2011 TOP 10 LISTS

[mx]

10 :

1. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 (Kranky)
2. HTRK - Work (work, work) (Ghostly Intl)
3. The Psychic Paramount - II (No Quarter)
4. Textures - Dualism (Nuclear Blast)
5. Implodes - Black Earth (Kranly)
6. The Haxan Cloak - The Haxan Cloak (Aurora Borealis)
7. Illuha - Shizuku (12k)
8. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2 : Judges (Constellation)
9. Lawrence English - The Peregrine (Experimedia)
10. Jacaszek - Glimmer (Ghostly Intl)

Honorable mentions : Simon Scott, Julianna Barwick, Stephan Mathieu, Thundercat, Andy Stott, Kangding Ray, Liturgy, Ohayo, Bonnie Prince Billy, Juv, Bon Iver, Charles Eric Charrier, Puzzle Muteson, Earth, Barn Owl...

Disappointed by The Field, Biosphere and Pj Harvey albums... Don't like the sound of the first two and got bored by the last one.

Live performances : Missed a lot of things this year and didn't go out much, but supporting Tim Hecker twice was a great opportunity to dive into his massive sounding performances. Low and Shannon Wright were the best live acts I saw. Also liked Julianna Barwick and Tindersticks.

Top Hit : Fleer Ultra by Thundercat
Top Hymn : Beth/Rest by Bon Iver

Also missed a lot of movies that seemed interesting but loved Meek's Cutoff by Kelly Reichardt.

[mfischer]

hello all,
here are the things that i have been enjoying this year (in no particular order).


Nils Frahm ~ Felt
Stephan Mathieu ~ A Static Place
Ezekiel Honig ~ Folding In On Itself
Grouper ~ A | A
King Creosote + Jon Hopkins ~ Diamond Mine (thank you stephen vitiello for this recommendation)
Simon Scott - Bunny
Loscil - Coast / Range / Arc
the Oo-Ray - Waimea
Widesky ~ All Shimmers Here
Bon Iver ~ Bon Iver
Illuah ~ Shizuku

in going back over the year in music i thought that it had been a really wonderful year full of a lot of surprises and hidden gems... then i read everyone else's lists and i realized that there is a hell of a lot of stuff that i had had the chance to listen to yet.
i need to get out more

happy new year to everyone. 
see you in 2012.
m.f.

[rginns]

In no particular order here's mine: 

1. Grouper, A I A (YELLOWELECTRIC)
2. Bon Iver, Bon Iver (4AD)
3. Ezekiel Honig, Folding In On Itself (Type Records)
4. Taylor Deupree + Marcus Fischer, In A Place Of Such Graceful Shapes (12k)
5. Siskiyou, Keep Away The Dead (Constellation)
6. Fennesz + Sakamoto, Flumina (Touch Records)
7. Radiohead, The King Of Limbs (XL Recordings)
8. The Boats, Do The Boats Dream Of Electric Fritz Pfleumer? (Slaapwell)
9. Monty Adkins, Fragile.Flicker.Fragment (Audiobulb)
10. David Wenngren + Christopher Bissonnette, The Meridians of Longitude and Parallels of Latitude (Home Normal)

 

[Orphax]

And here we go, the last album to add to the list:

10: Nils Rostad - Ujamt (Tallerk Plater)  
http://collectingrecords.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/top-10-2011-10-nils-rostad-ujamt-tallerk-plater-2011/
09: The Julie Mittens - Recorded 23|24072011 (Self-Released)  
http://collectingrecords.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/top-10-2011-9-the-julie-mittens-recorded-2324072011-self-released/
08: Simon Whetham - Unheard Prayers (Dragon's Eye Recordings)  
http://collectingrecords.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/simon-whetham-prayers-unheard-dragons-eye-recordings-2011/
07: Six Organs of Admittance - Maria Kapel (Pavilion Records)
http://collectingrecords.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/top-10-2011-07-six-organs-of-admittance-maria-kapel-pavilion-records-2011/  
06: BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa - Big Shadow Montana (Helen Scarsdale Agency)
http://collectingrecords.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/top-10-2011-06-bj-nilsen-stilluppsteypa-big-shadow-montana-helen-scarsdale-agency/
05: Richard Youngs - Long White Cloud (Grapefruit Records Club)
http://collectingrecords.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/top-10-2011-05-richard-youngs-long-white-cloud-grapefruit-records-2011/
04: Gregg Kowalsky – Battery Townsley
http://collectingrecords.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/top-10-2011-4-gregg-kowalsky-battery-townsley-senufo-editions-2011/
03: Cam Deas - Quadtych Volume One (Present Time Excercises)
http://collectingrecords.wordpress.com/2011/12/28/top-10-2011-03-cam-deas-quadtych-volume-one-present-time-excercises-2011/
02: Amelia Cuni & Werner Durand – Already Awake In The Night (Ini.Itu, 2011)
http://collectingrecords.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/top-10-2011-2-amelia-cuni-werner-durand-already-awake-in-the-night-ini-itu-2011/
01: Charalambides - Exile (Kranky)
http://collectingrecords.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/top-10-2011-01-charalambides-exile-kranky-2011/

Hope all of you enjoyed checking my updates the last 10 days.

For everyone already a Happy New Year :-)
That 2012 might bring us much lovely music to enjoy :-)

[Le Berger]

2012 might bring us much lovely music to enjoy :-)

From what I heard, it's gonna be harsh...

[Orphax]

2012 might bring us much lovely music to enjoy :-)

From what I heard, it's gonna be harsh...

I saw the rumours on Twitter.

[The Green Kingdom]

Hey everyone, here are mine:

bvdub - Resistance is Beautiful / I Remember / Then
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - s/t
The Boats - The Ballad of the Eagle
The Advisory Circle - As the Crow Flies
Dustin O’Halloran - Lumiere
Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
Bibio - Mind Bokeh
Deepchord - Has Bar Loops
Scissors and Sellotape - For the Tired and Ill at Ease
Andy Stott - Passed Me By
Ous Mal - Nuojuva Halava
Jacaszek - Glimmer
Cut Copy - Zonoscope
Field Rotation - Acoustic Tales
Vladislav Delay - Vantaa
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - summvs
Demdike Stare - Tryptych
Nils Frahm - Felt
Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk
Vieo Abiungo - And The World Is Still Yawning

[billygomberg]

Sic Alps Napa Asylum
Anika Anika
Kurt Vile Smoke Ring For My Halo
Bhob Rainey / Bonnie Jones / Chris Cogburn Arena Ladridos
Beach Fossils Beach Fossils (ok 2010 but it didn’t reach me until this year)
Golden Retriever Emergent Layer and Light Cones (and in concert at Issue Project Room)
3/4 Had Been Eliminated Oblivion
Singer Mindreading
Tetuzi Akiyama & Takuji Kawai Transistion
The Drums Portamento
Gosia Winter & Barry Chabala Ananke
Kenneth Kirschner Twenty Ten
Steve Roden Proximities
Morton Feldman Orchestra
Eva Marie Houben von da nach da
Antoine Beuger (perf. Barry Chabala & Ben Owen) un lieu pour être deux

Special shout outs to everything on SOFA, Erstwhile, Students of Decay.  Brilliant year for those labels.

Full blurbage and ranting here:
http://www.fraufraulein.com/billy/archive/2011-cae-dormido

[mesmerwax]

no order list for 2011

various "...I Listen To The Wind That Obliterates My Traces"
Stephan Mathieu "A Static Place"
My Cat Is An Alien "What Space Is Made For"
Tiago Sousa "Walden Pond's Monk"
Machinefabriek "Sol Sketches"
Myrmyr "Fire Star"
Nils Frahm "Felt"
Tim Hecker "Dropped Pianos"
Illuha "Shizuku"
Richard Chartier "Transparency"
Sleepingdog "With Our Heads In the Clouds & Our Hearts In the Fields"
Motion Sickness Of Time Travel "Luminaries & Synastry"