Beats Per Mike’s Top Artists for 2011 (in no particular order):

• Little Dragon
• SBTRKT
• Tall Black Guy
• Curren$y
• Kendrick Lamar
• OFWGKTA
• Mark de Clive Lowe
• Disclosure
• Thundercat
• Michael Kiwanuka
• Danny Brown
• Oddisee
• Label Love
• James Blake
• Mosca
• The Weeknd
• Shabazz Palaces
• The Park
• Wildcookie
• Gummy Soul

In the year 2011, the sounds of these 20 artists dominated my headphones and speakers.  They made music that entered my rotation and refused to leave.  Props to them for keeping my eardrums happy throughout the year.

To see archived Beats Per Mike posts for each artist, click on their name.  If you like what you hear, cop that shit! Support quality music!

Happy New Year!

BPM

postdubstep:

James Blake - A Case Of You (Official Video)

postdubstep:

Best Of James Blake Mix

postdubstep:

James Blake - Live At ACL (full set)

postdubstep:

James Blake - Essential Mix 

Erik Satie — Gnossienne No.5
James Blake — Olivia Kept
James Blake Versus Drake — Half Heat Full Versus Up All Night
James Blake — Pan
SALEM — Trapdoor
Snoop Dogg — Drop it like it’s Not (Harmonimix)
[unknown] — Unknown
Klaus — Tarry
D’Angelo — One mo’ Gin
[unknown] — Sicko Cell
Blawan — What You Do With What You Have - R&S Records
James Blake — No More Than A Road (Dub)
James Blake — At Birth (Dub)
The Chain — Suffer For Your Art - R&S Records
Peverelist — Roll With The Punches (Harmonimix)
[unknown] — Navigator
OutKast — Return of the G
Africa Hitech — Out In The Street
DJ Nate — 3 Peat
James Blake — Deeds
Gavin Bryars — Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets II
Gavin Bryars — Three Elegies for Nine Clarinets III
Odi et Amo — Johann Johannsson
Grouper — Vessel
James Blake — Untitled
James Blake — Untitled
[unknown] — What Was It
The Tallest Man on Earth — Love Is All
SALEM — Redlights
Rev. James Cleveland — Jesus Saves
Trim — Confidence Boost (Harmonimix)
James Blake — Evening Fell Hard For Us
James Blake — Placing Us
James Blake — Words We Both Know
Arthur Russell — Love Comes Back
Stevie Wonder — You and I