Zen's 2018 in Electronic: LPs/Comps
But mostly LPs. Very belated and should have sent it out weeks ago. Fab year for electronic music, fellow technocomrades chortles, luci and oltnabrick, granitenotebook, relinquished put out really nice lists with some of my favourite releases. Few of these I had to add to the db so hopefully you can find something you may have missed. Otherwise here it is, the definitive ranking for 2018. Might try add some descriptions later... i'll be better next year for real. |
| 51 |  | Detroit Swindle
High Life
Hon. Mentions:
TSVI - Inner Worlds
L.B. Dub Corp - Side Effects
Elysia Crampton
Martyn - Voids |
| 50 |  | Gabor Lazar
Unfold
Electro/IDM |
| 49 |  | Honnda
Maraschino Mic Drop
Club/Bass |
| 48 |  | Leon Vynehall
Nothing Is Still
Ambient/Deep House |
| 47 |  | Ipek Gorgun
Ecce Homo
Ambient |
| 46 |  | Deena Abdelwahed
Khonnar
Bass/Middle-Eastern |
| 45 |  | Nils Frahm
All Melody
Ambient Classical |
| 44 |  | Mumdance
Shared Meanings
Clubby Techno |
| 43 |  | Forest Drive West
Apparitions
Techno/Ambient Techno |
| 42 |  | DJ Koze
knock knock
House/Tech-House |
| 41 |  | A.A.L. (Against All Logic)
2012-2017
House/Disco |
| 40 |  | Ancient Methods
The Jericho Records
Industrial Techno |
| 39 |  | Pariah (UK)
Here From Where We Are
Ambient |
| 38 |  | Jon Hassell
Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)
Tribal/Ambient/Jazz |
| 37 |  | Objekt
Cocoon Crush
Glitch/Bass |
| 36 |  | serpentwithfeet
soil
soul |
| 35 |  | Demdike Stare
Passion
Experimental/Techno/Deconstructed |
| 34 |  | DjRum
Portrait with Firewood
Bass/Techno |
| 33 |  | Marie Davidson
Working Class Woman
Techno/Pop/Industrial |
| 32 |  | Traumprinz
Traumprinz B2B DJ Metatron Live at Planet Uterus
Techno/House |
| 31 |  | Various Artists (Electronic)
Flowers from the Ashes
psychedelic techno |
| 30 |  | Laurel Halo
Raw Silk Uncut Wood
Jazz/Ambient |
| 29 |  | DJ Healer
Nothing 2 Loose
House/Breakbeat |
| 28 |  | Dax J
Offending Public Morality
Industrial Techno/Breaks/Electro |
| 27 |  | Topdown Dialectic
Topdown Dialectic
Dub Techno |
| 26 |  | Proc Fiskal
Insula
Footworky Wonky |
| 25 |  | Jon Hopkins
Singularity
Microhouse |
| 24 |  | Free Love
Luxury Hits
Electro-Pop |
| 23 |  | Space Afrika
Somewhere Decent To Live
Dub Techno |
| 22 |  | RP Boo
I'll Tell You What!
Footwork |
| 21 |  | Korridor
End of Cycle
Techno/Industrial |
| 20 |  | Various Artists (Techno)
Physically Sick 2
Bass/Techno/House |
| 19 |  | Gazelle Twin
Pastoral
Industrial/Experimental Pop |
| 18 |  | Tim Hecker
Konoyo
Ambient |
| 17 |  | Beta Librae
Sanguine Bond
Dub Techno |
| 16 |  | Konduku
Kıran
Experimental House/Ambient |
| 15 |  | Blawan
Wet Will Always Dry
Industrial Techno |
| 14 |  | Shinichi Atobe
Heat
Dub House/Techno |
| 13 |  | Marble
Elixir of Immortality
Ambient/New Age |
| 12 |  | Yves Tumor
Safe in the Hands of Love
Experimental/Indie |
| 11 |  | Abul Mogard
Above All Dreams
Ambient |
| 10 |  | S.O.N.S
Shin-Okubo One Night Stand
Techno/Ambient
Severely underrated release. Spacey much of the time but climaxes to the spell-binding especially on 'The Dawn' and 'The Prophecy'. Really worth giving a chance. |
| 9 |  | Various Artists (Electronic)
Brainfeeder X
Electronic/Jazz
An impressively consistent 2 hour compilation from a label that already has a historic place in the electronic canon. Such a wide breadth of artists to enjoy here and a great introduction to them all. |
| 8 |  | DJ Khalab
Black Noise 2084
Afrobeat/Techno/Experimental
Oh my, the production on this is absolutely insane. Percussion flutters with jazzy scatters and heavy tribal pulses (a la Ninos Du Brasil), all grounded in a mesmerizing afro-aesthetic. This is just a veritable treasure chest packed to the brim with rhythmic gold. |
| 7 |  | Khotin
Beautiful You
Downtempo
Gentle, ethereal production with magical blends of colourful synths and naturalistic atmosphere. Khotin achieves essential sweetness and nostalgic beauty. |
| 6 |  | Jonny Greenwood
Phantom Thread OST
Classical. I know it's not electronic but it needs a place. |
| 5 |  | Unbalance
Unbalance Ten
Techno/Experimental
I am the type of guy who listens to club music while ironing my evening garments, so this was very relevant to my interests. Visceral eccentric production and ear-worms a plenty. |
| 4 |  | Skee Mask
Compro
Breaks/Ambient
This album faded a little bit towards the end of the year but really he's second to none for drum programming. Intensely atmospheric. |
| 3 |  | SOPHIE
Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
Experimental Pop
As soon as 'Ponyboy' played for the first time this was destined for Top 5. |
| 2 |  | Eli Keszler
Stadium
electroacoustic/jazz/ambient.
The relaxed sit down and cherish your liquor type deal. Ultra ear-candy. |
| 1 |  | Autechre
NTS Sessions 1-4
IDM, funky machine goodness. No doubt this absolutely blew me away and didn't hear anything that came close. Seriously takes you to another plane.
gonk steady one. |
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