All of the residents compiled their "Best of" for 2010, which was another fun year of music for BZ! We had our monthly Swig Happy Hours which are now defunct but during the time this year they were an absolute blast. We have (thanks to Peek) run a weekly happy hour at Blowfish San Francisco called Caipi Hour. We threw a fun filled event at Red Devil Lounge with Karmacoda, Weather Pending and Shine! That was a highlight in Below Zero's history... oh yea... we also turned 5 years old.
But we couldn't have done any of it without the Labels and Artists which provide us with the backbone of the show... music. We also wouldn't be anywhere without our core listeners who are so supportive.
When it comes to the world of chillout there is a lot of competition out there for radio shows. There are some serious strong ones which we respect very much, and everyone here at Below Zero would reach out to grow bigger but we like our simple organic way of growing. You don't see us promoting all over social media or blasting you with emails or even trying to force you to join a group. No, we just simply exist and occasionally we send out a blast to remind you we are here. I guess you could say our way of promotion is on the "chill" tip... if you want to find us you will.
This leads me to those of you who have found us and stuck with us, we are sending out our best version of a hug which is to assemble all of our residents and ask each one to put together their Top 20 best tracks of 2010. I would safely say that our crew is one of the top crews in the world when it comes to consistent downbeat mixes and shows. Are there others, of course there are, without question. But! From my view in my little corner of the world I would like to tip my hat to my own crew of residents who are talented and dedicated all year long. We have also added Dave Ralph the one and only Dave Ralph in 2011 to the mix!
With all that I would like to thank you all for your suport throughout 2010, have a safe and happy holiday everybody and we'll see you in the new decade!
Mason Rothert & The BZ Penguins
| 1 | Second Sky | Too Far |
| 2 | Lovebirds | You Give Me |
| 3 | Lemongrass | Alone |
| 4 | Thunderball | 12 Mile High |
| 5 | Hybrid | Disappear Here (Orchestral Armchair Version) |
| 6 | Clelia Felix | Hold On To My Love |
| 7 | Frankman, Jay Eff | Love Thang |
| 8 | BT | Every Other Way (Album Mix) |
| 9 | London Elektricity | Wishing Well (Stateless Remix) |
| 10 | Fat Freddy's Drop | The Raft |
| 11 | Micatone | Traces |
| 12 | Au Revoir Simone | Knight of Wands (Dnote Remix) |
| 13 | Glam Sam & His Combo | Give It To Me, Baby |
| 14 | Eddie Silverton ft. Ida | Every Time |
| 15 | Clayton & Fulcrum | No Reason Why |
| 16 | Fink | Q&A (Sideshow Remix) |
| 17 | Castlebed | Castlebed Theme Song |
| 18 | Shine | In Highlands |
| 19 | Gorillaz | Broken |
| 20 | Just A Band (Kenya) | Save My Soul |
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| 1 | Massive Attack | Paradise Circus |
| 2 | Rhodescreen | Explorer (Eddie Silverton Remix) |
| 3 | Opiuo | Water Mouth feat. Sunmonx - Original Mix |
| 4 | Pier Bucci | Eternelle |
| 5 | Carmen Rizzo | Bring the Mountain Down |
| 6 | Chad | Ethnic Breackout Original Mix |
| 7 | Jean Honeymoon | BangBang(ExperimentalMix) |
| 8 | Forces of Nature | The Vortex |
| 9 | Eddie Silverton | Possibilities |
| 10 | Magnus Wedberg | Red Stone |
| 11 | The Funktuary | Set the sun alight (ibiza air mix) |
| 12 | Sine | Deep down |
| 13 | The Funktuary | Surface (vakuum sounds vs genuine rmx) |
| 14 | SoulAvenue f.t Shaheen Sheik | One by one (soulavenues dilrabar blues) |
| 15 | 80's Casual | Summer Breeze - Original Mix |
| 16 | Deep Fried Dub | Submerged - Original Mix |
| 17 | Outersect | To Take A Single Conscious Breath Without Discursive Thought Original Mix |
| 18 | Random Rab | The Desert Flux Original Mix |
| 19 | Phaeleh | Fallen Light Original Mix |
| 20 | Boot Cut Rockers | Dream your dream |
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| 1 | Mr. Rogers | Dynamite Fishing |
| 2 | Rusko | Hold On feat. Amber Coffman |
| 3 | The CB's | The Finding (Featurecast Remix) |
| 4 | An-ten-nae | 5 So Happy (Take It To The Village Remix_Deya Dova) |
| 5 | BJX | Come On Over (Dub Menace Mix) |
| 6 | Mr. Rogers | What Does it Mean_Mr. Rogers |
| 7 | Random Rab | For My Corpse_RandomRab |
| 8 | Klute | Melt - Original Mix_Klute |
| 9 | Avatars | The Air (Eat More Cake Remix) |
| 10 | Glitchy, Scratchy | Speech Therapy - Original Mix_Glitchy, Scratchy |
| 11 | Grmatik | The Prophet - Gramatik |
| 12 | Gramatik | Straight Off The Block - Gramatik |
| 13 | Daniel Protman | Down Cast_Daniel Portman |
| 14 | Grum | Want U_Grum |
| 15 | Giano | Stella In The Starlight (Dave Allison Mix)_Giano |
| 16 | Vent | Itchy Feet_Vent |
| 17 | The Revenge | Looking Up To You_The Revenge |
| 18 | Vent | Lunatics_Vent |
| 19 | Andre Obin | The Arsonist_Andre Obin |
| 20 | Cinnamon Chasers | Luv Deluxe (N-Type Remix) |
| 1 | Dzihan & Kamien | Noon |
| 2 | Saru | Ponyhead |
| 3 | Nor Elle | Face Up (Paralleles Interpretation) |
| 4 | Klangstein | One |
| 5 | Kaya Project | Desert Phase |
| 6 | Bonobo | The Keeper (feat. Andrea Triana) |
| 7 | Aqualise | Plonge Avec Moi (ft. Jane henley & Tom Remy) |
| 8 | Bliss | Stop Me (The Revenge Vocal Remix) |
| 9 | PNFA | Underground River |
| 10 | Bluetech & Katrina Blackstone | Lay Your Sorrows Down |
| 11 | Cantoma | Only People |
| 12 | Samantha James | Satellites |
| 13 | Solanos & Adriana Macedo | Estranha |
| 14 | Blank & Jones | Morning Sun (Crusin) |
| 15 | Chris Coco | Summertime |
| 16 | Bliss | Long Life (Christophe Goze Remix) |
| 17 | DJ Cam | Love (feat. Nicolette) |
| 18 | Dzihan & Kamien | Call Me |
| 19 | The Floating | Drifting |
| 20 | Blue Six | I Tried To Tell You |
| 1 | 80s Casual | Fiesta |
| 2 | Alex Barck, Prommer | Gladys Knight |
| 3 | Blue Pilots Project | God’s Gift |
| 4 | Castlebed | Castlebed Theme Song |
| 5 | Chris Coco | Summertime |
| 6 | Dzihan & Kamien | Ahmet Bont |
| 7 | Fishtank | Back Home |
| 8 | Four Tet | Angel Echos |
| 9 | Giano | Stella in the Starlight (Dave Allison Mix) |
| 10 | Gramatik | Muy Tranquillo |
| 11 | Hannes Smith | Gartenlaube |
| 12 | Hawke | Inside Job (Tal M. Klein Remix) |
| 13 | Jamie Jones | Ruckus (Discoide Dub) |
| 14 | Kasper Bjorke | Heaven |
| 15 | Massive Attack | Splitting An Atom |
| 16 | Modern Walker | House Lovin’ (Luna City Express Remix) |
| 17 | Pete Gooding and Chris Coco | Night Dance (Max Essa Remix) |
| 18 | Sade | Solider of Love |
| 19 | The Shift | On the Side (Courtney Nielsen Deep Mix) |
| 20 | Underworld | Moon in Water |
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| 1 | The National | England |
| 2 | The Books | Beautiful People |
| 3 | Oriol | Flux |
| 4 | School of Seven Bells | I L U |
| 5 | Röyksopp | The Fear |
| 6 | Sade | The Moon And The Sky |
| 7 | Arcade Fire | Modern Man |
| 8 | Raj Ramayya | Anjali |
| 9 | Belle and Sebastian | Blue Eyes of a Millionaire |
| 10 | Broken Bells | The Ghost Inside |
| 11 | Massive Attack | Pray for Rain |
| 12 | Matthew Dear | Gem |
| 13 | Dosh | County Road X |
| 14 | MGMT | Congratulations |
| 15 | Arcade Fire | Rococo |
| 16 | Mystery Jets | Serotonin |
| 17 | Tame Impala | Solitude Is Bliss |
| 18 | Dzihan & Kamien | Satelite Tank |
| 19 | Raj Ramayya | Peaceful Buddhist Warrior |
| 20 | Dosh | Gare de Lyon |
| 1 | Klangstein | One |
| 2 | Pretty Lights | Shining Bright Despite The Plight |
| 3 | Obed Pereza | Love Level |
| 4 | Passenger 10 | Luxory Goods |
| 5 | Den Kozlov | Skyline |
| 6 | Guilaume & The Coutu Dumonts, Dynamike | Radio Novela |
| 7 | Eddie Silverton | Folded |
| 8 | 80s Casual | Fiesta |
| 9 | Den Kozlov | We Change Forever |
| 10 | Blue Pilots Project | Gods Gift |
| 11 | Hybrid | Salt |
| 12 | Q Burns, Abstract Message | Innocent |
| 13 | Roberto Rodriguez | I Know Your’re Mine |
| 14 | Eddie Silverton | Fungi Street |
| 15 | Pretty Lights | Understand Me KNow |
| 16 | Boris Blenn | Kosmonaut |
| 17 | Castlebed | Castlebed Theme Song |
| 18 | Bang Bang | Broken |
| 19 | PNFA | Underground River |
| 20 | Punx Soundcheck | Roots Intro |
| 1 | Under | Gravity |
| 2 | Jazzanova | Soon (A Touch of Jazz Mix) |
| 3 | Weather Pending | Midlands |
| 4 | AM | Temporary One (Acoustic Version) (ft. Susie Suh) |
| 5 | Chris Joss | Little Nature |
| 6 | Lovebirds | You Give Me |
| 7 | Emancipator | When I Go (Ft. Thao Nguyen) |
| 8 | Five Seasons | Love Apple (Lemongrass Wet Dreams Remix) |
| 9 | Ielo | Into You (Extended Version) |
| 10 | Sine | Flying |
| 11 | Second Sky | Too Far |
| 12 | Lemongrass | Feel All The Time |
| 13 | Robert Manos | Silver |
| 14 | SoulAvenue | One By One (ft. Shaheen Sheik) |
| 15 | Xemplify | |
| 16 | Nux | Feel The Vibe |
| 17 | Minus Blue | Be As One |
| 18 | Alex Whalen | Pursue The Truth |
| 19 | Cyril Boehler | Sleepwalking (ft. Jamie Lloyd) |
| 20 | Rosey | Love Bost (Bim Remix) |