10. Artist: System 96
System 96 – VHS

9. Artist: Caspar Newbolt
Makeup And Vanity Set – Time

8. Artist: Gaston Blanko
Stilz – Hyperspace Drifter 2

7. Artist: Eagle Eyed Tiger
Eagle Eyed Tiger – Untether, Unravel

Note: Eagle Eyed Tiger also made an astounding short video to accompany the album in Blender. Check it out here. 

6. Artist: Phono Ghost
Sferro – Emotion Engine

5. Artist: Tonebox
Tonebox – Last Encryption

4. Artist: Davansh Atry
The G – Wanderers

3. Artist: Andrew Tremblay
Street Cleaner – Slice

2. Artist: Emkade
Sellorekt/LA Dreams – Cherry Vice

1. Artist: Robert Beatty
The Weeknd – Take My Breath

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10. Sellorekt/LA Dreams – Shadow Voices
by Sellorekt/LA Dreams

9. Carbon Killer – Carbon Inc
by Jay Jackson

8. Lucy In Disguise – Unknown Frequency
by Fvckrender
7. Mitch Murder – Hardwired
by Junkboy
6. Deadlife – Variation on the Resolve
by SKEOR
5. DJ Ten – Trinity
by Fab Ciraolo 
4. Astral Tales – Seafari
By Magdalena Radziej
3. Hollywood Burns – Invaders
by View from the Coffin

2. The Midnight – Kids
by Aaron Campbell

Honorable Mention:
Microchip Terror – Illegal Experiments
by Microchip Terror

Honorable Mention:
Neoslave – Messiah
By : Andrew Tremblay 

1. Carpentur Brut – Leather Teeth
By Jesse Daubertes & Adrien Havet