[Jafs]

In no particular order:

Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us (Hello? Repeat)

organic techno in the vein of Villalobos' work, I even think I prefer this one.

Al Green - Lay it Down (Blue Note)

one of the godfather of soul is back with no special innovation but with so much class. ?uestlove at the production, with Poyser, and guests are well chosen and fit perfectly in this record.

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part 1 (4th World War) (Universal Motown)

Kind of psychedelic soul, my first big surprise of the year.

Portishead - Third (Island)

unexpected return in unexpected form. I had so many delete-retry-repeat with this one I finally ended to like it a lot.

iTAL tEK - Cyclical (Planet µ)

Wonderful debut album of dubstep meeting IDM. A bit disappointed at first with Aerial (2562) and A Mutual Antipathy (Scuba), it's this record released on planet µ which took me by surprise, with the more "classic dubstep" album by Benga.

Flying Lotus - Los Angeles (WARP)

Jay Dee meets Amon Tobin meets some glitchy sounds. I love this record. Tracks are short and it's not a problem, excepted when those little cuts are less good than their brothers, you can feel it directly.

Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III (Cash Money Records)

Summer is the time for guilty pleasures, and this album is mine for now. Not a great rap album, but well balanced, with a lot of highlights and a MC I initially couldn't stand who makes vocals in so many ways. I will wait for Big Boi, Clipse and maybe TI to release something I expect to be a little more solid...

The Roots Rising Down

Solid record, but I was so blowed by Game Theory that I'm not totally satisfied by this.

The Bug - London Zoo (Ninja Tune)

Pure dancehall, with more variations and details than what I've heard on Pressure.

Toby Tobias - Space Shuffle (Rekids)

deep house meets cosmic disco. One point. The Lindstrom album is good too, but I'm more obsessed with this one.

Luke Solomon - The Difference Engine (Rekids)

Another full lengh which kept my attention on rekids. Slightly mixed. More Chicago-oriented stuff, maybe one the best "techno" LP of the year. 7 Dunham Place by Loco Dice is notable too.

Minilogue - Animals (Cocoon Recordings)

Very good progression on both discs, but still maybe a little bit too long I must admit.

Barry Lynn - Balancing Lakes (Planet µ)

Early IDM works by Boxcutter. After some repeated plays I began to see this was not so Aphex Twin and Squarepusher than that, after all...

Mixes:

Fuse Presents Adam Beyer
Fabric 39: Robert Hood
Fabric 41: Luciano
Fabriclive.36: James Murphy & Pat Mahoney I know it's 2007 but it's totally apart in the series (it's disco) and I'm still addicted to it now.
No, I didn't especially liked Dubstep Allstars 6.

Reissues:

Gas - Nah und Fern
X-102 - Rediscovers the Rings of Saturn
Model 500 - Deep Space
Derrick May - Innovator