Again
10. Juan MacLean, DJ-Kicks
11. Doc Scott, The Early Plates
12. Tensnake, In the House
13. The Blank Generation: Blank Tapes NYC 1975-1985
14. Total 11
15. Simian Mobile Disco Is Fixed
16. Ewan Pearson, We Are Proud of Our Choices
17. Martyn, Fabric 50
18. Scuba, Sub:Stance
19. F*>k Dance, Let's Art: Sounds From a New American Underground
20. Proximity One: Narrative of a City

Good list. Reminds me I need to check out both the Ben Klock mix and the Deadbeat mix.

Optimo mix was brilliant, best fabric mix in a long time

omission may be attributed to a release too late in the year? i pre-ordered mine and my grimy paws havent seen it yet. just started seeing them in-store last week. plus it got pushed back a month.

Optimo + Holden mixes = A+++++

good list...agree on 'funf' in the the list...seems a bit of an industry vote, but whatevs...ostgut/berghain is boss.

Shackleton - Fabric 55
Released: 06 Dec 2010

as far as i remember Superlongevity was released around the same time (and that's just online - i bet some stores had it for at least two weeks already).

I missed the deadbeat mix this year for unexplainable reasons... Checking it out right now, sounds terrific! Also, I very much agree with Ben Klock's masterpiece at #1.

Not too sure about fünf though.. It somehow sounded formulaic and unfinished to me (even though I like most other Ostgut stuff).

Surprised at the lack of love for Rick Wilhite's Vibes comp. It was released on the label voted #1 and had all previously unreleased shit by Theo Parrish, Kyle Hall, Urban Tribe, Glenn Underground, Malik Pittman, Rick himself, and more. Definitely by far the best collection this year for me, such great variety in sounds despite being "deep house"!

Terry Lee Brown Jr. Terry's Cafe 10/10

True, never saw them as a compilation rather a series of 12''

I have a fair few of these comps and I reckon this is a pretty good list for this year. Bravo!

Hmm I don't know why Seth Troxler's mix is number 9. I was really disappointed by this cd, since I really dig troxler's mixes but this one had just no flow and his Fever Ray remix was horrible... Tensnake's mix for Defected could have been a bit higher imo...

Never really got into the whole Berghain series of CD's, preferring the warmer sounds of the Panoramabar CD's but having listened to sound clips of Klock's effort, think I may have to invest.

Yeah, a load of those ain't half bad

Agreed on most of it. I guess it depends on personal likes, but the quality is defenetly the best on this Top 20.

Thx

Pretty decent list, although I agree some should have been rated higher and others lower but that's all personal opinion really. It's great to see the thread hasn't turned into a flaming war like the dj top 100 and top labels. Anyway... wish they would at least have included DJ T's fabric mix in there which was stellar, a lot better than optimo's and martyn's one who both highly disappointed me. Need to get Ben Klock's berghain 04.

Missing : Juan McLean's compilation on dj kicks series & Frinedly Fires' mix on Bugged out series

It was also released as a straight up compilation on CD and WAV file:

http://www.discogs.com/Rick-Wilhite-Presents-Vibes-New-Rare-Music/master/286784

Good to see DBridge and Instramental there...thought that mix was excellent.

Troxlers boogybytes is in the post so reassurring to see it up here. Will have to check out Apparrat and Pearson. I was actually a little dissapointed with Marcel Dettmanns Berghain but will def check out Klocks.

a) smearing yourself with colors seems quite hip this year.

b) just from locking at the cover i could never enjoy the Holden Compilation, it looks terrible - what a relief to the eye Ben Clock is here!

now i don't have any anty-gay feelings or so, but James looks SUPERGAY on this cover. I'm tired of this look - so many wannabe artists look exactly like that atm.

cheers

Congratulations, Finnek, on the absolute stupidest post on RA all year long. And that's saying something.