Over the last year, every day of the week XLR8R has released at least one track via our downloads section. If you were to browse through the tracks featured this year, you’d find minimalistic jungle sitting next to straight-up house, beat-driven bass cuts, and haunting ambient outings. The artists featured are as wide-reaching as the tracks they represent, hailing from every corner of the world and every facet of the electronic music spectrum. So now that December is in full swing, it’s time to kick off our yearly wrap up and the Best of 2017 coverage with the countdown of the top 100 downloads of the year.
Like the last few years, the top 100 downloads will be released in two lots of 50 today and tomorrow. In addition, once we’ve announced the final 50 and arrived at number one, all 100 tracks will be packaged up in one convenient zip file and offered as a download via WeTransfer.
100. AnD “Kepler”
99. AKWIUS “Space”
98. Benjamin Muñoz “Melle”
97. Stanislav Tolkachev “Vhs2”
96. New Fries “JZ III” (Absolutely Free Remix)
95. Eliot Lipp “I Told Ya”
94. Sun Glitters “Together”
93. Oana Leca “Noi Nu Ne Intalnim Intamplator” (Original Mix)
92. Rose E Kross “Access Denied”
91. MUTUAL “Archê”
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90. Half Nelson “Temptation”
89. AnGy KoRe “Tamago”
88. Donnie Parker “New Blues”
87. Eytan Tobin “Nosqua” (feat. Lum)
86. Mark Greene “Rattle” (Original Mix)
85. azul-revolto “Casting Shadows”
84. Solune “Rhythm School”
83. Acid Castello “Navigator 101”
82. Theo Kottis “Drift” (IDQ Remix)
81. Torsten Kanzler “The Defected Train” (Original Mix)
80. Irakli “Forgotten Melodies”
79. bod [包家巷] “Orchestra of the Frozen State [冰国乐队]”
78. The Burrell Connection “Ebullient”
77. Mind Groove “The sailor and the mountain” (feat. Manuel Obeso)
76. Behzad & Amarou “SOS (Shame On Stalingrad)”
75. KOROstyle “Aerokin” (Sinistarr Remix)
74. Almeeva “Clense”
73. Chihei Hatakeyama “Sad Ocean”
72. Pixelord “Night Ship”
71. Opal Sunn “Unknown Encounters”
70. Aparde “Mouth” feat. Anne
69. Roe Deers & Curses “Fade Away Dub”
68. DJ Shadow “Blood On The Motorway” (Jozef K’s Eternal Blood Edit)
67. Giacomelli “Kundalini Timeshares”
66. Mike Terra “Rhythm 33” (Jacques Renault Remixes)
65. Darse “Ruin”
64. Stefana Fratila “Dancing”
63. Dark Sky “Tundra”
62. Stèv “Scattered Steams / Dense Water”
61. Atoll “Ikik Pt 1”
60. Alva Noto “Xerrox Monophaser 2” (Some Chemistry’s Kepler-452b Space Jam)
59. PBR Streetgang “Late Night Party Line” (Man Power Remix)
58. Skudge “Traveller”
57. Phaeleh “To The Sky”
56. Plus Instruments “Don’t Forget Me”
55. Emanuele Pertoldi “Feedback Theory”
54. Wayward “Orissa” (Pépe’s Jazz Bar Re-interpretation)
53. Higgins “Escape” feat. Anishka (Ian Pooley Remix)
52. Dynamic Africana “Igbehin Lalayo Nta” (Tunnelvisions Edit)
51. Dubokaj “Moi et Toi Dub”
