2018's Best Hidden Gems
aka 101 albums that should make there way into contention for your aoty lists. NOTE: the ugly format is cuz none of these were/are currently in the db (or at least, not enough for me to be able to happily reconcile adding the rest) |
| 1 | Ida Dillon and Ballo
Fractional Force -- [Dembow]
Track Pick(s): Calmly Say No, Exhilaration |
| 2 | SATANBEAT
LOST CONNECTIONS -- [Witch House]
Track Pick(s): LEFT, DEPRESSED |
| 3 | Sewerslvt
Starving Slvts Always Get Their Fix -- [Witch House/Death Industrial]
Track Pick(s): Cold Steel |
| 4 | Gravy
Photosynthesis -- [Phonk]
Track Pick(s): it's a mixtape lol |
| 5 | Lofty305 x Big Los
Big Lofty -- [FLA trap]
Track Pick(s): Dancer, Thankful, Airwaves |
| 6 | BAD SLIME
ESSENCE OF AURA -- [Post-Club/Hardstyle]
Track Pick(s): DECAY, PUDDLE, RENOVATE |
| 7 | PURPLEPOSSE
ISSUE 08 -- [Phonk]
Track Pick(s): all of em honestly |
| 8 | Nivalis
Neural Architecture // CRIT -- [Post-Club/Wonky]
Track Pick(s): Neural Architecture |
| 9 | Commuter Hell
Commuter Hell -- [Noise/Drone]
Track Pick(s): Side A |
| 10 | Alethe
Holzwege -- [Noise]
Track Pick(s): Urban Dystopia, Current Through Veins |
| 11 | Eyeface
6 eyes -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): it's a mixtape lol |
| 12 | Kurama
Tendre Promesse -- [Trance]
Track Pick(s): Code-X, Oathkeeper |
| 13 | EKERMAN
MYCELIUM -- [Post-Club/Hardstyle]
Track Pick(s): Mycelium |
| 14 | STINKHOLE
OUT OF THE GUTTER, INTO THE STINKHOLE -- [Noise-Punk]
Track Pick(s): I DON'T WANNA PARTY, CLOGGED |
| 15 | Nunu
SCUM -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Scum 2 (feat. Organ Tapes) |
| 16 | T R I S T A N
Part of Alice (feat. Tendre Ael) -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): it's one track lol, so all of it |
| 17 | Freddie Dredd
Pink Lotus -- [Nu Memphis/Phonk]
Track Pick(s): Big No, Heavy (feat. Yvncc) |
| 18 | BK Beats
Memory / Paths -- [Post-Club/Dembow]
Track Pick(s): Trinity, Forest |
| 19 | Obozdur
Raw Expressive Forms -- [Harsh Noise]
Track Pick(s): A |
| 20 | DOXXED
DOXXED -- [Dancehall/Alt R&B]
Track Pick(s): Janaina, Escopofobia |
| 21 | Retroactive Jealousy
Mouthwash Withdrawal -- [Harsh Noise]
Track Pick(s): Route of Administration |
| 22 | Low Pulse
Plazma -- [Hardvapour]
Track Pick(s): Buraq |
| 23 | KROLIK
QUICK RESPONSE -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Melancholy Calling |
| 24 | Wristboi
Warboi -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): all of em |
| 25 | Кромешна
Два ритуала для неба -- [Drone/Dark Ambient]
Track Pick(s): this one's a bit of a journey so hit it in one |
| 26 | SOUDIERE
FEAR NO EVIL -- [Phonk]
Track Pick(s): DRIVE BY, OG KUSH |
| 27 | Coke Jaw
Completely Fucked -- [Punk]
Track Pick(s): Patience, Head |
| 28 | Korma
Varicose -- [Post-Club/Trap]
Track Pick(s): Varicose, Tendrils |
| 29 | 7038634357
No Hate is a Cold Star -- [Post-Club/Ambient]
Track Pick(s): No Hate is a Cold Star [SOTY] |
| 30 | beatgatherers
BG3 -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Cryfelt - I Don't Think I Can... Not Anymore |
| 31 | Lil Emo
Keygen Comp 1 (Nightmares) -- [Nightcore/Trap/Alt R&B]
Track Pick(s): Emobandz, Haylley, Get By (feat. JuJu), Lilferraribag, Racetrack |
| 32 | ARS WAS TAKEN
HOLD ON 2 ME -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): DRINK ME (feat. AJ Simons), HAYLEY (feat. Lil Emo and Yayoyanoh), GNOSIS (feat. Schism and Yoshitaka Hikawa) |
| 33 | ILLUMINATION BOIZ
ILLUMINATION BOIZ -- [Gqom]
Track Pick(s): SIKWENZE KONKE |
| 34 | Buga
Visions of One Truth -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Visions of One Truth, Immunity 925 |
| 35 | FlokosH
Exodus -- [Post-Club/Trap]
Track Pick(s): Diffusion, Dystopian Afterparty 2069 |
| 36 | DJH
Remnants II -- [Post-Club/Trap]
Track Pick(s): Tellurian, Mordant |
| 37 | Fahmi Mursyid
Baksil -- [Field Recordings]
Track Pick(s): I |
| 38 | Nundata
Decembers -- [Harsh Noise]
Track Pick(s): 121217 |
| 39 | DJ Smokey
Pikachu Gold & Peach Pearls -- [Phonk/Trap]
Track Pick(s): |
| 40 | Merca Bae
Booty -- [Reggaeton]
Track Pick(s): yeah this is a single, but it's def the club/turn up jam of the year so who gives a fuck, let loose gang |
| 41 | American Cig
American Cig -- [Minimal Synth/Death Ambient]
Track Pick(s): Side A |
| 42 | R1Z0M4 & MΔTΣ
S6C6L3 FU360 -- [Dembow/Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): S6C6L3 FU360, TR15T30 [This shit otherwordly, get onnnn it] |
| 43 | Eurydyka
Untitled -- [Harsh Noise Wall[
Track Pick(s): f, h |
| 44 | DJ Chedraui
El Genero Urbano -- [Dembow, Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Poder Judicial, Operativa San Juan (feat. Chromosav) |
| 45 | DJ Tired
Rest -- [Phonk/Deep House]
Track Pick(s): SPLITTIN WIGS, GANGSTA HOUSE |
| 46 | WETWARE SOLUTIONS
ECOANXIETY -- [Post-Club/Alt R&B]
Track Pick(s): WEAPONIZED, ECOANXIETY |
| 47 | Death Press III
Death Press III -- [Harsh Noise Wall]
Track Pick(s): Death Press III |
| 48 | Говняу
Русскость -- [Shitnoise/Experimental]
Track Pick(s): Без названия 3 |
| 49 | EXPLOITED BODY
HOSTILITY -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): TEARS, BRACE POSITION |
| 50 | yeongrak
ceepmart -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): ecully, ceep shit, xoxearp |
| 51 | Coproholichemorrhoid
Amputee Whore -- [Gorenoise/Harsh Noise]
Track Pick(s): amputee whore |
| 52 | Extreme Stench of Grinded Bodies
Extreme Stench of Grinded Bodies -- [Gorenoise/Noisecore]
Track Pick(s): Live Session 1 |
| 53 | CDLexpress
i love you -- [Harsh Noise/Devotional]
Track Pick(s): i love you |
| 54 | MAJIA
Santa Muerte & Friends Bootlegs and Edits Vol. 5 -- [Reggaeton/Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Kodak Black - Tunnel Vision (Santa Muerte Edit), Lil Uzi Vert - For Real (Santa Muerte Edit), Yung Lean - Ski Mask (Lava Dome Edit) |
| 55 | Погребальные Традиции
Улыбка Покойника -- [Harsh Noise/Experimental]
Track Pick(s): Сторона А |
| 56 | Parasitenkur
Untitled Session 1 -- [Gorenoise/Harsh Noise Wall]
Track Pick(s): Untitled Session 1 |
| 57 | Boban Ristevski
Filthy Demons -- [Drone]
Track Pick(s): Filthy Demons 1, Filthy Demons 3 |
| 58 | Soulja Boy (Young Draco)
No Sleep -- [Trap/Pop Rap]
Track Pick(s): HML, Running This Like a Relay |
| 59 | Rose Sobchak
Debil Noise -- [Shitnoise/Harsh Noise]
Track Pick(s): Debil Noise |
| 60 | Kinshasa
Demo 2018 -- [Beatdown]
Track Pick(s): Drug Money |
| 61 | Mot
Displace -- [Musique Concrete]
Track Pick(s): Displace I |
| 62 | John Object
Heat -- [Post-Club/Sound Collage]
Track Pick(s): Cum/Blood, Bellwether |
| 63 | Steve Smith
Sweat Rag -- [Musique Concrete]
Track Pick(s): Into the Abyss |
| 64 | bod [包家巷]
Soliloquy of the Distant Home [远家独白] -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Soliloquy of the Distant Home [远家独白] |
| 65 | Gastronomic Error
Demo 2018 -- [Noisecore]
Track Pick(s): the whole thing tbh |
| 66 | Francisco Meirino and Bruno Duplant
Dedans / Dehors -- [Musique Concrete]
Track Pick(s): Dedans |
| 67 | Mnemonic45
Paprat -- [Drone]
Track Pick(s): Paprat |
| 68 | Astrosuka
Astrosuka -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): B3T, NDS |
| 69 | Worli
Memories -- [Post-Club/Ambient]
Track Pick(s): Memories, Newgate |
| 70 | MELTY
Magical Interface -- [Post-Club/Rave]
Track Pick(s): Reaper Man |
| 71 | White Material
Audio Extreme -- [Harsh Noise/Musique Concrete]
Track Pick(s): Metal Deterioration, Cumbersome |
| 72 | B.P
Aquarius Bath -- [Musique Concrete]
Track Pick(s): Poppers at the Bathhouse |
| 73 | DJ NJ DRONE
SYN STAIR -- [Post-Club/Jersey Club]
Track Pick(s): 10 Cones |
| 74 | Vomir / Discipline
Split -- [Harsh Noise Wall/Drone (respectively)]
Track Pick(s): Discipline - Descente 2, Vomir - La scie avec une grande science |
| 75 | Kamixlo
King Kami -- [Reggaeton/Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Mi Sabor, I don't run from my demons... because sometimes I become them |
| 76 | Toshimaru Nakamura
NIMB #9 -- [EAI/Glitch/Ambient]
Track Pick(s): NIMB 53 |
| 77 | Lil Taty
Homerun -- [Post-Club/Trap]
Track Pick(s): Alone in the Crowd (Kuthi Junani RMX) |
| 78 | THF GBABY
THF GBABY: Tha Mixtape -- [Drill/Alt R&B]
Track Pick(s): Big Dog, Witness [SOTY contender] |
| 79 | VON TESLA
Wave Aura/Atlas Obscura -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Wave Aura/Atlas Obscura (Kuthi Junani RMX) |
| 80 | KirbLaGoop
Lockwood Ridge -- [FLA Drill]
Track Pick(s): Momma Cryin |
| 81 | Alyssa Festa
Alyssa Festa -- [Field Recordings]
Track Pick(s): websdr_recording_start_2017-07-06T23-17-24Z_9395.0kHz, 2017 - 12 - 24T18 - 21 - 12Z 5864.0kHz, |
| 82 | Rizoma
Poltergeist -- [Post-Club/Dembow]
Track Pick(s): Poltergeist, 3301 |
| 83 | Cuyo
π Drops -- [Post-Club/Trance]
Track Pick(s): τ (Tau) |
| 84 | Ytem
Dangereux -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Chute, Dangereux |
| 85 | Taysav
Bullyvard -- [Drill]
Track Pick(s): Big Homie Lil Homie (feat. Savage Dawgg), Survival (feat. Savage Sheen) |
| 86 | Eaves
Whitecaps/Arcleamn -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Whitecaps |
| 87 | DJ Charme
Charme -- [Alt R&B]
Track Pick(s): Libera Me, Whyy (feat. Elliot) |
| 88 | Kuthi Junani
DISHABITATS -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Automatic Kelping, Liquid Ivory (Le Makeup RMX) |
| 89 | Ingrate
Crypto Poser/The Enigma -- [Post-Club/Wonky Techno]
Track Pick(s): Crypto Poser |
| 90 | SmokeCamp Chino
Pill Life 3 -- [Detroit Drill]
Track Pick(s): No Killas (feat. Snap Dogg and Antt Beatz), Like Me (feat. ATM Krown) |
| 91 | Yoong
Inner City -- [Post-Club/Ambient]
Track Pick(s): Never Be, Sweeper (feat. Boudy) |
| 92 | Forces
Plastisphere -- [Sound Collage]
Track Pick(s): As Long As Skies Are Blue |
| 93 | Le Makeup
Voyager 0 -- [Post-Club/lotta psychedelic nods]
Track Pick(s): No Two Whites Alike |
| 94 | S280F and Echavox
nlt -- [Post-Club/Trap]
Track Pick(s): Force Fed, 116860 |
| 95 | cryfelt
negative -- [Wonky/Drum n Bass]
Track Pick(s): siren/freedom, atlas/restriction |
| 96 | Adamn Killa
Back 2 Ballin 2 -- [Cloud/Trap]
Track Pick(s): No Faux |
| 97 | EYNE and CELES7E
EMPEROR -- [Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): TEARS ARE PRAYERS, GOSPEL OF GRACE |
| 98 | Yayoyanoh
EP001 -- [Alt R&B/Post-Club]
Track Pick(s): Off Road (feat. Organ Tapes) |
| 99 | harpey
Altar -- [Dubstep/Ambient]
Track Pick(s): Always |
| 100 | Pitva
Pitva -- [Noise Punk]
Track Pick(s): Sup, Zlý muž |
| 101 | DJ Smokey
Squirtle Sapphires -- [Phonk]
Track Pick(s): this be mixtape of the year so all of em, but especially check Dog Food and Macho Man Flex |
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