2011年 Dec 30日 Friday, 10:59
O.K., so we again reach another new year. It's somewhat cliché to think that a particular year has been the 'best' for music, what with the many contributing factors that affect such dynamics, however, this one just past certainly contained some of the most amazing music I've ever had the opportunity to hear. It's a shame that I haven't had the time to properly sort this year's list outside of the top 20, or so, but here goes. As usual, each category is sorted only on the basis of an alphabetical order, however, as opposed to 100 records, there is a top 50, plus a top 10 tracks:
Top 20:
Autechre & The Hafler Trio - ah³eo & ha³oe (ae3o3)
Bee Mask - Canzoni dal Labratorio del Silenzio Cosmico/Elegi for Beach Friday
BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa - Big Shadow Montana
Black Swan - The Quiet Divide
Broken Harbour - Gramophone Transmissions
BVDub - I Remember (translations of Morketid)
Chris Watson - El Tren Fantasma
Dustin O'Halloran - Lumiere
Fovea Hex - Here Is Where We Used To Sing
Gazelle Twin - The Entire City
Hauschka - Salon des Amateurs
Jacaszek - Glimmer
Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place
Kreng - Grimoire
Mamiffer - Mare Decendrii
Marsen Jules - Nostalgia
Ryan Teague - Causeway
Talvihorros - Descent Into Delta
The Haxan Cloak - The Haxan Cloak
Vampillia - Alchemic Heart
Top 30-50:
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - A Winged Victory For The Sullen
Alexander Turnquist - Hallway of Mirrors
Bass Communion - Cenotaph
Ben Frost & Daniel Bjarnason - Solaris
Bengalfuel - Toth
Biosphere - N-Plants
Burial Hex - Angelic Gematria
Chelsea Wolfe - Apokalypsis
Chris Watson & Marcus Davidson - Cross-Pollination
Deaf Center - Owl Splinters
Fennesz - Seven Stars
Hauschka & Hildur Guðnadóttir - Pan Tone
Jasper TX - The Black Sun Transmissions
Juv - Juv
Logreybeam - Perhaps
Loops Haunt - Ark
Natural Snow Buildings - Waves Of The Random Sea
Philip Glass - The Concerto Project Vol. IV
Ratatosk - Archipelago Vol. 1
Richard A Ingram - Happy Hour
Steve Reich - Three Movements - The Desert Music
Sunn O))) Meets Nurse With Wound - The Iron Soul Of Nothing
Swod - Drei
Tartar Lamb II - Polyimage Of Known Exits
The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1979
Tom Vourtsis - Mothhunting
Kronos Quartet, Kimmo Pohjonen & Samuli Kosminen - Uniko
Vladislav Delay - Vantaa
Vladislav Delay Quartet - Vladislav Delay Quartet
Top 10 Tracks:
Broken Harbour - Maelstrom (The Descent)
BVDub - This Place Has Only Known Sadness
Chris Watson - El Divisadero
Dustin O'Halloran - We Move Lightly
Gazelle Twin - I Am Shell I Am Bone
Kreng - Wrak
Ryan Teague -White Nights
Talvihorros - Delta
The Haxan Cloak - The Fall
Vampillia - Sea/Land