It’s time for my Top 20 Tracks of 2004. I didn’t have time to do a complete rundown of each like I did last year. It’s worth noting that Mick Burns aka Blue Haze was my favorite artist of the year, that Burufunk introduced some incredible new remixes, that Toksin is the future, and that the lack of release for Digital Witchcraft’s Fingerpaint (my most anticipated release for 2004) was far and away the most disappointing news. Kudos to Way Out West and Chris Nemmo as well, for albums that never left my player all year long. Without further adieu:

1. BT – Somnambulist (r3volve’s Countermeasures Remix)
2. Chris Nemmo – City ‘a’ Bongos
3. Wideband Network – The Silence (Burufunk Remix)
4. Mick Burns – See Me Fall
5. Halogen vs. Nash T – On A Bridge
6. KiloWatts & Vanek – Gone
7. Way Out West – Anything But You
8. Marc Mitchell – Run 2 The Light (Dub)
9. Orbital – One Perfect Sunrise
10. Mavi – A Tribute To M&M’s (Subsky Remix)
11. Blackwatch & Greed – Gentle Rain (Grayarea’s Dismembered Remix)
12. Blue Haze – Into Nothing (Bill Hamel’s Last Time For 9 Mix)
13. Grand National – Talk Amongst Yourselves (Sasha Involver Remix)
14. Destiny’s Child – Lose My Breath (Toksin’s Kymatized Remix)
15. DPP – Amative Entanglement
16. Blue Haze – Regaining Consciousness (Dislodged Breaks Remix)
17. Quivver – Space Manoeuvres Part 3 (Breaks Mix)
18. Jono Fernandez – Deliver Me (Digital Witchcraft Remix)
19. Nemmo & Zamora – Phantoms (Dousk Original Mix)
20. Pako & Frederik – 45 Minutes (Medway Remix)

Not quite:
Ozgur Can & Rouzbeh Delavari – Eternity (Chris Lake’s Dirty Breaks Remix)
Infusion – Do To You (In ’82)
Afrika Bambaataa & Uberzone – Soul Massoka
Pat Foosheen – The Unthinkable (Habersham’s Mah Sivee Remix)
Sultan & Tone Depth – Broken (Jiva Remix)

Albums of the Year: Chris Nemmo – Forbidden Paths, Way Out West – Don’t Look Now
Vinyl of the Year: Blackwatch & Greed – Gentle Rain (Grayarea’s Dismembered/Jacked Hi), Mick Burns – See Me Fall (2×12″)
Mix Sets of the Year: Peter Martin – Proton Radio Mix, 6-06-04, Chloe Harris – Kiss 100 3-28-04
Mix Albums of the Year: Sasha – Involver, Hybrid Presents Y4K, Steve Gerrard – Thinking Out Loud

Bring on 2005!