Albums of the year 2012

[allegiant]

Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
Lee Gamble - Diversions 1994-1996
Kuedo - Work, Live & Sleep in Collapsing Space
Demdike Stare – Elemental
Vatican Shadow - Everything
Actress - RIP
Terrence Dixon - From the Far Future Pt. 2
LHF - Keepers of the Light
OPN / Rene Hell - Music for Reliquary House / In 1980 I Was a Blue Square
Dean Blunt – The Narcissist II
Raime - Quarter Turns Over a Living Line
eMMplekz - IZOD Days
Silent Servant - Negative Fascination
Young Smoke – Space Zone
Shackleton - Music for the Quiet Hour / Drawbar Organ EPs
PCA - Sleep Games
Konx-om-Pax - Regional Surrealism
Vessel - Order Of Noise
Mika Vainio – FE3O4 Magnetite
Blawan - Long Distance Open Water Worker
Holy Other - Held
NHK'Koyxen - Dance Classics I & II

Should also mention Old Apparatus, Rashad, 1991, MWC & Rrose. Enjoyed a lot of their stuff.

 

[slim jenkins]

Currently assembling my list (bet you can't wait) but replaying Monolake's Ghosts album right now - it still kicks arse!

 

[sgn]

Kendrick Lemar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
Juju & Jordash - Techno Primitivism
Voices From The Lake - s/t
Vessel - Order Of Noise
Jeremih - Late Nights With Jeremih
Kyle Bobby Dunn - Bring Me The Head Of Kyle Bobby Dunn
Actress - RIP
Paco Sala - Ro-Me-Ro
BAT & OND TON - s/t
Basic House - I'm Not A Heaven Man
ScHoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions

Like some of you, there's a ton of stuff by artists I usually like (LHF, Lukid, Dean Blunt, Gerry Read) plus albums that I think I will like based on everything I've heard/read about them (Lee Gamble, NHK'Koyxen, Madteo, Miguel) that I haven't gotten to yet.

 

[Aww Nein]

perhaps it reflects badly on me, but i feel i spend most of my time listening to soundcloud and youtube in a pretty random stream of consciousness way, mainly because ive not been using my headphones when walking about.
the Rashad teklife vol 1 album was a pretty big event for me though, as a kinda culmination of all the juke love of the previous year.
apart from that its mainly albums i have a personal relationship to in some way, namely
brood ma - fission
and
recsund - real life status
which are both by friends and so hold more interest to me

 

[Aww Nein]

also the Lee Gamble Diversions record, and a lot of Dem Hunger/Wanda Group cassette releases

 

[Landfill Elektronikz]

Nick Edwards – Plekzationz

eMMplekz - IZOD Days

aw thanks guys! its been ages since i logged-in here (as you can probably tell from my user-name) but nice to see a bit of love for my latest efforts.

and a lot of Dem Hunger/Wanda Group cassette releases

yeah! probably my fave artist right now (so much so, i did a split tape with him). i don't listen to a huge amount of new stuff, but here's a few i really enjoyed this year...
Vindicatrix - Mengamuk
Helm - Impossible Symmetry
Thought Broadcast - Emergency Stairway
Red Math - Obsolete Systems
and various tapes/eps/tracks by Time Attendant, Libbe Matz Gang, IX Tab, Innercity, Eric Lanham, KTL, CHXFX, Pete Swanson, Heatsick, Lata, SND...

i'm here https://ekoplekznews.wordpress.com/ or here https://www.facebook.com/Ekoplekz
if anyone wants me

 

[IdleRich]

In a purely selfish way, from someone who has hardly bought anything new this year it would be nice if people wrote a little bit about some of the more obscure albums and why they like them. Anything to avoid it just being a load of lists really.

 

[blacktulip]

I would be really into that too. End-of-year listmania is pretty much the only time I pay attention to newish music.

 

[slim jenkins]

Some writing here. But since you have to actually click on the link and go all the way there, you probably won't bother. And I don't blame you. But I couldn't be arsed to type out the list here.

My albums of the year... (and yes, Nick, you're included...shameless self-publicist that you are... )

http://includemeout2.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/what-youve-all-been-waiting-foralbums.html

 

[matt b]

Here's my top three most listened to, according to my itunes:

Earth- Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II
I think this has become one of my favourite records of all time. Slo-mo, partly improvised, country influenced, drone. Amazing.

The Horse Loom- S/T
One man guitar and voice folk music. The one man is the guitarist from Crane and Unit Ama, so there's a roughness and a hardcore-punk aesthetic which lifts it up more than one notch. Late night crying music. Amazing.

Esbjorn Svensson Trio- 301
A more obviously jazz version of the Necks. You can imagine that when they played live, the audience politely clapped at solos in all the right places. That doesn't happen at Necks shows, because there are no solos.

Got to make tea now, but might add some more later.

 

[IdleRich]

"Some writing here. But since you have to actually click on the link and go all the way there, you probably won't bother."

I will do (have to now I've asked for it really) but I've just noticed that there is a worst of the year thread and that looks like a lot more fun right now.

 

[Leo]

always forget stuff, should have also included:

preditah - circles
flosstradamus -- roll up (baauer mix)
baauer -- harlem shake
andres -- new for U

 

[baboon2004]

http://includemeout2.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/what-youve-all-been-waiting-foralbums.html

this is really good thanks - a very different selection of albums from the norm.

The Cooly G album is amazing - just got into it over the past couple of days. Her vocals really work for me - a future classic I reckon

 

[Sectionfive]

andres -- new for U

number one on the fact list


http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/13/top-100-tracks-of-2012/

 

[sgn]

number one on the fact list


http://www.factmag.com/2012/12/13/top-100-tracks-of-2012/

As it should be.

 

[paolo]

Missed that Andres track when it came out but it's just gorgeous

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Number one on the paolo list

 

[yyaldrin]

These are the albums that come to my mind but I'm sure I'm forgetting about a lot of stuff. Guess most of them are quite obvious and already mentioned:

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Jeremih - Late nights with Jeremih
Actress - R.I.P.
Traxman - Da Mind of Traxman
DJ Rashad - Teklife Vol. 1
Young Smoke - Space Zone
Julia Holter - Ekstasis
Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland - Black is Beautiful

And surprisingly, because I only know this for a few days:

Byrd Villain - SexTape. Someone posted this in the dancehall thread some days ago and since then I'm hooked on this. It's free to download and it has 28 tracks and not all of them are that good but some of them are just so catchy. Stand out tracks: Bully Mi, Who Are You, The Fuckening, No Man At All, Ano My Gal and Up. Thanks for whoever it was that posted this, this is my "discovery" of the year.

Some of the tracks I've bookmarked and I really liked this year:

Future ft. Gucci Mane ft. Jeremih - Diamonds Future - Turn on the Lights Cas - Leon Best Champion - Crystal Meth Popcaan - Party Shot Busy Signal - Bigger Heads Cham ft. O - Tun Up ZJ Liquid - Dah Wine Deh Nawti - Olu Maintain Keche - Aluguntugui
+ Loads of juke/footwork.

Looking at other lists I apparently missed this whole "dark" techno hype.

 

[yyaldrin]

Oh and people I missed this year: Zomby and Kuedo.

 

[paolo]

The Fuckening wins title of the year definitely

 

[stephenk]

Byrd Villain - SexTape. Someone posted this in the dancehall thread some days ago and since then I'm hooked on this. It's free to download and it has 28 tracks and not all of them are that good but some of them are just so catchy. Stand out tracks: Bully Mi, Who Are You, The Fuckening, No Man At All, Ano My Gal and Up. Thanks for whoever it was that posted this, this is my "discovery" of the year.

do you have a link to this? i keep finding dead mediafires...