The Best of 2008

(Original photography via Mason Dent) (Comp via Me)

Well, it’s that time of year again where every single blog in the world puts out their “best of” lists, and Hot Biscuits is no exception. Given the mass amount of content after the jump, I’m going to keep this rather brief. What’s there to say really? 2008 brought us some good albums and a heap of good singles/ remixes. I’m hoping for 2009 to be more like 2007, in that there are new albums galore. So yeah, here are a couple of fun stats about HB and you can find all the contributor lists after the jump. Unless specified otherwise, albums are linked to iTunes, mixes to wherever and select tracks (links expired) to the HB server. Enjoy the music and have a great 2009 everyone!

Hot Bizzies’ most viewed posts:
Justice – A Cross The Universe Preview (22,737 views)
BEST PAPER PLANES REMIX BY FAR (9,088 views)
The Prodigy Have A New Album (8,852 views)

Hot Bizzies’ most clicked links:
MIA – Paper Planes (DFA Remix) (5,451 clicks)
Justice – We Are Your Friends (Disco Villains Remix) (3,128 clicks)
Nelly Furtado – Maneater (Crookers Remix) (2,370 clicks)

Hot Bizzies’ most incoming search terms:
“justice a cross the universe” (linking to here) (5,690 times)
“a cross the universe” (linking to here) (3,918 times)
“graduation” (linking to here) (3,895 times)

Beats™’s top tracks:
1. Cut Copy – Lights & Music (Boys Noize Remix)
2. Pnau + Ladyhawke – Embrace (Fred Falke & Miami Horror Remix)
3. Digitalism – Apollo-Gize (Breakbot Hypnotoad Mix)
4. Ladyhawke – Paris is Burning (Cut Copy Remix)
5. MGMT – Time To Pretend
6. Friendly Fires – Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
7. Little Jinder – Polyhedron (Black Holes Mix)
8. Treasure Fingers – Cross The Dancefloor
9. Hey Champ – Cold Dust Girl
10. Deadmau5 – Ghosts and Stuff

Beats™’s top albums:
1. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
2. Empire of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
3. Air France – No Way Down

Honorable Mention:
Ladyhawke – Ladyhawke
Metronomy – Nights Out

Beats™’s top mixes:
1. A-Trak – Nike Running Man Mix
2. Justice – Planisphere (megaupload)
3. Kid Color – Carded & Discarded (zshare)

miracleGro’s top tracks:
1. Why? – By Torpedo Or Crohn’s
2. The Tallest Man On Earth – The Gardener
3. Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
4. HEALTH – Crimewave (Crystal Castles Vs. HEALTH)
5. The Dodos – Fools
6. No Age – Eraser
7. Shout Out Louds – Impossible (Possible Version By Studio)
8. Cut Copy – Lights And Music
9. Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
10. Deerhunter –Nothing Ever Happened
11. Women – Black Rice
12. Air France – June Evenings
13. Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream (Sam La More Remix)
14. Animal Collective – Water Curses
15. Of Montreal – An Eluardian Instance

miracleGro’s top albums:
1. Why? – Alopecia
2. The Tallest Man On Earth – Shallow Grave
3. TV On The Radio – Dear Science
4. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
5. The Walkmen – You & Me
6. No Age – Nouns
7. Air France – No Way Down
8. Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Fight
9. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
10. Beach House – Devotion

Black Holes’ top tracks:
1. TC – Wheres My Money (Caspa Remix)
2. Rob Threezy – The Chase
3. Fake Blood – Mars
4. Mr. Oizo – Gay Dentists
5. Guns n’ Bombs – Riddle Of Steel (Clip)
6. Count & Sinden – Hardcore Girls
7. Bin Laden Blowin Up – Chi Don’t Dance
8. Mikix The Cat – Freeze (Clip)
9. The Martin Brothers – Rocket
10. Don Rimini – Nervous Breakdown

Black Holes’ top albums:
1. Lil’ Wayne – The Carter III
2. Mr. Oizo – Lambs Anger
3. Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing

Black Holes’ top mixes:
1. The Very Best – Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya are The Very Best (via Green Owl)
2. Paper Route Recordz – Fear And Loathing In Hunts Vegas (via Mad Decent)
3. Pocket Knife and Cousin Cole – Tambourine Dream

Kid Color’s top tracks:
1. Surkin – White Knight Two
2. Cut Copy – Lights & Music (Boys Noize Remix)
3. Rob Threezy – The Chase
4. Hercules & Love Affair – Blind
5. The Twelves – Works For Me
6. Boys Noize – Oh! (A-Trak Remix)
7. Little Jinder – Polyhedron (Black Holes Mix)
8. Pnau + Ladyhawke – Embrace (Fred Falke & Miami Horror Remix)
9. Lo-Fi-Fnk – Want U
10. Jensen Sportag – Power Sergio (Makeup and Vanity Set Remix)

Kid Color’s top albums:
1. Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
2. Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair
3. Lindstrøm – Where You Go I Go Too

Honorable Mention:
M83 – Saturdays = Youth
Lykke Li – Youth Novels

Kid Color’s top mixes:
1. Boys Noize – Bugged Out!
2. The Twelves – Episode II (via Big Stereo)
3. The Very Best – Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya are The Very Best (via Green Owl)

Sirhan’s top tracks:
1. Friendly Fires – Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
2. Pryda – Miami, Atlanta
3. Tiga – Mind Dimension
4. Bingo Players – Get Up (Diplo Remix)
5. Thunderheist – Jerk It (Nacho Remix) and/ or (Jots Remix) (tie)
6. Jokers of The Scene – Baggy Bottom Boys
7. Popof – Chomper
8. Fergie – The Blackeye P
9. Laidback Luke + A-Trak – Shake It Down
10. Style of Eye – Girls

Honorable Mention:
Late of The Pier – Bathroom Gurgle (Duke Dumont Remix)
Holy Ghost – Hold On

Sirhan’s top albums:
1. John Dahlback – Winners & Fools
2. Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna
3. Hercules & Love Affair – Hercules & Love Affair

Honorable Mention:
College – Secret Diary
Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours

Sirhan’s top mixes:
1. Rusko – BBC Essential Mix (megaupload)
2. Jokers of The Scene – Mix For Mishka (zshare)
3. Steve Kream – Autumn Love (via Trash)

Brookah A’s top tracks:
1. Sophie Ellis- Bextor – Off And On (Calvin Harris Remix)
2. Mic Terror & Donnis  – Ooh Wee!!
3. Hollywood Holt  – Caked Up (Black Holes Remix)
4. Benny Benassi – I Am Not Drunk (Bloody Beetroots Remix)
5. Busy Signal – Nah Guh Jail Again
6. Sebastian Tellier – Kilometer (Donovan Remix)
7. Cut Copy – Far Away (Damn Arms Remix)
8. Sportsday Megaphone – Carrying The Years (ft. Rebekah Raa)
9. The Klaxons – Golden Skans (SebastiAn Remix)
10. Daft Punk – One More Time (Million Dollar Mano Remix)

Brookah A’s top albums:
1. Sebastian Tellier  – Sexuality
2. Young Jeezy – The Recession
3. Santogold – Santogold

Brookah A’s top mixes:
1. 10 Deep X Benzi – The New Deal (zshare)
2. Hollywood Holt – Holt Goes To Hollywood (zshare)
3. Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing (zshare)

Brookah J’s top tracks:
1. Les Petits Pilous – Wake Up
2. Mystery Jets – Half in Love (Foamo Remix)
3. AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix)
4. Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Coin Operated Boy Remix)
5. Bingo Players – Get Up (Diplo Remix)
6. Harvard Bass – Caked
7. Little Jinder – Polyhedron (Black Holes Mix)
8. RATATAT – Mirando
9. Don Rimini – Ohow?
10. OH SNAP!! – I’m Too Fat To Be A Hipster (Mightyfools Remix)

Brookah J’s top albums:
1. Madvillain – Madvillainy 2: The Madlib Remix
2. Elzhi – Europass (zshare)
3. Does It Offend You, Yeah? – You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into

Brookah J’s top mixes:
1. Justice – Planisphere (megaupload)
2. Crookers - May 2008 Mix (zshare)
3. Mightyfools - August 2008 Mix (zshare)

Mr. Gaspar’s top tracks:
1. The Bloody Beetroots + Congorock – Rombo
2. Hostage – Mental Dental
3. Hearts Revolution – Switchblade (Designer Drugs Remix) (removed by request)
4. Favretto + Naan – What’s Your Name? (Congorock Remix)
5. Hollywood Holt  – Caked Up (Black Holes Remix)
6. Ce Ce Peniston – Finally (Kam Denny & Paul Zala Remix)
7. The Kills – Cheap And Cheerful (Fake Blood Remix)
8. Wolfgang Gartner – Wild Card
9. Baby Diamonds – Shooting The Stars
10. Metronomy – Heartbreaker (Kris Menace Remix)

Mr. Gaspar’s top albums:
1. Gnarls Barkley – The Odd Couple
2. The Bird and the Bee – One Too Many Hearts
3. Mr. Oizo – Lambs Anger

Thanks to the 634,742 of you who checked out our blog in 2008! One love.

xoxo,

Beats™
miracleGro
Black Holes
Kid Color
Sirhan
Brookah A
Brookah J
Mr. Gaspar

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