Here is the obligatory top ten list for the end of the year. I might do a quick mix before the end of the year to highlight some of the releases on the list.It was another good year for music, although nothing stood out as a new trend or a ground breaking recording. Alio Die put out a bunch of excellent recordings that I'm just trying to keep up with. Under the Spire & Low Point each had 3 recordings make the list, all of them are excellent. It was nice to see Hypnos back on the list with their wonderful release, Herion - Out & About.
Another label worth mentioning is Audio Gourmet, a new netlabel that produces a ton of quality releases. Label owner, Harry Towell, also made the list with his own release, Spheruleus - Frozen Quarters.
The ambient best of list is a bit long so I'm not going to make comments about each release, I'm getting lazy as I get older. Feel free to add your own lists in the comments.
Top Ambient Releases of 2010:
- 36 - Hollow [3six recordings]
- 36 - Memories in Widescreen [3six recordings]
- Alio Die - horas tibi serenas [hic sunt leones]
- Alio Die - tripudium naturae [hic sunt leones]
- Alio Die & parallel worlds - circo divino [hic sunt leones]
- Brian Mcbride - the effective disconnect [kranky]
- Christopher Hipgrave - Slow With Pages Of Fluttering Interference [low point]
- Deepchord presents echospace - liumin/liumin reduced [modern love]
- Gareth Hardwick - of the sea and shore [low point]
- Herion - Out & About [hypnos]
- hummingbird - our fearful symmetry [fluid audio]
- Ithaca Trio - Tesla Verses The Night [under the spire]
- Jannick Schou - Night [under the spire]
- Kyle Bobby Dunn - A Young Person's Guide To [low point]
- Maps & Diagrams - cubiculo [fluid audio]
- Maps & Diagrams - Tintinnbulate [audio gourmet]
- Marcus Fischer - monocoastal [12k]
- Nest - Retold [serein]
- Pausal - lapses [barge]
- Scott Cortez - twin radiant flux [line]
- sonmi451 - spectrum [u-cover]
- Spheruleus - Frozen Quarters [under the spire]
Dave, many thanks for this great list! Alarming degree of overlap with Lend Me Your Ears' top picks - or at least there will be once we finally get them up (before Christmas, hopefully)...
ReplyDeleteMissed the Marcus Fisher & some others, though. So will have to hunt them down.
Given your choices, our label of the year feature (again, forthcoming - ahem) should also be of interest.
Thanks too for some epic mixes this year - not least the recent 'in foreign lands'.
found out about your blog through a posting on ask.metafilter.com. have *really* been enjoying listening to your mixes. thank you very much for posting these.
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ReplyDeleteI'll keep my eyes on your blog for your list. Glad u like the mixes especially "foreign lands" it's one of my favorites of the year. Maybe I should do a list of my top 5 fav mixes.
Dave, would love to see your pick of this year's mixes!
ReplyDeleteLMYE's label of the year feature on Low Point is up now (http://bit.ly/lowishigh) - our festive 50 to follow...
Hey Dave
ReplyDeleteBesides Kyle Bobby Dunn, Brian McBride and Pausal I don't know any of your best of picks. But I love this because now I have a huge list of stuff to check out (and will likely fall in love with).
I did like KBD and McBride a lot. I have to say that the Loscil album was also something that I thought was excellent too.
the new kyle bobby dunn and hipgrave albums on low point were a serious high point - as was kranky's stellar output of loscil and mcbride. great list.
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