Rather than focus on particular tracks, we prefer to focus on entire singles here at Phonica, be they 7inch, 10inch, or 12inch – there has to be a physical release for it to be included in our chart. It’s the hardest chart of all to compile, as these short tracks or EPs are far more subjective than an album and far less consensus amongst us. So here, we are looking at those singles or tracks that made an impact, that provided us with the soundtrack to nights, those that sold a lot at the shop, and, most importantly, those loved by our staff members here.
The floorfiller of the year - and a UK Top 10 hot - was Jorja Smith's 'Little Things' - if only they had done a 12inch mix of this as that last minute of the track could be looped forever, there just isnt enough of this track! Extended mix please.. Shed returned under his Head High alias for the big-room banger that is 'Break Away' appealing to both house & techno heads... whilst the sleeper hit of the year is Payfone's 'I Feel You' both in its original and Mudd remix..... Noodles aka Groove Chronicles gave us an anthem with the broken beat track 'Soul N Mind' using the same samples as Pal Joey with additional soulful vocals - a sure-fire winner..whilst both Aphex Twin & Floating Points returned to the 12inch format with exquisite floorfillers.....if only there were more copies of the limited Floating Points.... And, of course, we couldn't help but feature the limited viny samplers from Phonica's own 20 Years compilation with all those exclusive tracks from Daniel Avery, Paramida, Nyra, Dauwd, Tim Reaper and many more, of course we were going to feature them... Needless to say the list could of gone on forever but this list is in our opinion some of the finest moments of 2023:
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