The Year in Techno 2009

“House music dominated dance music discourse in 2009, perhaps even more than last year. Gone was much of the fussy, whittled clickety-clack of minimal, replaced by hot 909s, boomy drum samples, syncopated stabs, and looped vocal shots. “Deep” remained the byword, represented in bluesy chords, relaxed grooves and, far too often, sounds and rhetoric designed to invoke the notion of “soufulness.”
[…] Ultimately, much of my dissatisfaction with the mainstream of “underground” house this year had to do with its pacing, reliant as it was upon arbitrary 4- and 8-bar sequences that often felt like marching in place, waiting for the obligatory change. It was neither hypnotic, despite its repetitions, nor dynamic, despite its buildups and breakdowns, many of which echoed progressive house in its predictable rushes and denouements. Dancing, like too many cultural experiences these days, felt too much like buffering: drumming your fingers on the desk while you waited for something to happen.” Philip Sherburne

Pitchfork’s The Year in Techno 2009 by Philip Sherburne

Notable Releases of 2009

Pépé Bradock: “Path of Most Resistance” [Atavisme]
André Lodemann: Coming Home EP (+ Norman Nodge Remix) [Best Works]
St. Plomb: Escape Run [Brut!]
DJ Koze: “Mrs. Bojangels / Dr. Fuck” [Circus Company]
Mike Dehnert: “Umlaut2” [Clone Basement Series]
Reggie Dokes: “Chicago Pimp” [Clone Loft Supreme Series]
Matias Aguayo: “Bo Jack” [Cómeme]
Rebolledo: “Pitaya Frenesi [ft. Matias Aguayo]” [Cómeme]
Conforce: Cruising EP [Curle]
Thomas Brinkmann: “Isch (+ Soulphiction Remisch)” [Petite]
Adam Marshall: North at Night [Cynosure]
Millie: “Sample Clearance / Path to Hell” [Daphne]
Andrea & Mille: “Temper Tantrum / Vigilance” [Daphne]
Levon Vincent: Invisible Bitchslap EP [Deconstruct Music]
D5: Flotation Tank Repress [Delsin]
Newworldaquarium: The Force (Ame Remixes) [NWAQ]
Aroy Dee: The Planets (+ Vince Watson Remix) [Delsin]
Newworldaquarium: “Trespassers” (Repress) [Delsin]
Redshape: The Dance Paradox [Delsin]
Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald: ReComposed [Deutsche Grammophon]
Shit Robot: “Simple Things (Work it Out)” [DFA]
Marcel Dettmann: “Helix” [Diamonds & Pearls]
The Durian Brothers: Clubs EP [Diskant]
Juju & Jordash: Juju & Jordash [Dekmantel]
Mikkel Metal: “Kenton” / “Kenton (Marcel Dettmann Remix)” [Echocord Colour]
Freund Der Familie: “Symbian (Edit)” / “Pewars” [Freund Der Familie]
Mental Overdrive: “Skanken” [Full Pupp]
Omar-S: “In Side My Head” [FXHE]
Omar-S: Still Serious Nic EP [FXHE]
Jason Fine: EP 01 [FXHE]
Kettenkarussell: “I Believe You And Me Make Love Forever” [Giegling]
Hauntologists: EP1 [Hauntologists]
Hauntologists: EP2 [Hauntologists]
John Talabot: “Sunshine” [Hivern Disc]
Scuba: “Klinik” [Hotflush]
Monolake: “Atlas” / “Titan” [Imbalance Computer Music]
Monolake: “T++ Remixes” [Imbalance Computer Music]
Culoe de Song: “The Bright Forest” [Innervisions]
The Mole: “For the Lost” / “There’s Hope” [Internasjonal]
Hunee: “Brother” / “Babel” [Internasjonal]
Juju & Jordash / Juju Christian: Juju Music Sampler [Juju Music]
Pépé Bradock: Confiote De Bits [BBE]
Moodymann: Anotha Black Sunday [KDJ]
Moodymann: “Freaki Mutha F cker” [KDJ]
Nacho Patrol: “Futuristic Abeba” [Kindred Spirits]
Mugwump: “Fears Inc.” [Kompakt]
Burger/Voigt: Wand Aus Klang Remixes [Kompakt]
Matias Aguayo: Ay Ay Ay [Kompakt]
Benzo: The Dust / The Tapes: Mania Remixes [Laton / Sex Tags Mania]
Legowelt: Slompy Jitt EP [M>O>S]
Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras: “Soon” (Morgan Geist + Kink Remixes) [Macro]
Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras: Catholic [Macro]
Motor City Drum Ensemble: “Raw Cuts #5/6” [MCDE]
Marcel Dettmann: MDR 06 [MDR]
Andy Stott: “Brief Encounter” / “Drippin” [Modern Love]
Andy Stott: “Night Jewel” [Modern Love]
MLZ: One Cycle [Modern Love]
Claro Intelecto: Chadderton EP [Modern Love]
Anthony Shake Shakir: “Levitate Venice” [Morphine]
DJ Sprinkles: “Grand Central Part I (Deep Into the Bowel of House)(MCDE Remixes)” [Mule Musiq]
Culoe de Song: “The Fallen Siren” [Mule Musiq]
Quince: “Wires” / “Sleepwalker” [Music Man]
Deetron: “Orange” [Music Man]
Scott Grooves: “Classic 909” (25th Anniversary) [Natural MIDI]
Jacques Palminger: “Tüdeldub (Shackleton Remix)” [Nobistor]
Odd Machine: “Phase In” / “Phase Out” [Non Standard Productions]
Levon Vincent: “The Medium Is the Message” [Novel Sound]
Levon Vincent / DJ Jus-Ed: These Games EP [Novel Sound] (2008)
Oni Ayhun: Oni Ayhun 3 [Oni Ayhun]
Nick Höppner: “Makeover” / “Foundling” [Ostgut Tonträger]
Ben Klock: Remixes [Ostgut Tonträger]
Basic Soul Unit / Lerosa: Panorama Bar 02 | Part I [Ostgut Tonträger]
Levon Vincent / Steffi: Panorama Bar 02 | Part II [Ostgut Tonträger]
Tony Lionni / Radio Slave: Berghain 03 | Part I [Ostgut Tonträger]
John Tejada / Josh Humphrey: “Concrete Safari” [Palette]
John Tejada: Vertex EP [Palette]
Reade Truth: Crimen Excepta EP [Planet E]
Giorgio Gigli: Observation Document #1 EP [Prologue]
The Chain: “Letting Go” / “Geo” [R&S]
Modern Heads: Raise the Gain EP [Radiance]
FaltyDL: To London EP [Ramp]
Radio Slave: “RJ” [Running Back]
Tensnake: “In the End (I Want You to Cry)” [Running Back]
Precious System: “The Voice from Planet Love” [Running Back]
Jacob Korn: “I Like the Sun” (+ Prins Thomas mix) [Running Back]
Ibex: 360 EP [Rush Hour]
Function: Remixed [Sandwell District]
Mobach: “Metrobots” [SD Records]
Van Rivers: “Stretched Out on Pavement” [SD Records]
Will Saul & Tam Cooper: “3000AD (I:Cube Remixes)” [Simple]
Meanderthals: “Andromeda (Idjut Boys Mix)” [Smalltown Supersound]
STL: “Silent State” [Smallville]
Various: And Suddenly It’s Morning [Smallville]
Black Jazz Consortium: Structure [Soul People Music]
Black Jazz Consortium: Deep Things EP [Soul People Music]
Fred P.: 4th Dimension EP [Soul People Music]
Omar-S: Blown Valvetrane EP [Sound Signature]
Osborne: Hovercrafting EP [Spectral Sound]
Tortoise: “Gigantes Version (Mark Ernestus Remix)” [Thrill Jockey]
Sendai: “System Policy” [Time to Express]
Donato Dozzy & Cio D’or: “Menta” [Time to Express]
DJ Jus-Ed: GV-255 Step Up [Underground Quality]
Wax: “No. 20002” [Wax]
Reggie Dokes: Spectacle of Deepness EP [We Play House]
Oskar Offermann: “The Fog Burns Off” [White]
Even Tuell: “Workshop 07” [Workshop]
Kassem Mosse: “Workshop 08” [Workshop]

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