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Los Angeles-based DJ/producer best known for various mashups and remixes. Currently dance & electronic music programmer at Amazon Music. Formerly Pandora, Slacker Radio, and LIVE 105 / San Francisco.
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DECEMBER 28, 2022
SO TIRED
So very, very tired. Just as Sonic Youth were once pithily called "definitely sonic if no longer youthful," "Party Ben" is now such an ironic misnomer that the only appropriate response is to look away in sickened Fremdschämen. The job prevents me from having time to even consider such party-esque activities as DJing, making wacky mashups, or even going to the mall. Are there malls, still? And of course, that means there's definitely no reason to update partybendotcom, except for the last vestige of musical activity I still engage in: ranking other people's creative output. I've been doing this so long I honestly feel somewhat superstitious about not getting it done by 12/31 every year, but we'll see how long even that lasts. So, for whatever reason, the Charts page remains up-to-date with the 2022 "best ofs," but of course if you give the history of these charts even half a glance you'll notice a clear slide into noodly irrelevance, because I don't really even have time to listen to albums any more. TikToks, that's all I can manage.
Best Albums of 2022
1. Hudson Mohawke - Cry Sugar (Warp)
2. Wet Leg -Wet Leg (Domino)
3. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (Interscope)
4. The Soft Pink Truth - Is It Going to Get Any Deeper Than This? (Thrill Jockey)
5. Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B (Rough Trade)
6. Daphni - Cherry (Jiaolong)
7. Alvvays - Blue Rev (Polyvinyl)
8. DJ Python & Ela Minus -♡ (Smugglers Way)
9. Whatever the Weather - Whatever the Weather (Ghostly)
10. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention (XL)
Best Songs of 2022
1. Altrice - "bda creature" (Jiaolong)
2. Hudson Mohawke - "Bicstan" (Warp)
3. Kelela - "Washed Away" (Warp)
4. Two Shell - "Home" (Mainframe)
5. Eliza Rose, Interplanetary Criminal - "B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)" (Warner UK)
6. Fatoumata Diawara, Damon Albarn - "Nsera" (Wagram)
7. KH - "Looking At Your Pager" (Ministry of Sound)
8. LF System - "Afraid to Feel" Warner (UK)
9. DECIUS - "Look Like a Man" (The Leaf Label)
10. Jessie Ware - "Free Yourself" (EMI)
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Of course, my job requires me to also sum up the year in music in my chosen genre lanes, which I did in cooperation with my fellow dance & electronic musical experts and afficianados. As usual we came up with two song-based lists, which you can check out below:
- Best of 2022: Dance
- Best of 2022: Electronic
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