Comments on: Best of 2009 – Your Votes http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/ What are you listening to? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:25:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ricky Bellboa http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1736 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:33:07 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1736 Hi,

I know i am a bit late here but here we go anyway….. ive narrowed it down and here is my favourites of the year:-

Albums:
Omar S – Detroit (which is actually full of new tracks and really a new album)
New North Wales – New North Wales (short but could technically be called an album)
Stephan Mathieu and Taylor Dupree – Transcriptions
Demdike Stare – Symbiosis
Zomby – One Foot Ahead of the Other
Andres – Andres II
Dam-Funk – Toeachizown
The Boats – Words are something else
Wisp – The shimmering hour
Danny Norbury – Light in August

Labels:
Cotton Goods
Mobeer
Home Normal

Compilations:
Kling Klang – Kraftwerk Boxset
M-Plant – Robert Hood Minimal Nation
Solar One Music – S.O.M Compilation 2
Ostgut Ton – Tama Sumo Panorama Bar
3 Chairs – Spectrum

New Artists:
Joy Orbison
Demdike Stare
Danny Norbury

]]> By: wim http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1618 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:58:42 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1618 albums
1hecq-steeltongued
2ametsub-the nothings og the north
3solo andata-solo andata
4kettel-myam james pt.2
5yagya-rigning
6wicked messenger-vision rites and techniques of ecstasy
7leyland kirby-sadly,the future is no longer what it was
8loess-burrows
9clark-totems flare
10tim hecker-an imaginary country
honorable mentions: emeralds, aidan baker & thisquietarmy, lawrence english, alva noto, prurient, jega, chihei hatakeyama, dorian concept, jon hopkins, the black dog, peter broderick, william basinski, tim exile,animal collective

]]> By: Headphone Commute http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1585 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:52:33 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1585 ————- TABULATING RESULTS AS OF THIS POST ———————————————-

]]> By: Joseph Auer http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1578 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:38:43 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1578 In the end it only came down to one album that stood out beyond all others.

Album of the Year

01) Dam Funk – Toeachizown (Stones Throw Records, 2009/10/27)
(Inspiration divine sounds from the Funkmosphere!)

Labels of the Year:

01) Stones Throw Records
02) Darla Records
03) Smallfish Records

Artist(s) of the Year:

01) Dam-Funk

Keep reaching for a higher level. All the best for a positive New Year.

]]> By: fumemusic / gavinjh http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1549 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:04:41 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1549 Top 10:
• Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Balmorhea – All is Wild, All is Silent (Also: All is Wild, All is Silent Remixes)
• Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
• Dorian Concept – When Planets Explode
• Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
• Mike Slott – Lucky 9Teen
• Nils Frahm – The Bells
• Tortoise – Beacons Of Ancestorship
• Zomby – One Foot Ahead of the Other
• 2562 – Unbalance

10 Top EPs / Mini Albums:
• Do Make Say Think – The Other Truths
• Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience
• Floating Points – Vacuum
• iTAL tEK – Mako
• Kode 9 – Black Sun / 2 Far Gone
• Machinefabriek & Nils Frahm – Dauw
• Mount Kimbie – Sketch On Glass
• Nils Frahm – Wintermusik
• Ólafur Arnalds – Dyad 1909 (Also: Found Songs)
• Three Trapped Tigers – EP2

Labels:
• 4AD
• Type
• Hyperdub

Comps:
• 5 Years of Hyperdub (Hyperdub)
• Dark Was Night (4AD)
• Edan – Echo Party (Five Day Weekend / The Orchard)
• 4AD 2009 Free Sampler (http://www.4ad.com/features/2009/)
• Warp 20 (Warp)

New Artists:
• Nosaj Thing
• Floating Points
• Three Trapped Tigers

Best free download: Paul White – Sounds from the Skylight http://paulwhite.bandcamp.com/

Happy Christmas Everyone :o)

]]> By: Doyal http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1548 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:10:12 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1548 STENDECK – SONNAMBULA
ACCESS TO ARASAKA – OPPIDAN
PHYLUM SINTER – FROM UNITY TO SEGMENTATION
PROEM – TILL THERE’S NO BREATH
UNDERMATHIC – RETURN TO CHILDHOOD
SUBTRACTIVELAD – WHERE THE LAND MEETS THE SKY
SPC ECO – 3-D
HECQ – STEELTONGUED
BEN FROST – BY THE THROAT
KLYXN – POINTS THAT MATTER

n5MD
TYMPANIK
HYMEN

]]> By: Synctank http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1541 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:49:45 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1541 (No particular order here)

My 10 favorite albums from 2009:

Jon Hopkins: Insides
Stendeck: Sonnambula
Access To Arasaka: Oppidan
Franz Ferdinand: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
Telefon Tel Aviv: Immolate Yourself
Port-Royal: Dying In Time
Undermathic: Return To Childhood
Opposite Exhale: Nothing Lasts
Broken Note: Terminal Static
Keef Baker: Pen Thirteen

Compilations:

IDMf Presents: Divergence
Hymen: Miwak Twelve
Tympanik Audio: Emerging Organisms 3
Impulsive Art: Thesis vol. 1
Kod.ex / Brume Records: Kod.eX Electronic Compilation

Labels:

Ad Noiseam
Tympanik Audio
Hymen Records

]]> By: Chente http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1537 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:52:47 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1537 Hi HC,

Here’s my top 10 of 2009. No surprises I guess :)

- Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
- Shackleton – Three EPs
(http://soundcloud.com/surefire/shackleton-mah-mix-september-2009)
- 2562 – Unbalance
- Luke Vibert – Rhythm
- The Black Dog – Further Vexations
- Mr. Chop – For Pete’s Sake
- Moderat – Moderat
- DJ Sprinkles – Midtown 120 Blues
- Few Nolder – New Folder
- Air – Love 2

Best,

V.

]]> By: Lee Dale http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1536 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:01:28 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1536 Well, I’ve just finished Tarot Sport by Fuck Buttons and now need to append my list. It’s definitely up there, perhaps even more satisfying than Yagya. And still so many recommendations to listen to…

Peace.
Lee

]]> By: ryonkt http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1535 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:06:49 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1535 Top 10 favorite full-length albums:

Ian Hawgood / SNOW ROADS [Dragon's eye]
CONCERN / Truth and Distance [digitalis]
Celer / Engaged Touches [Home Normal]
Celer / Brittle [Low Point]
Celer / Capri [Humming Conch]
Pillowdiver / Sleeping Pills [12k]
Le Lendemain / Fires [Home Normal]
SON OF ROSE / ALL IN [BLANKET FIELDS]
Keepsakes / Partial to Memory [self-release]
Corey Fuller / Seas Between [Dragon's eye]

]]> By: Grizz http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1533 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:17:11 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1533 1. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
2. Clark – Body Riddle
3. Keaver & Brause – The Middle Way
4. Ben Klock – One
5. The Field – Yesterday & Today
6. Tristeza – Fate Unfolds
7. Harmonic 313 – When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence
8. Martyn – Great Lengths
9. Tortoise – Beacons of Ancestorship
10. The Black Dog – Further Vexations

]]> By: gisella http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1532 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:15:48 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1532 1- Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics – Inspiration Information
2- Chinese Man – The Groove Sessions Vol II
3- The New Mastersounds – Ten Years On
4- Lord Newborn And The Magic Skulls – Lord Newborn and the Magic Skulls
4- DJ Signify – Of cities
6- SMOOVE & TURRELL – Antique Soul
7- Wax Tailor – In The Mood For Life
8- Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins- Fascinating Fingers
9- Worriedaboutsatan – Arrivals
10- Greyboy – Era Correct

]]> By: Simon Scott http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1521 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:53:36 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1521 1.Hannu- Hintergarten (kesh Recordings)
2.Nils Frahm-Wintermusik (Sonic pieces)
3.Alva Noto- Xerrox Vol.2 (raster noton)
4.Mark Templeton and Aa.Munson- Acre Loss (Anticipate)
5.Leyland Kirby- Sadly, the future is no longer what is was (History always favours the winners)
6.Concern- Truth & Distance (Digitalis)
7.Svarte Greiner- Kappe (Type)
8.Seasons (Pre-Din)- Your Eyes the Stars and Your Hands the Sea (Type)
9.Taylor Deupree- Sealast (12k)
10.Jasper TX- Singing stones (Fang Bomb)
11.Isnaj Dui- Unstable Equilibrium (Home Normal)
12. Machinefabriek + Gareth Davies- Soundlines (Studio Machinefabriek)
13.William Fowler Collins- Perdition Hill Radio (Type)
14.Lawrence English- A colour for Autumn (12k)
15.Peter Jorgensen-To (Low Point)

Happy Christmas!

]]> By: The Ideal Setback http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1523 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:50:50 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1523 1. Jonsi And Alex – Riceboy Sleeps
2. Mew – No More Stories, ….
3. Olafur Arnalds – Lost Songs
4. Asobi Seksu – Hush
5. William Basinki – 92982
6. Olafur Arnalds – Dyad 1909
7. Max Richter – Henry May Long
8. Helios – Unleft

]]> By: Helio P. Camacho http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1519 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:35:46 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1519 CHIHEI HATAKEYAMA – Saunter
MARTIN HERTERICH – Silent Fields
AKIRA KOSEMURA – Polaroid Piano
TOMASZ BEDNARCZYK – Let’s Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow
GRAND SALVO – Soil Creatures
RAMESES III – I Could Not Love You More
CELER – Engaged Touches
CLOUWBECK – Wolfrahm
ATLAS SOUND – Logos
ANIMAL HOSPITAL – Memory

]]> By: Aquilone http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1518 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:33:07 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1518 apparat
moderat
Bon Iver
Mondkopf
Byetone
Fuck Buttons

]]> By: MuteFM http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1505 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:44:35 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1505 Best Albums:
01. Ametsub – The Nothings of the North
02. Alva Noto – Xerox Vol. II
03. 
Vladislav Delay – Tummaa

04. Monolake – Silence

05. 2562 – Unbalance
06. Zelienople – Give it Up
07. Markus Guentner – Doppelgaenger
08. Clark – Growls Garden
09. Broken Note – Terminal Static
(discovered through this list, amazing! bass music)
10. Oneida – Rated O

Best labels:
01. Raster Noton
(inspiring and challenging in sound)

02. Sending Orbs
(quality control, dedication and love)

03. Ghostly International
(innovative in use of new media & distribution)

ps. All releasing excellent music, no difference there.

]]> By: Zelle11 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1504 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:44:11 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1504 01. Andrew Weatherall – a pox on the pioneers
02. Planetary Assault Systems – temporary suspension
03. The Black Dog – further vexations
04. Martyn – great lengths
05. 坂本龍一 (ryuichi sakamoto) – out of noise
06. Porn Sword Tobacco – everything is music to the ear
07. Proem – till there’s no breath
08. Lusine – a certain distance
09. 横田進 (yokota) – psychic dance
10. Little Dragon – machine dreams

and i thought Efterklang’s ‘performing parades’ release was pretty special too ..

]]> By: miksher http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1503 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:43:45 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1503 Top Artists:

Lawrence English
Christopher Willits
Alva Noto
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sawako
Piana
Cokiyu
Taylor Deupree
Tim Hecker
Tetsu Inoue

Top Lab.
12k
Raster Noton
Room40
Touch
Cronica
Rain Music
Plop
360′
Schole

]]> By: Marco http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2009/12/05/best-of-2009-your-votes/#comment-1502 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:08:04 +0000 http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/?p=2269#comment-1502 Top albums of 2009

Loren Dent – Anthropology
Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country
Anduin – Abadonned in Sleep
Celer – Engaged Touches
Kilowatts – Undercurrent
Ekca Liena – Orb Night
Fennesz – Black Sea
Philip Dickau – This City, and You
Celer – The Everything and The Nothing
P Jorgensen – To

Top 3 Favorite Labels:
Databloem
Infraction
Home Normal

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