lördag 29 Dec 2012, 11:19
Favourite albums:
Pop/rock
1. Lambchop - Mr. M
= a sort of "sunday record"
http://s.discogss.com/image/R-3439130-1330509139.jpeg
2. Here We Go Magic - A Different Ship
= "easy listening" album, produced by Nigel Godrich
http://s.discogss.com/image/R-3582273-1336167385.jpeg
3. Liars - WIXIW
http://s.discogss.com/image/R-3644098-1338640146-9498.jpeg
= intriguing new sound for Liars
4. Beach House - Bloom
= nothing new (not innovative), but pleasant
5. Bobby Womack – The Bravest Man in the Universe
= a grower; good fusion; underrated album
6. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Mature Themes
= definitely has a couple of bad tracks/fillers though
7. Kindness - World, You Need A Change Of Mind
= reminds me of Arthur Russell
8. Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
9. Chad VanGaalen - The Green Corridor
10. Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend
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EP's
1. Solange - True
= sound/songs remind me of Prince; accessible, not "overproduced" pop
http://s.discogss.com/image/R-4065070-1354054866-3788.jpeg
2. War - At War For Youth
3. Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour / Golden Mile
4. Serengeti - Kenny Dennis
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Electronic
1. Actress - R.I.P.
= mysterious album by a mysterious producer; Play at night
http://s.discogss.com/image/R-3555773-1335112662.png
2. Shackleton - The Drawbar Organ EP's
http://s.discogss.com/image/R-3588692-1337093144-6775.jpeg
3. Ital - Hive Mind
http://s.discogss.com/image/R-3459852-1331226513.jpeg
4. Four Tet - Pink
5. Brian Eno - Lux
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EP's
1. Burial - Kindred
http://s.discogss.com/image/R-3458050-1333231985.jpeg
2. Todd Terje - It's The Arps
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Experimental/noise/other
1. The Caretaker - Patience (After Sebald)
= actually a soundtrack for a documentary; Samples old Franz Schubert recordings
http://s.discogss.com/image/R-3348124-1326803562.jpeg
2. Sir Richard Bishop - Intermezzo
3. Nadja - Dagdrøm
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Favourite compilation
John Maus - A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material
Favourite live album
Antony & The Johnsons - Cut The World
Most (digital) plays (excluding vinyl spins),
so my favourite tracks of 2012 I guess!
1. Bobby Womack – Whatever Happened To The Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WA7uH4kLQQ
2. Grimes - Oblivion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtH68PJIQLE
3. Porcelain Raft – Unless You Speak From Your Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQlS_GAKJDk
4. Cat Power – Cherokee (Nicolas Jaar remix)
5. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Symphony of the Nymph
6. The Caretaker – Everything is on the Point of Decline
7. Beach House – Lazuli
8. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Baby
9. Liars - No.1 Against The Rush
10. John Maus - This Is The Beat
11. Juliana Barwick - Never Change
12. John Cale – Whaddya Mean By That (Maria Minverva's Freaky Café del Mar Remix)
13. Here We Go Magic - Alone But Moving
14. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Paradisco (Joakim's "Paradisco Garage" Remix)
15. Odesza – How Did I Get Here
16. Kindness - Swingin' Party
17. Lambchop - Gone Tomorrow
18. Beach House - Irene
19. Leonard Cohen - Show Me The Place
20. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Lazarus
21. Serengeti - Don't Blame Steve
22. Here We Go Magic - How Do I Know
23. Major Lazer - Get Free
24. Daniel Rossen - Silent Song
25. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Who
26. Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
27. Solange - Bad Girls (Verdine Version)
28. Lambchop - I Guess I'm Dumb
29. Black Dice - Pigs
30. Dead Can Dance - Amnesia
31. Lotus Plaza - Strangers
32. Nite Jewel - Sister
33. Leonard Cohen - Darkness
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Most memorable concerts
1. John Maus @ DOK = great fun :D
2. Lambchop @ Botanique
3. Antony & The Johnsons @ Bijloke
4. Nils Frahm @ DOK
5. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti @ TRIX
6. Liars @ AB
7. Molly Nilsson @ DOK
8. Porcelain Raft @ DOK
9. Chad VanGaalen @ Les Ateliers Claus
10. Keith Fullerton Whitman @ Les Ateliers Claus
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Favourite films
1. Jagten
2. A Royal Affair
3. Amour
4. Prometheus
5. Argo
6. Moonrise Kingdom
7. Django Unchained
(I still have to see The Master though…)
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