2018 (so far) Favourite Releases

Half a year down.

Don't think this has been done yet....

So fire away...

hands-down, definetly and unrefutably for me, im still in shock after 2 months of this being out. top 10 if u take the rest of the project into account

edit: I think the autechre NTS thing killed the exposure of a couple of things.. this, the new ceephax and mu-ziq too no? anyways here's the thread for the 4th stage

name-ed

https://elmc.bandcamp.com/album/egregore

45 tracks of underground electronic music, some real belters like velum break who got played on penryn space agency recently

deep album

Gabor Lazar - Unfold

Alva Noto - Unieqav

Autechre - NTS Sessions

Tourist Kid - Crude Tracer https://melodyastruth.bandcamp.com/album/crude-tracer

Wild and interesting ambient/something-else music

OBA - Hometime

Seriously stunning ambient/hiphop/downtempo mixtape that totally went under the radar...

Skee Mask - Compro https://iliantape.bandcamp.com/album/itlp04-skee-mask-compro

Great varied album, lots of fun

Uon - Ouest098 https://westmineral.bandcamp.com/album/uon-ouest098

Something from Heurco S's new imprint, very warm and lush dub ambiance

Also hi everyone this is my first post! listening to everyone else's favourites now...

I've been underwhelmed or outright disappointed by almost everything I've bought this year. Hmm. 

autechre - nts sessions

kanye west - wyoming sessions

dj nigga fox - Cranio

Jean Grae & Quelle chris - everything is fine

Zeal & Ardor - Stranger Fruit

john maus - addendum

Against all logic - AAL

Alva Noto - Unieqav

East man - red, white & zero

playboi carti - die lit

Oneohtrix point never - age of

mgmt - little dark age

urfaust - the constellatory practice

Parquet courts - wide awake!

sons of kemet - your queen is a reptile

jpegmafia - veteran

skee mask - compro

portal - ion

sheeesh, what a killer year for my wallet so far

p sure i'm forgetting a ton of releases

handy - smacker EP

the caretaker - dementia simulator 2018

east man - red white & zero

john maus - addendum

mgmt - lil dark age

AAL - 2012 - 2017

kid cudi n kanye - kids see ghosts

opn - age of

pusha t - daytona

mt eerie - now only

jpegmafia - veteran

technically from 2018 but not really

power trip - old crap 2008-2014

napalm death - coded smears...

  On 6/13/2018 at 10:59 AM, showerhead said:

Tourist Kid - Crude Tracer https://melodyastruth.bandcamp.com/album/crude-tracer

Wild and interesting ambient/something-else music

I've been listening to it for a week or so, somehow reminds me of Ssaliva. It's refreshing to hear such hmmm unapologetically digital ambient'ish music. I quite like it.

I totally forgot to mention Timedance's compilation, Patina Echoes. Some amazing tunes on that one.

I'll put together a proper list later

In the meantime...

Here's my favs from the first part of 2018, some more recent ones and a big ass list of anything I heard and liked here

I quite liked Scuba's new album Caibu as SCB. 

Also Jenny Hval's 'The Long Sleep' is a good one too, got the girlfriend on that one. Some more 'electronic' releases this year are a bit boring for me. Not that I need or even want crazy complex and fast music. 

I'll make a list later but I want to give a recommendation for this self titled Topdown Dialectic album

https://peakoil.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

Really great spacey techno, check it if you like Huerco S or that sort of thing

  On 6/13/2018 at 10:45 AM, worms said:

https://elmc.bandcamp.com/album/egregore

 

45 tracks of underground electronic music, some real belters like velum break who got played on penryn space agency recently

deep album

Nice this man, cheers for posting 

so far so good

EDM - EDM iii

Ceephax - Camelot Arcade

Steven Rutter - Brain Fog

Aleksi Perälä - Sunshine 2

Aleksi Perälä ‎– The Colundi Sequence Level 17

Binary Digit - 38000 Summer Hits

Binary Digit - 38490 Electronics

Brainwaltzera - Bunker EP

Contactee - Contactee EP

Cignol - Hidden Galaxies

Alien - Unreleased 96-00

Jaures - Lafcadio Champsai

D'Arcangelo - D'Arcangelo (Happy Skull)

dhoHn - So Be It, Lumbricina

DMX Krew - Traditions 7

LNS - Recons One

Tim Jackiw - Memory Feedback EP

Cyclotron - Cyclotron

Cyclotron - Riemann Sum Analysis

Marvis Dee - Alpha

St. Theodore - Mortal Strike

4rd - Perfect Weather For Perfect People

Rognvald - The New Selecta Vol. 1

µ-Ziq - D Funk EP

XOR Gate - Conic Secions

Mesh - Hesaitix

Gabor Lazar - Unfold

OPN - Age Of

Autechre - Nts sessions

also first half of Dunal Chronicles II

Sophia Loizou - Irregular Territories

O$VMV$M - O$VMV$M (IDLE053)

Anklepants - Pollen

Nils Frahm - All Melody

Bot1500 - Keeper of the Password

Steven Hadfield - Pile of Worlds

µ- Ziq - Challenge Me Foolish

Rezzett - Rezzett LP

тпсб - Sekundenschlaf

EQ Why & Traxman - WhyTrax

Brainwaltzera - Bunker EP

Kreggo - Introspective Dance Music

Tim Koch - Spinifex

Philip D. Kick - Pathways

Interplanetary Criminal - Get Money

Billa Bronx - Father Forgive

Skee Mask - Compro

Milan W - Envelope

dgoHn - So Be It, Lumbricina

Lots of good stuff out!

  On 6/13/2018 at 11:52 AM, span said:

handy - smacker EP

Yesss, this one's a lot of fun. 

  On 6/13/2018 at 12:06 PM, Nil said:

 

  On 6/13/2018 at 10:59 AM, showerhead said:

Tourist Kid - Crude Tracer https://melodyastruth.bandcamp.com/album/crude-tracer

Wild and interesting ambient/something-else music

 

 

I've been listening to it for a week or so, somehow reminds me of Ssaliva. It's refreshing to hear such hmmm unapologetically digital ambient'ish music. I quite like it.

Thanks for the heads up; digging this!

  On 6/13/2018 at 11:52 AM, span said:

kid cudi n kanye - kids see ghosts

pusha t - daytona

Zoe Mc Pherson - String Figures

Nadia Struiwigh - WHRRu

Jenny Hval - The Long Sleep

Mouse on Mars - Dimensional People

Honnda - Maraschino Mic Drop

Ceephax - Camelot Arcade

Anklepants - Pollen

Eartheater - Irisiri

Serpentwithfeet - Soil

Beathaven - The Gloom

Autechre - NTS 1-4

Dunal - Dunal Chronicles II

***Normie music

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Sparkle Hard

Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends

Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

David Byrne - American Utopia

  On 6/13/2018 at 10:43 PM, Kavinsky said:

Mesh - Hesaitix

shame on me of course Autechre - NTS too

  On 6/14/2018 at 4:46 AM, Lada Laika said:

Zoe Mc Pherson - String Figures

Nadia Struiwigh - WHRRu

Jenny Hval - The Long Sleep

Mouse on Mars - Dimensional People

Honnda - Maraschino Mic Drop

Ceephax - Camelot Arcade

Anklepants - Pollen

Eartheater - Irisiri

Serpentwithfeet - Soil

Beathaven - The Gloom

Autechre - NTS 1-4

Dunal - Dunal Chronicles II

***Normie music

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Sparkle Hard

Camp Cope - How to Socialise & Make Friends

Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel

David Byrne - American Utopia

I have yet to listen to the new serpentwithfeet, but I imagine that I'm going to really dig it. I caught David Byrne on tour a few months ago and it was truly incredible. I brought my pops for his birthday and he was moved to tears. I'm glad we got to check off that bucket list item together.