"THE BEST OF" YEARLY CHARTS FAVORITE LPS, EPS, SOUNDTRACKS & 12INCHES selected by EKSTRE RECORDS LABEL BOSS: DJ ARKON aka AARON HASTINGS
THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2017 Selected by DJ ARKON: #1 Bicep - Bicep - Ninja Tune Mac Quayle - Mr Robot Soundtrack Season 2/ Vol 3 - Lakeshore Records Maya Jane Coles - Take Flight - I/AM/ME + Skint Justin Martin - Hello Clouds Remixes Pt 2 - DirtyBird Various - The Banquet Vol 3 - Medium Rare Recordings Shpongle - Codex VI - Twisted Records Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch- Blade Runner 2049 - Epic Forest Swords - Compassion - Ninja Tune Jeff Russo - Legion Soundtrack Season 1/ Vol 2 - Lakeshore Records Om Unit - Self - Cosmic Bridge Records Phaeleh - Lost time - Undertow Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol 1 - Sacred Bones John Carpenter - Anthology ( Movie Themes 1974-1998) - Sacred Bones Bonobo - Migration - Ninja Tune In Mirrors - Escape From Berlin - Italians Do It Better Marco Beltrami - Logan Soundtrack - Lakeshore Records
2017 Honorable Mentions: Various - Twin Peaks Soundtrack Season 3 (Music from the Limited Event Series) - Rhino The XX - I See You - Young Turks Gonjasufi - Mandela Effect - Warp Records
THE BEST 12 INCH SINGLES of 2017 Selected by DJ ARKON Listed in NO particular order: The XX - On Hold - Jamie XX Edit - Young Turks Bicep - Glue - Bicep - Ninja Tune Habstrakt & Dombresky - Antigone - Mad Decent Benson & Hoodrich - Turbo - Medium Rare Recordings Will Clarke - Give Me Your Love - Sola Recordings Bicep - Aura - Bicep - Ninja Tune Matroda x Wess - Drugz - The Truth Monolink - Sirens (Extended Mix) - Embassy of Music Wongo - Paradise feat San Mei (Torren Foot Remix) - Sweat It Out Gorillaz - Busted & Blue (Yotto Remix) - Parlophone + Warner Brothers SNBRN x Strange Club - Melrose - Ultra Records Maya Jane Coles - Weak ( Mak & Pasteman Remix) - I/AM/ME + Skint Goldie - Inner City Lights - Burial Remix - Metalheadz Victory Team - Shade - Medium Rare Recordings Becky Hill - Unpredictable (Will Clarke Instrumental) - Eko Music Griz - Gotta Push On (Barclay Crenshaw Remix) All Good Records Motez - The Future feat Antony & Cleopatra (KC Lights Remix) - Sweat It Out Monic - Deep Summer - Burial Remix - Osiris Music UK Wax Motif - Make It Rain - Confession Maya Jane Coles - Weak - I/AM/ME + Skint LoThief - Deep Inside - Deep Pink Loge 21 feat Dee Ajayi - Need U - Confession
2017 Honorable Mentions: Sage Armstrong & BOT - Stopping Traffic - Sawce Drip Strange Club - Hot - White Label Sacha Robotti - The Solstice - AllMe Music
THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2016 Selected by DJ ARKON Listed in NO particular order: Tiga - No Fantasy Required Moderat - III Savages - Adore Life Xiu Xiu - Plays the Music of Twin Peaks David Bowie - Black Star Noisia - Outer Edges Delta Heavy - Paradise Lost Fakear - Animal Flume - Skin Various Artists - Dirty Bird BBQ: Secret Sauce Vol 1 & 2 Trentemøller - Fixion Tycho - Epoch TC - Unleash the Wolves Various Artists - Sinden Presents Sweat USA Compilation Machine Drum - Human Energy Code Elektro - Wolf Rufus Du Sol - Bloom Banks - The Altar Global Underground - After Hours
THE BEST EPS of 2016 Listed in NO particular order: Malaa - Illicit Justin Martin - Hello Clouds ANGELZ - Saint Thug EP Flume - Skin Companion EP 1 Ruins - Shallows Mace - Purple EP Period the End - Symmetry Various Artists - Extrasensory Perception 2 Divinity - YOU + ME
THE BEST FILM & TELEVISION SOUNDTRACKS of 2016 Listed in order: Mr Robot OST Vol 1 & 2 - Mac Quayle Stranger Things OST Vol 1 & 2 - Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein The Neon Demon Soundtrack - Cliff Martinez Clint Mansell feat Kronos Quartet - Requiem for a Dream - RSD Release True Detective OST - RSD Release West World OST - Ramin Djawadi Twin Peaks OST - Angelo Badalamenti (Mondo Vinyl 25th Anniversary Re-release) The Terminator OST - Brad Fiedel (Milan Records Vinyl Re-release) Straight Outta Compton OST - Various Artists Arrival OST - Jóhann Jóhannsson
THE BEST 12 INCH SINGLES of 2016 Listed in NO particular order: Tiga - Make Me Fall In Love Burial - Young Death/ Night Market Bodhi - The Groove/ Ngoma Latroit - I Want More LOGE21 - Drop That Sage Armstrong - She Smokin/ Quest to the West Latroit - Origami (Do What Your Like) Zedef & Treeko - Duro Lo'99 - Make Me Feel Prayers - Black Leather feat Kat Von D Dankey - Afterparty Mumbai Science - Frequency Response
2016 Honorable Mentions: M.I.A. - AIM Kaytranada - 99.9% Dj Shadow - The Mountain Will Fall Zomby - Ultra
Most Anticipated LPs of 2017: The XX - I See You Bonobo - Migration System of a Down - Untitled Xiu Xiu - Forget Chromatics - Dear Tommy Will the new TOOL album ever be finished???
