Articles → PopMatters Picks: The Best Electronic Music of 2011

1. Andy Stott - Passed Me By
2. Perc - Wicker & Steel
3. Tycho - Dive
4. Machinedrum - Room(s)
5. Surgeon - Breaking The Frame
6. Deadbeat - Drawn and Quartered
7. Amon Tobin - ISAM
8. Plaid - Scintilli
9. The Advisory Circle - As The Crow Flies
10. Siriusmo - Mosaik

David Abravanel
Best EP: Raoul Sinier, The Melting Man
Best Single: Machinedrum, “Sacred Frequency”
Best Mix: FACT, Mix 276: SND
Best Reissue: Plastikman, Arkives

Timothy Gabriele
Best EP: Deadboy, HERE
Best Single: Slava, “Dreaming Tiger”
Best Mix: MNML SSGS present Dash Forward Bravely
Best Reissue: Bruce Gilbert, This Way / The Shivering Man

Mike Newmark
Best EP: Ayshay, WARN-U
Best Single: Hackman, “Agree to disagree”
Best Mix: Gold Panda, DJ-KiCKS
Best Reissue: Boo Williams, Home Town Chicago

Alan Ranta
Best EP: Venetian Snares, Cubist Reggae
Best Single: Björk, “Crystalline”
Best Mix: Ghostly International, SMM: Context
Best Reissue: Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dandelion Gum

Dominic Umile
Best EP: Braille, A Meaning
Best Single: Holy Other, “Yr Love”
Best DJ Mix: Mala, XLR8R Podcast 200

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