Gouseiontop eleven really minimal things
11. T++ - allied/tensile
10. Uusitalo - karhunainen
9. Matthew Dear - asa breed
8. Matias Aguayo - a night at the tilehouse EP
7. Andy Stott - fear of heights EP
6. Pole - steingarten
5. Klimek - dedications
4. Deepchord Presents Echospace - the coldest season
3. Antiguo Autómata Mexicano - kraut slut
2. Alva Noto - xerrox vol. 1
1. Shackleton - blood on my hands (Ricardo Villalobos apocalypso now mix)
top ten hip-hop records/mixtapes
10. Madlib - beat konducta vols. 3-4: in india
9. Wiley - playtime is over
8. Y Society - travel at your own pace
7. Thavius Beck - give us free!
6. Jay Electronica - style wars EP
5. Viktor Vaughn - raedawn (kaman leung remix)
4. Slix - down vol. 1
3. Oh No - dr. no’s oxperiment
2. High Priest - born identity
1. Durrty Goodz - axiom EP
top nine things that might be labelled as 'dubstep'
9. Pinch - underwater dancehall
8. Starkey - nc-17 EP
7. Rustie - jagz the smack EP
6. Tes La Rok / Clouds - shallow
5. Aaron Spectre - say more fire / music is the weapon
4. Cyrus - from the shadows
3. snares - sabbath dubs
2. Zomby - spliff dub (Rustie remix)
1. Bass Clef - zamyatin tapes vols. 1 + 2
top eight things involving lots of electronics (that i could not fit elsewhere)
8. Surgeon - whose bad hands are these? parts 1 and 2
7. Acrnym - flowers
6. DJ Scotch Egg - scotch hausen
5. Venetian Snares - pink + green
4. The Bug - skeng
3. Badawi - unit of resistance
2. DJ C - sonic weapons
1. Gouseion - puisne
top seven reissues/comps
7. Aaron Spectre - lost tracks
6. big dada - well deep: ten years of big dada recordings
5. greensleeves records - ragga jungle dubs
4. Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band - present egyptian jazz
3. DJ Screw - 11.16.00 vol. 2
2. Rotator - choose your poison, mine is hardcore
1. buda musique records - best of ethiopiques
top six vaguely jazzy records
6. William Parker - corn meal dance
5. Cobblestone Jazz - 23 seconds
4. The Free Zen Society - s/t
3. Method of Defiance - inamorata
2. Zu & Nobukazu Takemura - identification with the enemy
1. Supersilent - 8
top five really dubby things
5. The Dub Project - 2
4. kaman leung - lacrimal
3. Scorn - stealth
2. High Priest - at the controls vol. 1
1. Strategy - future rock
top four pitchforky things
4. Black Dice - load blown
3. Stars of the Lid - and the refinement of the decline
2. Ahleuchatistas - even in the midst
1. Gang Gang Dance - rawwar
top three dj mixes (that were recorded)
3. Ricardo Villalobos - fabric 36
2. Kode9 vs. Flying Lotus - live on rinse fm
1. DJ /rupture vs. Filastine - shotgun wedding volume six
top two other lists that have me nodding my head in agreement
2. dj /rupture’s list
1. tes la rok’s list
top one really awful album cover
Burial - untrue
in the words of prancehall:
The picture on the cover looks like something an autistic 12 year-old UK hip-hop fan from Luton would draw at an after school art class and then plan to print on a T-shirt (but never actually get round to doing it)
sorry about the lack of explanation (if that's your thing), i was just going for an aesthetically pleasing list. happy 2008 then!
11. T++ - allied/tensile
10. Uusitalo - karhunainen
9. Matthew Dear - asa breed
8. Matias Aguayo - a night at the tilehouse EP
7. Andy Stott - fear of heights EP
6. Pole - steingarten
5. Klimek - dedications
4. Deepchord Presents Echospace - the coldest season
3. Antiguo Autómata Mexicano - kraut slut
2. Alva Noto - xerrox vol. 1
1. Shackleton - blood on my hands (Ricardo Villalobos apocalypso now mix)
top ten hip-hop records/mixtapes
10. Madlib - beat konducta vols. 3-4: in india
9. Wiley - playtime is over
8. Y Society - travel at your own pace
7. Thavius Beck - give us free!
6. Jay Electronica - style wars EP
5. Viktor Vaughn - raedawn (kaman leung remix)
4. Slix - down vol. 1
3. Oh No - dr. no’s oxperiment
2. High Priest - born identity
1. Durrty Goodz - axiom EP
top nine things that might be labelled as 'dubstep'
9. Pinch - underwater dancehall
8. Starkey - nc-17 EP
7. Rustie - jagz the smack EP
6. Tes La Rok / Clouds - shallow
5. Aaron Spectre - say more fire / music is the weapon
4. Cyrus - from the shadows
3. snares - sabbath dubs
2. Zomby - spliff dub (Rustie remix)
1. Bass Clef - zamyatin tapes vols. 1 + 2
top eight things involving lots of electronics (that i could not fit elsewhere)
8. Surgeon - whose bad hands are these? parts 1 and 2
7. Acrnym - flowers
6. DJ Scotch Egg - scotch hausen
5. Venetian Snares - pink + green
4. The Bug - skeng
3. Badawi - unit of resistance
2. DJ C - sonic weapons
1. Gouseion - puisne
top seven reissues/comps
7. Aaron Spectre - lost tracks
6. big dada - well deep: ten years of big dada recordings
5. greensleeves records - ragga jungle dubs
4. Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band - present egyptian jazz
3. DJ Screw - 11.16.00 vol. 2
2. Rotator - choose your poison, mine is hardcore
1. buda musique records - best of ethiopiques
top six vaguely jazzy records
6. William Parker - corn meal dance
5. Cobblestone Jazz - 23 seconds
4. The Free Zen Society - s/t
3. Method of Defiance - inamorata
2. Zu & Nobukazu Takemura - identification with the enemy
1. Supersilent - 8
top five really dubby things
5. The Dub Project - 2
4. kaman leung - lacrimal
3. Scorn - stealth
2. High Priest - at the controls vol. 1
1. Strategy - future rock
top four pitchforky things
4. Black Dice - load blown
3. Stars of the Lid - and the refinement of the decline
2. Ahleuchatistas - even in the midst
1. Gang Gang Dance - rawwar
top three dj mixes (that were recorded)
3. Ricardo Villalobos - fabric 36
2. Kode9 vs. Flying Lotus - live on rinse fm
1. DJ /rupture vs. Filastine - shotgun wedding volume six
top two other lists that have me nodding my head in agreement
2. dj /rupture’s list
1. tes la rok’s list
top one really awful album cover
Burial - untrue
in the words of prancehall:
The picture on the cover looks like something an autistic 12 year-old UK hip-hop fan from Luton would draw at an after school art class and then plan to print on a T-shirt (but never actually get round to doing it)
sorry about the lack of explanation (if that's your thing), i was just going for an aesthetically pleasing list. happy 2008 then!
