TCE’s Favorite Albums from Each Year this Decade (2010-2019)

This Decade (2010-2019) has been absolutely monumental for the evolution of Electronic Dance Music and the scene within it!  The sounds over the years have evolved into various forms of genres such as trap, experimental/free-form bass, bass house, riddim, and more. Some artists have never left the ‘OG’ sounds that got EDM to explode, producing genres like, deep house, trance, electro, dubstep, and drum and bass… they just detailed the beat structure to be more in-depth and they kept up with modern trends on sound design for their genre. EDM has been sky-rocketing with popularity among the mainstream music listeners with methods like landing contracts with Netflix, HBO, Disney, all types of Movies, Video Games, etc. and having EDM artists perform at larger festivals/venues alongside pop/rap artists that bring in large audiences of different genre preferences. Some albums that have been produced have propelled the realm of EDM further than anyone could have ever expected. We at The Chronic Electronic, put together a ‘Favorite Albums’ list with multiple honorable mentions and a Chronic Select favorite from each year of this Decade. We hyper linked all albums to music streaming services so you can enjoy some of the beats that have made anthems across the world within our scene and in the mainstream music world. We hope you enjoy our list and check out the music that has rocked our world.

2010

Chronic Favorite:

Daft PunkTron: Legacy


Honorable mentions:

Noisia – Split the Atom

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PendulumImmersion

SkrillexScary Monsters and Nice Sprites

Showtek – Analogue players in a Digital World

2011

Chronic Favorite: 

Bassnectar Divergent Spectrum

ExcisionX Rated

Benny BenassiElectroman

TychoDive

Above & Beyond – Group Therapy

Nero – Welcome Reality

 

2012

Chronic Favorite:

Deadmau5 – Album Title Goes Here

Infected MushroomArmy of Mushroom

Zedd – Clarity

Bassnectar – Vava Voom

Lindsey Sterling – Lindsey Sterling

2013

Chronic Favorite:

Pretty Lights – A Color Map of the Sun

GRiZ – Rebel Era

Destroid – The Invasion

Break Science – 7 Bridges

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

Feed Me – Calamari Tuesday

Sub Focus – Torus

 

2014

Chronic Favorite:

Porter Robinson – Worlds

Tipper – Forward Escape

Bassnectar – Noise vs Beauty

Savant – Zion

Odesza – In Return

The Glitch Mob – Love Death Immortality

Opiuo – Meraki

 

2015

Chronic Favorite:

Space Jesus – Close Encounters

Tiesto – A Town Called Paradise

Ott. – Fairchildren

Stylust Beats – Heatrocks

Galantis – Pharmacy

Bassnectar – Into the Sun

2016

Chronic Favorite:

Zeds Dead – Northern Lights

Illenium – Ashes

Black Tiger Sex Machine – Welcome to our Church

Eric Prydz – Opus

Noisia – Outer Edges

2017

Chronic Favorite:

Jade Cicada – Brood VII

Illenium – Awake

Rezz – Mass Manipulation

Fred V & Grafix – Cinematic Party Music

AC Slater – Outsiders

Troyboi – Left is Right

Dabin – Two Hearts

Odesza – A Moment Apart

Spag Heddy – The Classics

 

2018

Chronic Favorite:

Koan Sound – Polychrome

G Jones – The Ineffable Truth

Rezz – A Certain Kind of Magic

Zhu – Ringos Desert

San Holo – Album1

2019

Chronic Favorite:

Liquid Stranger – Infinity LP

Illenium – Ascend

Big Wild – Superdream

Mersiv – Digital Eden

Figure – Monsters 10 (All Previous Years are Fantastic and are honorable mentions.)

Tipper – Jettison Mind Hatch