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Top Albums of 2008
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| lindt |
Since the year is just about over, my top 10 in no order:
00.db - Heaven & Hell [Ministry Of Sound]
Ra - 9th [Suntrip Records]
Hol Baumann - Human [Ultimae Records]
Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp Records]
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna [Warp Records]
Wizzy Noise - Renaissance [Harmonia Records]
Nicholas Bennison - Tension of Opposites [Propulsion Records]
Kangding Ray - Automne Fold [Raster-Noton]
The Last Atlant - Cloudburst of Colours [GU Music]
Satoshi Fumi - Sweet Sensation [Klik Records] |
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| Sykonee |
Albums that really caught my ear:
Ott - Skylon
Distant System - Spiral Empire
Venetian Snares - Dentrimentalist
The Bug - London Zoo
Hot Chip - Made In The Dark
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
Moby - Last Night
Atomic Hooligan - Drugs, Sex, & Blah Blah Blah
Neil Young - Live At Massey Hall 1971
Oxycanta: Winter Blooms - Gathered by Mahiane
Wow... That's actually 10!
(note: not all of these were released this year; I just came within earshot of them for the first time in 2008) |
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| SMC |
Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
Opeth - Watershed
No-Man - Schoolyard Ghosts
Nosound - Lightdark
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Guy J - Esperanza
Windy & Carl - Songs For The Broken Hearted
Cult Of Luna - Eternal Kingdom
Steve Roach - Arc Of Passion
This Will Destroy You - This Will Destroy You |
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| wotyzoid |
Sascha Funke - Mango
Neil Landstrumm - Lord for 39 Pounds
Justus Kohncke - Safe And Sound
off the top of my head right now. |
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| Ian |
+1 for nicholas bennisons
Quivver's was good too |
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| chesco |
Sten - the essence
Shed - Shedding the past |
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| TranceArmstrong |
Vampire Weekend :D
Mystery Jets - 21
The Mole - As HIgh As The Sky (probably my top EDM album)
Van She, Low Motion Disco, John Tejada, Kraak & Smaak, Minilogue, Loco Dice, Sebastian Tellier, M83, Rex The Dog, Toby Tobias, Hot Chip, possibly Crystal Castles...
where to begin??? |
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| kitphillips |
Leon Bollier - Pictures
Orkidea - metaverse
Airwave - Toureg
Sasha - invol2ver, Emfire
Mirco De Govia - Iconic Path
markus Schulz - Progression
Theres been others as well, these are just some of the better trancy ones... |
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| TranceOwnsLol |
Body Language 07
Berghain 02
Armin van Buuren - Imagine |
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| sljiva |
Hard to pick only 10, especially since my listening of 2008 material isn't over year. But here are my favourites so far:
Autechre - Quaristice
- even though not as innovative or groundbreaking as their earlier work, Autechre are still miles ahead from other acts, be it IDM or EDM in general.
Another Electronic Musician - Five
- deep and dubby IDM is not a new thing, but AEM's take on it is refreshing and really something special.
Benn Jordan - Pale Blue Dot (A Tribute To Carl Sagan)
- THE ambient release of 2008. Jordan's breakcore work (under The Flashbulb moniker) had a distincive melodic sound, so this album is everything one would expect from him.
Derek Carr - The Digital Space Race
- neo-detroit beatless and non-4x4 techno that would put to shame even some Detroit masters like Carl Craig and Juan Atkins.
The Black Dog - Radio Scarecrow
- another great BD release, especially downtempo and abstract parts of the album. Their techno could be better though.
Chris Clark - Turning Dragon
- Clark here almost completely turned to techno, but still succeeded to sound interesting and fresh. He remains, with Ae, the only striking force of Warp records.
Headhunter - Nomad
- listened to just 3 or 4 dubstep albums this year, and this is my favourite. Every track is unique, and basically there's no filler on this album.
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
- forget Justice, SMD or Daft Punk, if you want commercial EDM that sounds great, S=Y is the album for you. Ethereal and just beautiful.
ISO68 - Space Frames
- another downtempo/ambient release that combines electronic and classical instruments. Classy stuff.
Fennesz - Black Sea / Deadbeat - Roots And Wire / Ø - Oleva |
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| hasbone |
Rex the Dog - The Rex the Dog Show
absolutely awesome. |
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