Label of the year?

My vote's got to go to Kranky:

Pan•American - White Bird Release

Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country

Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective

Greg Davis - Mutually Arising

Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange

Ethernet - 144 Pulsations of Light

White Rainbow - New Clouds

Atlas Sound - Logos

Gregg Kowalsky - Tape Chants

To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie - Marlone

Nudge - As Good As Gone

pretty much

Haven't checked out kranky or darlas releases this year, but I'd have to say based on my purchases Rephlex. lol

Rephlex gets this award just for Konklaver

Planet Mu for Syntheme

not Warp for HudMo, ugh

Echospace [detroit]

  On 10/26/2009 at 8:34 AM, Tauhid said:

My vote's got to go to Kranky:

 

Pan•American - White Bird Release

Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country

Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective

Greg Davis - Mutually Arising

Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange

Ethernet - 144 Pulsations of Light

White Rainbow - New Clouds

Atlas Sound - Logos

Gregg Kowalsky - Tape Chants

To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie - Marlone

Nudge - As Good As Gone

I've never heard a single one of those. Should I feel bad?

  On 10/26/2009 at 8:23 PM, sidewinder said:

  On 10/26/2009 at 8:34 AM, Tauhid said:

My vote's got to go to Kranky:

 

Pan•American - White Bird Release

Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country

Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective

Greg Davis - Mutually Arising

Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange

Ethernet - 144 Pulsations of Light

White Rainbow - New Clouds

Atlas Sound - Logos

Gregg Kowalsky - Tape Chants

To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie - Marlone

Nudge - As Good As Gone

I've never heard a single one of those. Should I feel bad?

absolutely not, your a Download fan (and i mean this in a complimentary way)

yeah i really love end of the year wrap-up discussions on watmm because then i feel really alienated, lame, and confused. *puts in a mix from 1992*

  On 10/26/2009 at 8:26 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 10/26/2009 at 8:23 PM, sidewinder said:

  On 10/26/2009 at 8:34 AM, Tauhid said:

My vote's got to go to Kranky:

 

I've never heard a single one of those. Should I feel bad?

 

absolutely not, your a Download fan (and i mean this in a complimentary way)

Well thanks. I do like a wide range of music though.

what's fun on that kranky list is trying to figure out which side is the artist and which is the album :D

raster-noton

  On 10/26/2009 at 8:30 PM, Fred McGriff said:

what's fun on that kranky list is trying to figure out which side is the artist and which is the album :D

lol, too true

All the artists are on the left hand side, as usual :p.

@Sidewinder: At least hear the Tim Hecker album.

  On 10/26/2009 at 9:12 PM, six said:

  On 10/26/2009 at 8:30 PM, Fred McGriff said:

what's fun on that kranky list is trying to figure out which side is the artist and which is the album :D

 

lol, too true

Come on, guys. How could you miss out an excellent label like Kranky?

well, I don't think any of those kranky releases are that exceptional. Will be mostly forgotten in a few years.

I'd say Alpha Pup, Warp, Rephlex, and Stones Throw had some of my favorite outputs.