Recently, we burned the end-of-year EPs by Solange, Katy B, Azealia Banks and Haim on to a CD-R and realised we had made the album of the year. They're all releasing full-lengths soon, meaning 2013's end-of-year lists are likely to be full of artists you were reading about last spring. The immediacy of releasing music on the internet means, perversely, that new bands progress much more slowly, with an increasing number of artists following the route of: mixtape; free EP; debut album; deluxe edition of album with shonky free tracks tacked on for an extra £11.99. Bad news if you're expecting a Joey Bada$$ record before 2015.
After two years of EDM-influenced pop, British producers will set the charts back on course. Surrey youngsters Disclosure are likely to turn to big-bucks pop production after they finish their own UK garage-influenced album next year. Julio Bashmore, whose "swashbuckling house" found a home on the Jessie Ware record, and Jamie xx, who has already produced for Alicia Keys, will find themselves called upon by more US acts willing to take a risk. With any luck, Bieber's next album will sound like room two at the Warehouse Project.
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