Ten year sound: 2000-2009
2000
Arovane - Tides
Broadcast - The Noise Made By People
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Gas - Pop
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Fig. 5
Matmos - The West
Outkast - Stankonia
Smog - Dongs Of Sevotion
The Infesticons - Gun Hill Road
Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2001
Bjork - Vespertine
Bows - Cassidy
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Fennesz - Endless Summer
Henry Threadgill's Zooid - Up Popped The Two Lips
Mouse On Mars - Idiology
Res - How I Do
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
Vladislav Delay - Anima
2002
Cornelius - Point
Derek Bailey - Ballads
DJ Shadow - The Private Press
Iran - The Moon Boys
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs
Kevin Drumm - Sheer Hellish Miasma
Polwechsel Fennesz - Wrapped Islands
Shalabi Effect - The Trial of St-Orange
The Books - Thought For Food
Tujiko Noriko - Hard Ni Sasete
2003
Asa-Chang & Junray - Tsu Gi Ne Pu
David Sylvian - Blemish
Dizze Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
John Fahey - Red Cross, Disciple Of Christ Today
Juana Molina - Segundo
M. Ward - Transfiguration of Vincent
Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
So - So
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
TV On The Radio - Young Liars
2004
Bark Psychosis - ///Codename: Dustsucker
Brian Wilson - SMiLE
Deathprod - Deathprod
Evan Parker - Evan Parker With Birds
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
John Butcher - 13 Friendly Numbers
Mike Ladd - Nostalgialator
P.G. Six - The Well of Memory
Pan American - Quiet City
TTC - Batards Sensibles
2005
Basil Kirchin - Particles
Boris - Archive
Buck 65 - Secret House Against The World
Edan - Beauty And The Beat
Excepter - Throne
Isolee - We Are Monster
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon
Paavoharju - Yhä Hämärää
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
2006
Ali Farka Toure - Savane
Bruise with Derek Bailey - s/t
Ekkehard Ehlers - A Life Without Fear
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Olesi: Fragments Of An Earth
Jack Rose - s/t
KK Null, Chris Watson, z'ev - Number One
Koch-Schutz-Studer - Tales From 30 Unintentional Nights
Narita Munehiro - Ether: Solo Electric Guitar Works
Thomas Mapfumo - Rise Up
White Flight - s/t
2007
Ben Frost - Theory Of Machines
Britney Spears - Blackout
Death Ambient - Drunken Forest
Frode Haltli - Passing Images
Ice Bound Majesty - A Tomb To Erect
Martin Tetreault & Kid Koala - Phon-O-Victo
Murmer - We Share A Shadow
Ran Slavin - The Wayward Regional Transmissions
Shape Of Broad Minds - Craft Of The Lost Art
Yoga'n'ants - Bethlehem, We Are On Our Own
2008
Cath & Phil Tyler - Dumb Supper
Cluster - Berlin 07
Dans Les Arbres - s/t
Erykah Badu - New AmErykah Part One
Estelle - Shine
G-Side - Starshipz & Rocketz
Ignatz - III
Monkey - Journey To The West
Nahvalr - s/t
Spring Heel Jack - Songs & Themes
2009
Aethenor - Faking Gold & Murder
Broadcast and the Focus Group - Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age
Current 93 - Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
David Sylvian - Manafon
G-Side - Huntsville International
Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent
Radu Malfatti/Klaus Filip - imaoto
Paul White - The Strange Dreams Of Paul White
Richard Youngs - Beyond The Valley of Ultrahits
The Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Nuclear Evolution: The Age Of Love
Inspired by countdemoney, who somehow managed to distill things into two per year and make this sort of endeavor seem manageable. I couldn't hold myself to that, of course. 2007 in particular had me pulling my hair out just getting things down to 10.
Arovane - Tides
Broadcast - The Noise Made By People
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Gas - Pop
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Fig. 5
Matmos - The West
Outkast - Stankonia
Smog - Dongs Of Sevotion
The Infesticons - Gun Hill Road
Weakling - Dead As Dreams
2001
Bjork - Vespertine
Bows - Cassidy
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Fennesz - Endless Summer
Henry Threadgill's Zooid - Up Popped The Two Lips
Mouse On Mars - Idiology
Res - How I Do
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
Vladislav Delay - Anima
2002
Cornelius - Point
Derek Bailey - Ballads
DJ Shadow - The Private Press
Iran - The Moon Boys
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs
Kevin Drumm - Sheer Hellish Miasma
Polwechsel Fennesz - Wrapped Islands
Shalabi Effect - The Trial of St-Orange
The Books - Thought For Food
Tujiko Noriko - Hard Ni Sasete
2003
Asa-Chang & Junray - Tsu Gi Ne Pu
David Sylvian - Blemish
Dizze Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
John Fahey - Red Cross, Disciple Of Christ Today
Juana Molina - Segundo
M. Ward - Transfiguration of Vincent
Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
So - So
The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
TV On The Radio - Young Liars
2004
Bark Psychosis - ///Codename: Dustsucker
Brian Wilson - SMiLE
Deathprod - Deathprod
Evan Parker - Evan Parker With Birds
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
John Butcher - 13 Friendly Numbers
Mike Ladd - Nostalgialator
P.G. Six - The Well of Memory
Pan American - Quiet City
TTC - Batards Sensibles
2005
Basil Kirchin - Particles
Boris - Archive
Buck 65 - Secret House Against The World
Edan - Beauty And The Beat
Excepter - Throne
Isolee - We Are Monster
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Lisbon
Paavoharju - Yhä Hämärää
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
2006
Ali Farka Toure - Savane
Bruise with Derek Bailey - s/t
Ekkehard Ehlers - A Life Without Fear
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Olesi: Fragments Of An Earth
Jack Rose - s/t
KK Null, Chris Watson, z'ev - Number One
Koch-Schutz-Studer - Tales From 30 Unintentional Nights
Narita Munehiro - Ether: Solo Electric Guitar Works
Thomas Mapfumo - Rise Up
White Flight - s/t
2007
Ben Frost - Theory Of Machines
Britney Spears - Blackout
Death Ambient - Drunken Forest
Frode Haltli - Passing Images
Ice Bound Majesty - A Tomb To Erect
Martin Tetreault & Kid Koala - Phon-O-Victo
Murmer - We Share A Shadow
Ran Slavin - The Wayward Regional Transmissions
Shape Of Broad Minds - Craft Of The Lost Art
Yoga'n'ants - Bethlehem, We Are On Our Own
2008
Cath & Phil Tyler - Dumb Supper
Cluster - Berlin 07
Dans Les Arbres - s/t
Erykah Badu - New AmErykah Part One
Estelle - Shine
G-Side - Starshipz & Rocketz
Ignatz - III
Monkey - Journey To The West
Nahvalr - s/t
Spring Heel Jack - Songs & Themes
2009
Aethenor - Faking Gold & Murder
Broadcast and the Focus Group - Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age
Current 93 - Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
David Sylvian - Manafon
G-Side - Huntsville International
Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent
Radu Malfatti/Klaus Filip - imaoto
Paul White - The Strange Dreams Of Paul White
Richard Youngs - Beyond The Valley of Ultrahits
The Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Nuclear Evolution: The Age Of Love
Inspired by countdemoney, who somehow managed to distill things into two per year and make this sort of endeavor seem manageable. I couldn't hold myself to that, of course. 2007 in particular had me pulling my hair out just getting things down to 10.