Music of 2011
As usual, I have compiled a collection of music that I enjoyed throughout the past year. The 30 tracks cover various genres and are sourced from 28 different albums. In some cases the album was a disappointment but did include one or two gems.
If I was forced to pick a single favourite album from 2011, regardless of genre, I would have to go with Matt Chamberlain, Viktor Krauss and Dan Phelps - Modular. Structure, musicianship, modesty and sheer ART are al on display through the album, not least on opener ‘Everest’ and closer ‘Ocean Shelf’, both of which are included.
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0. Artist - Track (Album)
1. Amon Tobin - Goto 10 (Isam)
2. Saul Williams - Innocence (Volcanic Sunlight)
3. The Roots - Sleep (Undun)
4. Son Lux - All the Right Things
5. Prefuse 73 - The Only Valentine’s Day Failure (The Only She Chapters)
6. 13&God - Death Major (Own Your Ghost)
7. Beastie Boys - Here’s a Little Something For Ya (Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2)
8. Ghostpoet - Longing for the Night (Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam)
9. DJ Shadow - Enemy Lines (The Less You Know, The Better)
10. Buck 65 - Whispers of the Waves (20 Odd Years)
11. Dels - Eating Clouds (Gob)
12. Beans - Hunter (End It All)
13. Beastie Boys - Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
14. B Dolan - Film the Police
15. Tim Hecker - Analog Paralysis, 1978 (Ravedeath, 1972)
16. Matt Chamberlain, Viktor Krauss and Dan Phelps - Everest (Modular)
17. Battles - Africastle (Gloss Dropp)
18. Garage A Trois - The Drum Department
19. Tom Waits - Hell Broke Luce (Bad As Me)
20. Primus - Eyes of the Squirrel (Green Naugahyde)
21. Deerhoof - The Merry Barracks (Doorhoof vs. Evil)
22. Björk - Thunderbolt (Biophilia)
23. Radiohead - Little By Little (The King of Limbs)
24. Bonnie “Prince” Billy - New Whaling (Wolfroy Goes to Town)
25. Earth - Hell’s Winter (Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light I)
26. Explosions in the Sky - Human Qualities (Take Care, Take Care, Take Care)
27. Mogwai - Rano Pano (Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will)
28. Russian Circles - 309 (Empros)
29. Grails - Almost Grew My Hair (Deep Politics)
30. Matt Chamberlain, Viktor Krauss and Dan Phelps - Ocean Shelf (Modular)
Earth - A Bureaucratic Desire for Extra-capsular Extraction
Amazing cover, amazing HTML5 website (say no to Flash), and an amazing album. Björk is pretty amazing.
