boomkat top 100 albums of the year

it's that time of year again. time to discover some new music we missed, argue over opinions and berate booomkat. go!

here is ten:

#1. LEYLAND KIRBY - Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was

#2. COLD CAVE - Love Comes Close

#3. ZOMBY - One Foot Ahead Of The Other

#4. Thomas Köner - La Barca

#5. NITE JEWEL - Good Evening

#6. Demdike Stare - Symbiosis

#7. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER - Rifts

#8. JIM O'ROURKE - The Visitor

#9. BLACK TO COMM - Alphabet 1968

#10. Mika Vainio - Black Telephone Of Matter

rest here:

http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=516&gID=10

must confess i haven't heard any of those above. heard samples of #1 and i've liked the zomby tracks i heard on martyn's fabric mix. interested in hearing #8 as i dig his work with SY but haven't heard his solo stuff.

i only bought one record from the entire 100.

  On 12/15/2009 at 6:31 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

#8. JIM O'ROURKE - The Visitor

 

 

interested in hearing #8 as i dig his work with SY but haven't heard his solo stuff.

i haven't heard his solo stuff either but i d/led gastr del sol's discography last night and honestly plan to listen to it

  On 12/15/2009 at 6:31 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

 

i only bought one record from the entire 100.

Which one? I haven't heard of any of this stuff either. I'm a bit curious.

I wish I liked the Linkwood album... the cover art would look great on my wall.

All I have are the Animal Collective and Fever Ray albums. Makes me feel like I didn't branch out much in 2009. lol!

But it sounds like I'm not the only one puzzled by the top 100.

From this year's list I've bought -

#1. Leyland Kirby - Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was

#4. Thomas Köner - La Barca

#18. Kreng - L'Autopsie Phénoménale De Dieu

#28. Ben Frost - By The Throat

#40. TU M' - Monochromes Vol. 1

#48. William Basinski - 92982

#51. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

#53. Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol.2

#64. Stephan Mathieu & Taylor Deupree - Transcriptions

It's been a cracking good year for the old 'Modern Classical / Ambient' genre (as Boomkat class it).

Oh shit, I completely forgot about Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. I need that shiiii

One foot ahead of the other? that zomby album is quite terrible, his worst work . I liked his 'where were you in 92' lp until i found out it was a direct ripoff of doormouse's side project Glowstyx on Cock Rock disco even down to the cover art concept (you guys heard of this?)

The jim o' rourke was good, can't say i agree with the Vaino inclusion in the top 10 either. That album was pretty good as it was ridiculously over hyped. As cool as Boomkat is this list seems pretty predictable, its the stuff that probably sold the best for them during the year. Nice to see 2562 - Unbalance & DAM FUNK - Toeachizown, but again pretty predictable list. For a taste maker music store their 'tastes' get more obvious and coincide with best sellers even more over time.

lol, i only got the Martyn record.

but thats plenty

I have bought:

#1. Leyland Kirby - Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was

#6. Demdike Stare - Symbiosis

#9. Black To Comm - Alphabet 1968

#10. Mika Vainio - Black Telephone Of Matter

#13. Broadcast & The Focus Group - Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

#18. Kreng - L'Autopsie Phénoménale De Dieu

#22. Atom TM - Liedgut

#25. Shackleton - 3 EPs

#35. Roj - The Transactional Dharma Of Roj

#52. Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol.2

#68. Greg Davis - Primes

#74. Brian Mordant - Discrete Head

#99. Paul White - The Strange Dreams Of Paul White

and there's a few on that list I'll be getting soonish

that Leyland Kirby seems interesting, 4 hours long eh? its hard to make out what its going to be like based on the samples.

anybody want to buy my copy of Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol.2 ? I accidentally bought it at ameoba thinking it was going to have beats.

  On 12/15/2009 at 7:05 PM, Brandi_B said:

  On 12/15/2009 at 6:31 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

 

i only bought one record from the entire 100.

 

Which one? I haven't heard of any of this stuff either. I'm a bit curious.

animal collective. they've proved their greatness, i'll buy their records till they release something i hate

i've heard one out of a hundred

remind sme i need to pick up jim orourke and dam funk and leyland kirby vinyl if it's still available

and Atom ^TM

  On 12/15/2009 at 8:48 PM, Awepittance said:

that Leyland Kirby seems interesting, 4 hours long eh? its hard to make out what its going to be like based on the samples.

If you go onto the mp3 page of that album then you can listen to every track mostly (as some of the tracks are >15 minutes) in their entirety

  On 12/15/2009 at 8:48 PM, Awepittance said:

anybody want to buy my copy of Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol.2 ? I accidentally bought it at ameoba thinking it was going to have beats.

Woah there ... You're getting rid of Xerrox Vol.2 ?! It's probably my album of the year, tracks like Xerrox Soma, Xerrox Sora and Xerrox Monophaser 2 are some of the most beautiful tracks I've heard in years

  On 12/15/2009 at 8:48 PM, Awepittance said:

that Leyland Kirby seems interesting, 4 hours long eh? its hard to make out what its going to be like based on the samples.

anybody want to buy my copy of Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol.2 ? I accidentally bought it at ameoba thinking it was going to have beats.

the samples are basically the whole thing but lofi and with the boomkat beep. no?

i'll buy that CD off you . bring it to the next watmmsf meet up

i cannot for the life of me figure out how anyone likes that cold cave album

I feel like ive been in a bunker this year, ive heard nothing but a bunch of records made between the mid 50's and the mid 80's. Gonna download some of these so I can sound knowledgeable at the various diner parties I attend.

Glowstyx were Bong Ra.

  On 12/15/2009 at 9:22 PM, Dirty Protest said:

so I can sound knowledgeable at the various diner parties I attend.

the reason we do anything at all beside wank and eat

corrction. i have heard 2 of the 100

redshape and hecker

Only have

Martyn - Great Lengths

2562 - Unbalance

and

Pendle Coven - Self Assesment

from the list.

Love Mika Vainio's stuff, will be checking that album at no. 10

Also, the Monolake album is on my list.

Why is Xerrox on that list when UTP isn't?

  On 12/15/2009 at 9:17 PM, playbynumbers said:

i cannot for the life of me figure out how anyone likes that cold cave album

sounds alright. first trk anyway. second trk is a bit too much new order for me.

sounds pretty poppy

  On 12/15/2009 at 9:33 PM, LUDD said:

corrction. i have heard 2 of the 100

redshape and hecker

same here. and quickly listened to leyland kirby. don't know what's the big deal about it

  On 12/15/2009 at 9:03 PM, mcbpete said:

 

Woah there ... You're getting rid of Xerrox Vol.2 ?! It's probably my album of the year, tracks like Xerrox Soma, Xerrox Sora and Xerrox Monophaser 2 are some of the most beautiful tracks I've heard in years

i've never found the Raster noton take on ambience to be very interesting , i can totally understand the love for it , it's just not my thing. i just got an offer for the CD via PM awkward (before you said that) so if that doesn't go through ill bring it to you at the next show i see you at. MCbpete, don't be too saddened by my dislike of Xerrorx, i am VERY hard to please these days with any new ambient/drone music. I haven't heard anything that has really tickled my ambient bone besides the new Tetsu Inoue (probably the only person making ambient post 2004 that i love). Whenever i hear this praise heaped on people like Tim Hecker, William Basinksi or other new popular figures in ambient i get pretty confounded and have not yet found one release by them that makes me realize 'oh ok this is why people talk about these guys so much'

  On 12/15/2009 at 9:22 PM, Dirty Protest said:

 

Glowstyx were Bong Ra.

thanks for the correction, but yeah anyone heard about this Glowstyx album? Zomby seems to have given his own career a nitrous boost by entirely ripping off Bong Ra's concept (even down to the cover art and LP title)

(1-2 years before Zomby's lp)

I have heard "Tortoise - Beacons Of Ancestorship".. that's it.

Anyway, The Antlers - Hospice should be #1 on every list. I haven't heard a better album this year.