Top Ten Tracks June

As well as the sound of rainfall, heres the soundtrack to my month of June. Enjoy.

1. Alexander Robotnick-Problems D'Amour (Kenny Dixon Jr Remix) (buy)



Nowadays anything that Moodymann touches is hyped up by pretty much everybody. His subtle yet excellent remix of Alexander Robotnick's italo classic 'Problems D'Amour' is no different. Part 3 of 3 of Kai Alce's Music Institute 20th Anniversary Series, it comes in beautiful marbled vinyl. The B-sides are ace too. Track of the month!

2. Mark E-Oranges (buy)



Really digging Mark E's Stonebreaker album. Oranges is up there with the best tunes hes ever done. With nods to Detroit house and blissed out British techno, this is a track that will warm you up even if it's pisses down all summer. Not on the vinyl version though which is a shame, has to be released as a single at some point!

3. Junior Boys-ep (buy)




"Cause i love you so bad and i wanna repeat it, i love you so bad now im gonna repeat it... ". Another masterpiece from Junior Boys. With each new album, they simply not do fail to impress.

4. It's You-It's You (buy)




Mysterious deep house track with a nod to the slowed down funky Soul Clap/Wolf & Lamb sound that's been killing it recently. Try finding this on google.

5. Stereociti-Untitled (buy)



Missed this last year, but right on it now. Late night dark underground house music.

6. Prince-All The Critics Love You in New York (buy)

No preview/youtube track because Prince doesn't allow. Most of his seminal 1980s albums have just been reissued including '1999' which features this belter. Early house music? Possibly. Epic tune. Definitely-just ask Moodymann who sampled it for one of his early releases 'Dance If You Want To'.

7. The Rapture-Out of The Races and onto the Tracks (buy)



Their back on DFA and their new single is getting people talking (and rightly so), but I just went straight back to their scuzzy and frentic debut on Sub Pop which is now TEN YEARS OLD.

8. Bill Callahan-America! (buy)



For his latest album, Callahan took away the strings and lush present on Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle for stripped down guitar efforts. Took me a while to get into this album, but it could well be the most rewarding Callahan album yet.

9. The Antlers-Hounds (buy)




I could have effectively put the whole of Burst Apart, the new album by New York's The Antlers on the top ten of the month, but that would have been a bit boring wouldn't it? The most beautiful track I've heard in a very long time.

10.  The Antlers-Putting the Dog to Sleep (buy)




Stunning 'soul throwback' from The Antlers. Perfect end to what is surely going to be at the top of many end of year lists.