Pardon me while I hum a little hymn for Beatport; my affection for it borders on religious fervor. Of all the places an electro nerd could channel her (probably clinical) obsession with beats and bass, this site battles only Boomkat for the title of Most Consistently Rad. Obscure one-offs from Ibiza producers? There. The dubstep remix of a disco-inspired track released digitally and with little fanfare? There. Martin Gore’s top 10 techno, house and minimal tracks? Fucking there and shining strange light on his work with Depeche Mode. Seriously, this shit is like Factsheet Five—and anyone who’s ever had a mailbox brimming with photocopied Clikatat Ikatowi interviews remembers what a thrill that was.

Which is to say: I might be skirting a problem here. Combine my Beatport passion with daily jaunts through label websites, Myspace and a whole host of blogs, and suddenly I’ve amassed so many artist tracks, remixes and DJ sets, I barely know what to do with them. Except—oh wait!—hoist them on you. Once a month. Starting now. Is this comprehensive? No. Guaranteed to be totally obscure? Not a chance. Sometimes my radar is so crammed with comparatively huge releases, I can’t get past it. But at the very least, I can share a tiny sliver of the stuff that keeps me stoked all month, the releases over which I spend a good portion of my time silently freaking out. Here’s hoping you’ll love some of them, too.

Welcome to January…

Gui Boratto – Azzurra [Kompakt]

Another single from the Brazilian producer’s 2009 full-length Take My Breath Away, but lest you think it’s just a rehash and some remixes, consider this: “Azzurra” is totally reimagined (it’s actually titled It’s Not The Same Version) and packaged with two brand new tracks. And since I’m a sucker for sick bass, even more of a sucker for an ascending melody and even more of a sucker for synths slipping in and out of tune, new jam “The Glam” is like the best thing I’ve ever heard.

But don’t dismiss “Telecaster” (especially if you know/love Boratto’s debut Chromophobia) and definitely don’t dismiss his track on ADA’s Lovestoned Remixed EP. This guy’s a total genius, and I’m counting the minutes until I see him in San Francisco. You know…in September. It’s a lot of minutes.

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Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself Remixes [Bpitch Control]

If these remixes mark a new dawn for Telefon Tel Aviv—Joshua Eustis is officially going solo after last year’s death of TTA other half Charles Cooper—it’s looking bright as fuck. Though Eustis obviously didn’t have a hand in the actual recreation, he did manage to curate a flawless bunch of producers: Sascha Funke, Ben Klock, Thomas Muller, the usual BPitch suspects. But then you’ve got this subtle disco take from lesser known Berlin producer (and Vice Germany music reviewer) Miss Fitz, and it’s like out-of-nowhere catchy. Move over Ellen Allien—Miss Fitz is fighting for your place in my heart. (JK EA!)

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Sarah Goldfarb & JHK – Heartbeat City [Treibstoff]

French house DJ Jean-Vincent Luccini (aka Sarah Goldfarb, aka Ellen Burstyn’s character in that movie I still hate—sorry) teams up with as-yet unknown pal Jean-Christophe Hallary for a weirdly addictive artist album that feels miles from his usual club bangers. There are shades of Oni Ayhun here, plus a coterie of boozy, film noir symphony samples; think Bladerunner meets Double Indemnity. Definitely worth a download.

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Mux Mool – Lady Linda [Ghostly International]

I’ll always have a super-soft spot for Ghostly International (thanks in part to Idol Tryouts 2 and an endless string of Audion singles) but this isn’t my bias showing: the Detroit label has been legitimately on top of 2010 like no one else. Not only did they just drop this rad electro-hop single from the soon-to-be-huge Mux Mool (featuring an even better B-side “Hogknuckles”), they’re also putting out his first EP next month and his debut full-length Skulltaste in March. This is one of those huge, wistful songs you can’t help but keep on repeat.

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Miss Kittin – Beatport Leg Warmer Chart For 2010

Only Miss Kittin could make something called a Leg Warmer Chart and not sound like a total asshole. I mean, whatever; she put Morgan Geist’s remix of Hot Toddy’s “I Need Love” on my radar when it should’ve been ages ago and gives Maetrik’s “Paradigm House” its rightful props. Preview the whole chart here, but check Maetrik above—that creepy breath percussion is too massive to ignore.

- Rue Sauvage