Had the pleasure of seeing Emeralds a few weeks ago. Really fantastic.
Posted by: Jeremy Bible at December 30, 2008 10:36 PM
RF Top 25 (and then some) of 2008
There was some fine music released in 2008. Here’s a list of some of my favorites — no annotations this year, I’m afraid….
Top 25
- Ø, Oleva (Sahko) CD
- 2562, Aerial (Tectonic) CD
- Alva Noto, unitxt (Raster-Noton) CD
- Byetone, Death of a Typographer (Raster-Noton) CD
- C-Schulz / F.X. Randomiz, Das Ohr Am Gleis (Sonig) CD/DVD
- Demons, Evocation (No Fun Productions) CD
- DJ/rupture, Uproot (The Agriculture) CD
- Kevin Drumm, Imperial Distortion (Hospital Productions) CD
- Emeralds, Solar Bridge (Hanson) CD
- Lawrence English, Kiri No Oto (Touch) CD
- Abdel Hadi Halo & the El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers, s/t (Honest Jon’s) CD
- Akane Hosaka, Niko Niko Denki Music (Sonore) CD
- Philip Jeck, Sand (Touch) CD
- Felix Kubin, Axolotl Lullabies (Oral) CD
- Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet, The Breadwinner (Erstwhile) CD
- Stephan Mathieu, Radioland (Die Schachtel) CD
- Novi_Sad, Jailbirds (Sedimental) CD
- Jos Smolders, Gaussian Transient (Megaphone) (Non-Visual Objects) CD
- Asmus Tietchens, Teils, Teils (Swill Radio) LP
- Unknown, “Darkcore/Injustice” (Hate) 12”
- Unknown, “Pretty Boys Don’t Survive Up North/Pretty Boy” (Hate) 12”
- Alexander Wendt, Unreleased Music for Visualizers (Miatera) CD
- Various, African Scream Contest (Analog Africa) CD
- Various, Sprigs of Time (Honest Jon’s) CD
- Various, Obsession (Bully) CD
Top 5 Reissues
- BBC Radiophonic Workshop, s/t (Grey Area of Mute) CD
- Ersen, s/t (Finder’s Keepers) CD
- Gas, Nah und Fern (Kompakt) 4CD
- Warner Jepson, Totentanz and Other Electronic Works (Melon Expander) 2CD
- Pole, 1, 2, 3 (Scape) 3CD
Top 5 Local (metro Boston kind of) Releases
- Jason Kahn & Asher, Vista (andOAR) CD
- The Fun Years, Baby, It’s Cold Inside (Barge Recordings) CD
- Idea Fire Company, Island of Taste (Swill Radio) LP
- Brendan Murray, Commonwealth (23Five) CD
- Ashley Paul, d.o.l. (Rel) CDr
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