Top Records Mid-2013

Alberich - Machine Gun Nest: Cassette Works Vol 0

The Haxan Cloak - Excavation

Autechre - Exai

Daft Punk - nothing's come close to beating it yet

god damn this year's been good... I'm going to have to narrow this down by December for top pick, but seriously, this year has been amazing... I'm sure I'm even forgetting a bunch I've picked up, hard to remember all the greatness this year has turned out.

Autechre - Exai

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest

Jon Hopkins - Immunity

Miles - Faint Hearted + Unsecured

Rocketnumbernine - MeYouWeYou

The Haxan Cloak - Excavation

Lusine - The Waiting Room

U-Ziq - Chewed Corners/XTEP/Sommerset Ave..

Nosaj Thing - Home

Sanctums - Modern Math 001

Bibio - Silver Wilkinson

Dalhous - An Ambassador For Laing

Airhead - For Years

Violetshaped - S/T

Hyetal - Modern Worship

Baths - Obsidian

oOoOO - Withour Your Love

Run The Jewels - S/T

Pye Corner Audio - Superstitious Century

Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory - Elements of Light

couple more:

colin stetson - to see more light

jan st. werner - blaze colour burn

Top Records Mid-2013

29 Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
vincentvc + jasondonervan + grue + Amen Lare + Friendly Foil + mokz + feltcher + Rubin Farr + CJM + kirm + auxien + modey + NorthernFusion + Ceerial + beerwolf + beerwolf + Bob Dobalina + danshoebridge + ravedamage + Ivan Ooze + joshuatx + onecaseman + GRVGLTCHR + Sprigg + Kubazz + Ifeelspace + manmower + barbara planar + ghOsty +
25 Autechre - Exai
vincentvc + jasondonervan + grue + Amen Lare + Friendly Foil + mokz + feltcher + CJM + kirm + auxien + modey + NorthernFusion + Danny O Flannagin + beerwolf + Bob Dobalina + danshoebridge + Ivan Ooze + GRVGLTCHR + Sprigg + Ifeelspace + manmower + doublename + barbara planar + verticalhold + ghOsty +
11 Bibio - Silver Wilkinson
vincentvc + jasondonervan + Friendly Foil + NorthernFusion + Ceerial + beerwolf + Bob Dobalina + abracadabra + onecaseman + GRVGLTCHR + ghOsty +
9 The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
mokz + Danny O Flannagin + beerwolf + Sprigg + Kubazz + doublename + AK47 + verticalhold + ghOsty +
8 Ceephax - Cro Magnox
vincentvc + jasondonervan + mokz + J3FF3R00 + feltcher + modey + NorthernFusion + GRVGLTCHR +
7 My Bloody Valentine - m b v
J3FF3R00 + lin + Rubin Farr + modey + danshoebridge + onecaseman + Sprigg +
7 EOD - EOD Volume 1
vincentvc + jasondonervan + grue + lin + 2WV + GRVGLTCHR + manmower +
7 Jon Hopkins - Immunity
vincentvc + feltcher + Danny O Flannagin + beerwolf + Teribal Felafal + manmower + ghOsty +
7 µ-Ziq - Somerset Avenue Tracks (1992-1995)
vincentvc + lin + CJM + ravedamage + onecaseman + GRVGLTCHR + ghOsty +
7 µ-Ziq - Chewed Corners
vincentvc + lin + CJM + onecaseman + GRVGLTCHR + Ifeelspace + ghOsty +
6 AP Musik - MU3
vincentvc + grue + lin + GRVGLTCHR + Ifeelspace + paranoid-666 +
6 Photodementia - Fig. 04c
grue + Friendly Foil + feltcher + 2WV + Ifeelspace + paranoid-666 +
6 The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
Amen Lare + CJM + ravedamage + abracadabra + doublename + Candiru +
5 Queens of the Stone Age - Like Clockwork
CJM + NorthernFusion + danshoebridge + modey + Teribal Felafal +
5 µ-Ziq - XTEP
lin + onecaseman + GRVGLTCHR + manmower + ghOsty +
4 Atom™ - HD
vincentvc + mokz + abracadabra + GRVGLTCHR +
4 James Holden - The Inheritors
Amen Lare + feltcher + Teribal Felafal + manmower +
4 CN - Voyages
vincentvc + 2WV + GRVGLTCHR + manmower +
4 VA - EDM A2
jasondonervan + Rubin Farr + GRVGLTCHR + paranoid-666 +
3 Aoki Takamasa - RV8
vincentvc + Amen Lare + mokz +
3 Scald Rougish - Bytreqw
grue + Amen Lare + kirm +
3 Lapalux - Nostalchic
spratters + danshoebridge + onecaseman +
3 Fah - Fahzers Set To Earth
vincentvc + 2WV + GRVGLTCHR +
3 Atoms for Peace - AMOK
Rubin Farr + CJM + Sprigg +
3 Zomby - With Love
Ivan Ooze + beerwolf + Kubazz +
3 Ochre - National Ignition
kirm + Sprigg + Ifeelspace +
3 Ultrademon - Seapunk
jasondonervan + GRVGLTCHR + manmower +
3 EOD - EOD Volume 2
vincentvc + Ifeelspace + manmower +
3 Darkstar - News from Nowhere
feltcher + Teribal Felafal + doublename +
3 Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
jasondonervan + manmower + Hanratty +
3 Miles - Unsecured
auxien + doublename + ghOsty +
3 Lusine - The Waiting Room
danshoebridge + onecaseman + ghOsty +
2 DMX Krew - Broken SD140 Part II
vincentvc + jasondonervan +
2 Emptyset - Material
Amen Lare + mokz +
2 Foals - Holy Fire
feltcher + modey +
2 TM404 - TM404
grue + NorthernFusion +
2 Photodementia - Fig. 04
vincentvc + beerwolf +
2 Bonobo - The North Borders
CJM + beerwolf +
2 Vondelpark - Seabed
spratters + Teribal Felafal +
2 Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience
modey + ravedamage +
2 Lotide - Moonless
mokz + joshuatx +
2 Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
Teribal Felafal + onecaseman +
2 Kanye West - Yeezus
Ivan Ooze + abracadabra +
2 Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
beerwolf + GRVGLTCHR +
2 Deafheaven - Sunbather
Danny O Flannagin + Sprigg +
2 No Joy - Wait to Pleasure
onecaseman + Kubazz +
2 Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
Rubin Farr + doublename +
2 Laurel Halo - Behind the Green Door
Bob Dobalina + doublename +
2 The Black Dog - Tranklements
Sprigg + doublename +
2 VA - EDM B2
Ifeelspace + paranoid-666 +
2 Clouds - Ghost Systems Rave
Teribal Felafal + paranoid-666 +
2 Miles - Faint Hearted
paranoid-666 + ghOsty +
2 oOoOO - Without Your Love
jasondonervan + ghOsty +
2 Airhead - For Years
Teribal Felafal + ghOsty +
2 Pye Corner Audio - Superstitious Century
GRVGLTCHR + ghOsty +
2 Baths - Obsidian
Kubazz + ghOsty +

Hit me up if I screwed something up with the counting! (Titles with only one mention are left out..)
Thanks for your participation! Seems like more evident victors than last year, practically everyone added either one of the winners to their list.

Autechre - Exai

Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa

Luke Haines - Rock 'n Roll Animals

My top 3:

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest

My Bloody Valentine - m b v

Autechre - Exai

we need to get kanye a little higher guys, don't be a croissant

i'm also adding deafheaven - sunbather and Run the jewels for mid 2013 madness

+1 for Exai, Tomorrow's Harvest and oOoOO - Without Your Love from me.

this thread makes me wonder if people here even listen to all thats release.

anyways

my top choice are in order basically:

lapalux--- this lp is just stunning in every way. serious work, this guy is the new master.

u-ziq---- biggest surprise, his best work and some of the best music ever. im still shocked

kettel

the cyclist

vondelpark

zomby

yeah this year is really great its exciting

boc, autechre, oooo, all good but the best this year? i disagree

and dont get me started with bibio or the exagan or atom hd, this makes me sad

  On 8/13/2013 at 5:15 PM, murphythecat8 said:

boc, autechre, oooo, all good but the best this year? i disagree

 

 

You are wrong

Ok I'll weigh in.

Atom TM - HD

Frank Bretschneider - Super.Trigger

Ultrademon - Seapunk

EOD - Vol. 2

RP Boo - Legacy

µ-Ziq - Chewed Corners

Autechre - Exai

AP Musik - AP3

Top 10

1. BOARDS OF CANADA – TOMORROW'S HARVEST

2. Bibio – Silver Wilkinson

3. Phosphorescent – Muchacho

4. The Haxan Cloak – Excavation

5. Letherette – Letherette

6. Jonas Reinhardt – Mask of the Maker

7. Karen Gwyer – Needs Continuum

8. Ludovico Einaudi – In A Time Lapse

9. Toro y Moi - Anything in Return

10. Kurt Vile – Wakin On A Pretty Day

Honorable mention:

Low – The Invisible Way
Jasper TX – An Index Of Failure
Atoms for Peace – AMOK
µ-Ziq – Somerset Avenue Tracks (1992-1995)
Ceephax – Cro Magnox
Xander Harris – The New Dark Age of Love
Locust – You'll Be Safe Forever

No Joy – Wait To Pleasure
Lee Noble – Ruiner
Thee Oh Sees – Floating Coffin
Cansei de Ser Sexy – Planta
Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus
Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa – Tropical Circle
The Octopus Project – Fever Forms
Shpongle – Museum of Consciousness
Chelsea Wolfe – Pain Is Beauty
Steve Hauschildt – S/H

1. BOC - Tomorrow's Harvest

2. Kanye West - Yeezus

autechre - exai

bibio - silver wilkinson

boards of canada - tomorrow's harvest

deafheaven - sunbather

forest swords - engravings

ital tek - hyper real

julia holter - loud city song

the knife - shaking the habitual

laurel halo - behind the green door

nosaj thing - home

oh yeah, add Forest Swords, onto that list and If we're including metal releases as well the new Deafheaven, Boris, Dilinger Escape Plan, and Altar of Plagues

dont give up

  On 8/13/2013 at 6:00 PM, feltcher said:

 

  On 8/13/2013 at 5:15 PM, murphythecat8 said:

 

boc, autechre, oooo, all good but the best this year? i disagree

 

 

You are wrong

easily in top 3 songs of the year, the instrumental bit around 2:47 is gloirous

i forgot jon hopkins - immunity

did I mention Preservation's Old Numbers?

  On 8/14/2013 at 5:58 PM, funkaholic said:

easily in top 3 songs of the year, the instrumental bit around 2:47 is gloirous

excellent

I'm gonna second the mention of Letherette's debut LP. I dunno why these guys are so slept on. Maybe they don't do a lot of promo. I bet if they got a feature on Pitchfork their audience would double.

I'm with y'all on Exai

Don't know if it counts cause it was a free DL, but Arca's "&&&&&" kind of blew my head off

I'm also gonna +1 Gobby's "Fashion Lady" cause I think it's good and the guy puzzles me.

THE HERS - "WE AS WARM AS A GNAT" transcendence

Inc. - "No World"

James Blake - "Overgrown" minus the collab w/ RZA and the bonus track

Jessy Lanza - "Pull My Hair Back"

+1 for Julia Holter - "Loud City Song"

Kelela - "Cut 4 Me" [check this out: futuristic dance music w/ R&B vocals]

Quasimoto - "Yessir, Whatever"

Rhye - "Woman"

SFV Acid - "The Dwell"

Tim Hecker - "Virgins"

Wolf Eyes - "No Answer/Lower Floors"

SIngles & EP's:

Inga Copeland - "Don't Look Back, That's Not Where You're Going"

Sophie - "Nothing More To Say/EEEHHH" and "Bipp/Elle"

Ssaliva & WANDA GROUP - "Birth Body" (split)

Les Sins - "Grind/Prelims"

GG ALIEN/GSD - "WE ARE GONE LIKE GHASSUL"

Matmos - The Marriage of True Minds

How has nobody mentioned this yet?? It's a great album. Seriously underrated. Check it out.

  On 10/8/2013 at 9:20 PM, Boxus said:

Matmos - The Marriage of True Minds

 

How has nobody mentioned this yet?? It's a great album. Seriously underrated. Check it out.

For me the only stand-out tracks here are You and Teen Paranormal Romance.

I'm gonna be boring and say BoC takes the cake.