Humdrum asked nearly 20 of Hong Kong’s house and techno DJs to share their five favorite tracks of 2012. Below are the year’s big tunes, secret weapons and floor-fillers that defined the sound of Hong Kong’s electronic underground in a year that it diversified and accelerated greatly.

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Hong Kong DJs Top Tracks of 2012

Ocean Lam
[Humdrum / Foxtrot]

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Martin Dawson & Glimpse
Our Friends
[Pets Recordings]

Ben La Desh
You Gotta
[Dirt Crew Recordings]

Genius Of Time
Tuffa Trummor Med Röst (soundcloud)
[Aniara Recordings]

Kid Culture
Visions feat. Rene Engel
[Sincopat]

Hauschka
Radar (Michael Mayer Remix)
[FatCat Records]

Casey Anderson
[Humdrum]

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Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge
Lost In A Moment (Dixon Rework)
[Innervisions]

Deniz Kurtel & Tanner Ross
I Knew This Would Happen (feat. PillowTalk)
[Wolf + Lamb]

Tin Man
Futurist Acid
[Exprezoo]

Todd Terje
Inspector Norse
[Smalltown Supersound]

Maceo Plex
Under The Sheets
[No. 19 Music]

Honorable Mention
Barker & Baumecker – Schlang Bang [Ostgut Ton]

AKW
[PUSH]

TT Matthew Dekay Lee Burridge Fur De Liebe

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Matthew Dekay and Lee Burridge
Fur Die Liebe
[All Day I Dream]
A duo who’ve produced some forward-thinking dancefloor material, and the strings on this track get me every time.

Ry Cumin & Frank Wiedermann
Howling (Âme Remix)
[Innervisions]
I don’t usually go for big vocal tracks, but there’s something quite stirring about this guy’s singing – plus the track comes to a pretty powerful conclusion.

Barnt
Geffen
[Cómeme]
It was always fun watching the crowd when dropping this weird little number. Geffen is really nothing more than a beat and a fun little octave-driven synth line, but it drove people crazy every single time.

Maetrik
The Poem
[Ellum Audio]
I still prefer the stuff Eric Estornel produces as Maetrik over his Maceo Plex guise, and this track really sums up why: rib-shaking beats and simple but devastating basslines. Massive.

Ian Pooley
CompuRhythm (Dixon 4/4 Treatment)
[Innervisions]
Have such good memories of catching Dixon at Barcelona in Sonar this year, and he’s fast become one of my favourites. This is his best remix yet, maybe after the 2011 Singing rerubs.

DJ Ball
[Intermix]

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Andrade
My Time (Beatport)
[Overall Music]

Kriece
After Dark (Beatport)
[Arabica]

Thomas Gandey & Zeb Wayne
Pounce
[Southern Fried Records]

Lee Curtiss feat. Debbie Rennalds
Body Twitch
[Visionquest]

Francesco Grant
Everybody Love Me (Soundcloud)
[AFU]

DJ Darka

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Hot Chip
Flutes (Sasha Remix)
[Last Night On Earth]

LCD Soundsystem
You Wanted A Hit
[DFA Records]

Dark Soul Project & Solar Sphere
Sunshine Night (Santiago Garcia Remix)
[Baires]

HVOB
Dogs
[Stil Vor Talent]

Tomomi Ukumori
Scenario (Henry Saiz‘s Cerulean Tower Tokyo Hotel 34th floor Remix)
[Humble & Radiant]

Dee Montero
[Montero Grooves/fmr. KEE Club]

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Pachanga Boys
Time
[Hippie Dance]

Hunter/Game
Feel The Presence
[Hot Creations]

Ry & Frank Wiedermann
Howling (Âme Remix)
[Innervisions]

Betoko
Raining Again
[Diynamic]

Maetrik
The Poem
[Ellum Audio]

Frankie Lam
[PUSH]

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Nicolas Jaar
Mi Mujer
[Wolf + Lamb]

Nina Kraviz
Love or Go (Kink mix)
[Rekids]

Kasper Bjorke
Lose Yourself To Jenny (Rebolledo Remix)
[HFN Music]

Lemos
Nice Day (Kreons Extended Reconstruction) (Soundcloud)
[Resopal Red]

Makam
What Ya Doin’
[Dekmantel]

Honorable Mentions
Alex Niggemann – Street Therapy [Poker Flat]
Hrdvsion – Right and Tight [International DeeJay Gigolo]
Dosem – Replicants [Suara]
Davide Squillace – Pieces of You [Manifesto]
Death On The Balcony – Them 3 Words (Eat Everything More Than Friends Remix) [Pets]