Lucid's Year in Electronic
Been an especially strong year for electronic music. Here's a loosely ranked list of my favorite releases along with tracks that stood out. I've excluded vocal-centric releases (no Baths, Kelly Lee Owens etc.) so the list is instrumental for the most part. Special thanks to Chortles and Yotimi for the chats and recs this year. |
1 | | Gas Narkopop
ambient techno, drone // “Narkopop 5” |
2 | | DJ Tennis DJ-Kicks
ambient techno, dub techno, ambient |
3 | | Wanderwelle Lost in a Sea of Trees
dub techno, ambient dub // “Through the Meadow” |
4 | | Warmth Home
ambient, drone // "Waves" |
5 | | Bibio Phantom Brickworks
ambient, drone, minimalism // “Phantom Brickworks II” |
6 | | Carsten Jost Perishable Tactics
tech house // “Army Green” |
7 | | JASSS Weightless
electro-industrial, industrial techno // "Instantaneous Transmission..." |
8 | | Mark Templeton Gentle Heart
glitch, electroacoustic |
9 | | Ben Frost The Centre Cannot Hold
post-industrial, dark ambient |
10 | | Bicep Bicep
ambient house, deep house // “Aura” |
11 | | Lanark Artefax Whities 011
idm, uk bass // “Touch Absence” |
12 | | Lee Gamble Mnestic Pressure
idm, ambient techno |
13 | | Nadia Struiwigh Lenticular
ambient, ambient techno // "Lenticular" |
14 | | Photay Onism
electronic, balaeric beat // “Bombogenesis” |
15 | | CS + Kreme and Yu Su Roast Ghost / Little Forest
ambient, ambient pop // “Roast Ghost (Ultra Lavender Mix)” |
16 | | Fluxion Multidirectional I+II (DeepChord Rebuilds)
dub techno |
17 | | Seb Wildblood The One with the Emoticon
deep house // "The One with the Emoticon" |
18 | | Blanck Mass World Eater
electro-industrial, post-industrial // "Please" |
19 | | Terekke Plant Age
outsider house, ambient techno // “Need U” |
20 | | FP-Oner 7
tech house, deep house |
21 | | Koehler Oblivious Pool
techno, breakbeat // “Isle of the Dead (Mystical Psychosis Version)” |
22 | | Steffi World of the Waking State
ambient techno, tech house // “Different Entities” |
23 | | Lorenzo Senni XAllegroX / The Shape of Trance to Come
progressive electronic, trance |
24 | | Kettenkarussell Insecurity Guard
ambient house, deep house // “Gate” |
25 | | Claro Intelecto Exhilarator
dub techno, ambient techno |
26 | | John Tejada Ceol
tech house |
27 | | Forest Swords Compassion
ambient dub, tribal ambient // "Arms Out" |
28 | | DJ Sports Modern Species
ambient house, deep house // “Entry Mode” |
29 | | Visible Cloaks Lex
ambient, progressive electronic // “World” |
30 | | Rod Modell Dawn, Dusk and Darkness
ambient, field recordings |
31 | | Four Tet New Energy
microhouse, downtempo // “Two Thousand and Seventeen” |
32 | | Iglooghost Neo Wax Bloom
wonky, bubblegum bass, glitch hop // "White Gum" |
33 | | Shinichi Atobe From the Heart, It's a Start, a Work of Art
dub techno, ambient house // “Regret” |
34 | | Joni Void Selfless
sound collage, post-industrial |
35 | | Session Victim Listen To Your Heart
deep house, nu-disco |
36 | | Mohlao Landforms
ambient techno |
37 | | Earth Trax I Gave You Everything
deep house |
38 | | Echoplex The Solar Experience
minimal techno, tech house |
39 | | LOFT Three Settlements Four Ways
techno, tech house // “funemployed” |
40 | | Teengirl Fantasy 8AM
balaeric beat, deep house |
41 | | Jlin Black Origami
footwork, afro-house // “Challenge (To Be Continued)” |
42 | | Dmitry Evgrafov Comprehension of Light
ambient, modern classical |
43 | | Juju & Jordash Sis-Boom-Bah!
tech house, deep house |
44 | | Ligovskoï Mana EP and Remixes
ambient // “Aures” |
45 | | Porn Sword Tobacco 2017
ambient, ambient techno |
46 | | Octo Octa Where Are We Going?
deep house, tech house |
47 | | Yves Tumor Experiencing the Deposit of Faith
ambient, hypnagogic pop // “E. Eternal” |
48 | | death's dynamic shroud.wmv Heavy Black Heart
vaporwave, glitch pop |
49 | | Cloudface Super You
outsider house, ambient house |
50 | | DJ Central & Erika Casier Drive
garage house, uk garage // “Drive (First Mix)” |
51 | | Visible Cloaks Reassemblage
ambient, progressive electronic |
52 | | Jonny Nash Eden
ambient // “Lime” |
53 | | Jason van Wyk Opacity
ambient, modern classical |
54 | | Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement Ambient Black Magic
ambient dub, nature recordings // “Jungle is a Shapeshifter” |
55 | | NHK yx Koyxen Exit Entrance
tech house, idm |
56 | | Deepchord Auratones
dub techno, ambient techno |
57 | | Deepchord Live in Detroit [Ghost in the Sound]
dub techno |
58 | | Bing and Ruth No Home Of The Mind
ambient, minimalism, drone |
59 | | Pacific Coliseum Ocean City
balearic beat, deep house |
60 | | Nick Hoppner Work
tech house |
61 | | DJ Python Dulce Compania
deep house, reggateon // “You Ran (Do)” |
62 | | Skee Mask ISS002
ambient techno |
63 | | Roman Flugel Fabric 95
tech house, techno |
64 | | Nummer Second Sight
deep house |
65 | | Various Artists Referenz 1
deep techno |
66 | | Palta Universel
ambient, downtempo // “Optagelse 16A” |
67 | | Objekt Objekt #4
uk bass, hardcore breaks |
68 | | Daphni FabricLive 93
tech house, microhouse |
69 | | Jonny Nash / Suzanne Kraft Japanese Promotional Tool
ambient, new age |
70 | | Jonny Nash / Suzanne Kraft Passive Aggressive
ambient, new age |
71 | | Neo Image Untitled
deep house, ambient house |
72 | | Call Super Arpo
idm, ambient techno |
73 | | Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri La Equidistancia
ambient, drone, tape music // “Lo esencial es invisible a los ojos” |
74 | | Mary Lattimore Collected Pieces
ambient, electroacoustic // “Wawa by the Ocean” |
75 | | Mr. YT Brand New Day
deep house |
76 | | Errorsmith Superlative Fatigue
idm, digital dancehall |
77 | | Various Artists Diggin' in the Carts
video game music |
78 | | Alessandro Cortini Avanti
ambient, progressive electronic, field recordings |
79 | | Actress AZD
microhouse, bleep techno, outsider house |
80 | | Gaussian Curve The Distance
ambient, downtempo, new age |
81 | | Tiny Vipers Laughter
ambient, drone |
82 | | James Maloney Gaslight
ambient, modern classical |
83 | | Denis Sulta Nein Fortiate EP
tech house // “Nein Fortiate” |
84 | | Dauwd Theory of Colours
ambient house, deep house |
85 | | Bellows (I) Sander
ambient, ambient dub |
86 | | Shed The Final Experiment
ambient techno, breakbeat |
87 | | T.Raumschmiere Heimat
ambient techno, minimal techno // “Jaguar” |
88 | | Unknown Artist Untitled
deep house |
89 | | natural/electronic.system. Sicut Erat
ambient techno, minimal techno |
90 | | Chrome Sparks Wake
techno |
91 | | Patricia Several Shades of the Same Color
outsider house, ambient techno |
92 | | Jefre Cantu-Ledesma On The Echoing Green
ambient, shoegaze // “A Song of Summer” |
93 | | Ross From Friends The Outsiders
outsider house, synthwave |
94 | | Burial Pre Dawn/Indoors
industrial techno, outsider house // “Indoors” |
95 | | Kiasmos Blurred EP
microhouse |
96 | | Avalon Emerson Whities 013
tech house, minimal techno |
97 | | Various Artists Planet Giegling
deep house, techno |
98 | | Scuba Death The Worm at the Core
ambient techno, ambient dub |
99 | | Antigone (FR) Ostinato
techno |
100 | | Bambooman Whispers
electronic, tech house, ambient |
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