best of 2008
2008
top ten albums
10. twine. violets. ghostly international.
9. valet. naked acid. kranky.
8. populous with short stories. drawn in basic. morr music.
7. gd luxxe. crave. angelika köhlermann.
6. lowfish. frozen & broken. noise factory.
5. babyland. cavecraft. mattress. *out february 09 on metropolis*
4. fleeting joys. occult radiance. only forever.
3. soundpool. dichotomies + dreamland. aloft.
2. like kisses of thread. letters. october man.
1. portishead. third. mercury.
honorable album mentions
wire. object 47. pink flag.
heavïness. s/t. quince.
tears run rings. always, sometimes, seldom, never. clairecords.
das kabinette. spy thriller. minimal wave.
resplandor. pleamar. automatic entertainment.
black devil disco club. eight oh eight. lo recordings.
twilight moose. embrace the lonliness. strange life.
school of seven bells. alpinisms. ghostly international.
jdsy. adage of known. moodgadget/ghostly international.
byetone. death of a typographer. raster-norton.
beach house. devotion. carpark.
clark. turning dragon. warp.
cranes. s/t. dadaphonic.
pia fraus. after summer. clairecords.
the notwist. the devil, you + me. domino.
12" and ep
heartsrevolution. switchblade ep. isomorph/iheartcomix.
the juan maclean. the simple life. dfa.
solvent/lowfish. now we are dead. suction records.
nudge. infinity padlock. audraglint.
the hasbeens. keep fooling yourself. clone.
nsi. squelch. non standard productions.
ricardo tobar. with you ep. traum.
babyland. not modern ep. mattress.
medio mutante. inestable. cititrax.
the juan maclean. happy house. dfa.
ifwhen vs. dälek. hear less/no good trying. claire's echo.
starcluster. starcluster ep. aube.
7"
spc eco. 16539567. club ac30
pia fraus/ulrich schnauss. mute the birds/ships will sail. seksound.
a sunny day in glasgow. you can't hide your love forever 1. geographic north.
a place to bury strangers. the box set. vacancy records.
various artists. recovery. fractured recordings.
school of seven bells. silent grips/used to. suicide squeeze.
tracks *from releases not elsewhere on list*
alec empire. new man.
slap [unmodified]. harm reduction.
junior boys. no kinda man.
a sunny day in glasgow. sometimes i think about you.
c-34. watch yourself (c-34 vs. andreas herz remanipulation).
fernando. kick in the eye (vocal).
detroit. morgan geist feat. jeremy greenspan.
reissues
chapterhouse. blood music. cherry red records.
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark. dazzle ships. virgin.
i have to make other plans for posting the best of mix i've put together.
details soon..
erik.