2016 Album of the Year nominations

Mark Pritchard - Under The Sun

v/a - Various III (030303)

Plaid - The Digging Remedy

MNLTH - Trax

MNLTH - Demotape

Superstructure - Superposition

Dices & AEM Rhythm Cascade - Thoughtstream

Datach'i - System

Pye Corner Audio - Stasis

1991 - No More Dreams

John Carpenter - Lost Themes II

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Seahawks - Escape Hatch

Suzanne Ciani - Buchla Concerts 1975

Lush - Blind Spot

Oh yes!!

µ-Ziq - Aberystwyth Marine

µ-Ziq - RY30 Trax

but those were old? I know we can debate this as much as we want but I don't count them

  On 11/30/2016 at 1:06 AM, Blank said:

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*notices the list has missed out arca and lone*

 

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Is Arca out? Also I must admit that Lone album is fun go-to, and his LPs always are.

hey guys just weighing in here too: space dimension controller - orange melamine was the best IDM album released this year by a country mile

  On 11/30/2016 at 3:26 PM, dr lopez said:

but those were old? I know we can debate this as much as we want but I don't count them

Then you might as well not count most AFX releases ever. Old or not I'd always count anything released for the first time in its respective year of release.

Convextion - 2845

is my album of the year. 

  On 11/30/2016 at 7:15 PM, SPD² said:

 

  On 11/30/2016 at 3:26 PM, dr lopez said:

but those were old? I know we can debate this as much as we want but I don't count them

Then you might as well not count most AFX releases ever. Old or not I'd always count anything released for the first time in its respective year of release.

 

If it's not a straight up reissue I'd say it's fair game. So like u-Ziq and Jega's releases would count, Mike and Rich would not. Otherwise as SPD points out you are talking about a really slippery slope in terms of what isn't eligible.

  On 11/29/2016 at 5:26 PM, QQQ said:

 

  On 11/29/2016 at 12:41 AM, usagi said:

 

  On 11/28/2016 at 11:07 PM, dr lopez said:

 

  On 11/24/2016 at 1:19 PM, usagi said:

can't remember who normally does this, or if it even is done by a regular person. anyway, post your contenders for AOTY itt (LPs only, let's have a separate thread for EPs) and let's follow with a poll for the top picks.

 

my top pick currently:

 

trying my best with this but it's completely ridiculous

I like it! embrace the 80s synth-cheese. this track is well-lush, probably my fave of the album:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z_nE0-SXRI

 

I wouldn't have seen myself getting into this sort of thing a year ago but I heard Dangerous Days which preceded this and it totally won me over.

 

more generally,my tastes are drifting away from the watmmassive more and more. I listened to metal more than anything else this year, which is reflected in my list. elseq largely satisfied my electronic desires, I found myself more drawn to other stuff.

~~warning to fellow wattmers: be careful if you have headphones on~~

 

Thanks for the warning! 

This is quite good. I saw this guy mentioned by many regarding "outrun" / "synthwave" artists to check out as well as comparisons to S U R V I V E (the Stranger Things producers) but i put it off until I saw you name it #1 on your list. 

Maybe it should just be "music of the year" regardless of format, release method or context.

  On 11/25/2016 at 5:43 PM, joshuatx said:

EDIT See new post. 

 

Here's a megaplaylist of my favorite tracks from this year though. Lot of good EPs I'll list elsewhere. Planet Mu, Orange Milk, Ctatsu all had awesome output this year as labels. 

nice thanks!

No one likes that new Mr Oizo?

moon shaped pool and elseq are my two favorite things from this year. elseq is not an album. so amsp is my personal fav album of the year.

Not listened to much new music so far this year, but of what I have these are great:

Khooman - Upheaval

Morphic Resonance - The City of Moons

And elseq, obviously.

  On 11/30/2016 at 5:52 PM, dr lopez said:

hey guys just weighing in here too: space dimension controller - orange melamine was the best IDM album released this year by a country mile

but it was made in 2008! :O

Tried to make a list of the albums I heard and really liked this year, made a small and quite impulsive first selection from that list:
 

Delia Derbyshire And Elsa Stansfield - Circle Of Light

Omar S - The Best

EOD - EODS

The rest of the list (definitely some that I might still include in the top section):

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

Der Zyklus - Renormalon
Nomad Ninja - Avond Sluimer
Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides ‎– Oh Sylvia
Galaxian & DJ Stingray - NU-1000

French Police - EDM G 0

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - Sunergy
EDM F/A-18+ Stimulator
Patronen - C&D
Oval - Popp
Nurse With Wound - Dark Fat
Foodman ‎– Ez Minzoku
Project STS-31 - Spiralgalaxie (Hubble Telescope Series Vol. III)
Virus - Memento Collider
Solange ‎– A Seat At The Table
Russell Haswell - PANTHER nO!se
Dimitar Dodovski - Dérive
BERK - Bright Line
Hype Williams - 10/10
Urfaust - Empty Space Meditation
Deathspell Omega - The Synarchy of Molten Bones (s/o to Dan)
NYZ - ALG 118B or DRN4
Wiggy - Morgue Party Time
Aleksi Perälä - Level 9 ‎/ Level 16 / Unknown / Contact / Connection
Merzbow - Kakapo
Huerco S. ‎– For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
Mike & Rich - Expert Knob Twiddlers
Brutus - Murwgebeukt
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Mgła ‎– Exercises In Futility
Blvt Avs Nord / Ævangelist ‎– Codex Obscura Nomina
Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder

  On 12/1/2016 at 2:24 PM, vincentvc said:

 

  On 11/30/2016 at 5:52 PM, dr lopez said:

hey guys just weighing in here too: space dimension controller - orange melamine was the best IDM album released this year by a country mile

but it was made in 2008! :O

 

omg. ur right. this throws me into a pickle.

darkthrone - arctic thunder

young thug - jeffery

really did not like the radiohead album much at release, like it even less now (huge fan since i was a kid, though, love pretty much every other thing they've done)

  On 11/30/2016 at 11:14 PM, fringerviv said:

No one likes that new Mr Oizo?

That was a good album. I forgot. 

This thread should be subtitled "and great albums you really liked and haven't had time to re-visit"

  On 12/1/2016 at 7:53 PM, noise said:

really did not like the radiohead album much at release

I liked this more than anything they've done since In Rainbows but still didn't crack my top 20 or top 25. It's a great album, "Daydreaming" is one of my favorite tracks of the year for example, but I suppose it just doesn't resonate with me a lot as much as their past albums. I have a feeling though it will in the future.

  On 12/1/2016 at 10:37 AM, MDF said:

 

Pye Corner Audio - Stasis

Kettel - Wingtip

Mu-Ziq - RY30

Mu-Ziq - Aberystwyth Marine

The Orb - COW/Chill Out, World!

Mark Pritchard - Under the Sun

FSOL - Environments 6/6.5

Lone - Levitate

Posthuman - Back to Acid

Thomas Köner - Tiento de la Luz

Autechre - Elseq 1–5

Plaid - The Digging Remedy

Ital Tek - Hollowed

Rolando Simmons - Bridgeland Parts 1 & 2

 

Compilations

 

#Savefabric

Touched 3

Touched Bass

Brainbox

 

Also rans

 

Clark - The Last Panthers

Pet Shop Boys - Super

Biosphere - Departed Glories

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 

 

solid list

forgot to put in, jk flesh - rise above

most crunchy distorted party album

  On 12/1/2016 at 7:53 PM, noise said:

young thug - jeffery

 

  On 12/2/2016 at 3:00 AM, ganus said:

 

  On 12/1/2016 at 7:53 PM, noise said:

young thug - jeffery

lol wut. I mean, I like the cover art, but I would love to hear why this is in your top 2

 

one of my favs asswell, the beats are shithot and thugger is a beast!!

every track is great, just listen to it