50 For 2011
As we draw closer to the end of another year, an aching feeling weighs heavily upon our shoulders. The heaviness we talk of is knowing that a selection of music from the past 12 months needs to be listed and shared. Whilst we enjoy doing this to a certain extent, there is something about the whole process that is rather draining. This is mainly due to the fact that we have witnessed another solid year of artistic creativity and trying to make a shortlist means that way too many great albums get left out. In the end we made sure to stay away from checking what other web sites have been selecting and just went with our gut feeling. The end result is a list of albums that have been a steady source of inspiration through what has been a year of many changes.
The no.1 slot from Paul Jebanasam is one of those releases that simply blew us away from the first listen. Live recordings have always been something that intrigue us. The process of then bringing a recording to the CD/Digital realm doesn’t always work; sometimes they come off and other times they fail miserably. ‘Music For The Church Of St. John The Baptist’ however is a performance that is to be admired and cherished. Sit back, get comfortable and let Paul’s stunning compositional qualities commence.
Many thanks to everyone that has supported us throughout the year.
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1: Paul Jebanasam – Music For The Church Of St. John The Baptist
2: Lawrence English – The Peregrine
3: Willamette – Echo Park
4: Humble Bee / The, E And I – The Indescribable Brightness Shone / Projected Images
5: Daniel Thomas Freeman – The Beauty of Doubting Yourself
6: Petrels – Haeligewielle
7: Grouper – AIA Dream Loss/Alien Observer
8: Daniel W J Mackenzie – Teeth Sleep Under Winking Black Eyelid
9: Talvihorros – Descent into Delta
10: Jasper TX – The Black Sun Transmissions
11: Hallock Hill – The Union
12: Danny Paul Grody – In Search Of Light
13: Tape Loop Orchestra – Maybe I Told A Small Lie
14: Bitchin Bajas – Water Wrackets
15: Motion Sickness of Time Travel – Luminaries & Synastry
16: AR – Wolf Notes
17: Steven Hess & Christopher McFall – The Inescapable Fox
18: bvdub & Ian Hawgood – The Truth Hurts
19: The Haxan Cloak – The Haxan Cloak
20: Félicia Atkinson – The Driver
21: Jon Porras – Undercurrent
22: The Boats – The Ballad of the Eagle
23: Richard Knox & Frédéric D. Oberland – The Rustle of the Stars
24: Mountains – Air Museum
25: Fabio Orsi – Stand Before Me, Oh My Soul
26: The Humble Bee – The Royal Game
27: Richard Moult – Celestial King For A Year
28: A Winged Victory For The Sullen – S/T
29: Kyle Bobby Dunn – Ways Of Meaning
30: Illuha – Shizuku
31: Dustin O’Halloran – Lumiere
32: Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place
33: Efrim Manuel Menuck – Plays High Gospel
34: Deaf Center – Owl Splinters
35: Nils Frahm – Felt
36: Isnaj Dui – Circle Of Sleep
37: Antonymes – The Licence to Interpret Dreams
38: Nicholas Szczepanik – Please Stop Loving Me
39: Jacaszek – Glimmer
40: Machinefabriek & Gareth Davis – Grower
41: Offthesky – The Beautiful Nowhere
42: Isidore Ducasse: S/T
43: Farewell Poetry – Hoping for the Invisible to Ignite
44: Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
45: The A. Lords – S/T
46: Simon Scott – Bunny
47: Christina Vantzou – No 1
48: Damian Valles – Skeleton Taxa
49: Natural Snow Buildings – Waves of the Random Sea
50: Hakobune – I Discover I’m Missing
What a nice surprise in the top spot! 2011 was a great year for music ~ I ended up buying a few hundred releases myself! Thank you to all the artists, labels, and websites (especially Fluid Radio!) who compose, perform, distribute and call our attention to such amazing work, and all the fans who keep artists encouraged. So many of you do it out of the goodness of your hearts, which makes it even more special. Wishing you all continued inspiration ~ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Wonderful list… I will definitely have to check out the ones here that I missed.
And for the record, Dan, Hummingbird’s Remix album would easily make my 2011 list. I’m stunned I haven’t seen it on any lists yet…!!!
That is a pretty awesome choice for number one indeed! and I love the inclusion of Daniel Thomas Freeman’s “The Beauty of Doubting Yourself” in the top 10. Would’ve liked to see Kreng’s album on the list though.
the willamette and daniel freeman recs are great! wonderful list!
@ Rich/Bryan/Tarik: Thanks guys
@ Mohammed Yeah Kreng could have made it easily. Just way to many great releases this tear!
“this tear!”
how nice said
would love to see a physical release from the Church Of St. John The Baptist, though. i maybe bought 49 of these 50… and i’m still waiting for a Christina Vantzou on vinyl.
Great Daniel! Very similar to my Top40.
Fantastic choice for #1.
On the “what about x?” front: Black Swan’s The Quiet Divide and Aquarelle’s Sung in Broken Symmetry will find themselves in my top 10 by the time all is said and done.
Great list, very much inline with much of my own. One tiny thing though, isn’t the Deaf Center from 2010 though?
Apologies for the above post, I am getting confused.
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