January supposed to be dark, boring and sad
but not on APC!
we had a crazy sexy lovely month, full of great great stuffzzzz
let’s see the best things of the month
first the official TOP 10, followed by the top downloads
plus the individual charts of the APC Family members

firts this is the official APC TOP 10 – January

#01 Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers [link]
she is back BIG time and captured our hearts, part one
#02 Beth Ditto ft Simian Mobile Disco – Open Heart Surgery [link]
she is back BIG time and captured our hearts, part two
#03 Yelle – Safari Disco Club [link]
she is back BIG time and captured our hearts, part three
#04 Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant (Drop Out Orchestra Rework) [link]
punks in the disco?
#05 DJ Schmolli – T.N.T. Bass [link]
rockers on the floor
#06 The Young Punx & Amanda Palmer – Map of Tasmania [link]
a song about pussies Tasmania is a WINNER in our book
#07 Eric Prydz – Niton mashup EP [link]
the best mashup project of the year so far
#08 Hercules & Love Affair – My House [link]
90′s party craze
#09 ToToM – XXXO on the Dock of the Bay [link]
so good it hurts
#10 Found Sound Orchestra – 52 Weeks Project [link]
something to keep you excited all year long

TOP DOWNLOADS CHART – JANUARY

#01 Amoraboy – Billie Jean on the storm [link]
#02 Divide & Kreate – Dancing in Houston [link]
#03 Party Ben – What’s My Name Jack [link]
#04 Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant (Drop Out Orchestra Rework) [link]
#05 Copycat – A Lonesome New Year [link]
#06 Simon Iddol – only iceland can break your heart [link]
#07 Magnetic Man ft John Legend – Getting Nowhere (Skream Remix) [link]
#08 Beth Ditto ft Simian Mobile Disco – Open Heart Surgery [link]
#09 DJ not-I – Smells Like Bee Gees [link]
#10 DJ Zebra – Hard to pay back [link]

Copycat’s Top 10

#01 Beth Ditto ft Simian Mobile Disco – Open Heart Surgery [link]
So good it hurts…
#02 Hercules & Love Affair – Painted eyes [link]
The opening track from the new magnificent album. Watch out for them gay disco strings. Wonderful!
#03 Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant (Drop Out Orchestra Rework) [link]
Johnny goes disco. Absolutely mental!
#04 ANR – Stay Kids [link]
Lovely little drama by ANR. Epic.
#05 Casey Spooner ft Jake Shears – Spanish Teenager (Acid Washed remix) [link]
A bit of a dream team here. As good as you’d imagine.
#06 The Found Sound Orchestra – We’ll never be free [link]
Our friend from down under is back – as laidback as ever.
#07 The Concretes – What we’ve become [link]
The Concretes go disco – again. Very cool.
#08 Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (Dave Sitek Remix) [link]
She’s back. Here in a brilliant remix to boot.
#09 Oh Land – White Nights (Twin Shadow Remix) [link]
One to watch out for in 2011.
#10 Tom Tom Club – Genius of Live (Señor Coconut remix) [link]
TTC go Kraftwerk, courtesy of the craziest Señor around…

Mash-ups of the month:
Dunproofin’ – Reordered [link]
Divide & Kreate – Dancing in Houston [link]
Fissunix – Ain’t no stairway high enough to hip-hop heaven [link]

Dunproofin’s TOP 10

#01 Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant (Drop Out Orchestra Rework) [link]
Absolutely stunning remix.
#02 ToToM – XXXO On The Dock Of The Bay [link]
Arguably even better than the real thing.
#03 Hercules & Love Affair – My House [link]
Lead track from “Blue Songs” – 2011′s first essential album. Deep soulful house is the order of the day
#04 Patrick Wolf – The City (Richard X Remix) [link]
Richard X can do no wrong afaic. Speaking of which ….
#05 Simon Iddol – Only Iceland Can Break Your Heart [link]
A Balearic take on Rage Against The Machine really shouldn’t work !
#06 Fissunix & Schmolli – Hairbangers [link]
The duo skillfully create a headbanging classic and throw in a video that deserves to go viral to boot.
#07 Phil Retrospector – Song To The Sigur [link]
Chilled out beauty from Phil
#08 DJ Parker – The Bonkey Butler Did It [link]
Bonkers mix
#09 Magnetic Man & John Legend – Getting Nowhere (Skream Mix) [link]
Minimalist take on the dubstep supergroup’s track creates a new blues classic
#10 Holy Ghost – Do It Again [link]
Has this kind of stuff got a genre name yet ?
#11 Yelle – Safari Disco Club [link]
Still have no idea what is being sung, but does it matter when it’s sung so well ?
#12 Rizzle Kicks – Miss Cigarette [link]
Great to hear some UK bred hip-hop.
#13 Various Artists – The Eric Prydz Mashup EP [link]
Presented without comment

Phil Retrospector’s TOP 10

#01 Love SIC Disco - Something in Construction compilation [link]
Sometimes the best things in life ARE free!
#02 Eric Prydz – Niton mashup EP [link]
Dunproofin’s ‘Reordered’ pick of the bunch by a mile…
#03 dj BC – Amy Winehouse Went To UMass [link]
Bee-Hive yo’self!
#04 Tiger Love – Y.O.U.T.H. C.L.U.B [link]
Synthastic!
#05 Jon Giovanni – Take Off [link]
Johnny Weissmuller, Esther Williams & dancing poodles, WTF?
#06 Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers (Dave Sitek Remix) [link]
Deep sea baby…
#07 DJ Zebra – Hard to pay back [link]
Otis Brown, come on down!
#08 Holy Other – YR Love [link]
Down-Tempo delicious
#09 Sonic Youth – Kool Thing (Cracks remix) [link]
Move me, turn me on, baby-o…
#10 X-Press 2 – Get On You [link]
Where’s dat Godamn smoke-machine?

Simon Iddol’s TOP 10

#01 Simon Iddol – only iceland can break your heart [link]
usually I never chart my own tunes, but this is a milestone in many ways
#02 Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers [link]
SI <3 Lykke
#03 Beth Ditto ft Simian Mobile Disco – Open Heart Surgery [link]
perfect disco minimalism
#04 Love SIC Disco [link]
the compilation of the month
#05 Eric Prydz – Niton mashup EP [link]
the mashup project of the month
#06 ATOM – shookup [link]
ELVISSSSSSSSS!
#07 Deep88 ft The Huge – Italo82 [link]
the surprise tune of the month for me
#08 Syket – Let it Heal (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) [link]
scandinavian organic rave brilliance
#09 Chilly Gonzales – You Can Dance (Gemini Club Remix) [link]
a bootyshaker
#10 Bosco Delrey – Evil Lives (Ad-Rock Remix) [link]
Bosco VS a Beastie Boy