I started a topic in Everything & Nothing for year-end lists of favorite "normal" music. Adn this is the companion topic for year-end electronic/ambient lists.
What music did you love this year? There was so much music it gets difficult to keep track of everything. I know I probably forgot some notables but here's my top 20 list(in alphabetical order)...
1. A Winged Victory for the Sullen - s/t [Kranky}
2. A Produce & Loren Nerell - Intangible [hypnos]
3. Aglaia - Nights in Nubiland [hic sunt leones]
4. Balam Acab - Wander Wonder [Tri Angle]
5. Chris Watson - El Tren Fantasma [touch]
6. David Tagg - I am the Wolf [second sun recordings]
7. Dustin O'Halloran - Lumiere [fatcat]
8. Grouper - aia - alien observer & dream loss [yellowelectric]
9. Holy Other - With U ep [Tri Angle]
10. Koss, Henriksson & Mullaert - The Mollan Sessions [mule]
11. Kyle Bobby Dunn - Ways of Meaning [desire path recordings]
12. Maps & Diagrams - Lights Will Call On You [Nomadic Kids Republic]
13. Maps & Diagrams - Get Lost [time released sound]
14. Maps & Diagrams - The Town Beneath The Sea [Nomadic Kids Republic]
15. Maps & Diagrams - The Voices of Time [handstitched]
16. Marconi Union - Beautifully Falling Apart (Ambient Transmissions Vol. 1) [just music]
17. Nils Frahm - Felt [erased tapes]
18. Sonmi451 - Star Atlas [time released sound]
19. Steve Reich - WTC 9-11, Mallet Quartet, Dance Patterns [Nonesuch]
20. Willamette - Echo Park [infraction, 2011]
