2011 has been an interesting year for me, musically. At the end of last year I started to tire of the style of house and techno I’d been playing out in clubs for the last few years - quite straight 4:4 house & electro - and realised I wanted a change. Adam K & I (amicably) decided topart ways and I left the LMP DJs. On the 1st of Jan 2011 I ditched all the CDs in my DJ wallet and went on a mission to find new music that did excite me.

Since then I’ve semi-retired from DJing. I still play the odd party here and there for mates but I’m never going to go back to DJing as much as I did when I was one 1/2 of the LMP DJs. And I’m happy with that.  But partly as a consequence (i.e. I don’t spend all my time trawling the net just for new club music and am now trawling for all ‘good’ music ) I’ve broadened my musical tastes this year.

Anyway, to get to the point, I thought I’d share my top 50 tunes of 2011:

A1 Bassline - Falsehood
Adele & Jamie XX vs Cecile, Mr Lexx & Timberlee - Rolling In The Heat (The Heatwave Refix)
Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (Zinc Remix)
Azari & III - Hungry For The Power (Jamie Jones Ridge Street Remix)
Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
Black Rose - Anthem
Boddika - When I Dip
Canblaster - Clockworks
Cee-Lo Green - I Want You (Redlight Remix)
Charli XCX - Stay Away
Chromeo - When The Night Falls (Breakbot Remix)
Crookers pres. Dr. Gonzo - Springer
Cults - Go Outside
Dems - House
Eats Everything - Entrance Song
Erick Morillo & Eddie Thoneick - Live Your Life feat Shawnee Taylor (Redlight Mix)
Evil Nine - It’s You
Girl Unit - Wut (Claude Vonstroke Undressed Remix)
Hercules & Love Affair - My House (Tensnake Remix)
Jai Paul - BTSTU
Jamie George - Flying Saucer
Jamie Woon - Lady Luck (Royce Wood Jnr Remix)
Jamie XX - Far Nearer
Jessie Ware & Sampha - Valentine
Josh Osho - Redemption Days (RZA Remix)
Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You
Justice - Audio Video Disco
Katy B - Easy Please Me (Claude Von Stroke Remix)
Kill It Kid - Heart Rested With You
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)
Man Like Me - Peculiar
MJ Cole - Southern Electric feat Scrufizzer
Monarchy - I Won’t Let Go
Mosca - Bax
Pangea - Inna Daze
Pusha T - Touch It feat. Kanya West
Roska - Jackpot
Sammy Bananas - My Body
SBTRKT - Wildfire
Scuba - Feel It
Soul Clap - Extravaganza
Spectr - Dance 4 Me
Submerse - Hold It Down
High Powered Boys (Surkin & Bobmo) - Work
Toddla T - Take It Back feat Shola Ama
Toodar - Toy
The Vaccines - Post Break-Up Sex
Wiley - Numbers in Action (Toddska Remix)
Yuksek - On A Train

(And I know that a couple of these were released in 2010 but this is based on tracks that I got hold of in 2011).

***STOP PRESS***
Just realised I forgot two, so I guess it’s my Top 52 of 2011:

Sam Frank - Simple Life
Cross It - Nobody Can Cross It 

Here’s a new mix I recorded recently. Enjoy.

Dillon Koenig - What A Cute Bass Mix - May 2011 by dillonkoenig

To Download: Click on the little downward pointing arrow at the right side of the player.

TRACKLISTING
Paul Lyman - Witchcraft
Arcade - Contrincante
Skream - Where You Should Be (T. Williams Remix)
Evil Nine - It’s You
Ben Mono & Lars Moston - Can’t Stop (DJ Wool Remix)
Sammy Bananas - My Body
A1 Bassline - Shock Headed
Julio Bashmore - Ask Yourself (Midland Remix)
Scuba - Feel It
Canblaster - Clockworks
A1 Bassline - Falsehood
Wiley - Numbers in Action (Toddska Remix)
Cee-Lo Green - I Want You (Redlight Remix)
Crookers pres. Dr. Gonzo - Springer
Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers (Sunship Edit)

Every now & then I’m reminded of the genius of Cassius, and particularly their album 1999. This is the album that started it all for me. I listened to 1999 and never turned back. That album led me to where I am today.

If you’ve never listened to it, then go get it!  And here’s a little taster of the album to keep you going until you can log in to iTunes…

Back on the 20th June 2001 I put on my first ever club night.  My friend Nick Smith & I organised it all. It was called Cafe Del Smith (for reasons I can’t be bothered to explain). It was at a club/bar called Elemental in Lancaster, Lancashire.

Today I was going through my old vinyl and started pulling out all the records that we played that night and I was reminded of quite how many amazing house records came out around 2000/2001. I was having so much fun reminiscing about the old tunes that I put together this mix of the biggest and best tracks from that night. (Click the little arrow on right of player to download it).

Cafe Del Smith revisited by dillonkoenig

::Tracklisting::
Martin Venetjoki - Notaussteigung
Silicone Soul - Right On (Original Instrumental)
Eddie Amador - House Music (Original Blunt Edit)
Michael Moog - That Sound
Onionz & Joeski pres. The Barrio Brothers - Hold On To Your Love (Wharehouse Mix)
Ian Pooley - 900 Degrees
DJD pres. The Hydraulic Dogs - Shake It For Me
Masters At Work feat. India - To Be In Love
Cevin Fischer feat. Loleatta Holloway - You Got Me (Burnin’ Up)
Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better (Buffalo Bunch Remix)
Johnny Corporate - Sunday Shoutin’ (Erick’s Subliminal Mix)
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You