Justin's Top Five Tracks of the Year

This year I discovered Truth Is Light Records, a great Canadian label releasing simple edits of brilliant, largely obscure, genre-unspecific gems. I could've chosen most any of the records I ordered from them this year, but "Be Thankful", the A-side off the first record in a limited edition 45 series they're doing, got the most deck time. Slightly disco-ey, thoroughly old-school electro, it toes just the right line to make it the perfect bridge between house, modern soul and all kinds of other tracks, and though it's a tool, it's never outshined by what comes before or after it. (Sadly, I couldn't find a version of the track to post here, but you can listen to it on the TIL page.)