In my quest to hear all chemical brothers tracks at least once I ran into problems to get my hands on a couple of rarities, do you guys have heard:

Left Right (Instrumental) http://www.discogs.c...release/3011786
Guitar Tuned To D http://www.discogs.c...release/6583327
Minimix Electronic Battle Weapon (BBC Radio 1) (07:11) http://chemicalbeats...electronic.html
Life Is Sweet (Remix 1) http://www.discogs.c...-/release/58816
Chico's Groove (Mix 2) http://www.discogs.c...-/release/58816

I've already found these today:

Pick It Up Y'All (Dust Brothers No Rap)
Pick It Up Y'All (Dust Brothers Dub)
Pick It Up Y'all (Dust Brothers Edit)
Pick It Up Y'all (Dust Brothers Vocal Mix)





Man, this feels like falling in love again! Please post tracks you've (re)discovered or links to the track's I'm looking for.

In advance of the release of a .zip file containing a collection of extended versions of songs we've come to love so much I present you this soundcloud account:

https://soundcloud.com/cb_extended/sets/chemical-brothers-extended

I am looking for more fan-made, extended mixes while we wait for a long EBW 11 to be released. CB music is simply best when it is allowed to take at least 10 minutes. Enjoy listening and let me know what you think of the songs/this project!

Tracklist:

1. Satur8 - Battle Scars (Eis-T Edit)
2. Eis-T - Hoops/EBW 6
3. Andrew Valles - The Sunshine Underground
4. The Pumisher - Hey Boy Hey Girl (Eis-T Edit)
5. 5 Rails - Star Guitar
6. Eis-T - Out of Control
7. Andrew Valles - Setting Sun (Eis-T Edit)
8. Lionide - Where do I begin (Eis-T Edit)
9. Yoqw - Hanna's Theme

Brothers and sisters,

It is again that time of year where we wonder: what were the 10 best albums this year? Was it a good year in music history? I've took the liberty to kick off with the 10 things I liked most in no particular order yet. so here it goes: the 10 of 2014!




Aphex Twin - Syro





Mr. Scruff - Friendly Bacteria





Simian Mobile Disco - Whorl





De Huilende Rappers - Verkleed Als Sukkel (Dutch Rap album by the guys from Noisia)





Bonobo - The North Borders





Mark McGuire - Along the Way





FSOL - Environment Five





Martyn - The Air Between Words





Phaeleh - Somnus





Teebs - E S T A R A



honourable mentions:

Opiuo - Mekari
Basement Jaxx - Junto
The Crystal Method - The Crystal Method
Luke Vibert - Ridmik


To conclude: It wasn't an exceptional year, the anticipated work such as the new aphex twin was solid and so was Mr. Scruff and SMD. But compared to last year (Daft punk - RAM, Daniel Avery - Drone Logic, BOC - Tomorrow's Harvest) I think this year performed slightly lower than last year.
As we've got 20 days left in December: what did I miss and should I really give a spin this year?