Rough Trade Conter Culture 2010 Rough Trade Conter Culture 2010 CD

RTCC10 is selection of tracks, released during 2010, that proved popular with customers and staff-alike. Weaving between track 1, the sticky and close post-dubstep of Actress, to track 44, Vernon and Burns' plunderphonic radio-play, there are genres too multiple to describe here in the detail they deserve. Four variant examples of the variety pack described are these; a cover of Harry Nilsson's 'One', stripped to an electronic pulse by alva noto and blixa bargeld, the Cali-funkbomb of Big Boi's 'Shutterbugg', Geneva Jacuzzi's lo-fidelity disco biscuit 'Love Caboose' and the immense 'Jesus Hates Faggots' by John Grant. Caribou and Gold Panda have deservedly been two of our biggest sellers this last twelve months, and we are lucky enough to be able to include the excellent 'Odessa' and 'You' from them here. Edwyn Collins returned with his seventh studio album 'Losing Sleep'. What a return to form it was and we have 'It Dawns on Me' from that release. A CC comp wouldn't be the same if there weren't tales of beautiful heartbreak and this year we have heard great lovelorn albums from Caitlin Rose and the Strange Boys. Ty Segall and Tame Impala reminded US that guitars can still sound really fuckin' cool despite 2010 seeing a move toward the synth as the popular weapon of choice, the former channeling Screaming Lord Sutch and T-Rex to party-rockin' effect. Elsewhere you will find the transcendent new-progressive work of Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never (on editions Mego), while that lemon is given further twist-outs into 21st Century neu deutsche welle and avant synthpop by Schwefelgelb and Darkstar respectively. Meanwhile, the underground was working in a similarly dreamed-out vein, represented here by Tri-Angle Records' Balam Acab and oOoOO, who provide sensual and unnerving experiments in filtering, compression and liquidised r'n'b. We follow these with dark electrofunk from Matthew Dear, blissed-out chill-wave from Toro y Moi, electro tech from R&S' Untold and the discreet and gorgeous hypnotic electronics from Pantha Du Prince - we could go on, and we will... The Actress album came out on Honest Jon's, and they have further enhanced their already stellar rep. With the release of 'Shangaan Electro', a collection of stunning new wave dance music from South Africa, represented here by Nkata Mawewe's 'Khulumani'. Another highlight of the year was the arrival of the mighty Tonetta, (a Youtube sensation, but don't let that put you off) his dirty stripped down junk-funk was irresistible. That's just some info on the forty-four tracks spread over the two discs here.2010 has seen a healthy upsurgence of creativity, with genres splitting, amoeba-like, before returning in a new form. Some of those results are here and a whole lot more are out there, all waiting for you in your local record store.

1. Actress - Casanova 2. Allo Darlin' - Dreaming 3. Anbb - One 4. Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - Butt-House Blondies 5. Balam Acab - Dream Out 6. Big Boi Ft. Cutty - Shutterbugg 7. Brian Eno - Dust Shuffle 8. Caitlin Rose - Own Side 9. Caribou - Odessa 10. Cours Lapin - 1, 2, 3 11. Dan Michaelson ; the Coastguards - Love Lends a Hand 12. Darkstar - Two Chords 13. Edwyn Collins - It Dawns on Me 14. Emeralds - It Doesn't Arrive 15. Fantastic Mr Fox - Evelyn 16. Frankie Rose and the Outs - Candy 17. Geneva Jacuzzi - Love Caboose 18. Gold Panda - You 19. Hannah Peel - Sugar Hiccup 20. Human Skab - Under the Viaduct 21. John Grant - Jesus Hates Faggots 22. Law of the Rope - Beasts Will Have You 23. Matthew Dear - You Put a Smell on Me 24. Mazes - Vampire Jive 25. Mobius Plank Neumeier - All Repro 26. Neil Hamburger - Shoulder Trouble '07 27. Nkata Mawewe - Khulumani 28. Olaf Arnalds - Vinkonur 29. Oneohtrix Point Never - Returnal 30. Ooooo - Burnout Eyess 31. Pantha Du Prince - Lay in a Shimmer 32. Sam Prekop - Brambles 33. Schwefelgelb - Wie Jeden Tag 34. Smoke Fairies - Storm Song 35. Strange Boys - All You Can Hide Inside 36. Tame Impala - Desire Be Desire Go 37. The Family Elan - Kvalla Oyun Havasi 38. The Love Triangle - Splendid Living 39. The Neat - in Youth Is Pleasure 40. Tonetta - My Bro 41. Toro y Moi - Talamak 42. Ty Segall - Girlfriend 43. Untold - Stereo Freeze 44. Vernon ; Burns - Nottingham Co-Operative Tape Club Advert