post your favorite albums so far of 2011

2562 - Fever

Jürgen Müller - Science of the Sea (though i'm not sure if this should go in the "Post your favorite albums so far of 1982" or not)

sint - winters

link

Astrobotnia - Part 00 and CoH - Iiron were solid!

  On 7/1/2011 at 4:21 PM, flurobox said:

Astrobotnia - Part 00 and CoH - Iiron were solid!

Don't sleep on Ovuca - Short Attention Span either, shit is crackin!

Top 5 so far:

Bibio - Mind Bokeh

Deaf Center - Owl Splinters

Deepchord - Hash-Bar Loops

Kangding Ray - OR

Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

goerse morkef - ankerzek

Higuma - Pacific Fog Dreams

Jon Porras - Undercurrent

Evan Caminiti - When California Falls Into The Sea

Loscil - Coast/Range/Arc

Stephan Mathieu - A Static Place

The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

Andy Stott - Passed Me By

Biosphere - N-Plants

Belong - Common Era

Bj Nilsen & Stillupsteypa - Big Shadow Montana

Fabric - A Sort Of Radiance

Mist - House

Deaf Center - Owl Splinters

Ezekiel Honig - Folding In On Itself

Earth - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I

Grails - Deep Politics

The Greg Foat Group - Dark Is The Sun

Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Miners' Hymns

Jonas Reinhardt - Music For The Tactile Dome

Juv - Juv

Kangding Ray - Or

Kreidler - Tank

Marsen Jules - Nostalgia

Master Musicians of Bukkake - Totem 3

Mike Weis - Loop Current / Raft

Mokira - Time Axis Manipulation

NHKyx – yx aka 1ch aka Solo

Samiyam - Sam Baker's Album

Reissues:

Shining Skull Breath

Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist

Jürgen Müller - Science of the Sea

Lawrence English - Kiri No Oto

Mark McGuire - A Young Person's Guide To Mark McGuire

NHKyx - yx aka 1ch aka Solo

MRR-ADM - Archive

Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

Panda Bear - Tomboy ( I find the ep versions of the tracks that are on the album to be a bit more enjoyable though )

Matthewdavid - Outmind

Wagon Christ - Toomorrow

a.d.l.r. - Foam on the Waves of Space-Time...

I need to start paying more attention to what's being released this years been a bummer due to laziness.

grouper a i a

Steve Roach – Immersion Five - Circadian Rhythms

Ishq – Lotus

Ishq – Skyspaces

Sinepearl – The Dance Of Affinity

Netherworld – Over The Summit

Joel Tammik – Horisont

  On 7/6/2011 at 2:07 AM, arbee said:

grouper a i a

i cant get enough of those albums.

im adding that shabazz palaces album to my list now too.

havent listened to too much new stuff this year, but -

coh - iiron

gang gang dance - eye contact

best single - tyler the creator - yonkers

odd future are hyped waayyy too much but this song/video was excitingly weird. all the more so because its so mainstream.

wish i could keep up with new releases :-(

i'm still working my way through the 60's

haaaa first list...some that haven't appeared on other's that I love...

Jeremiah Jee - Rappayamatantra

Battles - Gloss Drop

Ovuca - Short Attention Span

Forbidden Planet Soundtrack...I know it's a reissue but it's so good

Also loved - but have been mentioned a lot:

Ravedeath

ISAM

Seefeel (especially)

Panda Bear - Tomboy

Hardcore Will Never Die but You Will

King of Limbs

Top Drawer Shit:

Battles - Gloss Drop

Clams Casino - mixtape

Higuma - Pacific Fog Dreams

Just Plain Fantastic:

Bibio - Mind Bokeh

Kangding Ray - Or

Peaking Lights - 936

Jenny Hval - Viscera

Laurel Halo - Hour Logic

Konx-Om-Pax – Light In Extension

Deep Magic - Sky Haze/Lucid Thought

Stuff I need to spend more time with but could easily end up in my overall top 10:

Ford and Lopatin - Channel Pressure

Deaf Center - Owl Splinters

Cut Hands - Afro Noise I

A pretty solid year so far but only time will tell if it matches up to 2010. Got my fingers crossed really fucking hard for new BoC/Aphex before the year's end to really send this one over the top.

Forgot about that Clams Casino shit. Shiiiiiiiit

Either TKOL or Hash-Bar Loops, easily.

nothing too exciting this year for me, except for maybe "Diamond Mine" (Jon Hopkins & King Creosote), "A.I.A." (Grouper), and "Fever" (2562)

biggest disappointment: "Gloss Drop"!

Siriusmo - Mosaik

our tastemaker friends at bleep have come out with their own top 10 so far list:

http://bleep.com/index.php?page=dynamic&module=midyearroundup2011

Apparently you can get all 10 for 100 quid, that is if you can't be arsed to have your own musical tastes

Shit, that james blake album came out this year? Great, already looking forward to endless end-of-year lists spooging over this.

  On 7/2/2011 at 12:57 AM, Tauhid said:

Higuma - Pacific Fog Dreams

Jon Porras - Undercurrent

Evan Caminiti - When California Falls Into The Sea

Loscil - Coast/Range/Arc

Stephan Mathieu - A Static Place

The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972

Andy Stott - Passed Me By

Biosphere - N-Plants

Belong - Common Era

Bj Nilsen & Stillupsteypa - Big Shadow Montana

Fabric - A Sort Of Radiance

Mist - House

Deaf Center - Owl Splinters

Ezekiel Honig - Folding In On Itself

Earth - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light I

Grails - Deep Politics

The Greg Foat Group - Dark Is The Sun

Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Miners' Hymns

Jonas Reinhardt - Music For The Tactile Dome

Juv - Juv

Kangding Ray - Or

Kreidler - Tank

Marsen Jules - Nostalgia

Master Musicians of Bukkake - Totem 3

Mike Weis - Loop Current / Raft

Mokira - Time Axis Manipulation

NHKyx – yx aka 1ch aka Solo

Samiyam - Sam Baker's Album

 

Reissues:

 

Shining Skull Breath

Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist

Jürgen Müller - Science of the Sea

Lawrence English - Kiri No Oto

Mark McGuire - A Young Person's Guide To Mark McGuire

Just out of curiosity, is this list a best-of subset of all 2011 albums you've listened to so far? I'm not taking the piss or anything, rather I'm in awe of your ability to digest such a voluminous amount of music (this can be said for a lot of watmmers actually).

There's definitely others I haven't included. I've listened to all of these at least a few times. I spend just as much time listening to older things, but I do like to keep on top of recent releases. I'm always interested in new stuff that comes out, so I follow a handful of record labels and other sites. There's a lot of new music that I haven't bothered to check out.

dego - A Wha' Him Deh Pon? - 2000black

does anyone else think ISAM kind of maybe sucks man balls? and I love tobin.

Siriusmo - Mosaik

Paul Kalkbrenner - Icke Wieder

Fleet Foxes (fuck you I like this shit) - Helplessness Blues

Galactic Melt - Com Truise

Bibio - Mind Bokeh

EOD - Utrecht (or was that 2010?)

also forgot,

Ricardo Villalobos / that other guy - Re: ECM

Just go to the ISAM thread an you'll see how many people think it's only transformers sounds and it's too loud and that amon tobin doesn't know how to write music and more.

  On 7/6/2011 at 10:24 PM, iamabe said:

does anyone else think ISAM kind of maybe sucks man balls? and I love tobin.

i love Tobin as well. one of the artists that got me into electronic music.

but after countless listenings i just can't find anything that grabs even my attention.

edit: talking about ISAM, of course