A 2013 List Posted Mid February Because Life Is Moving Fast And You'll Be Dead Before You Know It
Including LPs, EPs and compilations, limited to one album per artist since
some dudes went fucking crazy this year (I cheated a tad bit, putting two
Daniel Jonsson projects in.) Ratings are included next to each release
mostly for personal purposes. |
100 | | Naoki Ishida and Ayato Phae
ambient, field recordings - 3 |
99 | | Recondite Hinterland
techno - 3 |
98 | | SVN OKKLT Compilation
black metal - 3 |
97 | | Ceephax Cro Magnox
idm, techno - 3 |
96 | | Aine O'Dwyer Anything Bright or Startling?
free folk - 3 |
95 | | Cerekloth In the Midst of Life We Are In Death
death metal - 3 |
94 | | Ishome Confession
garage - 3 |
93 | | Eva-Maria Houben Piano Music
minimalism - 3 |
92 | | Exit Sense Cherry Blossom Oblivion
sound collage - 3 |
91 | | Mammane Sani et son Orgue La musique electronique du Niger
minimal synth - 3 |
90 | | Yparxei Provlima Amalia Kona Kai
field recordings - 3 |
89 | | Olivia Block Karren
musique concrete - 3 |
88 | | Sorrow (UK) Dreamstone
garage - 3 |
87 | | Aidan Baker Already Drowning
post-rock - 3 |
86 | | Chelsea Wolfe Pain Is Beauty
folk, gothic rock - 3 |
85 | | Oren Ambarchi, Jim O'Rourke, Keiji Haino Now While It's Still Warm Let Us Pour in All...
noise rock, psych rock - 3 |
84 | | Gordon Ashworth Public Loops Volume One
field recordings, tape music - 3 |
83 | | Atolon and Chip Shop Music Public Private
eai - 3 |
82 | | Croatian Amor and Lust For Youth Pomegranate
minimal synth - 3 |
81 | | Youth Avoiders Youth Avoiders
hardcore - 3 |
80 | | Brutality Ruins of Humans
death metal - 3 |
79 | | Puce Mary Success
noise, dark ambient - 3 |
78 | | Symptom Opulent Atrocity
death metal - 3 |
77 | | Trade Sheworks005
techno - 3 |
76 | | Anne Guthrie so it's inverted, occupying the same position...
field recordings - 3 |
75 | | The Field Cupid's Head
minimal techno - 3 |
74 | | Jefre Cantu-Ledesma Devotion
ambient, noise - 3 |
73 | | Jerusalem in my Heart Mo7it Al-Mo7it
avant-folk, arabic folk music - 3 |
72 | | Torture Chain Mutilating Astral Entities
black metal - 3 |
71 | | Prurient Through the Window
industrial techno - 3 |
70 | | Attestupa Musik för tomma rum
industrial, dark ambient - 3 |
69 | | Brainbombs Disposal of a Dead Body
noise rock - 3 |
68 | | Ildjarn/Hate Forest Those Once Mighty Fallen
black metal - 3 |
67 | | Else Marie Pade/Jacob Kirkegaard Svaevninger
drone - 3 |
66 | | Houria Aichi Renayate
berber music - 3 |
65 | | Burial Rival Dealer
ok yeh u got me - 3 |
64 | | Lionel Marchetti 23 formes en elastique
electroacoustic - 3 |
63 | | Night Birds Born To Die In Suburbia
punk - 3 |
62 | | The Delfonics Adrian Younge Presents The Delfonics
soul - 3 |
61 | | Jon Hopkins Immunity
techno, ambient - 3 |
60 | | Taku Unami, Moe Kamura & Tetuzi Akiyama Hontatedori
onkyo - 3 |
59 | | Iceage You're Nothing
post-punk - 3 |
58 | | Anne Guthrie and Richard Kamerman Sinter
eai, field recordings - 3 |
57 | | Boards of Canada Tomorrow's Harvest
idm - 3 |
56 | | Arnaut Pavle Demo Tape MMXIII
black metal - 3 |
55 | | Lubomyr Melnyk Three Solo Pieces
minimalism - 3.5 |
54 | | The Black Twilight Circle Tliltic Tlapoyauak
black metal - 3.5 |
53 | | LR The Fragility of Happiness
industrial, dark ambient - 3.5 |
52 | | Stephen Cornford and Samuel Rodgers Boring Embroidery
free improv - 3.5 |
51 | | Tal National Kaani
afro-funk - 3.5 |
50 | | Dropdead / Ruidosa Inmundicia Split
powerviolence - 3.5 |
49 | | Joe Panzner and Greg Stuart Dystonia Duos
noise, eai - 3.5 |
48 | | Ambuya Nyati Musique rituelle shona
african folk music - 3.5 |
47 | | Various Artists 100 Moons: Hindustani Vocal Art, 1930-55
hindustani classical music - 3.5 |
46 | | Soap and Skin Sugarbread
darkwave - 3.5 |
45 | | Rafael Anton Irisarri The Unintentional Sea
ambient - 3.5 |
44 | | Various Artists (Noise) Belgrade is the World
industrial, noise - 3.5 |
43 | | Tim Hecker Virgins
ambient, drone - 3.5 |
42 | | Sea of Shit Sea of Shit
powerviolence - 3.5 |
41 | | Jar Moff Commercial Mouth
sound collage - 3.5 |
40 | | John Butcher, Tony Buck, Magda Mayas and Burkhard Stangl Plume
free jazz - 3.5 |
39 | | The Rita Retrospective II
harsh noise - 3.5 |
38 | | Ryoji Ikeda Supercodex
glitch - 3.5 |
37 | | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba Jama Ko
mande folk music - 3.5 |
36 | | Var No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers
post-punk, industrial - 3.5 |
35 | | Machismo Severe Disconnect
power electronics - 3.5 |
34 | | Paysage d'Hiver Das Tor
black metal - 3.5 |
33 | | Oneohtrix Point Never R Plus Seven
electronic, experimental - 3.5 |
32 | | u-Ziq Chewed Corners
idm - 3.5 |
31 | | Exit Records Mosaic: Volume Two
drum and bass - 3.5 |
30 | | Lee Patterson and Vanessa Rossetto Temperament as Waveform
eai - 3.5 |
29 | | Magnetophonique Lush Islands - Illusion of Paradise
ambient - 3.5 |
28 | | Dora Juarez Kiczkovsky Cantos para una diáspora
folk - 3.5 |
27 | | Laurel Halo Chance of Rain
techno - 3.5 |
26 | | Gorguts Colored Sands
death metal - 3.5 |
25 | | Various Artists Dokument #1
noise rock, post-punk, industrial - 3.5 |
24 | | Julia Holter Loud City Song
art pop - 3.5 |
23 | | William Parker Wood Flute Songs
avant-garde jazz, free jazz - 3.5 |
22 | | Ulver Messe I.X-VI.X
dark ambient, modern classical - 3.5 |
21 | | Ben UFO FabricLive.67
techno - 3.5 |
20 | | Zahava Seewald and Michael Grebil From My Mother's House
sound collage, jewish music - 3.5 |
19 | | Kommando RJF Sweet Slow Suicide
power electronics - 3.5 |
18 | | Ulcerate Vermis
death metal - 3.5 |
17 | | Witxes A Fabric of Beliefs
ambient, drone - 3.5 |
16 | | David Tudor The Art of David Tudor
modern classical - 3.5 |
15 | | Peter Brotzmann Long Story Short
free jazz - 3.5 |
14 | | Tusen ar under jord Sorgsendomet Fobos
drone, tape music - 3.5 |
13 | | Work/Death Phone About to Ring
drone, noise - 3.5 |
12 | | Pali Meursault Offset
musique concrete - 3.5 |
11 | | Fire! Orchestra Exit!
free jazz, experimental big band - 4 |
10 | | Kuupuu Sous juju
avant-folk | playful tunes from Finnish freak folk princess Jonna Karanka. her
creativity is on full display here, and i can't help but love every second - 4 |
9 | | Obliteration Black Death Horizon
death metal | raw, relentless and ugly as fuck, it doesn't get much better than this
- 4 |
8 | | ASC Time Heals All
ambient | i know i said "dudes" plural in the description but ASC is really the sole
reason why i'm limiting these lists to one album per artist, it's disgusting how much
good music this dude puts out - 4 |
7 | | dusa Segermannen
ambient, folk | Daniel Jonsson creates mournful, decaying soundscapes unlike
anything i've ever heard, i can't stop listening to this - 4 |
6 | | Dennis Johnson November
minimalism | the pleasure of slowly getting nowhere - 4 |
5 | | Mirt Mud, Dirt and Hiss
ambient, field-recordings | Analog synth on the one hand, avian field-recordings on
the other, each deployed perfectly. This is some of the most seductive stuff I've
heard all year. The sheer gorgeousity of these sounds will have your eyes rolling in
delight. Lovely for the morning - 4 |
4 | | The Knife Shaking the Habitual
electronic, experimental | Like the previous album from this Swedish experimental
duo, Shaking the Habitual is a sui generis creation that, in its own oblique way,
manages to be every bit as catchy as it is unique. Complete unrestrained
creativity. Fun of the highest order - 4 |
3 | | Autechre Exai
idm | To my ears, Autechre have produced some of the strongest, most
consistently vital music of the last two decades and Exai is no exception. But they
are not breaking any new ground with this one. Instead, it works as a culmination
of their career so far, touching on almost every phase of their catalog and
developing their already established strengths. The result is fucking glorious. Two
hours without one wasted moment - 4 |
2 | | Various Artists (Classical) Longing for the Past: The 78 rpm era in SE Asia
old ass music | A four-CD box set of 90 vintage 78 rpm recordings from long-
forgotten cultural outposts of Southeast Asia. Spanning six decades and going back
as early as 1905, this mammoth covers the music of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia and more. From an archival standpoint, this is easily one of the most
impressive compilations of all time. And as if that wasn't enough, the content is
hauntingly beautiful and almost frighteningly consistent given its size. Alien vocal
styles and mystery instruments are aplenty. If your musical interests spread beyond
the conventional confines of Western culture, I say pick this up and get ready to
enter a lost world - 4.5 |
1 | | Jakob Ullmann Fremde Zeit Addendum 4
modern classical, lowercase | This hour-long organ piece is about as slow as it
gets. But as per usual with Ullmann, a sense of meditative calm descends on those
patient enough to stick it out, so much so that any unwanted sound - be it distant
engines revving up, the jingling of keys or someone flushing the toilet next door -
will begin to feel like vile intrusions on this delicate sound-world. I went into this
expecting a masterwork for organ - which I got - but what I wasn't expecting was
finding some of the most addictive sounds I've ever heard. Trespass or perish,
bitches - 4.5 |
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