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TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2009
(without any numbers, chronologically)

The Sight Below - Glider Ghostly International
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilon Domino
Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol. 2 raster-noton
Mint Julep - Songs about Snow Unseen
Solar Fields - Movements Ultimae
Mountains - Choral Thrill Jockey
Dakota Suite - The End of Trying Karaoke Kalk
Intrusion - The Seduction of Silence Echospace
Rhian Sheehan - Standing in Silence Loop
Jon Hassell - Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes ... ECM
Fever Ray - Fever Ray Rabid
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country Kranky
Last Days - The Safety of the North n5MD
Moderat - Moderat Bpitch Control
Bugge Wesseltoft - Playing Jazzland
Heinali - Post Hope Heinali mp3
Fink - Sort of Revolution Ninja Tune
Jon Hopkins - Insides Domino
Tomasz Bednarczyk - Let´s make better Mistakes Tomorrow 12K
James Blackshaw - The Glass Bead Game Young God
Jónsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps EMI
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Just posted on Optimistic Underground about the jaw-droppingly fantastic album, White Clouds Drift On and On.


White Clouds Drift On And On
http://static.boomkat.com/images/240588/333.jpg

by Brock Van Wey
aka bvdub.

excerpt: "Everything expands in all directions at once, infiltrating and taking over all sense of place and time. Vocals flit in and out of the mix and are seemingly heard before they appear, yet register only once they’ve gone. More than a quarter of an hour can slip away in the blink of an eye, with only the fleeting silence between tracks reminding of the outside world."

It's beyond good. It's like a wonderful dream. It's... just read about it, check it out, and buy it if you can.

For fans of:
Quantec
Deepchord Presents Echospace
Intrusion
Gas
The Sight Below
Fennesz
Klaus Schulze
Tim Hecker
Stars of the Lid
Oneohtrix Point Never
Loscil
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Part 1: GRIT http://www.myspace.com/dronetunnel

1. Live

http://www.archive.org/download/Grit-Atmospherefebruary10ProtonRadio/Grit-Atmospherefebruary10ProtonRadio.mp3

Part 2: Endwise and k1Lka

1. Luke Hess - City Light
2. GRIT - Auto Pilot
3. Luke Hess - The Way
4. Intrusion - De Natura Return (Intrusion Mix)
5. Luke Hess - Meaning Matters (Mikkel Metal Remix)
6. GRIT- Traction
7. Luke Hess - Renewal (Looped By A.O.S.)
8. Brock Van Wey (aka bvdub) - Forever A Stranger (Intrusion Shape IV)
9. DJ Koze - Bodenweich
10. Luke Hess - Motor Dub
11. Brock Van Wey (aka bvdub) - A Gentle Hand To Hold
12. bvdub - Lest You Forget
13. Atheus - Adagio For Drone

http://www.archive.org/download/EndwiseAndK1lka-AtmosphereFebruary2010_932/EndwiseAndK1lka-AtmosphereFebruary2010.mp3

When I started making this top, I thought that this year havent brought much good to me. It was true until I started browsing through my musical archive looking for albums that I listened/liked a lot. Then my top 7 turned to top 16 and I have to shrink it to top 12 (because I just couldnt make it to TOP10)

01. Ben Frost - By The Throat (Bedroom Community)
http://www.goodmornincaptn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/BenFrost_ByTheThroat_375-300x300.jpg
I have noticed Ben Frost when I have discovered Bedroom Community through Valgeir Sigurdsson's Ekvílíbrium.
Theory of the Machines was nice, but didnt seem special back in the time. But boy, oh boy, when I heard his new album I was amazed. So serious and interesting stuff. You just feel that musician is trying to make you feel things. And you do feel while listening. Unforgetable impression. Everytime I listen to it (and I do that a lot lately).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PePjROru6UM

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12" Charted: 294

postion-weeks on chart-peak

LISTEN TO TOP 30 OF YEAR-END CHART

01-10

01-17-01 Prostitune - Money Nugget EP [2 weeks #1]


http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/myclubchartyear/prostitune.jpg

02-13-01 Minilogue - My Teenager Gang [5 weeks #1]


http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/myclubchartyear/minilogue.jpg

03-15-01 Thomas Brinkmann - Isch [5 weeks #1]


http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/myclubchartyear/thomasbrinkmann.jpg

04-15-01 Bruno Pronsato - The Make Up The Break Up [2 weeks #1]


http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/myclubchartyear/brunopronsato.jpg

05-14-01 Intrusion / Lo-Fi Soundsystem / Mildiou - Lo-Fi Soundsystem [3 weeks #1]


http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/myclubchartyear/lo-fisoundsystem.jpg

06-14-02 DJ Jus-ED presents Nina Kraviz - First Time EP


http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/myclubchartyear/djjus-ed.jpg
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Here's my choice. 100 stunning albums of 2009. :)


100
Bibio
Ambivalence Avenue

Genre: idm, disco, beats, folk, funky
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/topalbums/bibioambi.jpg

099
Broadcast & The Focus Group
Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

Genre: experimental, psychedelic
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/topalbums/broadcast.jpg

098
Lusine
A Certain Distance

Genre: leftfield, idm, tech house
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/topalbums/lusine.jpg

097
Sparklehorse + Fennesz
In A Fishtank 15

Genre: avangarde, ambient, experimental
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/topalbums/sparklehouse.jpg

096
Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek
Blank Grey Canvas Sky

Genre: modern classical, experimental
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/topalbums/machinfabriek.jpg

095
Jega
Variance

Genre: glitch, idm, experimental
http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii477/marcopollos/topalbums/jega.jpg
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http://headphonecommute.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/headphone-commute-150.jpg?w=150&h=150&h=150
I absolutely hate rating music. I hate dating it too, but rating… That’s just wrong. I mean, how can you compare the minimalist beauty of Taylor Deupree to the pounding beats of Chris Clark? What’s the scale here? Last year, in Headphone Commute’s Best of 2008, I attempted to tier my favorites into “Absolute Must“, “The Very Best“, and “The Essentials“, and even that, of course, is rating music. This year, I wanted to select my favorite releases from each category – but then I was faced with another dilemma – lumping music into genres is probably even worse than rating it! All this negativity has been clouding over me until in a bout of frustration I came out with the answer!

And so, I present you with 15 lists of 10 favorite releases unified by a unique theme in alphabetical order by artist. That’s 150 albums of the year! You will see that these entries tend to fall within similar styles anyway…

The journal is dedicated to all music released during this year.The list will not have numbers TOP etc. only releases and few words about them.Thanks to artist for their music work (moments). One important thing this list is not definitely the best or like i say TOP,charts will be avoid, sorting things is leave for big discography labels who sort what they sell. Every one is invited to post his releases from 2009 just to make this post more interesting...and maybe we discover some release through each other posts.

Intrusion - the seduction of silence (echospace )
warm grey(green) echo-noises for urban(nature) landscape
Yagya - Rigning (sending orbs)
first was the snow now it rains, very nice rain noises in backgrounds
Monolake - Silence (imbalance computer music)
great atmospheric moments in the silence
Inch-time - Aurora (static caravan)
colorful release - relaxing
bvdub - To Live (smallfish)
the name of release describe everything
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