2009 has been a great year for dance music. Fresh tracks and new genres popped up from all four corners of the globe, while mainstream pop music has been the most boring since years (err, could anyone name one serious chart storming tune for 2009?) . As the year is coming to an end, it’s time to do what most bloggers do aka. make the ‘best of the year’ lists. Here’s some of our favourite tunes in 2009. With a lot of hot new stuff in the oven for Man Recordings (Schlachthofbronx EP,  Beware-Motorpitch EP, Edu K EP, Bert On Beats EP, Seiji EP, Isa GT EP produced by Crookers, Daniel Haaksman album, Man Rec 5 Years compilation) 2010 is going to be even bigger! Stay tuned!

EDU K

1 Krause Duo – Wurm
2 Coyu & Edu Imbernon – El Baile Aleman
3 Yolanda Be Cool – Afro Nuts (Edu K Remix)
4 Broombeck – The Clapper (The Dolphins Remix)
5 Piatto – Congo
6 Saeed Younan – Backroom Honey
7 Robert Sado – Cartonne Express (Philip Bader & Nicone Remix)* *
8 Chernobyl Ft Praga – Balança (Edu K Remix)
9 Tom Flynn – Vienna (Round Table Knights Remix)
10 Luca Lozano – Berlinetta
11 Acidkids – Big Foot feat. Marina (Zombie Disco Squad Dub)
12 DJ T – I Am Rhythm
13 Hobo – Symptom
14 Piemont – Cargo
15 Edu K – Avec Bon Bons
16 Daniel Haaksman Ft. MC Miltinho – Kid Conga
17 Worthy – Surdo
18 Daniel Steinburg – Cry All Night (Heinrichs & Hirtenfellner Remix)
19 Femme En Fourrure – Pull It Out
20 Supernova – Esta Loca (Bonus Tech Beat Mix)

DANIEL HAAKSMAN

Untold “Anaconda”
Digital Manges “Manges – Sharkslayer Clubmix”
Jan Driver “Rat Alert”
Gucci Vump “Sha! Shtil!”
L-Vis 1990 “United Groove”
Riva Starr “I Was Drunk”
Batida “Bazuka”
Oliver Dollar “Gypsy Carnival”
Yolanda Be Cool “Afro Nuts (Douster Remix)”
Major Lazer “Pon Di Floor”
Jesse Rose “Touch My Horn”
João Brasil “Hey, Ho, Let´s Go Bahia”
Daniel Haaksman “Pobum Coco”
Mixhell “Bom Da – Crookers Remix”
Ku Bo “Boha” feat. Joyce Muniz
Brodinski+Mumdance “Eurostarr -Zombie Disco Squad Remix”
Genghis Clan “Gatinha” feat. Mr.Catra
Schlachthofbronx “We Run Dis”
Grace Jones “Can´t Get Enough -Switch Remix”
Florence + The Machine “You Got The Love – The XX Remix”
The Count+Sinden “Mega”
Jammer feat. Silverlink “The Message Is Love – Lvis 1990 Remix”
Metronomy “Radio Ladio – Radioclit French Remix”
etc.etc.

JOYCE MUNIZ

Solo “Joga Bola”
Major Lazer “Hold the Line – Edu K Rmx”
DJ Woody “Buffalo Bill”
Crazy Cousinz “Bongo Jam”
Busy Signal “Da Style (Douster rmx)”
Dizzee Rascal & Armand van Helden “Bonkers (Doorly Remix)”
DJ C “This My Juice feat. K Swift”
Gift of Gab “El Gifto Magnifico”
MJ Cole feat. Serocee “AO – Zed Bias Wind up Mix”
Mumdance & Brodinski “Eurostarr- Zombie Disco Squad Remix”
Gucci Vump “Sha! Shtil! – L- Vis 1990 Rmx”
Daniel Haaksman “Kid Conga” feat. MC Miltinho
Fatboy Slim “Rockafella Starr – Rivastarr Remix”
Chernobyl feat. MC GI & Cabal “Mpina pipa (Samim´s Crashroots Remix)
Mad Kids “Capoeira no se”
Crookers “Put your hands on me (Jesse Rose Play Prime Remix)
Malente & Dex feat. Analogik “Gipsy Kings”
Mowgli “Tamiflu”
Round Table Knights “Belly Dance”
Schlachthofbronx “Vem Que Tem”
Camel “Lleba”

SCHLACHTHOFBRONX

Dani L Mebius “Illegal Weapon”
Lady Stush “We Nah Run / Ready Fi Di War”
Gappy Ranks “Stinkin Rich – Schlachthofbronx Remix”
Major Lazer “Hold The Line”
DJ Mujava “Mugwanti Sgwejegwele”
Noob + Brodinski “Peanuts Club – Beataucue Remix”
Michel Cleis “La Mezcla”
Acid Kids feat. Marina “Bigfoot – Schlachthofbronx Remix”
Boybetter Know “Too Many Men – Jamie Duggan Remix”
Busy Signal “I Fucked Your Girl”
Jackbeats “UFO – K Hole Riddim”
Die Vögel “Die Blaue Moschee /Petardo”
Ku Bo “Sumanita – Daniel Haaksman Remix”
Maluca “Tigeraso”
Wildlife! “Jumbie”
Solo “The Big Stef”
Claude Von Stroke “Vocal Chords”
Demarco “Hustler”
Rainbow Arabia “Holiday In Congo (Myd Rmx)
Marvy Da Pimp “Best Best”

KU BO

Charles Webster “Sweet Butterfly”
Douster feat Spoek Mathambo “Punani”
Poirier “Let Them Hate feat YT”
Stagga “Sick As Sin Ultra V.I.P.”
Son Of Kick “Boom Box”
Stagga “Policeman Get Hype”
Daniel Haaksman feat. MC Miltinho “Kid Conga”
Brenk And Miles “10 Minutes”
Dutty Artz “Manuelita Rmx”
DJ Manaia feat. Deize Tigrona “Sobrevivente de Rave”
Mark Pritchard “Dirtbox”
ORF Beschwerde Remix

ISA GT

Julio Bashmore – Um Bongo’s Revenge
Fake Blood – Fix Your Accent EP
Telepathe – Dance Mother (Album)
XX – 2.0
Michel Cleis – La Mezcla ft Toto La Momposina
Jack Penate – Tonight’s Today (12″ ext version)
Duck Sauce -  Anyway
Tiga – Beep Beep Beep (Crookers Remix)
Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx Version)
Silverlink ft. Badness + Jammer – Message is love (L-Vis 1990 Dub Remix
2009)
Busy Signal  – Da style deh (Douster Dagga remix)
Gucci Vump – Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis 1990 remix)
The Very Best – Warm Heart of Afrika (Album)
L-VIS  1990 – United Groove (MJ Cole Remix)
Joy Orbison
Zombie Disco Squad
Douster – Triassic Genesis EP
Click Box – Wake Up Call EP
Radioclit – Saga Africa EP
Fever Ray – Fever Ray (Album)
Daniel Haaksman – Kid Conga feat. MC Miltinho  (João Brasil Tecno Brega
Remix)
Jinder – Youth Blood (Bok Bok Remix)
Lauren Flax ft. Sia – You’ve Changed
Bot (Crookers) -La Roux vs Skream vs Diplo Mash Up
Buraka Som Sistema – The Blood Diamond Mixtape
Jesse Rose – Heavy Still (Zombie Disco Squad rmx)
Genghis Clan – Quero Buceta feat. DJ Panko + Dudu Siri
Ku Bo – Mela Feat. Joyce Muniz (Lazy Ants Remix)
Empire of the Sun – We Are the People (Burns Remix)
Kid Cudi – Day n Nite (Crookers rmx) (Number 2 in the UK!)
Major Lazer & Afrojack – Pon de Floor
Major Lazer & Crookers – Jump Up
Dj Koze – Reincarnations (Album)
R.I.V.E.R. – Fairycide
Boy 8 Bit – Baltic Pine EP
Renaissance Man – What is guru (Riva Starr rmx)
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (Chew Fu H1N1 Club Mix)
Shakira – She Wolf
AppAloosa – The Day (We Fell In Love) (Acid Girls Remix) (Acid Girls Remix)
The Phenomenal Handclap Band (Album)
Rage Against The Machine – Killing in the name (Xmas Number 1 in the UK in
2009!)

DJ Beware

Geeneus-Yellowtail VIP

Subware- I need you

Untold – Anaconda

Chase Buch – Monkey Drum

Chelley – Took the Night (Alvaro rmx)

Drop the Lime – Set me Free (Zombie Disco Squad rmx)

Mowgli – London to Paris

Wiley – Never be your woman (Solo loves Garage mix)

Terror Danjah – Zumpi Huntah

Michel Cleis – La Mezcla (Dj Beware & Motorpitch bootleg)

MJ Cole- Volcano riddim

Sidney Samson – Riverside (Lil Silva rmx)

Sebastian Leger – La Moustique

Daniel Haaksman – Po Bumboco

Colin Munroe ft. Joell Ortiz – Piano Lessons

Schlachthof Bronx – Vem Que Tem (Dj Beware & Motorpitch rmx)

Gilles Peterson pres. La Havana Cultura – Chekere (Seiji rerub)

Wiley ft Emeli Sand – Never Be Your Woman (Solo Loves Garage Remix)

Skream – Burnin up

Crookers and Andy Cumming are on holidays and will present their faves later.

Andre Pastee from Brasil just sent us this fan video for “Pobum Coco” – see some serious male body flexing, wuf wuf!

New video from Ku Bo feat. Joyce Muniz

A majority of Swiss people recently voted on prohibition of minaret construction in Switzerland, constituting a clear discrimination against members of the Muslim community in Switzerland – nervertheless the Alpian state seems to open up for tropical music.

I just returned from a three day mini Switzerland tour which led me to Zurich (Hive Club), Bern (Bonsoir) and Lucerne (Südpol). Despite archtic temperatures and tons of snow it was a great discovery that clubbers in Switzerland are increasingly supporting tropical beats.

Zurich´s Hive Club was rammed with Man Rec fans and pretty girls going mental to our recent releases – extra thanks to the Kid Bizzy + Deadcool from the Playgroundkidz for warming up and Nicci for the nice hosting.

In Bern I played for the 2nd time at Bonsoir Club, at the night of Wildlife!, a.k.a. Sami, the Swiss Jonny Depp.  Sami already had half of the Man Rec crew as guest with Edu K, DJ Beware and Joyce Muniz. I was pretty impressed by his new stuff, he banged out upcoming remixes and new heat from Wildlife!. Bonsoir Club is run by the Roundtableknights (of Made To Play fame) and a miracle place with top ranking international DJ line up every weekend. Especially considering the size of the city of Switzerland´s capital Bern (140.000 inhabitants) this club presents a mega city line up and is widely considered Switzerland´s best club.

The biggest surprise and fun on this mini tour thoughwas the Global Ghetto Anthems night at Lucerne´s Südpol hosted by the Hoodregulators. Situated in a communally supported arts + culture center called Südpol, Hoodregulators run their monthly night since more than a year and already brought people like Deize Tigrona, Toy Selectah, Tomb Crew or Schlachthofbronx to Lucerne – to a city with 60 k inhabitants merely a small place. Having educated their audience on everything global bass from Bmore to baile funk to Ghetto Tec to Euro rave, they´ve established a fanastic night with true dedication to detail: Each party sees fellow spraycan-artists work on a decoration theme, at my party they built a hydraullically (!) moveable King Kong and other giants (see photos). Needless to say, the party was a smasher with people stage diving and bootie grinding galore (see photos above). Thanks to Raphi+Marc!!

Friend of Man recs, João Brasil, has kindly left an EP of brand new mash-ups for download here. the line up is as follows with some truly unholy alliances:

“Poker De Floor” (Major Lazer X Lady Gaga)
“Popozuda Dreams” (Edu K X Beyonce)
“Short Dick Caetano” (20 Fingers X Caetano)
“We will rain you” (Calvin Harris X Queen)