The Top 20 Compilations Of 2016

DJ mixes hit the internet with the regularity of the days of the week in 2016. All manner of publications run mix series and DJs often make club sets available on personal SoundCloud accounts. You’d think the concept of paying for a mix CD would be long dead, but it’s not case. It takes something special to set a mix apart to make people willing to spend hard-earned cash on, and this year has been full of them.

Even when fabric was fighting for its life, its release schedule rolled on as brilliant as ever, and multiple other outlets stepped up to their mark with world-class selectors turning in compelling efforts. Unmixed compilations also made a vital impact on the landscape of the past 12 months, shining a light of surging genres such as Gqom, grime and experimental club music. See below for our picks on the 20 best compilations released in 2016.