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1. Genesis - the lamb lies down on broadway






2. Jim O'Rourke - insignificance





3. King Crimson - in the court of the crimson king





4. Frank Zappa - uncle meat





5. Prince - musicology





6. Derek Bailey - aida





7. Jim O'Rourke - disengage





8. The Frogs - the frogs





9. Scott Walker - scott 3







10. Simon Finn - pass the distance





11. Radiohead - ok computer





12. Extradition - hush





13. John Fahey - the best of john fahey 1959-1977





14. Sparks - propaganda





15. Spiritualized - lazer guided melodies





16. The Durutti Column - the return of the durutti column





17. Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet - onjq live in lisbon





18. Fennesz - endless summer







19. Room - pre-flight





20. Kevin Drumm - sheer hellish miasma





21. Paul McCartney - mccartney







22. Bill Fay - time of the last persecution





23. James Blood Ulmer - tales of captain black





24. John Coltrane - live at the village vanguard again!





25. Bert Jansch - bert jansch





26. Otomo Yoshihide - blue





27. 김두수 - 열흘나비







28. Appaloosa - appaloosa





29. Philip Glass - einstein on the beach





30. Arnold Dreyblatt - propellers in love





31. Loose Fur - loose fur





32. John Zorn - kristallnacht





33. Lou Reed - transformer





34. The High Llamas - gideon gaye





35. Sonic Youth - sonic nurse





36. Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Hash Baz - osaka bridge







37. Charlie Haden - liberation music orchestra





38. Gastr Del Sol - crookt, crackt, or fly'





39. Fred Frith - to sail, to sail





40. Camberwell Now - all's well





41. Derek Bailey - ballads





42. Hedwig And The Angry Inch - original cast recording





43. Velvet Underground - white light white heat





44. Michael Pierre Vlatkovich - michael pierre vlatkovich





45. Judee Sill - heart food







46. Merzbow - 1930





47. Sparklehorse - good morning spider





48. Eliane Radigue - adnos I-III





49. Tony Conrad & Faust - outside the dream syndicate




50. Stevie Wonder - where i'm coming from





51. Televison - marquee moon





52. Luc Ferrari - interrupteur / tautologos 3





53. Scott Walker - tilt





54. Patto - patto







55. The Pastels - illuminatio





56. This Heat - deceit





57. Allinson / Brown - av 1





58. Terminal 4 - when i'm falling





59. Sonic Youth - syr1







60. Otomo Yoshihide - heart, beating in the dark





61. John Cale - paris 1919





62. David Grubbs - banana cabbage, potato lettuce, onion orange





63. AMM - AMMMusic




64. Miles Davis - kind of blue







65. Merzbow - rainbow electronics II





66. Jim O'Rourke - bad timing





67. Steffen Basho-Junghans - rivers & bridges





68. Cul de Sac - the epiphany of glen jones (with john fahey)





69. Gerry Rafferty - Can I Have My Money Back





70. Greg Malcolm & Tetuzi Akiyama - six strings





71. Ground Zero - plays standards





72. Heron - twice as nice & half the price





73. Talk Talk - laughing stock







74. 산울림 - 2집 내마음에 주단을 깔고





75. Van Dyke Parks - discover america





76. Stevie Wonder - innervisions





77. Sun Ra - cosmic tones for mental therapy/art forms of dimensions tomorrow





78. Naked City -torture garden




79. Led Zeppelin - presence





80. Jim O'Rourke - eureka





81. K.K. NULL - extasy of zero-g sex







82. Arne Nordheim - electric





83. Robert Normandeau - tangram





84. Edgard Varèse - the Complete Works 1,2





85. Emitt Rhodes - emitt rhodes





86. John Abercrombie - gateway





87. Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte





88. Cecil Taylor -nefertiti, the beautiful one has come





89. Joni Mitchell - blue





90. Ekkehard Ehlers - Plays

Here's what I played Tuesday night. The show streams on Radio Active and I DJ on it about once a month. Drop me a line if you'd like to know when the next one is.

Tracks that are untitled get the square brackets treatment.

Signer - [Involve EP 02 track A1] (Involve) NZ
Rosy Parlane - [#1-4 track 6] (Sigma Editions) NZ
Parmentier - [Luxsound track 5] (Sigma Editions) NZ
Andrew Thomas - A dream of a spider (Involve) NZ
Patio - Damper (Involve) NZ
Aquaboogie - jack frost (Angry Rabbit) NZ
Alog - 3 Solitaires (Creaked Records) Norway
Mark Templeton - Across From Golden (remix) (Anticipate Recordings) USA
Pjusk - anelse (12k) Norway
Kapital Band 1 - Playing By Numbers (Mosz) Austria
Peel - Metalwork (Opsound) NZ (Free download)
Pan American - wing (Kranky) USA
Morgan Packard - Airships Fill the Sky (Anticipate Recordings) USA
Mitchell Akiyama - And sun into dust (Tu M'P3) Canada (Free download)
Frans de Waard - FRAME (Tu M'P3) Belgium (Free download)
Ekkehard Ehlers - The Babes in the Wood (version) (Tu M'P3) Germany (Free download)
Yoshio Machida - Infini (Tu M'P3) Japan (Free download)
Ultra Milkmaids - Mew (klak) (Tu M'P3) France (Free download)
Oren Ambarchi - Remedios the Beauty (Touch) Australia
Zammuto - Some Moss (Apartment B) USA

von Pinky Rose | © ZEIT online
Es gab elektronische Musik weit vor Kraftwerk. Und es gibt sie immer noch, sie hat den Techno überlebt. – Eine Genreübersicht

Versuch und Irrtum sind der Anfang von allem. Zu Beginn wollte die elektronische Musik den natürlichen Klang zerlegen, aber auch eine neue technische Aura des Maschinellen erforschen. Die Franzosen tauften es Musique Concrète, doch trugen die Ergebnisse bis in die fünfziger Jahre den Stempel des anstrengend Seriösen, selbst die spitzbübische Tonbandcollage Strathoven von Luc Ferrari zählte zur E-Musik.

Erst als elektronische Klänge über das Geräuschhafte hinaus für die Filmmusik entdeckt wurden, als Meilenstein sei A Clockwork Orange von 1971 mit Wendy Carlos‘ Klassikverfremdungen auf dem Moog-Synthesizer genannt, fand eine eigene Ästhetik des Künstlichen ihren Weg in die Unterhaltungsbranche. Krautrockbands wie Can und die Robot-Popper von Kraftwerk testeten auf ihren Keyboards alles zwischen Melodie und Wahnsinn aus. Die Verhältnisse zum Tanzen brachten erst die Jamaikaner, als sie am Ende der Hippie-Ära mit dem altmodischen Mehrspurtonband und frisierten Lautsprechersystemen tiefe Bässe und rhythmisches Dröhnen und Wummern unter die Stimmen ihrer Ahnen mischten. reggae und dub - die erste elektronische Tanzmusik war schwarz.

Der Synthesizer als Pionierinstrument, mit dem sich Klänge endlos zerlegen und reproduzieren ließen, machte anschließend den synthie-pop der achtziger Jahre und Bands wie Depeche Mode berühmt und diente dabei weniger einer erfinderischen Musikalität, als einer melodisch simpel ausgedrückten Jugendkulturzugehörigkeit. Zeit für den nächsten Impuls aus der black community: Die Jugend postindustrieller US-Großstädte wie Detroit und des homosexuellen Undergrounds in New York und Chicago brachte techno und house Music hervor. Zu ganzkörperwirksamen Vierviertelschlägen aus den legendären Rhythmuscomputern Roland 909, 808 und 303 zelebrierten sie eine lustvolle, selbstentgrenzende Maschinenstürmerei.

In Europa kam man nach dem Rausch von acid house und nicht lange illegalen Warehouseparties Anfang der neunziger Jahre wieder zurück auf Klangforschung und Tüftelei, nur genügte dazu statt eines monströsen Tonstudios nun ein einziger Computer zu Hause im Schlafzimmer. Als Enfant Terrible des digitalen Heimstudiosounds klitterte der Brite Aphex Twin die verücktesten plopbeats und Quietschmelodiechen zusammen und warf damit endgültig die konträren Zuschreibungen von Kunst, populärer Musik, Wissenschaftlichkeit und Unterhaltung über den Haufen. Das Köln-Düsseldorfer Duo Mouse on Mars erkannte schließlich ganz in der Traditon von Can und Kraftwerk den in der jeweils neuesten Musiksoftware schlummernden Pop-Boom. Auf ihrem Album Iaora Tahiti wucherten aus dem Rauschen von Festplatten und Klangspeichern plötzlich mitsummbare Songs.

Inzwischen hat es das Elektronikpopwunder nach guter, alter Rock-Art sogar zum Live-Album gebracht, während der anspruchsvolle Klangkünstler Ekkehard Ehlers ohne Prestigeverlust mit einem Liedchen seines Popprojektes März in der TV-Werbung zum Kekseknabbern animiert. Zugleich kommt das dem Verfrickelten und Experimentellen verschriebene Kölner Plattenlabel Tomlab mit dem blutjungen E-Folkmusiker und Troubadour Patrick Wolf groß heraus. Es scheint alles zu gehen im nunmehr sechsten Jahrzehnt der elektronischen Musik, nur der Dance Floor, die Technokultur als solche, wird immer wieder totgesagt.

Doch auch hier gibt es neue Helden, die alles mitreißen, von den Wochenendclubgängern bis zu den letzten fünf Gästen auf der Wohnzimmerparty. Da braut der Londoner Indobrite Four Tet explosive Substanzen aus space jazz und old school techno mit Gamelanklängen zu Everything Ecstatic zusammen, während Michaela Melian filigran instrumentierte Kunstverweise von der Münchner Barockarchitektur bis ins dekadente Baden-Baden mit tiefen Basstrommelbeats umgräbt. Die Brüder Tiefschwarz aus Berlin machen auf Eat Books Schluss mit der prätentiösen Verschlüsselung von Musikgeschichte im Computer, sie schleudern ihre Referenzen aus rauh besungenem disco, funk und soul offen und konfrontativ auf den Tanzboden. Vorläufige Meister dieser neuen Ausrichtung von Dance Pop sind die Hamburger Egoexpress mit ihrem Album Hot Wire My Heart. Das Duo lässt die Plattenarchive der house Music links liegen und packt sich einen ganz eigenen, mit minimalen Lyrikformeln kommentierten Knarz‘n‘Roll in den Sampler. Und wo experiment und pop auf der hintersinnig melodischen CD Tainted lunch von Safety Scissors neu zusammen kommen, hätte der Gastauftritt von Kevin Blechdom als antiheldischer Operndiva vielleicht sogar einem alten Spitzbuben wie Luc Ferrari ein wohlmeinendes Augenzwinkern entlockt.

http://www.zeit.de/musik/genreuebersichten/elektro

Grab it here

And tell me you love it here

Dummy Run "Apples & Oranges" – Ice Cream Headache
Mara Carlyle "Saw Song" – The Lovely
Cocteau Twins "Rilkean Heart (Acoustic Version)" – Twinlights
Harold Budd "Rub With Ashes" – The Serpent (In Quicksilver)
Björk "Aurora (Music Box Version)" – Coccon (Cd2)
Bird Show "Landlovers" – Green Inferno
Bed "The Whimps" – The Newton Plum
Stars of the Lid "Fac21" – The Tired Sounds Of
Vincent Gallo "So Sad" – So Sad
David Grubbs "Seagull And Eagull" – The Spectrum Between
Adem "Statued" – Homesongs
Six Organs of Admittance "Maria" – Six Organs Of Admittance
Ed Lawes "Tone" – 14 Tracks / Pieces
Björk "Anchor Song" – Debut
Mira Calix "The More You Do The More You Do" – One On One
Mira Calix "Tillsammans" – Eyes Set Against The Sun
Paul Simon "Can't Run But" – The Rhythm Of The Saints
Phelan Sheppard "Hazel Wand' – Harps Old Master
Boards of Canada "Over The Horizon Radar' – Geogaddi
David Sylvian "A Fire In The Forest" – Blemish
Brian Eno "Inland Sea" – Music For Films
Cat Power "I Found A Reason" – The Covers Record
Clark "Springtime Epigram" – Body Riddle
Dummy Run "Coffee" – Ice Cream Headache
Kyler "Green Wooden Huts" – Pur Cosy Tales
theboylucas "I Wish I Could Wrap" – Out Of The Wires
Leafcutter John "If _ = 1" – 45 Seconds Of…
Donovan "Sun" – A Gift From A Garden To A Flower
James Yorkston "This Time Tomorrow" – Just Beyond The River
Jóhann Jóhannsson "Englabörn" – Englabörn
Josephine Foster "Where There Are Trees" – Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You
Ekkehard Ehlers "John Cassavetes (2)" – Plays

a wonderful bouquet of tracks from illustrious artists like Evol, Ekkehard Ehlers, f.s.blumm, Sogar, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Vert, ... for free download - hosted on the site of the equally wonderful folks from Tu M':

http://www.mr-mutt.com/tump3/menu.html [requires Flash]

Some tags are self-explanatory, others need a word or two. Dive in.
If you’re not a blue member, you can still have a listen via the global tags.


electronic: music produced or altered by electronic means. Expect Thom Yorke, Aphex Twin & Rösykopp.

homosexual intifada: welcome to a very special Raspberry Reich. Stuff for the queer elite and their straight admirers. Expect Siouxsie and the Banshees, Futon & Daniel Wang.

maschinenmusik: beats seasoned with Germanic bits. Expect Zoot Woman, Tarwater & Feadz.

achingly intelligent : music far away from any charts. No Beyonce, no Arcade Fire. Expect Dictaphone, Phantom/Ghost & Schlammpeitziger.

sommer: songs for unforgettable summer days. Expect Richard Davis, Placebo & International Pony.

minimal: the stuff with the cute clicks and planar structures. Expect Bruno Sanfilippo, Ritchie Hawtin & Crowdpleaser & St. Plomb.

we love the 80s: an exhilarating fusion of songs from back then - and their contemporary counterparts. Expect Yazoo, Tom Tom Club & Robots in Disguise.

le kiff: a soundtrack for long evenings with your bong. Expect Ekkehard Ehlers, Arve Henriksen & Pan•American.

makes me bounce: … any body part, really. It's not all electronic, though. Expect Benjamin Wild, Ricardo Villalobos & Faithless.

66: the soundtrack for extensive driving. Expect Ronny Jordan, Maximilian Hecker & Talking Heads.

klickklack: minimal with a German twist, once again. Expect Dominik Eulberg, Kollektiv Turmstrasse & Dapayk & Padberg.

andrzej: music for a cool friend of mine in Hamburg. Expect Michael Nyman, The Conet Project & Ludovico Einaudi.

minipark: music for a friend of mine in Berlin. Expect Feist, Luomo & The Field.

dorschenanner: a Hessian expression perfectly reflecting this happy melange. Expect Britta Porter, Kit Clayton & Frankie Patella.

farangstar: some think I have a questionable taste in music and force me to listen to the following list. Expect Wolke, Klaus Kinski & Foyer des Arts.

ambient: it doesn’t get much more tranquil. Expect Sigur Rós, Explosions in the Sky & Autechre.

absolute classics: stuff you’ll have heard before – and if you haven’t, you’ll fall for it at once. Expect Joy Division, First Choice & Prince.

sexy sexy : music with a certain something. Expect Bangkok Impact, Shakedown & Metro Area.

chef-martin : music for a good friend of mine in Bangkok. Expect Audion, Grungerman & Peaches.

sickening soundtrack : songs and sounds from all the screens. Expect Thomas Bangalter, Giorgio Moroder & Angelo Badalamenti.

scoogee: music for a friend of mine in Karlsruhe. Expect Swayzak, DJ Koze & Roisin Murphy.

soundscape : for some serious snoozing. Or some smooth work. Expect Loscil, Steve Reich & lectronice.

missmoonlight : music for a sexy friend of mine in Berlin. Expect Angus & Julia Stone, Razorlight & Nine Inch Nails.

ruhepuls : music for a friend in Berlin. Expect Kreidler, Xiu Xiu & ISAN.

kompakt : tracks and artists connected to one of the planet’s finest electronic labels. Expect Michael Mayer, Jonas Bering & Mikkel Metal.

cindus: for my best friend from Bochum, unfortunately unplugged. Expect Jochen Distelmeyer, Fünf Sterne Deluxe & 2raumwohnung.

party : in case you’re too dense to do it by yourself. Expect Whirlpool Productions, Michael Jackson & Franz Ferdinand.

vicious disco: disco rebranded to fit this millennium. Expect Loleatta Holloway, Grace Jones & Musique.

minimal techno : Expect Plastikman, Alex Smoke & John Tejada.

highly underrated: artists we all should be listening more to. Expect Nathan Kowald, Decoder Ring & ZVUKBRODA.

liebe: music for hearts, even broken ones. Expect Element of Crime, Roy Orbison & Damien Rice.

house: Expect Daft Punk, Eric Prydz & Roger Sanchez.

chic channel: catwalk candy! Expect Blue Six, Moodyman & Pecheur.

minipark: chill: heavily droning music for a hip friend of mine in Berlin. Expect William Basinski, Vatnajökull & French Teen Idol.

chillout: for those blue hours. Expect Zero 7, Massive Attack & St Germain.

nur jens: for Jens only. Expect Efterklang, Flowers From the Man Who Shot Your Cousin & Ben Folds.

julestunez: music I learned to love, thanks to my cool friend. Expect Eels, Lady GaGa & DeVotchKa.

dj9: Stuff I love to play when I play. Expect Madonna, Robyn & Etienne de Crécy.

microhouse: one of my favorite pigeonholes. Expect Ekkohaus, Akufen & Matthew Dear.

punk funk: righteyo. Expect !!!, Gang of Four & Shitdisco.

french: all things sung, written or produced by those assiduous people. Expect Air, Yann Tiersen & Jacques Brel.

schnubbel: Snow white hours. Expect Miskate, Efdemin & Chakachas.

club: 50 cents here, a buck there. Expect Bob Sinclair, David Guetta & Fatboy Slim.

let’s assume you understand the concept of irony: … don’t tune in if you don’t. Expect Hildegard Knef, Vanity 6 & Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

durty: …mind, body and beats. Expect Cirez D, Safety Scissors & Wighnomy Brothers.

berlin: a lengthy, intense set dedicated to one treasured city. Expect Ellen Allien, Modeselektor & Peer.

michael mayer: stuff connected to, reminiscent of, mixed by and honoring this minimal maniac. Expect Karri O., Farben & Tobias Thomas.

perlen deutschsprachiger popmusik: my very own Pearls of German Pop. This name is stolen from Franz Dobler’s great samplers of German music. Expect Nina Hagen, Joint Venture & Deutsch Amerikanische FreundschaftThomas.

daft punk: stuff connected to, reminiscent of and honoring this mad duo. Expect Cerrone, Mr. Oizo & Crash Course in Science.

hamburg: one playful assortment dedicated to one darling city. Expect ClickClickDecker, Tocotronic & Deichkind.

play this at my funeral: the wistful result of several people thinking of the far future. Expect Sia, Simple Minds & Gary Jules.

judenluemmel: music for a buddy in Hamburg. Expect Welle:Erdball, Anne Clark & 808 State.

polish: Chopin has been in the grave for ages. Expect Myslovitz, Pidżama Porno & Jacek Sienkiewicz.

French house: this does manage to grab you by the balls occasionally. Expect Cassius, Dimitri from Paris & Alex Gopher.

hometrip: a chilling tag for some very special friends and me, perfect for our gatherings. Expect Clara Moto, Matias Aguayo & Kabale Und Liebe.

martina: a collection for a very good friend here in Zurich. Expect Xavier Naidoo, Rosenstolz & Herbert Grönemeyer.


The following tags belong to the cool hase76 - he can tell you more about them.

In heiner blum, expect Rhythm & Sound, Oval & Dani Siciliano.
In deep and dark , expect Sleeparchive, Fad Gadget & Von Spar.
In d a l, expect Kenny Larkin, Gas & Bern.
In danz till eternity, expect Arpanet, Ada & Keinzweiter.
In deep shit ton the bottom, expect Deltron 3030, Gnarls Barkley & Abe Duque.

The Wire's own website has lists for 1994 - 2006
http://www.thewire.co.uk/archive/charts.php

These few years are not on the site !

Has anyone got older ones ?

The Wire 1992 Albums of the year

1. Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of
2. Don Byron - Tuskegee Experiment
3. Ornette Coleman/Howard Shore - Naked Lunch: Original Soundtrack
4.Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury
5. Kronos Quartet - Pieces Of Africa
6. Madonna - Erotica
7. Sonic Youth - Dirty
8. Pavement - Slanted And Echanted
9. James MacMillan - The Confessions Of Isobel Gowdie
10. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
11. Neil Young- Harvest Moon
12. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
13. Tom Waits - Bone Machine
14. Bahia Black - Ritual Beating System
15. L7 - Bricks Are Heavy
16. Brian Eno - Nerve Net
17. Courtney Pine- To The Eyes Of Creation
18. Godflesh - Pure
19. Joe Henderson - Lush Life
20. Henryk Gorecki - Symphony No 3
21. Nicholas Collins - It Was A Dark And Stormy Night
22. Ultramarine- Every Man And Woman Is A Star
23. Gnawa Music of Marrakesh - Night Spirit Masters
24. Basehead - Play With Toys
25. Future Sound of London - Accelerator
26. New York Composers Orchestra - First Programme In Standard Time
27. Miles Davis - Doo-Bop
28. John Tavener - The Protecting Veil
29. Main - Hydra-Calm
30. Praxis - Transmutation



The Wire - 1993 Records of the Year



1. Bjork - Debut
2. Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II
3. Joe Henderson - So Near So Far
4. Bill Frisell - Have a Little Faith
5. Brodsky Quartet- Crumb/Schubert
6. Trans-Global Underground - Dream of 100 Nations
7. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
8. PJ Harvey - 4-Track Demos
9. American Music Club - Mercury
10. Various - Chess Blues Box
11. PM Dawn- The Bliss Album
12. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
13. Butterfly Child - Onomatopoeia
14. TS Monk - Take One
15. Ice - Under the Skin
16. Orbital - Orbital
17. Last Exit - Head First Into the Flames
18. Charles Gayle - Touchin' On Trane
19. Insides- Euphoria
20. Einstuzende Neubauten - Tabula Rosa
21. Pet Shop Boys - Very
22. Pram - The Star Are So Big...
23. Various - Beyond the Machines
24. Stock, Housen & Walkman - Giving Up With
25. goats- Tricks of the Shade
26. breeders - The Last Splash
27. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
28. Thomas Koner - Permafrost
29. Caspar Brotzmann Massaker - Koksofen
30. Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
31. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
32. Mori/Jauniaux - Vibraslaps
33. Diamanda Galas - Vena Cava
34. Paul Weller - Wild Wood
35. Blue Humans - Clear to Higher Time
36. King Crimson - The Great Deceiver
37. Sylvia Hallett - Skimming
38. Sublette/Weiner/Persuasions - Ships at Sea...
39. Michael Nyman - The Piano: Original Sound Track
40. Giuffre/Bley/Swallow - Fly Away Little Bird
41. (c) - Witch
42. Beloved - Conscience
43. Karlheinz Stockhousen - Stimming
44. Stina Nordenstam - Memories of a Color
45. Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots
46. HANIWA- Happy People
47. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
48. Don Grolnick - Night Town
49. Alexander Goehr - Sing, Ariel
50. Reload - Short Stories


2006 Rewind

50 Records Of The Year

Burial: Burial HYPERDUB
Scott Walker: The Drift 4AD
Joanna Newsom: Ys DRAG CITY
Carla Bozulich: Evangelista CONSTELLATION
Wolf Eyes: Human Animal SUB POP
Ornette Coleman: Sound Grammar SOUND GRAMMAR
Ekkehard Ehlers: A Life Without Fear STAUBGOLD
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: The Letting Go DOMINO
OM: Conference Of The Birds HOLY MOUNTAIN
Phill Niblock: Touch Three TOUCH
Scritti Politti: White Bread Black Beer ROUGH TRADE
Matmos: The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast MATADOR
Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped GEFFEN
Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton: Black Vomit VICTO
The Knife: Silent Shout MUTE/BRILLE
Christian Wolff: 10 Exercises NEW WORLD
Keiji Haino & Sitaar: Tah! Animamima ARCHIVE/IMPORTANT
Brightblack Morning Light: Brightblack Morning Light MATADOR
Arthur Russell: First Thought Best Thought AUDIKA/ROUGH TRADE
Broadcast: The Future Crayon WARP
Niobe: White Hats TOMLAB
Grizzly Bear: Yellow House WARP
Reanimator: Special Powers COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Current 93: Black Ships Ate The Sky DURTRO JNANA
Excepter: Alternation 5RC
Alexander Tucker: Furrowed Brow ATP
Gruppo DiImprovvisazione Nuova Consonanza: Azioni DIE SCHACHTEL
Rafael Toral: Space STAUBGOLD
Ghostface Killah: Fishscale DEF JAM
MV/EE & The Bummer Road: Mother Of Thousands TIME-LAG
Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice: Gipsy Freedom 5RC
Celtic Frost: Monotheist CENTURY MEDIA
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: The Exchange Sessions Vols 1 & 2 DOMINO
Ran Blake: All That Is Tied TOMPKINS SQUARE
Mordant Music: Dead Air MORDANT MUSIC
Julius Eastman: Unjust Malaise NEW WORLD
Little Annie: Songs From The Coalmine Canary DURTRO JNANA
Ruff Sqwad: Guns And Roses Volume 2 RUFF SQWAD RECORDINGS
Volcano the Bear: Classic Erasmus Fusion BETA-LACTAM RING
Leopard Leg: The Seven Sistered Sea-Secret Of Shh Shh Shh UPSET THE RHYTHM
Harlassen: A Way Now SUSTAIN-RELEASE
Text of Light: Metal Box DIRTER PROMOTIONS
Peaches: Impeach My Bush XL
Robert Ashley: Foreign Experiences LOVELY MUSIC
Charalambides: A Vintage Burden KRANKY
Peter Evans: More Is More PSI
Sunn O))) & Boris: Altar SOUTHERN LORD
Dabrye: Two/Three GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL
Chris Corsano: The Young Cricketer HOT CARS WARP
Josephine Foster: A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing LOCUST

Avant Rock

Akron/Family: Meek Warrior YOUNG GOD
Coughs: Secret Passage LOAD
The Free Players: The Free Players LAST VISIBLE DOG
Hisato Higuchi: Dialogue FAMILY VINEYARD
Hush Arbors: Landscape Of Bone THREE LOBED
Jandek: Newcastle Sunday CORWOOD
Jazkamer: Metal Music Machine SMALLTOWN SUPERNOISE
Lambsbread: Trash Diet MAIM & DISFIGURE
Heather Leigh: Jailhouse Rock FAG TAPES
Steve Mackay: Michigan And Arcturus RADON
Robedoor: Wretched Yeti AUDIOBOT LIMITED
Keiji Haino & Tatsuya Yoshida: New Rap TZADIK
Pere Ubu: Why I Hate Women GLITTERHOUSE
Ruinzhatova: Live In Somewhere VIVO
Wooden Wand & The Sky High Band: Second Attention KILL ROCK STARS

Critical Beats

Amerie: Take Control SONY URBAN
Audion: Mouth to Mouth SPECTRAL
Cassie: Me & U BAD BOY
Mr Easy/Red Fox: Nuff Things/Get It WARD 21
FEOS vs MSO: Further And Further LEVEL NON ZERO/ONGAKU
Nelly Furtado: Promiscuous Desi Josh Remix GEFFEN
Isolee Hermelin: PLAYHOUSE
Chelonis R Jones: Deer In The Headlights (Radio Slave Remix) GET PHYSICAL
My My: Songs For The Gentle PLAYHOUSEv Reanimator: Special Powers COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Rhythm & Sound: Poor People Must Work (Carl Craig Remix) BURIAL MIX
Soylent Green: La Forza Del Destino PLAYHOUSE
Und: Rodeo (Crowdpleaser Remix) TRAPEZ LTD
Ricardo Villalobos: Fizheuer Zieheuer PLAYHOUSE
Say Wut: School Of Club Rock EP UNRULY

Dub

Dr Alimantado: House Of Singles KEYMAN
Dennis Bovell: Ah Who Seh Do Deh/Leggo Ah-Fi-We-Dis EMI
Lutan Fyah: Phantom War GREENSLEEVES
Keith Hudson: Entering The Dragon TROJAN FAN CLUB
I Kong: The Way It Is VP
Freddie McGregor: Bobby Babylon HEARTBEAT
Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari: Inward I SOUND OF WORLD
Michael Rose: African Dub M Scientist Dub From The Ghetto RAS
Leroy Smart: Dread Hot In Africa MAKASOUND
Sound Dimension: Jamaica Soul Shake Volume 1 SOUL JAZZ
Linval Thompson: Inna De Yard INNA DE YARD
The Viceroys: Inna De Yard INNA DE YARD
Wang Lei Meets High Tone: Wang Tone JARRING EFFECTS
Yabby You: Deliver Me From My Enemies BLOOD & FIRE

Electronica

AFX: Chosen Lords REPHLEX
AGF & Sue C.: Mini-Movies ASPHODEL
Alog: Catch That Totem! (1995-2005) MELEKTRONIKK
Alva: Noto For LINE
Boxcutter: Oneiric PLANET MU
Colleen: Colleen Et Les Boîtes À Musique THE LEAF LABEL
Deaf Centre: Neon City TYPE
Ryoji Ikeda: Dataplex RASTER-NOTON
Vitor Joaquim: Flow CRÓNICA
Kode9 & The Spaceape: Memories Of The Future HYPERDUB
Leafcutter John: The Forest And The Sea STAUBGOLD
Loscil: Plume KRANKY
Mordant Music: Dead Air MORDANT MUSIC
Andy Stott: Merciless MODERN LOVE
Uniform: Protocol PLANET MU

Global A-Z

Amadou & Mariam: 1990-1995 Le Meilleur Des Années Maliennes GREENSLEEVES
Los Desterrados: Tu CRUSOE
Dona Dumitru: Siminica Sounds From A Bygone Age Vol 3 ASPHALT TANGO
Falak: The Voice Of Destiny: Traditional, Popular And Symphonic Music Of Tajikistan TOPIC
Fanfare Ciocarlia: Gili Garabdi: Ancient Secrets Of Gypsy Brass ASPHALT TANGO
Guitars Of The Golden Triangle: Folk And Pop Music Of Myanmar Vol II SUBLIME FREQUENCIES
Lagos Chop Up/Lagos All Routes HONEST JON'S
Kékélé: Kinavana STERNS AFRICA
Mon Music Of Burma FIRE MUSEUM
Musicians Of The Nile: Down By The River LONG DISTANCE
Sabu Orimo: Ichion SUBJECTIVE SPIRIT SOUND
Cheikha Rimitti: N'Ta Goudami BECAUSE
Tibetan & Bhutanese Instrumental And Folk Music Vol II SUB ROSA
Ali Farka Touré: Savane WORLD CIRCUIT
Women Of Egypt 1924-1931: Pioneers Of Stardom And Fame TOPIC

Hip Hop A-Z

Da Backwudz: Wood Work ROWDY/MAJOR WAY
Ray Cash: Bumpin My Music COLUMBIA
The Clipse: Hell Hath No Fury JIVE
J Dilla: Donuts STONES THROW
E-40: My Ghetto Report Card WEA
Ghostface: Fishscale DEF JAM
Kool Keith: The Return Of Dr Octagon OCD INTERNATIONAL
El Michels & Raekwon: The PJs SCION
Ruff Sqwad: Guns N Roses, Volume 2 RUFF SQWAD
DJ Shadow: 4 Freaks UNIVERSAL
DJ Smallz & Pimp C: Southern Smoke 25 MIXTAPE
TI: What You Know ATLANTIC
Trae: Restless RAP-A-LOT
Lil Wayne & DJ Drama: Dedication 2 MIXTAPE
Young Jeezy: 3 AM DEF JAM

Jazz and Improv

Ran Blake: All That Is Tied TOMPKINS SQUARE
Hélène Breschand: Le Goût Du Sel D'AUTRES CORDES
Terry Day: Interruptions EMANEM
Peter Evans: More Is More PSI
Malcolm Goldstein & Masashi Harada: Soil EMANEM
IST: Lodi CONFRONT COLLECTORS SERIES
Kidd Jordan/William Parker/Hamid Drake: Palm Of Soul AUM FIDELITY
Joëlle Léandre: Concerto Grosso: Live At Gasthof Heidelberg Loppem JAZZ HALO
Odyssey: The Band Back In Time PI
Evan Parker: Time Lapse TZADIK
Jason Rigby: Translucent Space FRESH SOUND
Keith Rowe & Toshimaru Nakamura: Between ERSTWHILE
Marcus Schmickler & John Tilbury: Variety A-MUSIK
Aki Takase: Tarantella PSI
Birgit Ulher: Scatter CREATIVE SOURCES

Modern Composition

Julian Anderson: Book Of Hours NMC
Luciano Berio: Sequenzas MODE
Gloria Coates: Symphonies 1, 7, 14 NAXOS
Julius Eastman: Unjust Malaise NEW WORLD
Luigi Dallapiccola/Goffredo Petrassie: Musica Da Camera MODE
Beat Furrer: Fama KAIROS
Bernhard Lang: Das Theater Der Wiederholungen KAIROS
György Ligeti: Complete Piano Music BIS
Anthony Pateras & Robin Fox: Flux Compendium EDITIONS MEGO
Steve Reich: Different Trains BLACK BOX
Wolfgang Rihm: String Quartets Nos 12 & 14 COL LEGNO
Spunk: En Andeles Forferdelig Sykdom RUNE GRAMMOFON
Jakob Ullmann: Catalogue Of Sounds EDITIONS RZ
Iannis Xenakis: Music For Strings MODE

Outer Limits

Maurizio Bianchi/Nobu Kasahara/Hitoshi Kojo: The Epidemic Symphony No 9 OCTPIA
Jonathan Coleclough & Murmer: Husk ICR
Andrew Chalk: Goldfall FARAWAY PRESS
Tony Conrad: Joan Of Arc TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS
Machinefabriek: Marijn LAMPSE
Daniel Menche: Jugularis IMPORTANT
Merzbow: Metamorphism VERY FRIENDLY
Nurse With Wound: Shipwreck Radio Vol 2 ICR/UNITED DAIRIES
Colin Potter & The Hafler Trio: A Pressed On Sandwich NEXTERA
Porest: Tourrorists! ABDUCTION
ROT: Lécurie (K-RAA-K) 3
Bruce Russell: 21st Century Field Hollers And Prison Songs WMO/R
Gary Smith: SuperTexture SIJIS
Starving Weirdos: Evening Light ROOT STRATA
Volcano The Bear: Classic Erasmus Fusion BETA-LACTAM RING

1-11:
Mountains - sewn [apestaartje]
Bibio - hand cranked [mush]
Taylor Deupree - northern [12k]
Tim Hecker - harmony in ultraviolet [kranky]
Hisato Higuchi - dialogue [family vineyard]
Max Richter - songs from before [130701]
Kangding Ray - stabil [raster-noton]
Donato Wharton - body isolations [city centre offices]
Stephan Mathieu And Janek Schaefer - hidden name [cronica electronica]
Svalastog - woodwork [rune grammofon]
KTL - KTL [editions mego]

12-22:
Enablers - output negative space [neurot]
Loscil - plume [kranky]
Sonic Youth - rather ripped [geffen]
Lee Ranaldo - ambient loop for vancouver [important]
free festival - free festival [benbecula]
Howe Gelb - 'sno angel like you [thrill jockey]
Belong - october language [carpark]
Kazumasa Hashimoto - gllia [noble]
Johann Johannson - IBM 1401, a user's manual [4ad]
J Dilla - donuts [stones throw]
Jel - soft money [anticon]

23-33:
Cool Calm Pete - lost [def jux]
Helios - eingya [type]
Cansei de Ser Sexy - cansei de ser sexy [sub pop]
Felipe + Forté - eke out [sublight]
phonºnoir - putting holes into october skies [quatermass]
Shogun Kunitoki - tasankokaiku [fonal]
Rameses III - matanuska [music fellowship]
Xela - the dead sea [type]
Schneider TM - skoda mluvit [city slang]
Leafcutter John - the forest and the sea [staubgold]
Christina Carter - electrice [kranky]

34-44:
Thom Yorke - the eraser [xl]
The Necks - chemist [fish of milk]
Ghostface Killah - fishscale [def jam]
Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Hash Baz - osaka bridge [karaoke kalk]
James Blackshaw - o true believer [bo'weavil]
Beck - information [interscope]
Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet feat. mats gustafsson live in lisbon [clean feed]
The Gossip - standing in the way of control [kill rock stars]
Ekkehard Ehlers - a life without fear [staubgold]
Mono - you are there [temporary residence]
Mr. Lif - mo'mega [def jux]


45-55:
Ali Farka Touré - savane [nonesuch]
Mr. Nogatco - nogatco rd. [insomniac inc]
Library Tapes - feelings for something lost [resonant]
Benoît Pioulard - précis [kranky]
Marsen Jules - les fleurs [city centre offices]
Pan American - for waiting for chasing [mosz]
Mapstation - distance told me things to be said [~scape]
Glissandro 70 - glissandro 70 [constellation]
William Basinski - variations for piano and tape [2062]
Clark - body riddle [warp]
Svarte Greiner - knive [type]


56-66:
Subtle - for hero: for fool [lex]
Pixel - set your center between your parts in order to [raster-noton]
Yuichiro Fujimoto - the mountain record [ahornfelder]
Mandelbrot Set - all our actions are constantly repeated [highpoint lowlife]
Drowsy - snow on moss on stone [fat cat]
The White Birch - come up for air [rune grammofon]
Chris Herbert - mezzotint [kranky]
Machinefabriek - marijn [lampse]
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - exchange sessions vol.1 [domino]
Alva Noto - for [line]
The Ladies - they mean us [temporary residence]

67-77:
Bird Show - lightning ghost [kranky]
Modern Institute - excellent swimmer [expanding]
Anders Dahl - hundloka, flockblomstriga 1 [häpna]
Adrian Klumpes - be still [leaf]
Peaches - impeach my bush [xl]
Dabrye - two. three [ghostly int.]
The North Sea & Rameses III - night of the ankou [type]
Kuupuu - kulta sulka [self-released]
Fourcolor - letter of sounds [12k]
Nika Soup & Saya Source - ipiya [headz]
Chihei Hatakeyama - minima moralia [kranky]

mind not the albums' positions within the groups of eleven: they're undesigned.


edit::
i just realized...i completely forgot about 12Twelve's great "L'univers" out last year on Acuarela Discos, and Tod Dockstader's amazing musique concrète "Aerial#3" on Sub Rosa. They would've ended up amongst the second eleven. Maybe i'll set the list straight these days.

editedit::
new finds; if i had found out about these guys earlier...
Tu M' - Fragile touch of the coincidence [headz]
*stunning guitar loops and drones shit*
Jack Marchment - Recordings [benbecula]
*(un)easy boardsesque tones and noises*
Solo Andata - Fyris swan [hefty]
*soft, subtle, tasteful blend of various music toys*