2012 : Recommended Albums List (compiled in first post)

[fassyman]

the new tin man is pretty nice
+
shed - the killer

[cloquet]

lil ugly mane - mista thug isolation

For the fans of that old memphis rap style of tunes. It's really really good if you like that shit is all I can say.

check some tunes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJn1ndNOzSI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukKdL2wpSSs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjDBmmKWdIg

bitch, I'm morose and lugubrious. I'mma let the uzi spit. turn his face into goo & shit.

[Naan_Bread]

SERIOUSLY DIRTY PROJECTORS-SWING LO MAGELLAN

[garethom]

N. Raker - Flock Toxicant

Vaguely doomy, ambient stuff.

[ultraspatial]

Not my usual thing but Teengirl Fantasy - Tracer. Not a great album imo, but it has its moments. Their Motif EP is great though, was expecting something more in that vein.

Also, Four Tet - Pink. It's more of a collection of his recent releases on Text. Again, not really my thing, as I generally disliked Four Tet, even his collabs with Burial.

[Kensington]

EDIT: New Holy Other album sounding wicked.

Full album available to stream http://www.factmag.com/2012/08/21/strea ... y-at-fact/


d'Eon's LP

[joeki]

SEEKERSINTERNATIONAL - The Call From Below


Propper future DUB vibes.

[garethom]

Anyone suggested Austin Cesear - Cruise Forever yet?

[joeki]

Holy Other - Held

it's a bit short for a full album in my opinion, but there's quality all around. Though I suppose his 'style' isn't for everyone. Typical Tri Angle material though, if you liked/loved the With-U EP, you'll gobble up the album. If you didn't, this won't change yer mind.

[ultraspatial]

Synth Sense - Tomorrow's World [AUXCD004]

Imo the best Auxiliary album so far. It's like ambient on an autonomic/dnb blueprint.

[Travesty]

Jessie Ware - Devotion was surprisingly really fucking good.

Check it out, trust me. Solid album.

No joke.



I completely agree with Mr. Ryce on this review.
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-v ... x?id=11507

Rating: 4/5

Two years ago, on tracks like SBTRKT's "Nervous" and Joker's "The Vision," UK songstress Jessie Ware seemed like just another competent vocalist, catnip for dance tracks but lacking personality outside of the bulldozer force of her vocal cords. Fast forward to earlier this year and she released the stunning "Running" under her own name, produced in part by Julio Bashmore. That one was a Sade-styled crooner, all perspiring chords and sensually unspooling guitar, oozing a coy yet heartfelt nuance that her previous work lacked. What was most spellbinding about "Running" was its cool reserve, with Ware coming upon newfound power through calm restraint and a husky lower register. That UK young bloods Disclosure remixed it into one of the year's indisputable club anthems certainly didn't hurt matters.

Following "Running," Ware let loose a trickle of singles that have steadily nudged the hype factor for her debut album, Devotion, into the stratosphere. First there was the gentle "110%," where she turned a Bashmore-helmed house jam into a fluttering ballad, with synths sculpted out of fluffy clouds and her vocals shimmering brighter than ever. There was "Wildest Moments," a full-on power ballad replete with stadium reverb, marching band drums and a melody so remarkably poignant it turned the song's heavy-handed universalism in on itself, a crushingly sad tribute to broken relationships. "Wildest Moments" is one the more transparent moments on Devotion, but it's also the exemplar for her incredible gift of colouring between the lines of even the most standard torch song with an aching, penetratingly honest subtlety.

Now Devotion finally arrives, almost unprecedented in how fully formed it feels. Essentially overnight Ware is a singer who cruises by on her own carefully cultivated persona, the opposite of her earlier session work. She nails late '80s woozy Prince trifles like "Still Love Me" or the incredible "Sweet Talk," a track so bubbly it sounds drunk on its own effervescence. She's also still got the powerhouse pipes, turning "Night Light" from a Katy Perry-level conceit into a stirring and even triumphant pronouncement of loyalty.

But even with all these standout moments and fantastic singles, the album's unwinding one-two punch (or caress, rather) is its most arresting. "Taking in Water" crawls bar-by-bar on its own exasperated devotion, bleeding into closer "Something Inside," another track that floats on its own airiness. Ware's vocals are propped up by textures and basslines that knock gently, elevating her gorgeous melodies into something almost spiritual. It's an ending that feels simultaneously transitory and complete, a striking conclusion to an album that explores every aspect of romance good and bad. Her perspective is brutally honest yet simplistic enough to get by as pop music, a masterstroke of succinct wit. Adorned with production that's as sympathetic to UK underground dance as it is to modern R&B and classic soul, Devotion is a classy affair that delights in its own refinement yet stays pinned to the earth, a talented singer and songwriter realizing her potential at just the right moment.


Words: Andrew Ryce

Published: Tue, 21 August 2012

[cloquet]

Lukid - Lonely At The Top

[ultraspatial]

Downwards' "So Click Heels" comp, if you're into post-punk/shoegaze/goth etc

[say_whut]

Holy Other - Held

it's a bit short for a full album in my opinion, but there's quality all around. Though I suppose his 'style' isn't for everyone. Typical Tri Angle material though, if you liked/loved the With-U EP, you'll gobble up the album. If you didn't, this won't change yer mind.

it's been a LONG time since an electronic LP has enraptured me like Held has. I'm loving it

[fractal]

the EE compilation needs to be on this list. so many tunes!

01. Access To Arasaka – Photons Second Quantization
02. Akkord – Surge
03. Al Tourettes – Mind Over Scatter
04. AnD – Stellar
05. Anneka – Jaws Of Day
06. Arkist & Komonazmuk - T-Model
07. Bong Ra – Sinistar
08. Broken Note – Let Em Hang (EE Re-Glitch)
09. Chris Finke – The Sickness
10. Coppa Ft. Machinecode – Life Styles Of A Billionaire
11. Cursor Minor – Hieroglyph
12. DA-10 – The Future Is Futureless (NGRRR Remix)
13. Darqwan/Oris Jay – Distracting Me
14. Dead Sound & Videohead – Fuck TV
15. Deadfader – Save It 7
16. DeFeKT – Sunseq
17. Distal - Ralph Muggins Acid Depot
18. Djrum – On the Road 2010
19. Drumcorps - The Path
20. Emika – FM Attention
21. Enduser – Void
22. Exercise One – The Reality Was Different
23. Forward Strategy Group – TTH (Signal Path mix)
24. Geiom - Cairns
25. George Lanham – Margeries Last Ride
26. Ghettozoid – Boy Toy (House of Black Lanterns remix)
27. Hizatron – Dejlig
28. Ital Tek – Gold Tiger
29. Kahn – Polar
30. Kowton – False Dawn
31. Loops Haunt - Peripheral
32. Machinedrum – Luster
33. Memotone – Stop running and they will catch you
34. Milanese - Hershey's Back
35. MonsterX - Terraformer
36. Neil Landstrumm - Feel Your Body Rise
37. 0=0 - Handshake Mode
38. Old Apparatus - Angels
39. Perc – Steve Bull
40. Phaeleh – Orchid
41. Point B – Second Guesses
42. Posthuman – Dead Man’s Land
43. Radioactiveman – Rowing Against the Tide
44. Roel Funcken – Cybot
45. Ruckspin – Belong
46. Scan One – Hip748
47. Scarecrow – Snowflake
48. Stormfield – Focus
49. Swarms – Pandora
50. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble – (Behind the) Celladoor
51. The Unknown Consequent - Fundamental Forces
52. The Wee DJs – Miles
53. The Whispering Minority - Forgotten Worlds
54. Timeblind – Rising Lee
55. Tom Dicicco – 9926
56. Trevino - Sorrow
57. TVO – Lakeview
58. Wisp – Lark & Lion
etc....

[Sexual_Chocolate]

^^ now thats the kind of track list i like to see! cheers for that mane.

[ultraspatial]

DRS - I Don't Usually Like MCs But... [Soul:r]

[joeki]

Deepchord - Sommer (soma records).


Deepchord builds on his previous album (hash-bar loops). But where that albums highlights lie within the beatless, darker drawn-out tracks, 'Sommer' sees DeepChord putting the emphasis again on the techno in dub techno.
Sommer is certainly more uplifting, outgoing and eclectic than "Hash-Bar loops". The beats take a more important role for me on this release. I'm loving it: though it perhaps has less obvious highlights than 'Hash-Bar", it is more consistent and has better beats.

[Liam92]

I second Jessie Ware, seriously good album!

[aspect-dubz]

Posted that EE compilation a couple of pages back, deffinitly some good stuff.
Am DL'ing the new clark album atm, completely slipped under my radar.