Resident Advisor's Best Records of 2024

These are the albums, EPs and compilations that made our year—from bright amapiano and complex sound design through bratty pop and studies in dub techno.

Source

# 1

One Day by Loidis

Album • Aug 02 / 2024 Microhouse Dub Techno

# 2

Bubbling Forever by De Schuurman

Album • Jul 12 / 2024 Bubbling

# 3

BRAT by Charli XCX

Album • Jun 07 / 2024 Electropop Electronic Dance Music

# 4

Great Doubt by Astrid Sonne

Album • Jan 26 / 2024 Art Pop Electronic

# 5

Da Nao Tian Gong by Polygonia

EP • Jan 25 / 2024 Techno UK Bass

# 6

Queridão by Dj Anderson do Paraiso

Album • Mar 01 / 2024

# 7

These Heavens by gyrofield

EP • Aug 30 / 2024

# 8

Black Eye by Syclops

Album • May 24 / 2024

# 9

Estradas by Nídia & Valentina

Album • Sep 13 / 2024

# 10

Sentir Que No Sabes by Mabe Fratti

Album • Jun 28 / 2024 Avant-Folk Art Pop

# 11

Breathe… Godspeed by Verraco

EP • May 31 / 2024

# 14

ISS010 by Skee Mask

EP • Apr 12 / 2024 Hardgroove Techno

# 16

TYLA by Tyla

Album • Mar 01 / 2024 Afropiano Contemporary R&B

# 17

In Full Effect by Tim Reaper + Kloke

Album • Sep 20 / 2024 Jungle

# 18

Black Life, Red Planet by gum.mp3

Album • Mar 07 / 2024 Jazzstep

# 19

Total Blue by Total Blue

Album • Jul 19 / 2024 New Age Tribal Ambient

# 20

Fragments of Us by Midland

Album • Oct 04 / 2024

# 21

Endlessness by Nala Sinephro

Album • Sep 06 / 2024 Jazz Fusion Space Ambient Progressive Electronic

# 22

Catching Chickens by Nourished by Time

EP • Mar 22 / 2024 Bedroom Pop Alternative R&B

# 23

Akoma by Jlin

Album • Mar 22 / 2024 Footwork IDM

# 25

Active Agents and House Boys by British Murder Boys

Album • Jun 14 / 2024 Industrial Techno EBM