Whether found on popular albums or vinyl-only EPs pressed in runs of a few hundred copies, the track is the backbone of electronic music, perhaps the only scene that elevates the form above all else. Here are 50 of our favourites, drawn from our monthly Best Music features and team of staff and contributors. They defined 2018, and you can expect to hear them for years to come. not on bandcamp: James Blake - If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead [Polydor] Flow - Boy Girl Action [Tardis] Aphex Twin - T69 Collapse [Warp Records] Batu - Flash React [XL Recordings]
SOPHIE - Immaterial [Transgressive Records] Donato Dozzy - Nine-O'-Three [Tresor] Róisín Murphy - Plaything [The Vinyl Factory] Alva Noto - Uni Blue [Noton] Nkisi - Darknoise [Arcola]