2022 Best Albums

Our favorite albums from 2022 compiled in chronological order.

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2022 Best Albums

Dip Shim – Enter The Maragrillo LP [GTDLP6]

For his debut album Dip Shim digs deep into his past for his most personal release yet, drawing on his childhood in Spain for a genre-bending album of electronics, combining influences from house, techno, electro, downtempo, and ambient to create one of the year’s most essential releases. Dip Shim, who also runs the Bolero record store in Malmo, Sweden, pushes and tweaks those silver boxes to create music with one foot in the past but looking to the future, from the fluid acid house of Dalaplan Jam and Bubble Gate, uptempo electro jams like BDP Fast Life and Tusso Arcade Force, to meditative joints such as One For Regen and Impossible Connection. But although the album is eclectic, these 12 tracks are underpinned by Dip Shim’s unique hardware-led sound, proving he’s an artist with depth and longevity.

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Dip Shim – Enter The Maragrillo LP [GTDLP6]

VA – Malmø Traxx 001 [MTRXX001]

EARGOGGLE, Luke/OBERGMAN/DIP SHIM/SPH ALLIANCE/BABYLON BARSEBACK - Malmo Traxx 001

First release of Malmø’s Electro Label. Stunning 5 track VA record with loads of stiff Electro from the Scandinavian parts of the mind. Eargoggle, Obergman, Dip Shim, SPH Alliance and Babylon Barseback delivers a mix between classic Electro sounds, club bangers and Breaks and neo-trance atmospheres.

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VA – Malmø Traxx 001 [MTRXX001]

Dip Shim – Bergsgatan Tapes [GTD012]

DIP SHIM - Bergsgatan Tapes

Originally recorded to cassette, these five acidic tracks from Spanish-born producer and record store owner Dip Shim are a paean to his neighbourhood in Malmö, Sweden. The breadth of styles across the EP is impressive, taking in uplifting techno, mid-tempo electro, banging acid, and ambient, all created with classic analogue machines, suffused throughout with that warm tape sound and sweet sweet 303.

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Dip Shim – Bergsgatan Tapes [GTD012]