The Best of 2013: The Year In Music

We were gonna post our annual Best of list on Monday. But with the hurricane force winds and floodings (right outside our HQ) in Europe now is a good a time as any for some sweet beats! It's been another incredible year in music and we wanna say thank you for a true pleasure listening together with ya'll! Standouts for us has been the dreampop of Say Lou Lou, Sky Ferreira's debut album, the return of MKS, David Lynch working with Lykke Li, Blood Orange sending us into heaven and the return of both David Bowie and Annie. Well honestly, the whole list is a true statement of what we absolutely love with no particular ranking. We saw The Knife live front and center in May at their Copenhagen gig and have a memory for life. Sheer brilliance! The fact that M.I.A., Sky Ferreira and Annie shared links to this blog on Twitter is just nuts and amazing! Thank you so much! Last week we took part in the Digital Agenda for Music conference in Stockholm along with Robyn and representatives from the government, technology and music industry sectors. Eh, amazing! We cannot wait for what '14 has in store and continue to grow and bring you the most awesome beats around. Thank you and enjoy!

Premiere: Lana Del Rey - Tropico

Lana Del Rey closes the Born To Die era with a huge bang. Her Anthony Mandler directed biblical short film Tropico contains three amazing tracks from The Paradise Edition; Body Electric, Gods and Monsters plus Bel Air, and stars Lana and Shaun Ross. The environments range from a utopian paradise filled with American icons, gritty and seedy shots from the streets of Los Angeles filled with strippers, violence and weapons to a serene and stunning countryside where all the hurt melts away. Sin and redemption, darkness and light. The last shot is really powerful and leaves us with questions and opens up for interpretations to say the least. Lana announced last night at the Los Angeles premiere that her second album will be called Ultra-Violence, so an album based on A Clockwork Orange could be around the corner. And carries on what she started off with her back alley blues paired with luxury. Watch below! Thoughts?

Premiere: Haim - Forever (Giorgio Moroder Remix)

Super hyped sister trio Haim meet legendary producer Giorgio Moroder in the remix to Forever. The original mix with its organic and vibrant sound gets serious competition from an exquisite dance beat and full on Moroder vocorder realness! We love the clipped vocal style paired with that fantastic piano and drum machine programming too. Imagine a full on collaboration on the next Haim album. The best of both worlds meeting for a full on jam session. Nice! Thoughts? 

Free Download: Sky Ferreira - You're Not The One (Johnny Danger Remix)

Sky Ferreira's You're Not The One is absolute fire and definitely on our Best of '13 list. What a killer track! We're crazy about the messy guitars and breathy vocals in that sweet, sweet mix. L.A producer/DJ and also Sky's own programmer/keyboardist Johnny Danger brings some Cyril Hahn realness with his take on it. The vocals are pitched down and brings out age old secrets from another dimension it seems. The music is laced with church vibes, twisted darkness and deep sexy drums. Love! A 180 spin and we wanna have more! 

MS MR - Think Of You (HAERTS Remix)

MS MR's excellent 'breakup and overcome this $h!t' anthem Think Of You gets a nice dark tweak by Brooklyn based indie pop group HAERTS. Nice! We're crazy about the brooding sounds with all the twists and turns. Pulsating compact darkness with flickers of light shining through. And how awesome is that reference to Taylor Dayne's Tell It To My Heart?! Very nice touch! Listen belooow!