Not entirely without hesitation we publish our “traditional” list of the most read articles of the previous year. The hesitation comes from the fact that it looks like it’s mostly the same articles that are read year in and year out. It has been suggested before that perhaps we should be making a list of the least read, or simply a list of recommendations.

Don’t get us wrong: all the articles on this list are well worth reading. However there is a wealth of material on this site which tends to be overlooked – especially newer additions.

Of course by publishing this list we somewhat contribute to the ‘problem’, but we’re not creating it. A key reason that the most read article list has become increasingly similar over the years seems to be the way that search engines and social media are now the dominant ways to find content on the internet. So articles which have already found many readers and are linked to more than others and will rank higher on search engines than new additions. In other cases an intense social media buzz or a link from a prominent web site can cause a (often short term) spike.

But what seems to be missing is much of a direct readership navigating the web site, as readers are increasingly and unwittingly turned into passive consumers.

Granted: There is much room for improvement on this site, and we will be working on it this year.

Below: The usual top 20 of 2017 + 3 recommendations + the least read article ever on this site! [Read more →]

Best new music released between Datacide 14 and 15 (November 2014-February 2016).
These are some of the tracks and releases of 2015 played out frequently by Datacide contributors!
(no order)

JoeFarr: Longanimity EP (Leisure System 014)

Ripit: Lvnar Xtorxion (Thirdtypetapes 16)

Room 506: Drop Out/Red Embers

M.E.S.H.: Piteous Gate (Pan 66)

The Sprawl: E.P.1 (The Death Of Rave 13)

Shapednoise: Different Selves (Type 127)

Abelcain & Alexandra von Bolz’n: Heart Blood Steel (self-release)

In the Mouth of the Wolf: Need of Angels (Diagonal 028)

Mumdance & Logos: Proto (Tectonic 82)

Savier_BFC: Porks Is Porks (Bloody Funny Clown 02)

Ascion and D.Carbone: Substructures (3TH005)

GRMMSK: One World – Nowhere To Hide (Sozialistischer Plattenbau 12026)

Ansome & Ossian: PLS.UK001 (PLS.UK001)

Umwelt: When Past and Future Collapse (New Flesh 16)

8Cylinder: Pour The Poison Out And Let Them Play Until The End (Unmapped North 03)

Also check out Diskore’s mixes Best of 2015 Part 1 and Best of 2015 Part 2 where some of these tracks are played.

Here’s a list of the best tracks and releases of 2014 played out frequently by Datacide contributors!

Best of 2014
(no order)

Various Artists – Memento Mori – Hijos de Puta 0512

Prole Sector N1 – Praxis 52

Bolder – Hostile Environment – Editions Mego 185

Christoph de Babalon – The Haunting Past of Christoph de Babalon, Vol. I – CdB bandcamp

Cindytalk – TouchedRAWKISSEDsour – Handmade Birds 069

Powell – Club Music Remixes A1/A2 by Ancient Methods – Diagonal 16

Dead Fader – Scorched – Small But Hard LP003

Paula Temple – Deathvox – RS1412

Various Artists – Pas d’Erreur – Bruits de Fond 21

Istari Lasterfahrer – Walls Cave in On You – Sozialistischer Plattenbau 12025

Various Artists – Slowly Exploding: 10 Years of Perc Trax – TPTCD006

Oake – Auferstehung – Downwards 64

Amboss – Vision – Praxis 53

Habits of Hate – Electronic Explorations EE:V:003

Franck Vigroux – Centaure – Cosmo Rythmatic CR001EP

Savagen – Practically Educated – Darkfloor 04

Last years top tunes being played at datacide hq

Somatic Responses – Concrete Glider mix by Diskore

eMego 122V – Cindytalk – Hold Everything Dear

DM12004 dubs – Various – Accretion EP

Praxis 45 – Various – Anonymous Vol. 2

GuerillaLP01 – Donny+Current Value – Revolt and Riot

Sub/Version Digital 007 – Vile Enginez – Drum and fuck off

Blackmass Plastics – halloween gore mix

Grindplate09/Kritik 01 – Zombieflesheater: Tweng!

Subviolenz 007 – Nanotek/Nanotek & Machine Code: Venus/Nanomachine

SPB12019 – Karl Marx Stadt: 1999-2009

datacide has compiled a list of the most extreme and dance-floor killing tracks and releases of 2010!  check it!

top 13 (no order)

v/a – Abri De Defense Passive N°14 – Cavage 14

Christoph de Babalon – A World of my Own – Restroom 12015

Cortex – Praxis 48 WL

Cindytalk – The Poetry of Decay – e.mego 112

Sudden Infant – My Life’s a Gunshot vol.1+2 1989-2009 – Hrönir 8909

Broken Note – Flood ep – adn134

Cloaks – Desolate Turves mlp -3by3.06

Kovert – Staying Human – Sub/Version digital 01

Outside Agency, Cooh, SPL – Crossbreed Definition Series Prt 1 – Genosha 175-002

Fury Project – Toyz of Noise – Anguish Entertainment 9

R-ictus – Onanisme Rituel – Underground Perversions 7

Machine Code – Solitude – Subviolenz 5

Adjust – Release The Sharks – Low Res 023