Playground magazine

We continue with our overview of the most relevant records of 2011 so far. After yesterday's list of Best Albums, today we focus on the EPs and 12”s. As we said yesterday, we do not suggest this list is definitive (there will be no number ones until December). Rather, it is a guide to what has been going on so far, so that we can find some order in the chaos. We don’t know what will happen at the end of the year, but we do know that the 50 EPs listed below in chronological order, have been worth every penny we paid for them.

Julio Bashmore: “Everyone Needs A Theme Tune” (PMR Records)	LHF: “EP2: The Line Path” (Keysound Recordings)
17th January	24th  January

FaltyDL: “Hip Love” (Ramp Recordings)	Old Apparatus: “Old Apparatus” (Deep Medi)
31st January	31st January

Brain Machine: “Alpha Beta Gamma” (Titan’s Halo Recordings)	Shackleton: “Deadman” / “Fireworks” (Honest Jon’s Records)
7th February	14th February

Funkystepz: “Fuller / Hurricane Riddim” (Hyperdub)	BNJMN: “Plastic World” (Rush Hour Direct Current)
14th February	21st February

Maria Minerva: “Noble Savage” (100% Silk)	Kassem Mosse: “Workshop 12” (Workshop)
28th February	28th February

Actress: “Harrier ATTK / Gershwin” (Nonplus+)	Lone: “Echolocations EP” (R&S Recordings)
7th March	7th March

Blawan: “Bohla EP” (R&S Recordings)	Joy O: “Wade In / Jels” (Hotflush Recordings)
7th March	7th March

Addison Groove: “Work It / Sexual” (Swamp 81)	Four Tet / Daphni: “Pinacles / Ye Ye” (Text Records)
9th March	21st March

Koreless: “4D / MTI” (Pictures Music)	Ekoplekz: “Fountain Square EP” (Mordant Music)
21st March	21st March

Burial: “Street Halo” (Hyperdub)	Maurice Donovan: “Babeh / Satisfied” (The House Sound Of SSSSS)
28th March	30th March

Todd Terje: “Ragysh” (Running Back)	Tropic Of Cancer: “The Sorrow Of Two Blooms” (Blackest Ever Black)
5th April	25th April

Leyland Kirby: “Intrigue & Stuff vol. 1” (History Always Favours The Winners)	Leyland Kirby: “Intrigue & Stuff vol.2” (History Always Favours The Winners)
25th April	11th July

Downliners Sekt: “Meet The Decline” (Disboot)	John Talabot: “Families EP” (Young Turks)
29th April	9th May

Andy Stott: “Passed Me By” (Modern Love)	Lory D: “Strange Days vol. 1” (Numbers)
12th May	23rd May

Kingdom / Girl Unit: “Ride It Every Time / Fogs” (Night Slugs)	Anstam: “Baldwin / Carmichael” (Fifty Weapons)
30th May	30th May

Bok Bok: “Southside EP” (Night Slugs)	Holy Other: “With U” (Tri Angle)
31st May	6th June

Gillette: “Gillette” (100% Silk)	Jamie xx: “Far Nearer / Beat For” (Numbers)
6th June	6th June

Mathew Jonson: “Learning To Fly” (M_nus)	Ossie: “Set The Tone” (Hyperdub)
13th June	20th June

Babe Rainbow: “Endless Path EP” (Warp)	Laurel Halo: “Hour Logic” (Hippos In Tanks)
20th June	21st June

Beaumont: “Blush Response” (Kinnego Records)	George Fitzgerald: “Silhouette EP” (Aus Music)
27th June	27th June

Clams Casino: “Rainforest” (Tri Angle)	Rrose: “Primary Evidence” (Sandwell District)
27th June	4th July

Hype Williams: “Kelly Price W8 Gain Vol. II” (Hyperdub)	Sir Stephen: “By Design EP” (100% Silk)
4th July	11th July

Nguzunguzu: “Times Up EP” (Hotflush)	Miles: “Facets EP” (Modern Love)
11th July	11th July

FunkinEven: “Rolands Jams” (Eglo Records)	Tevo Howard: “Pandora’s Box” (Hour House Is Your Rush)
11th July	11th July

LA Vampires goes Ital: “Streetwise” (Not Not Fun)	Unknown: “Sicko Cell / Knock Knock” (Swamp 81)
11th July	25th July