La.Ga.Sta. offered its services to many weary travellers once more this year. By “following rivers” they drove “through the green” and found themselves in “English Riviera” only to come back again to our station for another refill.
Taking a Friday drive down this year’s memory lane, we think back on our numerous stops including among others:

Our after-hours, absolutely wicked dj set in the VIP room of Melt! Festival. We might have missed Cut Copy’s performance but we certainly had a blast. Shout out to T.E.E.D., Azari & III, Metronomy, Siriusmo, and Planningtorock for their stunning gigs.

The 15-track La.Ga.Sta. Summer Compilation 2011 with lots of exclusives released in August and downloaded by more than 15.000 vroomers in less than a month. Thank you guys!

The La.Ga.Sta mixtapes by the amazing Drop Out Orchestra, CFCF, Das Moth, Pharao Black Magic, Marius, and Mickey. Much appreciated.

Dancing ‘till we dropped with the Can You Relate? team at their super cool parties in Thessaloniki together with The Magician, Shit Robot, Villa, Moullinex, In Flagranti, Acid Washed, and Stopmakingme.

A huge thanks coming out to all of you who filled up our inbox with tons of tunes and mixes, wish we could post them all. Keep them coming.

It’s always such a great pleasure sharing sounds, words and feelings with all the people we love. We don’t really like making lists since we always forget to include everything we loved through the year. But, by popular demand, our pit stop crew tried to bring the Best of 2011 lists (albums, tracks, remixes, EP’s, video) based on what we played most on our car stereo. It was certainly an amazing year with great releases that gave this station the “gas” it needed to carry on driving. Check out our lists below in no particular order. We don’t have winners or losers in this race only drivers that finally make it to the finish line.

This is the 2011 sound of La.Ga.Sta. Vroooommm!

La.Ga.Sta.’s Top 20 Albums of 2011

Metronomy – The English Riviera [Because Music]
Tiger & Woods – Through The Green [Running Back]
Washed Out – Within And Without [Sub Pop]
Azari & III – Azari & III [Loose Lips]
Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost [True Panther/Matador]
The Rapture – In the Grace Of Your Love [DFA Records]
Siriusmo – Mosaik [Monkeytown]
Discodeine – Discodeine [Dirty]
Cut Copy – Zonoscope [Modular]
Rimer London – Rimer London [Magnetron]
Holy Ghost! – Holy Ghost! [DFA Records]
Yuksek – Living On The Edge Of Time [Polydor]
Korallreven – An Album by Korallreven [Acéphale]
Cults – Cults [Columbia]
Canyons – Keep Your Dreams [Modular]
Com Truise – Galactic Melt [Ghostly International]
6th Borough Project – One Night In The Borough [Delusions Of Grandeur]
Beni – House Of Beni [Modular]
In Flagranti – Worse For Wear [Codek]
Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves [Domino Records]

La.Ga.Sta.’s Top 20 Tracks of 2011

Metronomy – The Look
The Rapture – How Deep Is Your Love?
Benoit & Sergio – Everybody
Todd Terje – Snooze 4 Love
Paradis – Parfait Tirage
Poolside – Do You Believe?
Jamie xx – Far Nearer
M83 – Midnight City
Try To Find Me – Needs Ending
Joe Goddard – Gabriel (feat. Valentina)
Joakim – Forever Young
Kamp! – Cairo
Glass Candy – Warm In The Winter
Jonas Rathsman – Tobago
Flight Facilities – Foreign Language
Oliver – Memories Of The Future
Citizens! – True Romance
SBTRKT – Pharaohs (feat. Roses Gabor)
Keep Shelly In Athens – Hauntin’ Me
PillowTalk – The Come Back

La.Ga.Sta.’s Top 20 Remixes of 2011

Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers [The Magician Remix]
Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love [Erol Alkan's Extended Rework]
Jeremy Glenn – New Life [Perseus 'Summer of 83' Remix]
Runaway – Chapter IV [Tensnake Remix]
Dj Nibc – The Doorman [Casino Times Remix]
Teengirl Fantasy – Cheaters [John Talabot’s Classic Vocal Refix]
Is Tropical – The Greeks [Moonlight Matters Remix]
Tensnake – Need Your lovin [Tiger & Woods Remix]
Locussolus – I Want It [Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix]
Tyson – Die On The Dancefloor [Mickey Remix]
Cosmic Kids – Reginald’s Groove [Classixx Remix]
Yacht – I Walked Alone [Jacques Renault Remix]
The KDMS: “Tonight [Morgan Geist Remix]
Beni – It’s A Bubble [The Magician Remix]
Mark E – The Day [Prins Thomas Remix]
Paul Weller – Starlite [Black Van Remix]
Lazydisco – More Tigers [Mirror People]
Wolfram Feat. Haddaway – Thing Called Love [Legowelt Remix]
Midnight Savari – Pinisi [The C90s Remix]
Munk – Rue de Rome [Cécile Remix]

La.Ga.Sta.’s Top 20 EP’s of 2011

Todd Terje – Ragysh [Running Back]
Julio Bashmore – Everyone Needs A Theme Tune [PMR Records]
Peter & The Magician – Twist [Kitsuné]
Chad Valley – Equatorial Ultravox [Cascine]
Tornado Wallace – Rainbow Road [Instruments Of Rapture]
John Talabot – Families [Young Turks]
Toro Y Moi – Freaking Out [Carpark]
Suzanne Kraft – Green Flash [Running Back]
Matias Aguayo – I Don’t Smoke [Kompakt]
Moullinex – Chocolat [Gomma]
Montevideo – Tribal Dance [Relish Recordings]
Mario & Vidis – Changed [Future Classic]
The 2 Bears – Bear Hug [Southern Fried Records]
Runaway – Stories [On The Prowl]
Zimmer – Horizontal Disco [Discotexas]
Flume – Sleepless [Future Classic]
Rocco Raimundo – Between The Sheets [Bedmo Disco Records]
Para One & Tacteel – Fair Enough [Fool's Gold]
Chris Malinchak – Villette [French Express]
Beth Ditto – EP [Deconstruction Records]

La.Ga.Sta.’s Best Video of 2011

Directed by MEGAFORCE

La.Ga.Sta.’s Best Mix of 2011
Four Tet – Fabriclive 59

La.Ga.Sta.’s Best Compilation of 2011
If This Is House I Want My Money Back Zwei [Permanent Vacation]

La.Ga.Sta.’s Best Cover of 2011
Paradis – La Ballade de Jim [Alain Souchon Cover]

La.Ga.Sta.’s Best Mixtape of 2011
Poolside – Day & Night

It feels so good in “The Bay”. Video filmed in Torquay, Devon and directed by David Wilson.

In case you missed it, check the full version of Erol Alkan’s rework of “The Bay” here.

Port-Bagages:
mp3: Metronomy: “The Bay” [Stopmakingme Remix]

Metronomy: “The Bay” [Erol Alkan's Extended Rework]

Here it is, the full version of Erol Alkan’s stunning extended rework of Metronomy’s new single “The Bay”. Buy your copy here.

Port-Bagages:
mp3: Metronomy: “The Bay” [Stopmakingme Remix]

La.Ga.Sta.’s most downloaded tracks of April 2011. Fill it up!

01. Niki & The Dove: “Gentle Roar” [Mylo Remix]
02. Holy Ghost!: “Wait & See” [Flight Facilities Remix]
03. Tyson: “Out Of My Mind” [The Swiss Dance Mix]
04. Digitalism: “2 Hearts”
05. Holy Ghost!: “I Know I Hear” [Jacques Renault Remix]
06. California Wives: “Tokyo”
07. Connan Mockasin: “Forever Dolphin Love” [Erol Alkan Rework]
08. Strange Talk: “Eskimo Boy”
09. Depeche Mode: “Puppets” [Röyksopp Remix]
10. Justice: “Civilization” (Demo)
11. Coma: “Fameless”
12. Edwin Van Cleef: “Lisztomania” (feat. Jane Elizabeth Hanley)
13. Zimmer: “Cruisin’”
14. Tiger & Woods: “Girls Like Boys”
15. Johan Agebjörn & Le Prix feat. Lake Heartbeat: “Watch The World Go By”

Top 15: March 2011

Running out of gas? 8 tracks to fill it up. 8 reasons to drive. FAST!

[4:33] Coma: “Fameless” [mp3]

[9:38] Connan Mockasin: “Forever Dolphin Love” [Erol Alkan Rework] [mp3]

[8:09] Holy Ghost!: “Say My Name” [Eli Escobar Remix] [mp3]

[7:01] Cosmic Kids: “Reginald’s Groove” [Juan Maclean Remix] [mp3]

[4:21] In Flagranti: “Worse For Wear” [Punks Jump Up Remix] [mp3]

[4:31] John Legend: “Rolling In The Deep” [Edwin Van Cleef Remix] [mp3]

[7:33] Tiger & Woods: “Girls Like Boys” [mp3]

[5:15] Marvin Gaye: “Got To Give It Up, Part 1″ [Gigamesh Edit] [mp3]

Port-Bagages: Check out the previous Mix O’Clock:
[45:54] Mix O’Clock.

MGMT just dropped a new digital EP with 3 remixes from their album “Congratulations”. The “Congratulations Remixes EP” includes a 10-minute remix of “Siberian Breaks” from the Ed Banger All-Stars (Breakbot, So Me & Busy P), as well as remixes by Erol Alkan and Cornelius. Erol Alkan’s remix is our favorite cut from the release. Fill it up!

MGMT: “Congratulations” [Erol Alkan Remix] [mp3]

MGMT’s “Congratulations Remixes EP” is out now. Grab a copy here.

La.Ga.Sta.’s ride all over the internet. Fill it up!

†: The wait is over! The new Justice album, entitled “Civilization”, is coming soon on Ed Banger. Stay close. Watch the teaser.

Release: Daft Punk’s “Tron” score gets a remix album. On April 5, Walt Disney Records will release the album “Tron: Legacy R3CONFIGUR3D”, which features remixes by M83, Photek, Moby, Com Truise, and others. More info here.

Stream: Oh Land’s new album arrives on March 15th on Epic. You can now stream the self-titled album in its entirety here.

MpFree: Few days ago, the Swedish duo jj posted a new track on their blog. You can download jj’s The End of the World remix of Rebecca & Fiona’s “Bullets” here.

Free EP: Young Galaxy has just released their second free remix EP, this time based around the track “We Have Everything”. The 5-track EP features remixes from Grimes, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and more. Download the entire EP here.

Interview: Our favorite LA duo Classixx talks about their new single “Into The Valley” and other stuff. Watch here.

Mixtape: To celebrate the release of his new album “The Bird and the Beat”, Mathias Modica aka Munk offers a delicious mixtape for free. Download Munk’s “Hits & Remix Tape” here.

Remix: After Erol Alkan premiered it on his website, now you can download the monster remix of Goose’s “Sunrise” by Phantasy’s Paul Chambers. Grab it here for free.

Label: Black Strobe mastermind Arnaud Rebotini has launched his own record label BlackStrobe Records. Already lined up for release is his new solo album, the re-release of the classic “Italian Fireflies” with new remixes and a new Black Strobe EP.

Video: Check out this funny video for Dan Deacon’s song “My Name is Robert”, by Kathryn Marshall. It was shot in a single take using painted wooden blocks and two actors. Watch it below and enjoy!

Our new Mix O’Clock is here. Gas with us…

[8:14] Tame Impala: ‘Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind’ [Erol Alkan Rework] [mp3]

[4:17] Nile Delta: ‘All This’ [Original Mix] [mp3]

[6:56] Francis Inferno Orchestra: ‘Me and You’ [mp3]

[4:40] Lykke Li: ‘I Follow Rivers’ [The Magician Remix] [mp3]

[6:01] Bag Raiders: ‘Sunlight’ [Stopmakingme Remix] [mp3]

[5:00] Chilly Gonzales: ‘You Can Dance’ [Walter Sobcek Remix] [mp3]

[6:47] Crazy P: ‘Omega Man’ [Yam Who Edit] [mp3]

[8:07] France Joli: ‘Gonna Get Over You’ [Das Moth Edit]

Port-Bagages: Check out the previous Mix O’Clock:
[59:43] Mix O’Clock.

Midnight Magic: ‘Beam Me Up’ [Jacques Renault Remix]
James Curd: ‘Got To Have’ [Flight Facilities Remix]
Aeroplane: ‘Superstar’ [The Krays Remix]
The Chemical Brothers: ‘Swoon’ [Lindstrom & Prins Thomas Remix]
Breakbot: ‘Baby I’m Yours’ [Aeroplane Remix]
Monarchy: ‘Love Get Out Of My Way’ (Holy Ghost [Feat.Dixon] Remix)
The Glass: ‘Four Four Letter’ [Black Van Remix]
Jori Hulkkonen: ‘I Am Dead’ [Hercules & Love Affair Remix]
Telonius: ‘Hit Me’ [Bottin Remix]
Mark Ronson: ‘Bang Bang Bang’ [U-Tern's Disco Dub]
Gorillaz: “Stylo” [Alex Metric Remix]
The Aikiu: ‘The Red Kiss’ [The Magician “Precious 80s” Dub]
Robyn: ‘Indestructible [A-Trak Remix]
Slice & Soda: ‘Year Of The Dragon’ [Villa Remix]
New Young Pony Club: ‘Chaos’ [Rory Phillips Remix]
Bot’Ox: ‘Blue Steel’ [Still Going Remix]
MGMT: ‘Congratulations’ [Erol Alkan Rework]
Thieves Like Us: ‘Forget Me Not’ [Cécile Small Town Girl Remix]
Headman: ‘Fluctuation’ [Tim Goldsworthy Remix]
Tape To Tape: ‘The Devil Made Me Do It…I’ [The C90s Remix]
The Supermen Lovers: ‘Take a Chance’ [Herr Styler Remix]
Ali Love: ‘Moscow Girl’ [Mustang Remix]
Luke Million: ‘Italo Journey’ [Mighty Mouse Remix]
Massive Attack: ‘Paradise Circus’ [Gui Boratto Remix]
Two Door Cinema Club: ‘Something Good Can Work’ [The Twelves Remix]
Villa: ‘Beats Of Love’ [Mylo Remix]
The C90s: ‘Shine A Light’ [Midnight Savari Remix]
Shit Robot: ‘Take ‘Em Up’ [Marcus Marr Remix]
Korallreven: ‘The Truest Faith’ [CFCF Remix]
HEALTH: ‘In Heat [Javelin Remix]‘
Patrick Wolf: ‘Time Of My Life’ [Leo Zero Dub]
Deradoorian: ‘You Carry The Deed’ [Hidden Cat Remix]
Matthew Dear: ‘You Put A Smell On Me’ [Breakbot Remix]
Hot Chip: ‘Take It In’ [Osborne Remix]
The xx: ‘Shelter’ [John Talabot’s Feel it too Remix]
Foals: ‘Spanish Sahara’ [Deadboy Remix]
Florence and the Machine: ‘Hurricane Drunk’ [The Horrors Remix]
Yeasayer: ‘Madder Red [Munk Remix]‘
Annie: ‘Songs Remind Me of You’ [The Swiss & Donnie Sloan Remix]
Glasser: ‘Tremel’ [Astronomer Remix]