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Soft start in dub land, followed by swedish soul and pop, then some excellent australian new wave. I really looked hard at the new Depeche album and these are from the Deluxe boxset (otherwise nothing, sadly...). I like that Tiga track ("The shoes stay on...") and Dahlbäck's mix.

Tosca - you really cannot select just one song from an album like this. Listening to this kind of dub requires the right mood and time.
Salem - not even close to his debut album, but I still like the style.
Loney, Dear - a big song, imo. I've already played it too much. Close (in sound) to my 2008 favourite, Lars Bartkuhn.
PSB - I'm not quite sure what this track is doing here. I was hoping for something like "Being boring" on their new album but maybe that's too much to ask for. I wished for something extremely sentimental and understated.
Empire of the sun - Excellent voice.
The presets - This is my favourite album (Apocalypso) currently. Absolutely fantastic imo. Did it really take 20 years for New Wave to reach Australia?

MP3 sound bite (3.5MB)
20 seconds from each song. Cover shot: Breakfast at Café Einstein, Berlin. 9.5/10 points.