Digital Release: August 12th
With another Ibiza Season well underway, we present a collection of the very finest, most talked-about records from the White Isle: it’s Most Rated Ibiza 2016, setting the standard held by Ibiza’s most influential selectors.
Every year the Most Rated Ibiza edition consolidates the breakout DJ essentials with the tastemakers’ underground gems alongside the bona-fide hits of the season in one well-considered package. The album comprises over 30 full-length, unedited, unmixed house tracks plus two continuous bonus mixes featuring everything from Purple Disco Machine to Jamie xx. From the ubiquitous Lee Walker hit ‘Freak Like Me’, to music from AAA globetrotting stars such as The Martinez Brothers, this is an essential collection for all those house music fans needing to stay bang up-to-date.
An album loaded with sunshine-friendly cuts, Most Rated Ibiza 2016 sees Dennis Ferrer returns with his brand new track ‘Right Thing’ with vocals from Ben Westbeech (aka Breach), alongside Alaia & Gallo’s Beatport top ten hit ‘Who Is He?’ plus Sonny Fodera’s gorgeous ‘Over This’. Quirkier underground cuts from the Classic Music Company are Eli Escobar’s ‘Phreeky’ and ‘Wonky Bassline Disco Banger’ from Red Rack’em –giving the compilation a real kick. Plus there are some deeper basslines from Worthy & Made By Pete, Adam Port and Full Intention, who make a welcome return to Defected with ‘Beating Drum’.
It’s a tough job going to all the major clubs around the world, speaking to the DJs, getting every tip and leaving no rock unturned or record bag unexamined, but that’s what we’ve done. As a result, Most Rated is the ‘go-to’ album series for DJs, house heads and clubbers alike, demonstrating everything that is great about the current house scene and highlighting the music and artists who continue to prove themselves in the clubs of the world’s best dance music destination.
1. Various Artists ‘Defected presents Most Rated Ibiza 2016’ (Continuous Mix 1)
2. Various Artists ‘Defected presents Most Rated Ibiza 2016’ (Continuous Mix 2)
3. Lee Walker vs DJ Deeon ‘Freak Like Me’ (Sonny Fodera Remix)
4. Låpsley ‘Operator’ (DJ Koze's 12 inch Extended Disco Version)
5. Dennis Ferrer featuring Ben Westbeech ‘Right Thing’
6. Crookers featuring Kym Mazelle ‘A Place In My Heart’
7. Midland ‘Blush’
8. Alaia & Gallo featuring Kevin Haden ‘Who Is He?’ (Dario D’Attis Remix)
9. Jamie xx featuring Romy ‘SeeSaw’ (Nic Fanciulli Remix)
10. Sonny Fodera featuring Shannon Saunders ‘Over This’ (Extended Mix)
11. The Martinez Brothers featuring Miss Kitten ‘Stuff In The Trunk’
12. Tonja Dantzler ‘In And Out Of My Life’ (Armand Van Helden Mix - Shan & Gerd Janson Edit)
13. Purple Disco Machine & Boris Dlugosch ‘Set It Out’
14. Eli Escobar featuring Vanessa Daou & Nomi Ruiz ‘Phreeky’
15. Marquis Hawkes featuring Jocelyn Brown ‘I’m So Glad’ (Satisfied Mix)
16. Red Rack’em ‘Wonky Bassline Disco Banger’
17. Tim Baresko featuring Room 303 ‘Marilyn Monroe’
18. Ilija Rudman featuring Andre Espeut ‘In Her Eyes’ (Original Mix)
19. Fallout ‘The Morning After’ (Purple Disco Machine Re-Work)
20. Metroplane ‘Mr. E’
21. Low Steppa & Dennis Quin ‘Static System’
22. Jesse Perez ‘What You Say About My Momma’
23. Joeski featuring E-Man ‘Clap Yo Handz’ (Dub)
24. Full Intention ‘Beating Drum’
25. Hugo Massien ‘All Night’
26. Fred Everything featuring Jinadu ‘Searching’ (Deetron Remix)
27. Adam Port featuring Jennifer Touch ‘Working For It’
28. ATFC featuring Hannah Williams ‘No Victim Song’
29. Worthy & Made By Pete ‘So Good’
30. Hannah Holland featuring IMMA/MESS ‘High Over You’ (Huxley Remix)
31. Honey Dijon featuring Seven Davis Jr. ‘Houze’ (Deetron Extended Remix)
32. Mr. G featuring blondewearingblack ‘Precious Cargo’ (Mr. G’s Out Dub)
