WATMM 2015 Album of the Year

AE_LIVE brussels

John Carpenter - Lost Themes

+ many others already mentioned, lovely list vincentvc btw

I haven't heard everything that I want to hear yet, so I'm not quite ready to make this list, but here's part of it. I'm PRETTY SURE #1 is:

1. Squarepusher - Damogen Furies

Holly Herndon - Platform

Blackalicious - Imani Vol. 1

Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves

BADBADNOTGOOD and Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul

Jlin - Dark Energy

Cannibal Ox - Blade of the Ronin

Bjork - Vulnicura

AFX - Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006-08
Aphex Twin - MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96
Clark - Flame Rave

Biberkof's EP is quite fantastic, love it to bits. I must say I've been disappointed by Kuedo's though. Not that I want Severant 2, but still, Assertion of... isn't as exciting to my ears as hmmm his µ20 track (for example). I guess I have insanely high expectations for his KNIVES imprint.

re: Tame Impala's Currents: some killer tracks in that LP, but I barely ever listen to the record (while I love Lonerism and InnerSpeaker).

INPO including EP's

Deerhunter - Fading Frontier

Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect

Four Tet - Morning/Evening

Squarepusher - DF

Autechre - Live

AFX - Umil 25-01

Zomby - Lets Jam

Blanck Mass - Dumb Flesh

And OPN Garden of Delete gets better and better the more I play it,

Missed an album from my list that was released this year.

The Orb - History Of The Future Part 2

Listening to it recently and it made me realise that they still make plenty of good music, even if it's not quite up there with the early stuff.

Definitely adding that Zappa Roxy gig to the list, released over 40 years late and still didn't let down (anything but). I also still have to check out the Floating Points and Kamasi Washington albums as they might be a great contender for making my list too :) (based on hearing just a track or two of both).

Also like to add Colundi Level 3. Nothing mind-blowing but just beautiful bleepy perfection.

Thanks

The Quantum Loonyverse (thirded)

https://cylob.bandcamp.com/album/the-quantum-loonyverse

  On 12/8/2015 at 7:23 PM, beerwolf said:

Also like to add Colundi Level 3. Nothing mind-blowing but just beautiful bleepy perfection.

 

Thanks

I agree, but that ones from 2014 already! Enough colundi lushness in 2015 to fill the list with though :)

AE_LIVE. Though I guess it's technically more of an anthology.

  On 12/8/2015 at 7:40 PM, Herr Jan said:

 

  On 12/8/2015 at 7:23 PM, beerwolf said:

Also like to add Colundi Level 3. Nothing mind-blowing but just beautiful bleepy perfection.

 

Thanks

I agree, but that ones from 2014 already! Enough colundi lushness in 2015 to fill the list with though :)

 

Hah, I'm always a bit behind with yearly lists. I spend a lot of time revisiting the past tbh. I double checked Four Tet Morning/Evening as I'm sure that was 2014...

  On 12/8/2015 at 10:36 AM, rddm said:

 

Annabel (lee) - 'By the Sea... and Other Solitary Places'

Whoa, this is awesome! But I don't understand what I'm hearing... who is the singer? Where did the music come from? Is this a collage of old music brought seamlessly together, or a really good recreation? So many questions. I know it has something to do with Ninjatune, but nothing beyond that.

Favs in no particular order:

Sufjan Stevens -Carrie and Lowell

OPN -Garden of Delete

Arca _mutant

Andre Bratten -Gode

Jamie XX -In Colour

Beach House -Thank Your Lucky Star

Father John Misty -I love you Honeybear

Floating Points -Alaenia

Kurt Vile -b'live i'm going down

Low -Ones and sixes

Destroyer -Poison Season

Emperess Of -Me

Also:

Julia Holter -I have you in my wilderness

Max Richter -Sleep & From Sleep

Tame Impala -Currents

Deerhunter -Fading Frontier

Beach House -Depression Cherry

Kangding Ray -Cory Arcane

Susanne Sundfør -Ten love songs

I realise I've missed a lot. The Black Dog, Pole, Four Tet...

... all these gave me 'that thrill', great year for NEW music all in all.

MG - MG
Arca - Mutant
The The - Hyena
Marsheaux - A Broken Frame
Oneohtrix Point Never -Garden of Delete
Ben Salisbury And Geoff Barrow - Ex_Machina
Carter Tutti Void - f(x)
Drew McDowall - Collapse
Sion Orgon - Recognition Journal
Thighpaulsandra - The Golden Communion
Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson - The Art Of Mirrors
COIL - Backwards
Psychic TV - Snakes (released December '14)
Andrew Liles - First Monster Last Monster Always Monster
The Orb - Further Adventures Beyond Dark Matter Live
Wolfgang Voigt - Rückverzauberung Live In London
Expo 70 - Solar Drifting
Blancmange - Semi Detached
Editors - In Dreams

Autechre- AE_LIVE

I can't wait to read the Boomkat end of year album list which annually proves to me what a complete doughnut I am and how pathetic my taste in music is.

Surprised nobody's mentioned (unless I missed them):

Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School

Grimes - Art Angels

Napalm Death - Apex Predator/Easy Meat

Terror - The 25th Hour

Venetian Snares - Your Face

Dave Monolith - Time

And just as an aside, I released one this year that I'm pretty proud of, titled 'MK Ultrasound.'

Garden of Delete might be a winner this year.

I'd also like to nominate, as an EP, Kaoss Edge - Platitudes.

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

Squarepusher - Damogen Furies

Donnacha Costello - Stay Perfectly Still

Donnacha Costello - Love From Dust

Acronym - June

OPN - GOD

AFX - ODS (including umil 25-01)

How did I sleep on that BADBADNOTGOOD + Ghostface Killah album for a whole year. WTF.

And of course

The soundcloud dumps from Mike and Rich, plus AE_LIVE. So much good music this year it was redonkulous.

listened to kendrick few times. not for me. ( could go into long rant about how i found the " story" and concept of the album too heavy handed and interrupted the flow of the music). etc. etc. etc.

i mean, i like it. but i dont love it. not for bit.

  On 12/8/2015 at 5:24 PM, Herr Jan said:

I also discovered the Sensate Focus series this year too although that doesn't count obviously.

 

hehehe ye.

i'm going through a lot of what ive been listening to this and its mostly "not 2015" "not 2015" "not 2015". etc.

alot of afx soundcloud dump.

aleksi.

opn album. + commissions 2

squarepusher.

helen (grouper) album.

laurel halo mini album

honorable mention to autechre_live (altho its such a brain melting listen i can only put it on so often).