tin man - ice blue eyes - vienna blue
matthew dear - headcage - headcage ep
kuruki - such a liar - such a liar 12"
vivien vee - alright - alright/sex appeal 12"
giorgio moroder - utopia-me giorgio - from here to eternity
black devil - "h" friend - disco club
nash the slash - novel romance - novel romance 7"
alan howarth and john carpenter - airforce #1 - escape from new york ost
michael garrison - theme to onday - in the regions of sunreturn
peak - nightmist - ebondazzar
steve moore - alternate quantum realities - brainstorm
edgar froese - police disco - kamikaze 1989
jean michel jarre - oxygene part iv - oxygene
innergaze - perception-reception - we are strange loops
chris & cosey - illusion - trust
ashrae fax - ultravaca - static crash
balaclavas - hard pose - snake people
the danse society - we're so happy - woman's own 12"
wire - on returning - 154
bruce gilbert - net in the feather - the shivering man
throbbing gristle - ab/7a - d.o.a. the third and final report of
blues control & laraaji - city of love - frkwys, vol. 8
silver apples - misty mountain - s/t
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
1/15/12
tropic of cancer - a color - the sorrow of two blooms
jimmy page - (side b) - kenneth anger's lucifer rising soundtrack
jonas reinhardt - leaving the touch taboo - music for the tactile dome
edgar froese - krismopompas - kamikaze 1989 ost
morphosis - spiral - what have we learned
darkside - (a3) - s/t
demdike stare - mnemosyne - elemental part 2: violetta
byla - open door - s/t
conrad schnitzler - metall 1 - ballet statique
alberich - venusberg - psychology of love
espelndor geometrico - baraca - shiekh aljama
zyklon - kelvin - the heartland
bruce gilbert - hommage - the shivering man
cabaret voltaire - animation - the crackdown
league of nations - illuminas - music for the new depression
michael garrison - escape - in the regions of sunreturn
michael hoenig - sun and moon - departure from the northern wasteland
blues control & laraaji - awakening day - frkways vol. 8
area c - sea of serenity - sea of rains
michael shrieve - view from the window - transfer station blue
peter gabriel - at night - birdy ost
jimmy page - (side b) - kenneth anger's lucifer rising soundtrack
jonas reinhardt - leaving the touch taboo - music for the tactile dome
edgar froese - krismopompas - kamikaze 1989 ost
morphosis - spiral - what have we learned
darkside - (a3) - s/t
demdike stare - mnemosyne - elemental part 2: violetta
byla - open door - s/t
conrad schnitzler - metall 1 - ballet statique
alberich - venusberg - psychology of love
espelndor geometrico - baraca - shiekh aljama
zyklon - kelvin - the heartland
bruce gilbert - hommage - the shivering man
cabaret voltaire - animation - the crackdown
league of nations - illuminas - music for the new depression
michael garrison - escape - in the regions of sunreturn
michael hoenig - sun and moon - departure from the northern wasteland
blues control & laraaji - awakening day - frkways vol. 8
area c - sea of serenity - sea of rains
michael shrieve - view from the window - transfer station blue
peter gabriel - at night - birdy ost
Sunday, January 8, 2012
1/8/12
nick cave & the bad seeds - running scared - the singer 12"
king dude - my everlasting life - tonight's special death
grouper - vapor trails - a i a : alien observer
jimmy page - (side a) - kenneth anger's lucifer rising
demdike stare - mephisto's lament - elemental part 1: chrysanthe
bruce gilbert - angel food - the shivering man
einsturzende neubauten - zeichnungen des patienten o.t. - zeichnungen des patienten o.t.
cabaret voltaire - why kill time (when you can kill yourself) - the crackdown
balaclavas - shit meridian - snake people
the danse society - continent - woman's own 12"
second layer - definition of honour - world of rubber
and also the trees - impulse of man - s/t
siouxsie & the banshees - bring me the head of the preacher man - hyaena
cocteau twins - the itchy glowbo blow - blue bell knoll
tin man - energia - cool wave
grace jones - unlimited capacity for love - living my life
darkside - (track 1) - s/t ep
stereolab - silver sands (emperor machine mix) - not music
zola jesus - hikikomori - conatus
king dude - my everlasting life - tonight's special death
grouper - vapor trails - a i a : alien observer
jimmy page - (side a) - kenneth anger's lucifer rising
demdike stare - mephisto's lament - elemental part 1: chrysanthe
bruce gilbert - angel food - the shivering man
einsturzende neubauten - zeichnungen des patienten o.t. - zeichnungen des patienten o.t.
cabaret voltaire - why kill time (when you can kill yourself) - the crackdown
balaclavas - shit meridian - snake people
the danse society - continent - woman's own 12"
second layer - definition of honour - world of rubber
and also the trees - impulse of man - s/t
siouxsie & the banshees - bring me the head of the preacher man - hyaena
cocteau twins - the itchy glowbo blow - blue bell knoll
tin man - energia - cool wave
grace jones - unlimited capacity for love - living my life
darkside - (track 1) - s/t ep
stereolab - silver sands (emperor machine mix) - not music
zola jesus - hikikomori - conatus
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Top (read: favorite) Albums of 2011
I'd kind of gotten away from doing these year-end lists, which I've always loved. In a lot of ways, it's a very arbitrary act, owing a lot to my whim at the moment I decide to commit to the order set before me, and subject to change at any moment. But it's also a lot of fun, and an excuse to pay even more attention to the music I enjoy, respect and admire. I'd say the list was determined by those last three factors. That and, again, whim. An objective determination of quality, this is not.
1. Grouper - A I A : Alien Observer / A I A : Dream Loss
2. The Field - Looping State Of Mind
3. P.G. Six - Starry Mind
4. Ford & Lopatin - Channel Pressure
5. Morphosis - What Have We Learned
6. John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
7. The Native Cats - Process Praise
8. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
9. Bibio - Mind Bokeh (except for the horrid "Take Off Your Shirt," it should be noted)
10. Alberich - Psychology Of Love
11. Metal Mountains - Golden Trees
12. Belong - Common Era
13. Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer
14. Jonas Reinhardt - Music For The Tactile Dome
15. Balaclavas - Snake People
16. Silk Flowers - Ltd. Form
17. Roll The Dice - In Dust
18. U.S. Girls - U.S. Girls on KRAAK
19. The Sea And Cake - The Moonlight Butterfly
20. Zola Jesus - Conatus
Other albums of note (in no particular order): Zombi - Escape Velocity, Steve Moore - Primitive Neural Pathways, Total Control - Henge Beat, Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972, Panda Bear - Tomboy, Natural Snow Buildings - Waves Of The Random Sea, Maria Minerva - Tallinn At Dawn, M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, Kyle Bobby Dunn - Ways Of Meaning, Dream Diary - You Are The Beat, Charalambides - Exile, Household - Items, Shoppers - Silver Year
Samples of the Top 20:
1. Grouper - A I A : Alien Observer / A I A : Dream Loss
2. The Field - Looping State Of Mind
3. P.G. Six - Starry Mind
4. Ford & Lopatin - Channel Pressure
5. Morphosis - What Have We Learned
6. John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
7. The Native Cats - Process Praise
and, for a better sense of how they sound on the album:
The Native Cats - Dani Dani by Noise, Etc.
8. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
9. Bibio - Mind Bokeh (except for the horrid "Take Off Your Shirt," it should be noted)
10. Alberich - Psychology Of Love
11. Metal Mountains - Golden Trees
12. Belong - Common Era
13. Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer
14. Jonas Reinhardt - Music For The Tactile Dome
15. Balaclavas - Snake People
16. Silk Flowers - Ltd. Form
Silk Flowers - LTD FORM - Chance (post present medium) by pdis_inpartmaint
17. Roll The Dice - In Dust
18. U.S. Girls - U.S. Girls on KRAAK
19. The Sea And Cake - The Moonlight Butterfly
20. Zola Jesus - Conatus
1. Grouper - A I A : Alien Observer / A I A : Dream Loss
2. The Field - Looping State Of Mind
3. P.G. Six - Starry Mind
4. Ford & Lopatin - Channel Pressure
5. Morphosis - What Have We Learned
6. John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
7. The Native Cats - Process Praise
8. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
9. Bibio - Mind Bokeh (except for the horrid "Take Off Your Shirt," it should be noted)
10. Alberich - Psychology Of Love
11. Metal Mountains - Golden Trees
12. Belong - Common Era
13. Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer
14. Jonas Reinhardt - Music For The Tactile Dome
15. Balaclavas - Snake People
16. Silk Flowers - Ltd. Form
17. Roll The Dice - In Dust
18. U.S. Girls - U.S. Girls on KRAAK
19. The Sea And Cake - The Moonlight Butterfly
20. Zola Jesus - Conatus
Other albums of note (in no particular order): Zombi - Escape Velocity, Steve Moore - Primitive Neural Pathways, Total Control - Henge Beat, Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972, Panda Bear - Tomboy, Natural Snow Buildings - Waves Of The Random Sea, Maria Minerva - Tallinn At Dawn, M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, Kyle Bobby Dunn - Ways Of Meaning, Dream Diary - You Are The Beat, Charalambides - Exile, Household - Items, Shoppers - Silver Year
Samples of the Top 20:
1. Grouper - A I A : Alien Observer / A I A : Dream Loss
2. The Field - Looping State Of Mind
3. P.G. Six - Starry Mind
4. Ford & Lopatin - Channel Pressure
5. Morphosis - What Have We Learned
6. John Maus - We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves
7. The Native Cats - Process Praise
and, for a better sense of how they sound on the album:
The Native Cats - Dani Dani by Noise, Etc.
8. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
9. Bibio - Mind Bokeh (except for the horrid "Take Off Your Shirt," it should be noted)
10. Alberich - Psychology Of Love
11. Metal Mountains - Golden Trees
12. Belong - Common Era
13. Eleanor Friedberger - Last Summer
14. Jonas Reinhardt - Music For The Tactile Dome
15. Balaclavas - Snake People
16. Silk Flowers - Ltd. Form
Silk Flowers - LTD FORM - Chance (post present medium) by pdis_inpartmaint
17. Roll The Dice - In Dust
18. U.S. Girls - U.S. Girls on KRAAK
19. The Sea And Cake - The Moonlight Butterfly
20. Zola Jesus - Conatus
Sunday, January 1, 2012
1/1/12 (2011 wrap-up)
grouper - moon is sharp - a i a: alien observer
kurt vile - society is my friend - smoke ring for my halo
the sea and cake - the moonlight butterfly - the moonlight butterfly
zombi - slow oscillations - escape velocity
jonas reinhardt - to lord eminence - music for the tactile dome
silk flowers - fruit of the vine - ltd. form
the native cats - wearing the killer - process praise
balaclavas - wrong side of the bars - snake people
nicolas jaar - too many kids finding rain in the dust - space is only noise
john maus - hey moon - we must become the pitiless censors of ourselves
belong - very careful - common era
alberich - rumbala - psychology of love
zola jesus - avalanche - conatus
morphosis - gate of night - what have we learned
ford & lopatin - gate of night - channel pressure
bibio - anything new - mind bokeh
the field - burned out - looping state of mind
hercules & love affair - blue songs - blue songs
peaking lights - all the sun that shines - 936
u.s. girls - island song - u.s. girls on kraak
eleanor friedberger - owl's head park - last summer
p.g. six - january - starry mind
metal mountains - prisms - golden trees
kurt vile - society is my friend - smoke ring for my halo
the sea and cake - the moonlight butterfly - the moonlight butterfly
zombi - slow oscillations - escape velocity
jonas reinhardt - to lord eminence - music for the tactile dome
silk flowers - fruit of the vine - ltd. form
the native cats - wearing the killer - process praise
balaclavas - wrong side of the bars - snake people
nicolas jaar - too many kids finding rain in the dust - space is only noise
john maus - hey moon - we must become the pitiless censors of ourselves
belong - very careful - common era
alberich - rumbala - psychology of love
zola jesus - avalanche - conatus
morphosis - gate of night - what have we learned
ford & lopatin - gate of night - channel pressure
bibio - anything new - mind bokeh
the field - burned out - looping state of mind
hercules & love affair - blue songs - blue songs
peaking lights - all the sun that shines - 936
u.s. girls - island song - u.s. girls on kraak
eleanor friedberger - owl's head park - last summer
p.g. six - january - starry mind
metal mountains - prisms - golden trees
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