No detailed dissection of the year. Since I spent the first half of it on the dole, there wasn’t an enormous amount of money around (read none) to splash out on records, so there’s a lot of stuff I’ve yet to hear.
The twenty are:
1. BLEEDING HEART NARRATIVE – Tongue Tangled Hair (Tartaruga)
2. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)
3. DALEK – Gutter Tactics (Ipecac)
4. 10-20 – 10-20 (Highpoint Lowlife)
5. MONO – Hymn to the Immortal Wind (Temporary Residence)
6. WILLIAM BASINSKI – 92982 (2062)
7. SUNN O)) – Monoliths and Dimensions (Southern Lord)
8. CLARK – Totem Flares (Warp)
9. HARMONIC 313 – When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence (Warp)
10. EVANGELISTA – Prince of Truth (Constellation)
11. 2562 – Unbalance (Baked Goods)
12. SPARKLEHORSE + FENNESZ – In the Fishtank (Konkurrent)
13. A HAWK AND A HACKSAW – Delivrance (Leaf)
14. SIR RICHARD BISHOP – The Freak of Araby (Drag City)
15. CHRISTOPHER TIGNOR – Core Memory Unwound (Western Vinyl)
16. BLACK DOG – Further Vexations (Soma)
17. VILLAGE ORCHESTRA – I Can Hear the Sirens Singing (Highpoint Lowlife)
18. BUSHMAN’S REVENGE – You Lost Me at Hello (Rune Grammofon)
19. VLADISLAV DELAY – Tummaa (Leaf)
20. ELISA LUU – Chromatic Sigh (Hidden Shoal)
Compilation of the Year: 5 Years of Hyperdub
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