20 Prospa ‘Prayer’ (Stress Records)
Another soaring cut from the fast rising duo.
19 Overmono ‘Le Tigre’ (Polykicks)
This track is from the exciting EP of brothers and collaborators Overmono. ‘Le Tigre’ is certainly a big club hit of this year and will still be going into the new decade.
18 S.A.M. ‘Fury’s laughter’ (Delaphine/Piv/Spinnin’ Deep)
This acid bass-propelled stomper creates instant movement anywhere with its intense breakdown.
17 Shanti Celeste ‘Sesame’ (Peach Discs)
Like its colleague earlier on in the list, this track stands out as one of the best on Shanti's album. Its pumping bassline and an ambient vocal sync together harmoniously.
16 Equiknoxx ‘Brooklyn’ (Equiknoxx Music)
This year, the group released their second album ‘Eternal Children’ on their own label. This track is taken from that and is a great example of their unique sound.
15 Róisín Murphy 'Incapable’ (Skint Records)
A real 2019 house banger from Róisín Murphy. It’s a sexy, funky, deep house tune released as Murphy’s first 2019 single.
14 Terr ‘Tale Of Devotion' (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) (Phantasy Sound)
Daniela Caldellas’ solo project, Terr, is one of futuristic electronic and techno sounds. This remix, from Norweigen DJ Prins Thomas, heightens this sound and creates a real disco-inspired tune.
13 Headie One feat Skepta ‘Back To Basics' (Floating Points remix) (Relentless Records)
FloPo released this addictive remix earlier on in the year while still in the process of creating his third album ‘Crush’. The nostalgic garage tempo collides magically with Headie and Skepta’s aggressive vocals.
12 Burial ‘Claustro’ (Hyperdub)
More captivating dance music from the UK's beloved Burial.
11 AceMo feat John FM ‘Where They At???’ (Self Released)
We hear John FM rap over a simple house beat, and at points, a subtle sample of Robin S’s ‘Show Me Love’. It’s a house tune that makes for one of the biggest bangers of the year.
10 Roberto Surace 'Joys' (Purple Disco Machine extended remix) (Defected)
Purple Disco Machine added depth and texture to Surace’s SOS Band-sampling disco-house anthem ‘Joys’. A Paradise Garage-worthy rework.
9 Octo Octa 'I Need You' (Technicolour)
Octo Octa describes her sets as “an attempt at healing ourselves, and hopefully healing others”; this sumptuously epic 10-minute house groove blissfully fits that bill.
8 DJ Bogdan 'Love Inna Basement (Midnight XTC)' (self-released)
Objekt’s fictional early-90s Berlin club Basement Q and its mysterious owner Bogdan were given new life with a fiery rave epic of which early Prodigy would’ve been proud.
7 Laurent Garnier & Chambray 'Feelin' Good' (Rekids)
Twenty-eight years since his first release, Garnier showed he hadn’t lost his French Touch with this big-room house epic made with Berlin-based Chambray, aka André Rost.
6 Peggy Gou 'Starry Night' (Gudu Records)
Peggy’s first release on her own label was the ‘Moment’ EP, from which this perky, hook-laden piece of piano house became the perfect calling card.
5 The Chemical Brothers 'Got To Keep On' (Virgin EMI)
Peter Brown’s sparkling 1978 soul-funk symphony ‘Dance With Me’ was a hit in the US, but all but unknown here. The Chems made it one of the year’s most uplifting anthems.
4 Schacke 'Kisloty People' (Kisloty)
The sounds of Europe collide in this electro-pop banger by Copenhagen-based Dutch producer Martin Schacke. The vocal is from ‘Acid DJ’ by Russia’s Oksana Pochepa.
3 Instinct 'Someone' (Instinct)
Recalling the early days of UK garage, ‘Someone’ blew up when it was self-released in January as the B-side of ‘Pistolwhip’ by London producer Instinct, aka Burnski.
2 KH aka Four Tet 'Only Human' (Ministry Of Sound)
Kieran Hebden’s take on Nelly Furtado’s ‘Afraid’, its chorus looped as an uplifting chant over a tightly coiled, dancefloor-crushing garage groove.
1 Marie Davidson 'Work It' (Soulwax remix) (Ninja Tune)
When Montreal native Marie Davidson’s fourth album ‘Working Class Woman’ came out in the second half of 2018 on Ninja Tune it was applauded for its inventive and feminist take on techno, particularly ‘Work It’, a minimal machine groove which took a pop at motivational business speak. The Soulwax remix was 2019’s most titanic five minutes on the dancefloor, a crunchy electro-rave anthem in which Davidson’s demand for “sweat dripping down your balls” was assertively sexual.
