Danceblogga Top 10: Here's my top 10 albums for '04, as published in this week's LA CityBeat:

1. Louie Vega, Elements of Life (Vega)

2. Danger Mouse, The Grey Album (unreleased)

3. Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash (Astralwerks)

4. Air, Talkie Walkie (Astralwerks)

5. Roy Davis Jr., Chicago Forever (Ubiquity)

6. Junkie XL, Radio JXL (Koch)

7. Sasha, Involver (Global Underground)

8. UNKLE, Never, Never, Land (Global Underground)

9. Tim Deluxe, Little Ginger Club Kid (Underwater)

10. Various Artists mixed by Marques Wyatt, Horizons (Om)

Here's my "Top 5 music trends" of '04, as published in this week's LA CityBeat.

1. Mash-ups (dangerous liaisons bring the lawyers out)

2. Dancey rock and rockist dance music (Interpol and the Scissor Sisters; UNKLE and Junkie XL)

3. Ringbacks (download a personality)

4. Reggaeton (the real Spanglish)

<>5. Dance music disguised as pop (Gwen Stefani and Eminem discover 4/4 beats)