Bests of 2010 [2010-12-23]2010 has been another splendid year for many great and highly rewarding releases, below you’ll find lists of releases that made 2010 special for our writers. And in keeping with our sites remit they span a large and varied selection of different musical & sonic genres.
Roger Batty( site owner, editor, review & article writer) 1:Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Parai - In O To Infinity’ [Important Records] 2:Unearthed - Self Titled [Zvukovina] 3:Oblive - Falsehoods [HarshFuckedForLife] 4:Seaworthy & Matt Rösner - Two Lakes [12K ] 5:Phase II - Afterglow [Ahnstern ] 6:Grain Belt - Self Titled [Small Doses/Phage Tapes/ White Centipede Noise ] 7:A View From Nihil - Triumph Of The Broken Will [Order of The HNW ] 8:Insurgent/TFT - The Shape of Static To Come [TTM Incisioni Musicali] 9:Museums of Sleep - Self Titled[Prairie fire Tapes] 10:TenHornedBeast - Hunts & Wars [Cold Spring Records] 11:Nightbringer - Apocalypse Sun [The Ajna Offensive ] 12:HiM - ‚ñ [Hip Hip Hip ] 13:Various Artists - Stasis:001 [Stasis ] 14:Taylor Deupree- Shoals[12k] 15:Sturmpercht - Schattenlieder [Percht] 16:Frank Bretschneider - EXP [Raster-Noton] 17:…...Massacre - After Party Massacre [Fusty Cunt Tapes ] 18:Dead Body Collection - Throat [Monolithische Aktion] 19:Zeitkratzer - Whitehouse Electronics [Zeitkratzer Records ] 20:Dustin O Halloran - Vorlerben [Sonic Pieces] 21:North Korea - Untitled [Phage Tapes ] 22:Bördel Noïr - Self Titled [Spider Tapes ] 23:Shining Sex - Tender Flesh [Zvukovina] 24:Mike Patton - Mondo Cane [Ipecac] 25:Circle-Rautatie [Ektro] 26: Various Artists – Brainkiller (boxset) [Toxic Industries] 27: Robin Crutchfield - The Hidden Folk [Important Records ] 28: Gomeisa - Gauze of Blackened Veil [self release] 29:I Dreamt of Her Beautful Tentacles - Concrete Vamp[Toxic Industries] 30:The Secret Geography - It Seems this too has come to an end [Unlimited Drift Recordings]
Russell Cuzner (review & article writer) 1 Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion 2 Cyclobe: Wounded Galaxies Tap at the Window 3 BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa: Space Finale 4 Autechre: Oversteps 5 Colin Potter & Michael Begg: Fragile Pitches 6 The Fall: Your Future, Our Clutter 7 The Bug: Infected EP 8 Monos: Above The Sky 9 Swans: My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky 10 Current 93: Baalstorm, Sing Omega 11 Philip Jeck: An Ark for the Listener 12 Alva Noto & Blixa Bargeld: Mimkry 13 Oneohtrix Point Never: Returnal 14 Andrew Chalk: The Cable House 15 Russell Haswell: Value + Bonus 16 Unicazurn: Propeller Guru 17 Irr. App. (Ext.): Josephine & Elsewhere 18 Lichens: Litio Folk 19 Eleh: Location Momentum 20 Emeralds: Does It Look Like I'm Here? 21 Foetus: Hide 22 Hildur Gudnadottir: Mount A 23 Big Sexy Noise: s/t 24 Colin Potter / Phil Mouldycliff: Grey Skies on Asphalt 25 Master Musicians of Bukkake: Elogia de la sombra 26 Monos & Coleclough: Slowly Sinking 27 No Fun Acid: This is No Fun Acid 3 28 Paul Bradley & Colin Potter: The Simple Plan 29 Rameses III: For Jose Maria 30 Angles: s/t Duncan Simpson(review & article writer) 1:Jan Bang - …and Poppies from Kandahar 2:Current 93 – Baalstorm, Sing Omega 3:Deepchord – Liumin 4:Nils Frahm and Anne Muller – 7 Fingers 5:Forest Swords – Dagger Paths 6:Yrsel – Requiem for the 3 Kharites 7:The Necks – Silverwater 8:Stefano Battaglia and Michele Rabbia - Pastorale 9:Darkstar - North 10:Cyclobe - Wounded Galaxies Tap at the Window 11:Wicked Messenger - Officium Nocturnum 12:Erik K Skodvin - Flare 13:Teebs – Ardour 14:Rafael Anton Irisarri – The North Bend 15:Yellow Swans – Going Places 16:Guido – Anidea 17:The Alps – Le Voyage 18:Richard A Ingram – Consolamentum 19:The Black Dog – Music for Real Airports 20:Seasons (Pre-din) – Occasionally I Forget to Breathe 21:Scott Tuma – Dandelion 22:Simon Scott – Traba 23:Anworth Kirk – Anworth Kirk 24:The Sight Below – It all Falls Apart 25:Demdike Stare - Forest of Evil / Liberation Through Hearing / Voices of Dust 3 x 12” 26:Laurel Halo - King Felix EP 27:Games - That we can Play EP 28:Balam Acab - Sea Birds EP 29:OOoOO - oOoOO EP 30:Ghost Box Records - Study Series 7” 1 – 4 Josh Landry(review & article writer) 1. Autechre - Oversteps [Warp] 2. Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope to the Sky [Young God] 3. Steve Roach - Sigh of Ages [Projekt] 4. Oval - O [Thrill Jockey] 5. Meat Beat Manifesto - Answers Come In Dreams [Metropolis] 6. Cyclobe - Wounded Galaxies Tap at the Window [Phantom Code] 7. Current 93 - Baalstorm, Sing Omega [Coptic Cat] 8. Cephalic Carnage - Misled By Certainty [Relapse] 9. Bastard Noise / The Endless Blockade - The Red List [20 Buck Spin] 10. Locrian - The Crystal World [Utech] 11. Bill Horist - Covalent Lodge [North Pole] 12. Scorn - Refuse; Start Fires [Ohm Resistance] 13. Proem - Enough Conflict [n5MD] 14. Mi Ami - Steal Your Face [Thrill Jockey] 15. Robert Rich - Ylang [Soundscape] 16. Avey Tare - Down There [Paw Tracks] 17. Paintings For Animals - Thee Forest Ov Psalms [Painted] 18. Von Thronstahl - Conscriptvm [Cold Spring] 19. Autechre - Move of Ten [Warp] 20. Fire In The Head - Confessions of a Narcissist [Cold Spring] 21. Foetus - Hide [Ectopic Ents.] 22. Atom™ - 1i3835tra3um3 [Rather Interesting] 23. Byron Metcalf / Dashmesh Khalsa / Steve Roach - The Dream Tracker [Projekt] 24. Tho-So-Aa - Identify [Tesco Organisation] 25. Thou - Summit [Gilead Media] 26. Phaenon - His Master's Voice [Malignant] 27. The Lickets - Eidolons [International Corporation] 28. Jon Mueller - The Whole [Type] 29. Nickolas Mohanna - Transmission Hue [Low Point] 30. Brandon Nickell - And If You Set This Mind Of Mine Afire Then On My Bloodstream I Yet Will Carry You [Isounderscore] Viktorya Kaufholz( review writer) 1.Hell Militia –Last Station on the Road of Death 2.Aun – Black Pyraminds 3.Watain- Lawless Darkness 4.Urfaust- Der Freiwillige Bettler 5.Agalloch- Marrow of the Spirit 6.Alcest –Ecallies de Lune 7.Goatvargr- Black Snow Epoch 8.Blut Aus Nord- What Once Was…Liber I 9.Cathedral – The Guessing Game 10.Hauschka- Foreign Landscapes 11.Mystified- Passing Though The Outer Gates 12.Triptykon- Eparistera Daimones 13.Les Discrets- septembre et Ses Dernieres Pensees 14.Electric Wizard- Black Masses 15.TenHornedBeast- Hunts and Wars 16.Dead Voices on Air- From Afar All Stars Spark and Glee 17.Imperium Dekadenz- Procella Vadens 18.Deathspell Omega- Paracletus 19.Library Tapes- Like Green Grass Against a Blue Sky 20.Drudkh- Handful of Stars 21.Dementia and Hope Trails- Depress 22.Gnaw Their Tongues-L’Arrivee de la Terne Mort Triomphante 23.Scorn- Refuse; Start Fires 24.Delicate Noise- Filmezza remixes 25.Ghost- Opus Eponymous 26.Obliteration- Nekropsalms 27.The Black Angels- Phosphene Dream 28.Shining- Blackjazz 29.Nachtmystium- Addicts: Black Meddle Part II 30.Negura Bunget- Maiestrit
David Bourgoin(review writer) 1:Coil - Colour Sound Oblivion (16 x DVD Live performances) 2:Cyclobe - Wounded Galaxies Tap At The Window (LP) 3:Grinderman - Grinderman 2 4:Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky 5:Catherine Christer Hennix -The Electric Harpsichord 6:Fenn O'Berg - In Stereo 7:Fennesz - Endless Summer (2010 reissue) 8:Pan Sonic - Gravitoni 9:Loop – The World In Your Eyes (2010 reissue) 10:Iggy Pop and James Williamson - Kill City (2010 reissue) 11:Einsturzende Neubauten – Strategies Against Architecture Vol 4 12:Crass- Feeding of the 5000 (2010 reissue) 13:Moon Duo - Escape 14:Wooden Shjips - Vol 2 15:PTV - Alien Vs Maggot Brain 16:Zeitkracker _ Whitehouse Electronics 17:Big Sexy Noise - S/T 18:Nurse With Wound - Larsen Eronous 19:Tabata Mitsure - Mankind Spree 20:Eno - Small Craft On A Milk Sea 21:Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here 22:Various Artists - In Search of Hawkwind 23:Bo Ningen – S/T 24:The Dead C - Patience
Lawrence J Patti(review writer) 1:Death In June-Peaceful_Snow 2:Danny Saul Harsh-Final 3:Ni- Self titled 4:Birch Book- A handful of days 5:Arkhonia-Trails/traces 6:Eric Lunde-Music is meat 7:Infallen Three Days of Darkness 8:Various Artists - "Bacterium (băk-tîr'ē-əm)" 9:Praying For Oblivion-Turm Schweigen 10:Various Artists-No Nazi Noise compilation put out by RJ Myato 11:Realicide Resisting- the Viral Self 12:Nyodene D- Good and Country tape 13:Dead Beef-"Pigs" 14:Bereft Your Messiah will Fail 15:Obskuria Drowing in a sea of green 16:Aun VII 17:Phantom Smoke and Mirrors 18:Alex Durlak- Catalyst 19:Disco Hospital Hidden Driveway Ahead 20:K11 -Waiting for the Darkness 21:Manuscripts Don't Burn - The Breathing House 22:Minamo -Duree 23:Pontiak-Living 24:Tree- freed of this Flesh 25:White-Dog Harvestman 26: Blackhouse-25th Years Anniversary + Hope...
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