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[work in progress: my list will be completed gradually]

My list contains no compilations of material recorded before this decennium (so no Arthur Russell, Sibylle Baier etc.) This list includes albums and EP's. All genres are mixed.
Order: Albums alphabetically, albums chronologically:

AFX - the Analord series (2005, Rephlex)
Air - 10.000 Hz Legend (2001, Virgin)
AIR - Talkie Walkie (2003, Virgin)
Animal Collective - Feels (2005, FatCat Records)
Animal Collective & Vashti Bunyan - Prospect Hummer (2005, FatCat Records)
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (2007, Domino)
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009, Domino)
Antony and the Johnsons - The Lake (EP) (Secretly Canadian, 2004)
Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now (Secretly Canadian, 2005)
A Place to Bury Strangers - A Place To Bury Strangers (2007, Important Records)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004, Merge)
Arpanet - Wireless Internet (2002, Record Makers)
Autechre - Confield (2001, Warp)

Aidan Baker - Black Flowers Blossom (2003, Sonic Syrup)
Aidan Baker - Field Of Drones (2004, Arcolepsy Records)
William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops series (2002-2003, 2062)
William Basinski - El Camino Real (2007, 2062)
Battles - B EP (2004, Dim Mak Records)
Battles - Mirrored (2007, Warp)
Beach House - Beach House (2006, Bella Union)
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production Of Eggs (2005, Righteous Babe Records)
Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs From The Beehive (2008, Smallville Records)
Björk - Selmasongs (2000, One Little Indian)
Björk - Medúlla (2004, One Little Indian)
Black Devil Disco Club - 28 After (2006, Lo Recordings)
Black Dice - Creature Comforts (2004, DFA)
Bloc Party - Bloc Party EP (2004, V2 Records)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005, V2 Records)
Boards of Canada - In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country (2000, Warp)
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005, Saddle Creek Records)
Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light (2006, Matador)
Broadcast - Tender Buttons (2005, Warp)
Peter Broderick - Ten Duets (2009, Digitalis Limited)
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (2002, Arts & Crafts International)
David Thomas Broughton - The Complete Guide To Insufficiency (2005, Plug Research)
Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Music from the film Mysterious Skin (2005, Rykodisc)
Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering (2005, FatCat Records)

Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken (2004, Anti-)
Cat Power - You Are Free (2003, Matador)
cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD (2001, Mush)
Donnacha Costello - Colorseries (2007, Minimise)

Haven't done this for a while but I should be able to keep up on this for a while now.

1. Aidan Baker - 2009 - Live In Montreal - not sure when this was recorded but it's fairly recent - within the last year or so. Aidan Baker is a Canadian multi-instumentalist who leans toward the heavy drone side of psych. This is a 30 minute plus set featuring two long pieces recorded in a live setting. Although this sort of stuff is hard to appreciate in a less than perfect live recording, it still features some interesting moments including some live echoey multi-tracked singing and lots of thick guitar and electronics. Anyone new to Baker's music should start with his studio recordings to fully appreciate all the nuances involved. Aidan Bakeraidanbaker.org

2. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - 1962 - Jazz Samba - For my money, Stan Getz made some of the best cocktail lounge jazz ever created. On this 1962 album (ancient history, I know) he's teamed up with guitar player Charlie Byrd for a sublime set of Brazilian influenced jazz. Nothing surprising or jarring, just two pros creating a mood - smooth, yet never saccharine. This is the kind of music that was ubiquitous in it's day but now has to be sought out to be heard. Which of course helps you appreciate it that much more.Stan GetzCharlie ByrdStan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba

3. Alex Cline - 2009 - Continuation - this is the latest from drummer Alex Cline, who is the brother of guitar player Nels Cline. This release features lots of percussion, cello, and bass. Although released on the Cryptogramophone label, it's highly reminiscent of the ECM sound, especially some of Jack DeJohnette's work with the label. I would say Cline's latest is less airy and more improvised than the typical ECM disc, it's a good a touchstone as any. This is complex music demanding repeated listenings. I've heard it 3 times now and each time have found something new. He hasn't been prolific like his brother, so here's hoping he start putting out his own music more regularly.Alex ClineReview of Alex Cline's Continuation

4. VA - 2007 - Projekt - A Dark Noel - Xmas is just around the corner so why not start now. As the title says, lots of dark and ethereal sounds emanating from this compilation. My personal favorite is Faith & The Muse's 'A Winter Wassail' and possibly Arcanta's odd take on 'Carol Of The Bells'. The important thing as this is serious seasonal music throughout, not a novelty clunker in to be found. And serious Christmas music is the only kind I want to hear. May have to give this one another spin. I'm also sorry about including a link to Amazon, but it's the best one I could find for more information about this CD.Projekt Music - A Dark Noel

5. Anthony Braxton - 2008 - Live at the Kursaal Chamber Hall, 43 Heineken Jazzaldia, Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, 07-25-08 - this is something I grabbed off of the Big-O website which I think is based in Singapore. This is one hell of a set, with the 8 part work 'Accelerator Ghost Dance' being featured. A standout for me is guitar player Mary Halvorson who is someone I've recently caught on to. Her playing keeps bobbing and weaving around Braxton, Taylor Bynum's horns, and Aaron Siegel's vibes and percussion. And everytime I hear Braxton it's something different, kind of like John Zorn. And Big-O is always worth a visit as they feature a constantly rotating list of boots to download.Anthony BraxtonBig-O homepage

Aidan Baker & Time Hecker is a collaboration between Aidan Baker (of Nadja) and noise artist Tim Hecker. Their music can be described as ambient noise. They create a feeling of distant places and landscapes. Atmosphere on the album is somewhat dark and cold so sometimes you have a feeling of landscapes in the night covered with snow. Fantasma-parastasie is a very nice album for ambient lovers.

Made Out of Babies is an American rock/metal band. They started out as a hardcore band but their third and last (and best imo) album doesn't have a lot of hardcore influence. The music is decent but what I like most about this band is their vocalist, Julie Christmas, who is one of my favorite female singers. She can scream, yell and howl like a mad(wo)man and her clean voice is very creepy, like listening to a lunatic talking (and weird lyrics add to the atmosphere). Therir last album, The Ruiner, is an excellent album for those interested in unusual vocals.

-2009-
Tim Hecker
Aidan Baker
A Place to Bury Strangers (Finally, I'm seeing bands again ;D)
Major Lazer
A-Trak
Drop the Lime
Simian Mobile Disco
The Bloody Beetroots
MSTRKRFT
Boys Noize
Diplo
Designer Drugs

---Stopped seeing live music for awhile---

-2002 to 2006-
Death Cab for Cutie (though now embarrassed to say)
Yes
Off Minor
Hot Cross
Neil Perry
Majority Rule
An Albatross
Welcome the Plague Year
A Life Once Lost
Wolves
The Minor Times
The One AM Radio
Funeral Diner
Bright Calm Blue
Yaphet Kotto
Circle Takes the Square
Stop It!!
Vincent Price's Orphan Powered Death Machine
Weezer
Saves the Day
Dashboard Confessional (also embarrassed to say now)

I'd really like to see the following in the near future:
A Place to Bury Strangers again, Nadja, Surkin, Uffie, Jesu, Yuksek, M83, and The Rolling Stones.

Here's what I played on DEEP. I tried to play a bunch of tracks from 2009 for once.

Hot Austrian-on-Australian action purely incidental.

Solo Andata - Midnight (Hefty) Australia
Radian - Nord (Thrill Jockey) Austria
II - conversing with loverboy (Feral Media) Australia
Monoton - HZ waltz (Monoton) Austria
Letna - White City (Zymogen) France / Serbia (Free download)
Fennesz - Glass Ceiling (Touch) Austria
Dntel - Dumb Luck Bonus CD Track 4 (Sub Pop) USA
Buildings - Dimorphous Moon (Eden Gully) NZ
Nudge - Dayrise (Audio Dregs) USA
Liquid weeld - Infa (Murmur Records) Japan
Francis Plagne - The Last Days Of 1614 (Synaesthesia) Australia
Mel - Swee (Test Tube) Japan (Free download)
Chris Herbert - Whips & Jingles (Audio Dregs) USA
Lawrence English - Droplet (12k) Australia
Anduin + Jasper TX - A Beam of Light Bends Back Upon Itself (SMTG Limited.) USA / Sweden (Free download)
entsounds - flower (Moodgadget) USA
Aidan Baker - Live In London 05/14/2007 Part One (Distance Recordings) Canada (Free download)
Microstoria - Edu (Mille Plateaux) Germany
Ezekiel Honig - Past Tense Kitchen Movement (Anticipate Recordings) USA
Unit 21 - snow on your bed (Peace Technologies) Russia
Anduin - Lovers In Transit (TBA) USA (Free download)
Peter Rehberg - Mutisil (Mosz) Austria
Kyle Bobby Dunn - promenade (Moodgadget) Canada

Nikt o nim nie wie. Odkryłem go przypadkiem. Trudno się tam dostać, ale gdy już staniesz na tej ziemi… Jest ukryty, jest tajemniczy, jest… inny. Inny niż wszystko co istnieje. Jedyny, który pozostał niezaludniony - Kraj Wyobrażony.

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Tim Hecker
Aidan Baker
Fennesz
Nadja
Stars of the Lid
Brian Eno
ambient
drone
noise

"Recenzja" pod TYM adresem :)

Sunn O)))
Nadja
Tim Hecker
Aidan Baker
Boris
drone
drone doom metal
drone ambient
ambient
post-metal

Jasper TX
|| Gothenburg, Sweden || http://myspace.com/jaspertx || Miasmah, Kning Disk, Fangbomb, Fenetre, SMTG Limited
Besides being one half of the rather amazing post-rock duo De La Mancha, Jasper TX's Dag Rosenqvist has released a number of carefully drafted and very well received solo recordings with labels such as Miasmah, Kning Disk, Fangbomb, and Lampse. His work is primarily guitar driven soundscapes covered in layers of drums, voices, organs, toy pianos, field recordings, and effects. Comparisons have been made to artists such as Fennesz, Aidan Baker, and Machinefabriek, with whom Rosenqvist has done two collaborations. In 2009, he followed 2008's "Black Sheep" album on Miasmah with a new record titled "Singing Stones" on Fangbomb and the collaboration with Anduin on SMTG Limited. This will be Jasper TX's first ever US dates.

Anduin
|| Richmond, Virginia || http://smtgltd.com/anduinore || SMTG Limited
Anduin's Jonathan Lee creates dark, pulsating ambient electronics soaked in layers of synths, samples, and field recordings. He has collaborated with a number of international artists including Svarte Greiner, Jasper TX, Stephen Vitiello, Noah Saval, Xela, Gareth Davis, and his own experimental band Souvenir's Young America. His live shows and gallery instillations include a variety of self-made sets, collected props, and hidden lights. In 2009, he has 3 new releases: a live collaboration EP with Svarte Greiner, "The Bending Of A Light" LP with Jasper TX, and a new full length titled "Abandoned In Sleep," all of which are on SMTG Limited.

jeremy bible & jason henry
|| Ohio || http://jbjh.experimedia.net || INFRACTION, Gruenrekorder, experimedia, Abgurd, Gears of Sand, Resting Bell, Smallfish, audiobulb
Sound artists Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry collaborate to fuse elements of musique concrete, acoustic, and electronic music. By means of conceptual, experimental, and algorithmic recording and processing techniques the duo seek to expose a synergetic relationship between real world found sounds, acoustic instrumentation, and electronic sound design. The duo's creative amalgamation of these elements have created a moody and growing body of sound works.

Wednesday July 8th, 2009
@ Now That's Class
Show starts at 10pm / $5 (goes directly to the artists)
11213 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, Oh
216-221-8576
http://myspace.com/nowthatsclass

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