peter young’s listopia

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The magnificent, the excellent, the great, the good, the average, the meh, the poor, the awful, the crap, the dreck, and the stuff I can't figure out. All here. I don't do Christmas albums.

2000
Best of 2000
Bohren & der Club of Gore, Sunset Mission  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Gotan Project, La Revancha del Tango  ( ARGENTINA / FRANCE )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Ronu Majumdar, Ry Cooder, Jon Hassell, Abhijit Banerjee, Hollow Bamboo  ( INDIA / USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
A Silver Mt. Zion, He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms...  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Tribal Tech, Rocket Science  ( USA )
Gianluigi Trovesi, Gianni Coscia, In cerca di cibo  ( ITALY )
Honourable mentions
John Abercrombie, Cat 'n' Mouse  ( USA )
Joseph Arthur, Come to Where I'm From  ( USA )
Anouar Brahem, Astrakan Café  ( TUNISIA )
Harold Budd, The Room  ( USA )
Brian Eno, Music for Civic Recovery Centre  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Antonio Forcione, Live!  ( ITALY )
Bill Frisell, Ghost Town  ( USA )
Paul Giger, Ignis  ( SWITZERLAND )
Trilok Gurtu, African Fantasy  ( INDIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Healer, WonderGround  ( SWEDEN )
Don Henley, Inside Job  ( USA )
Jan Kåre Hystad, Café Hysen Noir  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, Whisper Not  ( USA )
Mark King, Grupo Mark King Live on the Isle of Wight 2000  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica, Silencio  ( LATVIA / GERMANY )
Lyle Mays, Solo Improvisations for Expanded Piano  ( USA )
Iarla Ó Lionáird, I Could Read the Sky  ( IRELAND )
Nils Petter Molvær, Solid Ether  ( NORWAY )
Quaternaglia, Forrobodó  ( BRAZIL )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ernest Ranglin, Modern Answers to Old Problems  ( JAMAICA )
Sade, Lovers Rock  ( UK )
Joe Satriani, Engines of Creation  ( USA )
Klaus Schulze, The Crime of Suspense (Contemporary Works I #2)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Klaus Schulze, Privée (Contemporary Works I #4)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Klaus Schulze, Ballett 2 (Contemporary Works I #7)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Klaus Schulze, Ballett 3 (Contemporary Works I #8)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Klaus Schulze, The Cello (Ultimate Edition #49)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Spiritual Beggars, Ad Astra  ( SWEDEN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Ben Webster and His Quartet, Wayfaring Webster  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
All albums
Joseph Arthur, Come to Where I'm From  ( USA )
Paul Bley, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips, Sankt Gerold  ( CANADA / USA )
Thom Brennan, Mist  ( USA )
Joey Calderazzo, Joey Calderazzo  ( USA )
Dubcall, Dubcall  ( ? )
En Vogue, Masterpiece Theatre  ( USA )
Peter Gabriel, OVO  ( UK )
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven  ( CANADA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Mathias Grassow, Cosmic Chasm  ( GERMANY )
Mathias Grassow, The Fragrance of Eternal Roses  ( GERMANY )
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Sigur Rós, Angels of the Universe  ( ICELAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jetone, Autumnmonia  ( USA )
Terje Rypdal, Double Concerto / Symphony No. 5  ( NORWAY )
Klaus Schulze, Vanity of Sounds (Contemporary Works I #1)  ( GERMANY )
Klaus Schulze, Trance 4 Motion (Contemporary Works I #3)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Klaus Schulze, Ballett 1 (Contemporary Works I #6)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Jane Siberry, Hush  ( CANADA )
Solar Moon, Docking (Contemporary Works I #5)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Markus Stockhausen, Arild Andersen, Terje Rypdal, Karta  ( GERMANY / NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tarahumara, Mama Shungo  ( PERU )
Tosca, Suzuki  ( AUSTRIA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Rodney Waterman, Doug de Vries, Água E Vinho  ( AUSTRALIA )
Susumu Yokota, Sakura  ( JAPAN )  [ YOUTUBE ]

2001
Best of 2001
Susanne Abbuehl, April  ( SWITZERLAND / NETHERLANDS )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Creed, Weathered  ( USA )  FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2002
Colin Hay, Going Somewhere  ( AUSTRALIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Asche & Spencer, Monster's Ball: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Sleep Research Facility, Nostromo  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Ralph Towner, Anthem  ( USA )
Honourable mentions
Eivind Aarset, Light Extracts  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ed Alleyne-Johnson, Purple Electric Violin Concerto 2  ( UK )
Afro Celt Sound System, Volume 3: Further in Time  ( IRELAND / WEST AFRICA )
Boozoo Bajou, Satta  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Marc Copland, John Abercrombie, Kenny Wheeler, That's for Sure  ( USA / CANADA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Trilok Gurtu, The Beat of Love  ( INDIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Charlie Haden, Egberto Gismonti, In Montreal  ( USA / BRAZIL )
Dave Holland Quintet, Not for Nothin'  ( UK )
Jaya the Cat, Basement Style  ( USA / HOLLAND )  [ LAST FM ]
Jan Jelinek, Loop Finding Jazz Records  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Diana Krall, The Look of Love  ( CANADA )
Charles Lloyd, Hyperion with Higgins  ( USA )
The Dave Matthews Band, Everyday  ( USA )
Stephan Micus, Desert Poems  ( GERMANY )
Marcus Miller, M²  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Morelebaum², Ryuichi Sakamoto, Casa  ( BRAZIL / JAPAN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Patrick O'Hearn, So Flows the Current  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Oöphoi, Mare Tranquillitatis  ( ITALY )  [ LAST FM ]
Peppercorn, Free Love  ( UK )
Claudio Puntin, Gerður Gunnarsdóttir, Ýlir  ( ICELAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Giles Reaves, Sacred Space  ( USA )
Giles Reaves, Aashid Himons, The Deep End  ( USA )
Eberhard Weber, Endless Days  ( GERMANY )
Alex Wilson, Afro Saxon  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jah Wobble, Bill Laswell, Radioaxiom: A Dub Transmission  ( UK / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Zero 7, Simple Things  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
All albums
The Album Leaf, One Day I'll Be on Time  ( USA )
Tori Amos, Strange Little Girls  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Misha Alperin, At Home  ( UKRAINE )
Blue Funk  ( BLUE NOTE )
F. S. Blumm, Mondkuchen  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bonobo, Animal Magic  ( UK )
Thom Brennan, The Secret Faiths of Salamanders  ( USA )
Thom Brennan, Vibrant Water  ( USA )
The Crystal Method, Tweekend  ( USA )
Jon Eberson, Carl Morten Iversen, Jazz for Men  ( NORWAY )
Fennesz, Endless Summer  ( AUSTRIA )
Bill Frisell, Dave Holland, Elvin Jones, Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones  ( USA / UK )
Bill Frisell, Blues Dream  ( USA )
Tim Hecker, Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again  ( CANADA )
Anders Jormin, Xieyi  ( SWEDEN )
Liquid Laughter Lounge Quartet, Liquid Laughter Lounge Quartet  ( GERMANY )
Jesse Manno, Opium  ( USA )
Monolake, Cinemascope  ( GERMANY )
Giles Reaves, Kaleida Visions  ( USA )
Robert Rich, Bestiary  ( USA )
Robert Rich, Somnium  ( USA )
Nitin Sawhney, Prophesy  ( INDIA / UK )
Skindive, Skindive  ( IRELAND )  [ LAST FM ]
Michael Stearns, The Storm  ( USA )
John Zorn, The Gift  ( USA )

2002
Best of 2002
Anouar Brahem, Le Pas du Chat Noir  ( TUNISIA )
Norah Jones, Come Away with Me  ( USA )
Cliff Martinez, Solaris  ( USA )
Klaus Schulze, Cocooning (Contemporary Works II #5)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Toto, Through the Looking Glass  ( USA )
Honourable mentions
John Abercrombie, Cat 'n' Mouse  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Tori Amos, Scarlet's Walk  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Joseph Arthur, Redemption's Son  ( USA )
Chet Baker, Sentimental Walk in Paris  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Biosphere, Shenzhou  ( NORWAY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
David Bowie, Heathen  ( UK )
Thom Brennan, Satori  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
The Calling, Camino Palmero  ( USA )
The Caretaker, A Stairway to the Stars  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head  ( UK )
Charles Lloyd, Lift Every Voice  ( USA )
Marilyn Mazur, All the Birds: Reflecting + Adventurous  ( DENMARK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Medeski, Martin and Wood, Uninvisible  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Nils Petter Molvær, np3  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Vrioon  ( GERMANY / JAPAN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Robert Rich, Steve Roach, Strata  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Steve Roach, Streams & Currents  ( USA )
Yves Robert, In Touch  ( FRANCE )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Klaus Schulze, Another Green Mile (Contemporary Works II #3)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Tomasz Stanko, Soul of Things  ( POLAND )
David Sylvian, Robert Fripp, Damage  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Underworld, A Hundred Days Off  ( UK )
Cassandra Wilson, Belly of the Sun  ( USA )
Susumu Yokota, The Boy and the Tree  ( JAPAN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
John Zorn, Filmworks XII: 2002, Volume Two: Three Documentaries  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
All albums
Altus, Winter Embrace  ( CANADA )  [ ALTUS ]
Nik Bärtsch, Hishiryo  ( SWITZERLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
William Basinski, The Disintegration Loops  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Tim Berne, Science Friction  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Eraldo Bernocchi, Bill Laswell, Toshinoro Kondo, Charged Live  ( ITALY / USA / JAPAN )
Biffy Clyro, Blackened Sky  ( UK )
Boards of Canada, Geogaddi  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Bonobo, Sweetness  ( UK )
Congo to Cuba  ( PUTAMAYO )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Ekkehard Ehlers, Plays  ( GERMANY )
Scott Fisher, Fleeing Towards Creation  ( USA )
Gasoline, A Journey Into Abstract Hip-Hop  ( FRANCE )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Tim Hecker, Trade Winds, White Noise  ( CANADA )
Terje Isungset, Iceman Is  ( NORWAY )
Missa Johnouchi, Kurenai  ( JAPAN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Pat Metheny Group, Speaking of Now  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Moby, 18  ( USA )
Oöphoi, Athlit  ( ITALY )
Augustus Pablo, The Very Best of Augustus Pablo  ( JAMAICA )
Craig Padilla, Vostok  ( USA )
Robert Rich, Cowell Theater – Live Archive vol. 5  ( USA )
Rivulets, Thank You Reykjavik  ( USA )
Roswell: Original Television Soundtrack  ( NETTWERK )
Rough Guide to the Music of the Himalayas  ( ROUGH GUIDES )
Terje Rypdal, Lux Aeterna  ( NORWAY )
Terje Rypdal, Birgitte Stærnes, Sonata Op. 73 / Nimbus Op. 76  ( NORWAY )
Klaus Schulze, Virtual Outback (Contemporary Works II #1)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Klaus Schulze, Timbres of Ice (Contemporary Works II #2)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Klaus Schulze, Androgyn (Contemporary Works II #4)  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
John Surman, Apartment # 5C (Soundtrack)  ( UK )
John Surman, Jack DeJohnette, Invisible Nature  ( UK / USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Terra Ambient, The Darker Space  ( USA )
Steve Tibbetts, A Man About a Horse  ( USA )
Gianluigi Trovesi Ottetto, Fugace  ( ITALY )
The White Birch, Star Is Just a Sun  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Kenji Williams, EPIC  ( USA )

2003
Best of 2003
Bruce Cockburn, You've Never Seen Everything  ( CANADA )  FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2003
Ghazal, The Rain  ( IRAN / INDIA )
Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Seven Days of Falling  ( SWEDEN )
Honourable mentions
Oleta Adams, Evolution  ( USA )
Ana Maria, Trago Fado Nos Sentidos  ( PORTUGAL )  [ SPOTIFY ]
William Basinski, Melancholia  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Thom Brennan, Signals in Moonlight  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Dave Brubeck, The Essential Dave Brubeck  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Cambodian Rocks Vol. 1  ( KHMER ROCKS )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Capercaillie, Choice Language  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Carbon Based Lifeforms, Hydroponic Garden  ( SWEDEN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
The Caretaker, We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
David Darling, Open Window  ( USA )
Easy Star All-Stars, Dub Side of the Moon  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bill Evans Trio, Live in London 1965  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
John Foxx, Harold Budd, Translucence + Drift Music  ( UK / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bill Frisell, The Intercontinentals  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tommy Guerrero, Soul Food Taquiera  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Robin Guthrie, Imperial  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Colin Hay, Man @ Work  ( AUSTRALIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
InMe, Overgrown Eden  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Keith Jarrett Trio, Up for It  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Barbara Leoni, Human Needs  ( USA )
Linkin Park, Meteora  ( USA )
Rivulets, Debridement  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Steve Roach, Space and Time  ( USA )
Runrig, Proterra  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Dino Saluzzi, Responsorium  ( ARGENTINA )
Seal, Seal IV  ( UK )
Steely Dan, Everything Must Go  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
John Taylor, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron Rosslyn  ( UK / USA )
Miroslav Vitous, Universal Syncopations  ( CZECHOSLOVAKIA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Klaus Wiese, Jim Cole, Plejades  ( GERMANY / USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
All albums
Batagraf, Jon Balke, Statements  ( NORWAY )
William Basinski, Watermusic II  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Jason Becker, The Blackberry Jams  ( USA )
Bonobo, Dial 'M' for Monkey  ( UK )
David Bowie, Reality  ( UK )
Harold Budd, La Bella Vista  ( USA )
Adam Certamen Bownik, Elmania Live 2003  ( POLAND )
Chimerical Child, Faceless Foreigner  ( GERMANY )  [ SOUNDCLOUD ]
Hans Christian, Surrender  ( USA )
Myles Cochran, Marginal Street  ( USA )  [ LAST FM ]
Cold Sun, 6am  ( UK )
Max Corbacho, Nocturnal Emanations  ( SPAIN )
The Darkness, Permission to Land  ( UK )
Jack DeJohnette, Music in the Key of Om  ( USA )
Jon Eberson, Carl Morten Iversen, Standards  ( NORWAY )
Electric Frankenstein, The Time Is Now  ( USA )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Emma's Mini, Beat Generation Mad Trick  ( USA )
Péter Eötvös, Elliott Carter, Paul Griffiths: What Next?  ( HUNGARY )
Escape Philosophy, Brood XIV  ( USA )
Evanescence, Fallen  ( USA )
Falik, Streaks and Strokes  ( USA )
Paul Giger, Vindonissa  ( SWITZERLAND )
Tord Gustavsen Trio, Changing Places  ( NORWAY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Jay Kishor, Amber  ( INDIA / USA )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Jay Kishor, The Color of Night  ( INDIA / USA )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Mike Lindup, Conversations with Silence  ( UK )
Loop Guru, Bathtime with Loop Guru  ( UK )
Katie Melua, Call Off the Search  ( GEORGIA / UK )
Monoide, Zeitpunkt  ( SLOVAKIA )
Oöphoi, The Dreams of Shells  ( ITALY )
Tom Paul, There Is No Map  ( USA )
Plumbline, Circles  ( USA )
Tim Rayborn, Ashek  ( USA )
Robert Rich, Calling Down the Sky  ( USA )
Robert Rich, Temple of the Invisible  ( USA )
Louis Sclavis, Napoli's Walls  ( FRANCE )
Solace, Ahsas  ( USA )
Bobo Stenson, Lennart Åberg, Bobo Stenson/Lennart Åberg  ( SWEDEN )
Ehren Starks, The Depths of a Year  ( USA )
John Surman, Free and Equal  ( UK )
David Sylvian, Blemish  ( UK )
Verbose, Observe  ( UK )
Williamson, A Few Things To Hear Before We All Blow Up  ( USA )  [ JAMENDO ]
Zilla, Egg  ( USA )

2004
Best of 2004
Akataka, Akataka  ( USA )  FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2006
Alter Bridge, One Day Remains  ( USA )  FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2004
Electrocutango, Felino  ( NORWAY )
Keane, Hopes and Fears  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Viktor Krauss, Far from Enough  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]  FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2014
Anja Lechner, Vassilis Tsabropopoulos Gurdjieff / Tsabropopoulos: Chants, Hymns and Dances  ( GERMANY / GREECE )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Nils Petter Molvær, Streamer  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Snow Patrol, Final Straw  ( UK )
Trio Mediaeval, Soir, dit-elle  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Kenji Williams, Worldspirit Soundtrack  ( USA )  FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2009
Honourable mentions
The Blue Nile, High  ( UK )
The Crystal Method, Legion of Boom  ( USA )
Deru, Trying to Remember  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Jan Garbarek, In Praise of Dreams  ( NORWAY )
Lisa Gerrard, Patrick Cassidy Immortal Memory  ( AUSTRALIA / IRELAND )
Mathias Grassow, Dharma  ( GERMANY )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Robin Guthrie, Harold Budd, Mysterious Skin: Music from the Film  ( UK / USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Healer, HigherGrounds  ( SWEDEN )
Ivilion, III  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Enrico Rava, Easy Living  ( ITALY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Rivulets, You've Got Your Own  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jacob Young, Evening Falls  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Zero 7, When It Falls  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Tapper Zukie, Cork & Tar  ( JAMAICA / UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
The Album Leaf, In a Safe Place  ( USA )
Amethystium, Evermind  ( NORWAY )
Arild Andersen, Vasilis Tsabropoulos, John Marshall The Triangle  ( NORWAY )
Anita Baker, My Everything  ( USA )
William Basinski, Silent Night  ( USA )
J. J. Cale, To Tulsa and Back  ( USA )
The Calling, II  ( USA )
Lanna Commins, Lanna Commins  ( THAILAND )
Dr. Kuch, Analog Disease  ( FRANCE )
Endorphine, Prig-Chili  ( THAILAND )
En Vogue, Soul Flower  ( USA )
Etherine, Gleam  ( USA )
Etherine, 24 Days  ( USA )
Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand  ( UK )
Hughes, Rive  ( USA )
Egberto Gismonti, Retratos  ( BRAZIL )
Jade Leary, The Lost Art of Human Kindness  ( CANADA )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Jag, Pretty Girl Blues  ( USA )
Jamie Janover, All Strings Considered  ( USA )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Jamie Janover, Now, Center of Time  ( USA )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Norah Jones, Feels Like Home  ( USA )
Anders Jormin, In Winds, In Light  ( SWEDEN )
Loscil, First Narrows  ( CANADA )
Steve Kuhn, with Strings, Promises Kept  ( USA )
John McLaughlin, Guitar & Bass  ( UK )
Pan-American, Quiet City  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Psychetropic, China Radio Sunshine  ( USA )
The RajDhani Quartet, The Ghandi Memorial Concert  ( INDIA )
Leann Rimes, The Best of Leann Rimes  ( USA )
Joe Satriani, Is There Love in Space?  ( USA )
Joe Satriani, The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology  ( USA )
Sleep Research Facility, Dead Weather Machine  ( UK )
The Talking Dog, Hard Dubs for Troubled Times  ( UK )
Terra Ambient, The Gate  ( USA )
TouchingGrace, Happenstance  ( INDIA / USA )
TouchingGrace, Panacea  ( INDIA / USA )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
TouchingGrace, The Reformation Sessions  ( INDIA / USA )
TouchingGrace, Submission  ( INDIA / USA )
Version, Versions  ( USA )
The West Exit, Nocturne  ( USA )
World Fusion  ( MAGNATUNE )
ZerO One, Psy-Fi  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]

2005
Best of 2005
Asche & Spencer, Stay (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Falling You, Touch  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]  FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2005
Silvia Iriondo, Tierra Que Anda  ( ARGENTINA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Thelonious Monk Quartet, John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Możdżer Danielsson Fresco, The Time  ( POLAND / SWEDEN / ISRAEL )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Patrick O'Hearn, Slow Time  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Enrico Rava, Tati  ( ITALY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté, In the Heart of the Moon  ( MALI )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Honourable mentions
The Album Leaf, The Seal Beach EP  ( USA )  [ LAST FM ]
Tori Amos, The Beekeeper  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Arild Andersen Group, Electra  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Chamberlaineduartefidelis, Êxodo  ( BRAZIL )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Cyminology, Per Se  ( GERMANY / IRAN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Andrey Dergatchev, The Return  ( RUSSIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Fat Freddy's Drop, Based on a True Story  ( NEW ZEALAND )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, The Equatorial Stars  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Michael Galasso, High Lines  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tord Gustavsen Trio, The Ground  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
InMe, White Butterfly  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Marc Johnson, Shades of Jade  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bruce Kaphan, Slider – Ambient Excursions for Pedal Steel Guitar  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Pat Metheny Group, The Way Up  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Robert Miles, Trilok Gurtu, Miles Gurtu  ( ITALY / INDIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Moby, Hotel Ambient  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Paul Motian, I Have the Room Above Her  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Nine Horses, Snow Borne Sorrow  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Alva Noto, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Insen  ( GERMANY / JAPAN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Dino Saluzzi, Senderos  ( ARGENTINA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Sigur Rós, Takk…  ( ICELAND )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Ferenc Snétburger Trio, Nomad  ( HUNGARY / NORWAY / ITALY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Scott Stapp, The Great Divide  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bobo Stenson, Goodbye  ( SWEDEN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Marcin Wasilewski, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Michal Miskiewicz, Trio  ( POLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Amadou & Mariam, Dimanche à Bamako  ( MALI )
Anamar, Transfado  ( PORTUGAL )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Paul Avgerinos, Phos Hilaron  ( USA )
Bardoseneticcube, Deadhead  ( RUSSIA )
Between Interval, Secret Observatory  ( SWEDEN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Thom Brennan, Silver  ( USA )
Cisfinitum, Bezdna  ( RUSSIA )
Tom Cochrane, Hang On to Your Resistance (The Early Years)  ( CANADA )
DJ Markitos, Unreachable Destiny  ( UK )
Domased, Selection  ( SLOVAKIA )
Eluvium, Talk Amongst the Trees  ( USA )
Enya, Amarantine  ( IRELAND )
Scott Fisher, Scott Fisher  ( USA )
Four Stones, La Vie Chill  ( USA )
Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better  ( UK )
Gravenhurst, Fires in Distant Buildings  ( UK )
Barry Guy, Folio  ( UK )
Hammock, Kenotic  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Iro Haarla, Northbound  ( FINLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Hiroshima, Obon  ( USA )
KLUtCh, Bugs Eat My Dreams  ( RUSSIA )
Little Milton, Think of Me  ( USA )
Last Harbour, Hold Fast, Pioneer  ( UK )
Maps and Diagrams / Verbose, Split  ( UK )
John McLaughlin, My Goal's Beyond  ( UK )
Mijo, Fata Morgana  ( GERMANY )
Mr Haze Dub Project, Soul Roots  ( FRANCE )
Matti Paalanen, Warehouse of Distant Dreams  ( FINLAND )
John Petrucci, Suspended Animation  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Deva Premal, Dakshina  ( INDIA )
Robert Rich, Echo of Small Things  ( USA )
Satori, For Relaxation  ( UKRAINE )
Satori, Journey to Other Worlds  ( UKRAINE )
Nitin Sawhney, Beyond Skin  ( INDIA / UK )
David Schombert, Quiet Life, vol. 1  ( FRANCE )
Sebrider, Heaven and Sea  ( FRANCE )
Sek Loso, The Collection  ( THAILAND )
Solar Cycle, Sunlight  ( UK )
Suzanne Teng, Mystic Journey  ( USA )
TVset Under Repair, Cosmoportable  ( UKRAINE )
Naná Vasconcelos, Chegada  ( BRAZIL )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Bernard Wystraëte & Group, Strawa No Sertão  ( FRANCE )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Hiroshi Yoshimura, Soft Wave For Automatic Music Box  ( JAPAN )
John Zorn, Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion  ( USA )

2006
Best of 2006
The Album Leaf, Into the Blue Again  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Eraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd, Music for 'Fragments from the Inside'  ( ITALY / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
BT, This Binary Universe  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]  FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2007
Lars Danielsson, Mélange Bleu  ( SWEDEN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Bill Evans, Complete Live at Ronnie Scott's 1980  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Viktor Krauss, Viktor Krauss II  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Paolo Nutini, These Streets  ( UK )
Snow Patrol, Eyes Open  ( UK )
Honourable mentions
Håkon Austbø, Gymnopédies Gnossiennes Sarabandes  ( NORWAY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, Stoa  ( SWITZERLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Black Merda, The Psych Funk of Black Merda  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
James Blackshaw, Waking Into Sleep: Göteborg 27.05.06  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bonobo, Days to Come  ( UK / USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Anouar Brahem, Le Voyage de Sahar  ( TUNISIA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Burning Babylon, Knives to the Treble  ( USA )
Carbon Based Lifeforms, World of Sleepers  ( SWEDEN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Bruce Cockburn, Life Short Call Now  ( CANADA )
François Couturier, Nostalghia – Song for Tarkovsky  ( FRANCE )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Donald Fagen, Morph the Cat  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Falling You, Human  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
David Gilmour, On an Island  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Hammock, Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Hammock, The Sleepover Series, vol. 1  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Mark Isham, Pure Mark Isham  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Kalpataru Tree, Slipped Through the Cracks  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Kene Busma, Dub  ( FRANCE )  [ INTERNET ARCHIVE ]
Level 42, Retroglide  ( UK )
Rolf Lislevand, Nuove Musiche  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Charles Lloyd, Zakir Hussain, Eric Harland, Sangam  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Manchester Orchestra, I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Everything's Gonna Be Alright  ( JAMAICA )
John McLaughlin, Industrial Zen  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Dino Saluzzi Group, Juan Condori  ( ARGENTINA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Joe Satriani, Super Colossal  ( USA )
Giacinto Scelsi, Natura Renovatur  ( ITALY )
Justin Timberlake, Futuresex/Love Sounds  ( USA )
Trentemøller, The Last Resort  ( DENMARK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
All albums
The Abogix (J.K.), Signs  ( HOLLAND )
Air, Pocket Symphony  ( FRANCE )
Misha Alperin, Her First Dance  ( UKRAINE )
Altus, The Wanderer  ( CANADA )  [ ALTUS ]
Ambient Teknology, The All Seeing Eye Project  ( UK )
A Scanner Darkly, A Scanner Darkly  ( USA )
Bardoseneticcube, Bad Heaven  ( RUSSIA )
Between Interval, Autumn Continent  ( SWEDEN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Justin Bianco, Phoenix  ( USA )
Biosphere, Dropsonde  ( NORWAY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
J. J. Cale, Eric Clapton, The Road to Escondido  ( USA / UK )
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Floating Weeds  ( USA )
Caspian, The Silent Ballet: Volume 1  ( USA )
Cordel do Fogo Encantado, Transfiguração  ( BRAZIL )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Brian Eno, Beyond Even (1992-2006)  ( UK )
Five Star Fall, Automatic Ordinary  ( CANADA )
Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better  ( UK )
Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Beyond Even (1992–2006)  ( UK )
Gifts from Enola, Loyal Eyes Betray the Mind  ( USA )
The Headroom Project, Apa Ya  ( GERMANY )
E.L. Heath, Reflecting  ( UK )
Idol Tryouts Two,  ( GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL )
David Julyan, The Prestige  ( USA )
Shira Kammen, Mistral  ( USA )
King Dubby, 1st Dubs  ( FRANCE )  [ JAMENDO ]
Klimek, Music to Fall Asleep  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
The Kokoon, Berlin  ( GERMANY )
Brannan Lane, Answer the Sky  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Liquid Zen, Seventythree  ( USA )
Loop Guru, Elderberry Shiftglass  ( UK )
Loscil, Stases  ( CANADA )  [ INTERNET ARCHIVE ]
Loscil, Plume  ( CANADA )
Philippe Mangold, Voyage dans l'ether  ( FRANCE )
Nicolas Masson, Yellow (A Little Orange)  ( SWITZERLAND )  
Mogwai, Mr. Beast  ( UK )  [ LAST FM ]
Matti Paalanen, Hollow  ( FINLAND )
Javier Perianes, Frederic Mompou: Música Callada  ( SPAIN )
Project Divinity, Divinity  ( FINLAND )
Rasa, Shelter  ( USA )
Terje Rypdal, Vossabrygg  ( NORWAY )
Rasa, Shelter  ( USA )
Joe Satriani, Super Colossal  ( USA )
The Seldon Plan, Making Circles  ( USA )
SETI, Quagmires  ( USA )
South by Southwest  ( MAGNATUNE )
Space Weirdo, Cosmonaut  ( SPAIN )  [ INTERNET ARCHIVE ]
Strojovna 07, Switch On – Switch Off  ( SLOVAKIA )
Stephen Stubbs, Teatro Lirico  ( USA )
Tryad, Listen  ( USA )
V/Vm, The Death of Rave  ( UK )
Yongen, Moonrise  ( UK )
Thom Yorke, The Eraser  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Thom Yorke, Spitting Feathers  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Hiroshi Yoshimura, Flora 1987  ( JAPAN )
John Zorn, The Cracow Klezmer Band, Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5  ( USA / POLAND )  [ YOUTUBE ]

2007
Best of 2007
Eivind Aarset, Sonic Codex  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ty Burhoe, Invocation  ( USA )
Christian Fennesz, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cendre  ( AUSTRIA / JAPAN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Sleep Research Facility, Deep Frieze  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Stars of the Lid, And Their Refinement of the Decline  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Stars of the Lid, Carte de Visite  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Honourable mentions
Alter Bridge, Blackbird  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Balmorhea, Rivers Arms  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Between Interval, Radio Silence  ( SWEDEN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Wolfert Brederode Quartet, Currents  ( NETHERLANDS / SWITZERLAND / NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Michael Brook, BellCurve  ( CANADA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Chronos, Steps to the Great Knowledge  ( RUSSIA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Chick Corea, John Patitucci, Antonio Sanchez, Dr. Joe  ( USA / MEXICO )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Dave Fulton, Giles Reaves, The Range  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tord Gustavsen Trio, Being There  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Robin Guthrie, Harold Budd, Before the Day Breaks  ( UK / USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Robin Guthrie, Harold Budd, After the Night Falls  ( UK / USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Laura Inserra, Hang  ( ITALY )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Gregory Alan Isakov, That Sea, the Gambler  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Sven Kacirek, The Palmin Sessions  ( GERMANY )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Kalpataru Tree, Scattered Fragments of the Eternal Dream  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Kim Kashkashian, Robert Levin, Asturiana: Songs from Spain and Argentina  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Toshinoro Kondo, Silent Melodies  ( JAPAN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Macroform, Barren Tree  ( USA )
Macroform, Eclipsed  ( USA )
Macroform, Letting Yourself Go  ( USA )  [ LAST FM ]
Macroform, Your Heart Is a Transceiver  ( USA )  [ JAMENDO ]
Pablo Márquez, Luys de Narváez: Música del Delphin  ( ARGENTINA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Andy Middleton, Nomad's Notebook  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Marcus Miller, Free  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Paul Motian, Time and Time Again  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Murcof, Cosmos  ( MEXICO )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Nine Horses, Money for All  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Oregon, 1000 Kilometers  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani, The Third Man  ( ITALY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Paul Rose, Promises  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Klaus Schulze, Kontinuum  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Eddie Vedder, Into the Wild  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, The Zoo Is Far  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Apparat, Walls  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Kevin Ayers, Unfairground  ( UK )
Jon Balke, Book of Velocities  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bardoseneticcube, Naegleria Fowlery  ( RUSSIA )
Blue Stone, Worlds Apart  ( USA )
David Darling, Chungliang Al Huang, The Tao of Poetry  ( USA / CHINA )
DJ Bouly, 4:00  ( FRANCE )
DJ Bouly, The Revolution of Fluff  ( FRANCE )
DJ Zentao, The Village in the Valley  ( FRANCE )
Chris Cornell, Carry On  ( USA )
DAC Crowell, Within This Space  ( USA )
Jack DeJohnette, Peace Time  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Djoss, B-Sound  ( FRANCE )
Doc, Nangilima  ( FINLAND )
Tinsley Ellis, Moment of Truth  ( USA )
Newton Faulkner, Hand Built By Robots  ( UK )
John Fogerty, Revival  ( USA )
Fortadelis, Fortadelis  ( CROATIA )
Gardens From Light, Birds of Joy and Sorrow, Vol. 1  ( UK )  [ RESTING BELL ]
Gardens From Light, Birds of Joy and Sorrow, Vol. 2  ( UK )  [ RESTING BELL ]
The Glimmer Room, Now We Are Six  ( UK )
Glissando, Loves Are Like Empires  ( UK )  [ LAST FM ]
Trilok Gurtu, Arkè String Quartet, Arkeology  ( INDIA / ITALY )
The Guv'nors, Live at Ealing Studios  ( UK )
John Holowach, Elements  ( USA )
Iasos, Javanese Dream Bells  ( USA )
Swivel Neck Jones, Deep Life  ( USA )
JT25, The Darkstep  ( FRANCE )
Just in Space, Galaxy  ( FRANCE )
Nawang Kechong, Tibetan Meditation Music  ( TIBET )
Konntinent, Analog Skyline  ( UK )
Konntinent, All Lines Lead In EP  ( UK )
Sinikka Langeland, Starflowers  ( NORWAY )
Macroform, Eclipsed  ( USA )
Mechanoflora, Hues of Sound  ( USA )
MGR, Nova Lux  ( UNKNOWN )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Music for the Minority, Ambient  ( ITALY )
Mystery, Darkness is Coming  ( FRANCE )
Pack 4, Pack 4  ( THAILAND )
pg.lost, Yes I Am EP  ( USA )
QLHead, Metamorphosis  ( POLAND )
Tim Rayborn, Rihla  ( USA )
Rejuvenessence, Dreamscapes  ( USA )
Robert Rich, Open Window  ( USA )
Riddimperialism, Before the Invasion  ( FRANCE )
Rildrim, The Lonely Wizard  ( SPAIN )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Steve Roach, Immersion: Three  ( USA )
C.J. Rogers, Neon Lights  ( LUXEMBOURG )
Roots of Rebellion, Surfacing  ( USA )
Ruined Machines, The Grasping Hands of Possibility  ( USA )
SaReGaMa, 4D Reality  ( ISRAEL )
SaReGaMa, Bodhi Tree  ( ISRAEL )
SaReGaMa, Spirits of Ancestors  ( ISRAEL )
Seal, System  ( UK )
Aleksandr Shubin, First  ( RUSSIA )
Aleksandr Shubin, Second  ( RUSSIA )
Sigur Ros, Hvarf/Heim  ( ICELAND )
Silly Fools, Silly Fools  ( THAILAND )
Stidiek, Feelms  ( SPAIN )
Strange Space, Road  ( POLAND )  [ JAMENDO ]
Sundowner, Sundowner  ( UK )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
David Sylvian, When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Uberlulu, Espace, Temps, Esotérisme & Compagnie  ( HAITI )
Verbose, Wonder  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Eberhard Weber, Stages of a Long Journey  ( GERMANY )
WhiteRoom, WhiteRoom  ( CANADA )  [ JAMENDO ]
Taya Wooden, Mone Zion  ( IVORY COAST )
Zentriert in Antlitz, Diametral  ( GERMANY )

2008
Best of 2008
Bar Kokhba Sextet, Lucifer: Book of Angels Vol 10  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Walter Becker, Circus Money  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Harold Budd, Clive Wright, A Song for Lost Blossoms  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Toumani Diabaté, The Mandé Variations  ( MALI )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Glissando, With Our Arms Wide Open We March Towards the Burning Sea  ( UK )
Arve Henriksen, Cartography  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]  FAVOURITE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2018
Marilyn Mazur, Jan Garbarek, Elixir  ( DENMARK / NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Marcin Wasilewski Trio, January  ( POLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Jeff Beck, Performing This Week… Live at Ronnie Scott's  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, Holon  ( SWITZERLAND )
Bohren & der Club of Gore, Dolores  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Codona, The Codona Trilogy  ( USA / BRAZIL )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Avishai Cohen Trio, Gently Disturbed  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Dengue Fever, Venus on Earth  ( CAMBODIA / USA )
Escape Philosophy, A Towering Achievement of Indescribable Beauty  ( USA )
Escape Philosophy, Brood XIV  ( USA )
Falling You, Faith  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bill Frisell, History, Mystery  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Hammock, Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Benedikt Jahnel Trio, Modular Concepts  ( GERMANY / SPAIN / CANADA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Keane, Perfect Symmetry  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Garth Knox, Agnès Vesterman D'Amore  ( IRELAND / FRANCE )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jason Lindner, Now Vs. Now  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Mara and David, Sixteen Secrets  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
John McLaughlin, Floating Point  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
The Sound Defects, The Iron Horse  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Bobo Stenson Trio, Cantando  ( SWEDEN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Thievery Corporation, Radio Retaliation  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Tor.Ma, Big Blue Story  ( MEXICO )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Twilight Archive, Ritual Fiction  ( USA )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Jacob Young, Sideways  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Hector Zazou, Swara, In the House of Mirrors  ( FRANCE / INDIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
John Zorn, The Dreamers  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
All albums
Adebisi Shank, This Is the Album of a Band Called Adebisi Shank  ( IRELAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Abyssal Plains, Pictures in Sound  ( UK )
Astral Light, Quintessence  ( CROATIA )
Avanea, Solaris  ( FRANCE )
Jason Becker, Collection  ( USA )
Justin Bianco, Nocturnum  ( USA )
Ketil Bjørnstad, Terje Rypdal, Life in Leipzig  ( NORWAY )
Thom Brennan, Stories from the Forest  ( USA )
J.T. Bruce, Universica  ( USA )
Hans Christian, Sancta Camisia  ( USA )
Rob Costlow, Reconstruction  ( USA )
Ray Carl Daye, Spectral Navigator  ( CANADA )
Doctor Sativa, Spondooley  ( UK )
doss-house, Dreamland  ( FRANCE )
Jerry Douglas, Glide  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Dreamerion, The Pain Without Name  ( POLAND )
Dubamix, Mix a Dub  ( FRANCE )
Dub Colossus, In a Town Called Addis  ( ETHIOPIA )
El Heath, Winter Soundtrack  ( UK )
Ensemble Al Asdeka, Oasis  ( USA )
Fauna, Have You Ever Talked to Angels  ( RUSSIA )
Joel Faustino & Illusion Orchestra, Meet Me in the Bottom  ( PORTUGAL )
Fernwood, Almeria  ( USA )
Glowworm, The Coachlight Woods  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Greendjohn, Nights and Days  ( ROMANIA )
Kirsty Hawkshaw, The Ice Castle  ( UK )
Kavi Jezzie Hockaday, Dancing Buddhas  ( UK )
Jive Ass Sleepers, Gettin' Down to Business  ( USA )
Kalabi, Dandelion  ( UK )
Kene Busma, Hypnagôgia  ( FRANCE )  [ INTERNET ARCHIVE ]
The Kiss That Took a Trip, Dating Aphrodite  ( SPAIN )
Konntinent, Miscellany  ( UK )
Kuro Loud Dub, White  ( FRANCE )
Brannan Lane, Sleepwalk  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Last Harbour, Dead Fires and the Lonely Spark  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Maeror Tri, The Beauty of Sadness  ( GERMANY )
Metallica, Death Magnetic  ( USA )
Mud&Dust, Mud&Dust  ( ISRAEL )
Novalima, Coba Coba  ( PERU )
Off Land, Encounter Point  ( USA )  [ RESTING BELL ]
Oöphoi, An Aerial View  ( ITALY )
Paperadio, Novella  ( UK )
The Persephone, Blue and Other Colours  ( UK )  [ JAMENDO ]
Plaistow, Do You Feel Lucky?  ( SWITZERLAND )
Antony Raijekov, Jazz U  ( BULGARIA )
Ruben van Rompaey, Eastern Expressions 3 – Asahi  ( HOLLAND )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
SaReGaMa, The Four Elements  ( ISRAEL )  [ JAMENDO ]
Joe Satriani, Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock  ( USA )
Seal, Soul  ( UK )
Jane Siberry, Dragon Dreams  ( CANADA )
Sleepmakeswaves, In Today Already Walks Tomorrow  ( AUSTRALIA )
Solar Cycle, Flare  ( UK )
So Much Achieved. So Much Left to Do.  ( 12REC )
John Surman, Howard Moody, Rain on the Window  ( UK )
Tokyo507, Tokyo507  ( AUSTRALIA )
Transient, Hexual Ceiling  ( USA )
Greg Williams, A Circle of Hidden Intentions  ( USA )
Williamson, The Trashcan Electric  ( USA )  [ JAMENDO ]
Norma Winstone, Distances  ( UK )
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Gurrumul  ( AUSTRALIA )
John Zorn, Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse  ( USA )

2009
Best of 2009
Ambienteer, It Has Its Function  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Mulatu Astatke, New York – Addis – London  ( ETHIOPIA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Jon Balke, Siwan  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Cyminology, As Ney  ( GERMANY / IRAN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble, Restored, Returned  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tigran Hamasyan, Red Hail: Aratta Rebirth  ( ARMENIA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Ozric Tentacles, The Yumyum Tree  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ralph Towner, Paolo Fresu, Chiaroscuro  ( USA / ITALY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
John Abercrombie Quartet, Wait Till You See Her  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Altus, Coma Cluster  ( CANADA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Balmorhea, All Is Wild, All Is Silent  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
J.J. Cale, Roll On  ( USA )
Chris Cornell, Scream  ( USA )  [ LAST FM ]
Eyes Flutter Beneath, Inside the Dream Laboratory  ( UK )  [ LAST FM ]
Fat Freddy's Drop, Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW  ( NEW ZEALAND )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Fly, Sky and Country  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Nils Frahm, Wintermusik  ( GERMANY )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Trilok Gurtu, Massical  ( INDIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Robin Guthrie, Carousel  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Ian Hawgood, Before I Let the Sunshine Rot  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Jon Hassell, Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Hemispheres, Crossroads  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
H.U.V.A. Network, Ephemeris  ( FRANCE / SWEDEN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Bruce Kaphan, Hybrid  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ibrahim Maalouf, Diachronism  ( LEBANON )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Mara and David, Once We Were Gods  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Master Margherita, Hippies with Gadgets  ( SWITZERLAND )  [ BANDCAMP ]
The Memphis Sounds, Ike's Moods  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Message to Bears, Departures  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Nils Økland, Monograph  ( NORWAY )
Our Ceasing Voice, Steadied Stars in the Morphium Sky  ( AUSTRIA )  [ LAST FM ]
Enrico Rava, New York Days  ( ITALY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Steve Roach, Dynamic Stillness  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Out of Noise  ( JAPAN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Solar Fields, Movements  ( SWEDEN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Starterra, Celestial  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
John Surman, Brewster's Rooster  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Eberhard Weber, Colours  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
John Zorn, Alhambra Love Songs  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
John Zorn, The Dreamers, O'o  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
All albums
Airnino, Spacesuit Radio  ( GERMANY )
allMeadow & Rob Costlow, Switch On  ( UK / USA )
AlmaNova, After Hours  ( USA )
Ambientum, Fractal Philosophy  ( CZECH REPUBLIC )
Arythma, Life...Changing  ( USA )
Asher, Landscape Studies  ( AUSTRALIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ayo, Gravity At Last  ( NIGERIA / ROMANIA )
Balmorhea, All Is Wild, All Is Silent  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Scotty Barnhart, Say It Plain  ( USA )
William Basinski, 92982  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, Any World  ( USA )
Bertycox, Free Climb  ( FRANCE )
Beyond Sensory Experience, Pursuit of Pleasure  ( SWEDEN )
James Blackshaw, The Glass Bead Game  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ti Coca & Wanga-Neges, Haiti Colibri  ( HAITI )
Colorpulse, Colorpulse  ( USA )
Max Corbacho, The Resonant Memory of Earth  ( SPAIN )
Corde Oblique, The Stones of Naples  ( ITALY )
Crepusculum, Sing on in Silhouettes  ( UK )
Mario Chaos Descheneaux, Alerte Bleue  ( CANADA )
David Darling, Chungliang Al Huang, The Zen of Poetry  ( USA / CHINA )
Deuter, Eternity  ( GERMANY )
The Echelon Effect, Reunion  ( UK )
Lawrence English, A Colour for Autumn  ( AUSTRALIA )
Escape Philosophy, Chapel Perilous  ( USA )
Escape Philosophy, Grid  ( USA )
Felixdroid, The Longing  ( UK )
Fernwood, Sangita  ( USA )
Robben Ford, Soul on Ten  ( USA )
Franz Ferdinand, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand  ( UK )
Galdson, Musical Landscapes II  ( SPAIN )
Gardens From Light, Sun Chariot  ( UK )  [ RESTING BELL ]
General Fuzz, Soulful Filling  ( USA )
Gifts from Enola, Fathom  ( USA )
Egberto Gismonti, Saudações  ( BRAZIL )
Robert Glasper, Double Booked  ( USA )
Hands Upon Black Earth, Translucent  ( USA )
El Heath, Wind, Thee Wind  ( UK )
Tim Hecker, An Imaginary Country  ( CANADA )
Herzog, First Summer and the Running Dream  ( UK )
Jarkko Hietanen, Datacube  ( FINLAND )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Hiroshima, Legacy  ( USA )
Indidginus, Align  ( UK / SOUTH AFRICA )
Indidginus, Feast or Famine  ( UK / SOUTH AFRICA )
Indidginus, Kaleidoscope  ( UK / SOUTH AFRICA )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Laura Inserra, Musical Incense vol. 1  ( ITALY )
Laura Inserra, Musical Incense vol. 2  ( ITALY )
Mark Isham, Kate Ceberano, Bittersweet  ( USA / AUSTRALIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Keith Jarrett, London: Testament  ( USA )
Kara Nomadica, Kara Nomadica  ( USA )
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Here Be Dragons  ( HOLLAND )
Kene Busma, Forestine EP  ( FRANCE )
Kene Busma, Gan Jah  ( FRANCE )
Kene Busma, L'Etourneau EP  ( FRANCE )
Leyland Kirby, Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was  ( UK )
Klotzsch & Krey, Through All These Years Of Trying To Belong  ( GERMANY )
Konntinent, If I Could Buy a Map of Hope – Volume 2  ( UK )
Konntinent, Lonely in the Shallows  ( UK )
Sinikka Langeland, Maria's Song  ( FINLAND )
Liberez, Way Through Vulnerability  ( UK )
Rolf Lislevand, Diminuito   ( NORWAY )
Lonji, Res Publica  ( ITALY )
Lzn02, Far  ( FRANCE )
Reza Manzoori, Reza Nation  ( USA )
Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, Succubus  ( GERMANY )
Mystified, Skywatchers  ( USA )
PeerGynt Lobogris, Outworld  ( SPAIN )
Quarks, Rendez-vous sur la Terre  ( FRANCE )
Rapoon, Disappeared  ( UK )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Razia, Zebu Nation  ( MADAGASCAR )
Robert Rich, Shamballa – Live Archive vol. 3  ( USA )
Robert Rich, Alien Zoology – Live Archive vol. 4  ( USA )
Robert Rich, Lumin – Live Archive vol. 6  ( USA )
Robert Rich, Mycosphere – Live Archive vol. 7  ( USA )
Steve Roach, Destination Beyond  ( USA )
Rocket City Riot, We Name The Guilty Men (10th Anniversary Redux)  ( USA )
Rodrigo y Gabriela, 11:11  ( MEXICO )
Saxon Shore, It Doesn't Matter  ( USA )
Sek Loso, Sek Album  ( THAILAND )
Seventy Three, Elevate  ( USA )
Erica Shine, I Will Wait for You  ( USA )
Jane Siberry, With What Shall I Keep Warm?  ( CANADA )
Sieber, Kammer, Fulton & Schatz, Music from 'Braid'  ( USA )
Marc Sinan, Julia Hülsmann, Fasil  ( GERMANY )
Sleeping Me, Lamenter  ( USA )  [ LAST FM ]
Softspace, The Darkness  ( UK )
Softspace, Evolution  ( UK )
Solace, The Medusa Crown  ( USA )
Sonic Ahmed, Balkanbrääz  ( GERMANY )
Sonic Mystery, Great Moves  ( SLOVENIA )
Sonic Mystery, Light in the Dark  ( SLOVENIA )
Spyro Gyra, Down the Wire  ( USA )
Roger Subirana, The Dark Symphony  ( SPAIN )
Syntharmony, Reworked  ( BELGIUM )
Robin Stine, Daydream  ( USA )
David Sylvian, Manafon  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tiristor Theory, Our Dreams  ( HUNGARY )
Twilight Archive, Twilight Archive  ( USA )  [ MAGNATUNE ]
Philipp Weigl, Fragmentary Proof  ( GERMANY )
Josh Woodward, Breadcrumbs  ( USA )
Trey Wright Trio, Thinking Out Loud  ( USA )
Alfred Zimmerlin, Euridice  ( SWITZERLAND )
John Zorn, Filmworks XXIII: El General  ( USA )