every album I've ever heard, 2020–present
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peteryoung[ 1950–1979 ] [ 1980–1989 ] [ 1990–1999 ] [ 2000–2009 ] [ 2010–2019 ]
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.
2020
Best of 2020
Mulatu Astatke, Black Jesus Experience, To Know Without Knowing ( ETHIOPIA / AUSTRALIA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Kostik Chipauak, Moots Cimatl Roots ( MEXICO ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Avishai Cohen, Big Vicious ( ISRAEL ) [ SPOTIFY ]
John Craigie, Asterisk the Universe ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Elina Duni, Rob Luft, Lost Ships ( ALBANIA / UK ) [ SPOTIFY ] FAVOURITE BIG LABEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2023
Dynastor, Tales of a Story ( NETHERLANDS ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Nils Frahm, Empty ( GERMANY ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Khruangbin, Mordechai ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Jean-Louis Matinier, Kevin Seddiki, Rivages ( FRANCE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade, Angular Blues ( AUSTRIA / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Numün, Voyage au soleil ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Offthesky, Psalm of Solum ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Offthesky, the humble bee, We Were the Hum of Dreams ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Offthesky, Zoetropic EP ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Ozric Tentacles, Space for the Earth, 2020 ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ] FAVOURITE INDIE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2023
Tata-Wati, Numa EP ( ITALY / MEXICO ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Stefan Torto, Orion's Rebirth ( GREECE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Yahgan, N:L:E, The Forgotten Civilization ( ARGENTINA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Honourable mentions
Another Sky, I Slept on the Floor ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Apocryphos, Against Civilization ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov, Bipolar Disorder ( RUSSIA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Michel Benita, Looking at Sounds ( FRANCE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
BeS, See ( SWITZERLAND ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Christopher Bissonnette, The Wine Dark Sea ( CANADA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Life Goes On ( USA / UK )
Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Patchouli Blue ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Moses Boyd, Dark Matter ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Thom Brennan, Departures ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Whettman Chelmets, I Don't Want to Let Go, But I Need to Let Go ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Coam, Patterns Of Echos In Motion ( ISRAEL ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Tino Contreras, La Noche de Los Dioses ( MEXICO ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Deepness Dawn, Bordersun ( RUSSIA ) [ SOUNDCLOUD ]
Dinosaur, To the Earth ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Mats Eilertsen Trio, Memorabilia ( NORWAY / NETHERLANDS ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Brian Eno, Film Music 1976–2020 ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Filter Bear, Slowly Dip Your Dreams Into the Sea ( AUSTRALIA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Bill Frisell, Valentine ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Serena Gabriel, Steve Roach, Inanna's Dream ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Mathias Grassow, Too Much Distance ( GERMANY ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Mathias Grassow, Eyes Cast Down, In the Eyes of Infinite Light ( GERMANY / USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Halftribe and Spinnet, Patterns of Sync ( UK / GREECE ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Hammock, Into the Blank / Madi ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
John Hassell, Seeing Through Sound: Pentimento Volume Two ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Hvalfugl, Øjeblikke Vi Husker ( DENMARK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Isostatic, Glacial Epoch ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Nicolas Jaar, Cenizas ( CHILE / USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Last and First Men ( ICELAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
David Kollar, Arve Henriksen, Unexpected Isolation ( SLOVAKIA / NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Let Spin, Steal the Light ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Lina, Raül Refree, Lina_ Raül Refree ( PORTUGAL ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Christian Löffler, Lys ( GERMANY ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Jo David Meyer Lysne, Mats Eilertsen, Kroksjø ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Maluns, Artifacts of Time ( SWITZERLAND ) [ SOUNDCLOUD ]
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin, Bill Frisell, Americana ( FRANCE / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Memorio, We Walk Amongst Them ( UNKNOWN ) [ BEATPORT ]
Moonkin & Dense, Wave Soaring ( GERMANY / SWEDEN ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Mount Hush, Mount Hush ( GERMANY ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Benjamin Moussay, Promontoire ( FRANCE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Kazuya Nagaya, Dream Interpretation ( JAPAN ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Nimh, Rapoon, Nimh & Rapoon ( ITALY / UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
N:L:E, Kophi, Random Touch ( ARGENTINA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Alva Noto, Xerrox 4 ( GERMANY ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Andrew Odd, Random Thoughts ( FINLAND ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Of Wood ( VISIONARY SHAMANICS ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Paul Motian, The Copenhagen Concert ( ITALY / USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Psydraft, Tata ( SOUTH AFRICA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Steve Roach, Timeroom Livestream 8-22-2020 ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Robert Rich, Offering to the Morning Fog ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Chris Russell, Elliptical ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Dino Saluzzi, Albores ( ARGENTINA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Ebi Soda, Ugh ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Soulstatejazz, Annwn ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Stefan Torto, The Dawn ( GREECE ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Oded Tzúr, Here Be Dragons ( ISRAEL ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Valotihkuu, Winter Lullabies ( UKRAINE ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Dominik Wania, Lonely Shadows ( POLAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Wolf Tech, Cry for Roots ( UK ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Urucum, Danza Savanna ( AUSTRIA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Jamie Webster, We Get By ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Nao Yoshioka, Undeniable ( JAPAN / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
John Zorn, Virtue ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
All albums
Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang, Snow Catches Her Eyelashes ( NORWAY )
Amritone, The Finger Pointing to the Moon ( RUSSIA )
Amritone, Mental Underground ( RUSSIA )
Archean Nights, Dying Quasar ( FRANCE )
Bailjack, Spring ( USA )
Jon Balke, Discourses ( NORWAY )
Dave Bessell, Reality Engine ( UK )
Blessed Are the Hearts That Bend, The Limitless Sweet Love of Precious Suffering ( UK )
Mike Bullock, Ultrasonisphere ( USA )
Ben Burr, Fresh Cheese ( USA )
Cerceaux, Erase Una Vez EP ( MEXICO )
Gilbert Cohen, Ariel Kalma, Head Voices ( FRANCE )
Cosmyte, Pyramite: Awake Side EP ( UNKNOWN )
Cubering, Mirage ( RUSSIA )
Dwarrowdelf, Evenstar ( UK )
Earmake, Beyond Reality ( UKRAINE )
Echo Season, Solarmetric ( USA )
Roger Eno, Brian Eno, Mixing Colours ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Elohi, Enochiana ( POLAND )
Essence Project, Here and Now EP ( ISRAEL )
Joel Fausto & Illusion Orchestra, Inside the Throat of a Giant Insect ( PORTUGAL )
The Flying Mars, Cosmochemistry ( SWITZERLAND )
Giöbia, Plasmatic Idol ( ITALY )
Gypsybyrd, Eye of the Sun ( USA )
Aadm Our Hatley, Sang It All Night ( USA )
Daniel Herskedal, Call for Winter ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Patrick Holland, Reality Picture ( CANADA )
How to Disappear Completely, Ancora ( POLAND )
Jedidiah, Pineal Portal ( MEXICO )
Ray Larsen, Songs to Fill the Air ( USA )
Anja Lechner, François Couturier, Lontano ( GERMANY / FRANCE )
Lesmus, Liberation EP ( UNKNOWN )
Lokijar, Macronaut EP ( RUSSIA )
K. Markov, Visitors ( CROATIA )
Nuell Martin, Ice EP ( SPAIN )
Martins Garden, Avalon ( SWITZERLAND )
Maywa, Essência ( UNKNOWN )
Midnight Odyssey, Ruins of a Celestial Fire ( AUSTRALIA )
Natural Life Essence, In-organic Adventures Continue ( ARGENTINA )
Bill Netherlands, Sirens of Ganymede ( USA )
Odiolab, Medieval ( GREECE )
Planet Battagon, Trans-Neptunia ( UK )
Sevenism, Finding Light ( UK )
Starfucker, Ambient 1 ( USA )
Steve Roach, Rob Thomas, Santa Fe Live 2019 ( USA )
John Scofield, Swallow Tales ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Martin Stürtzer, Far Beyond the Stars ( GERMANY )
Tactyl, Clear ( UNKNOWN )
Takkra, Universal Medicine ( HUNGARY )
Thundercat, It Is What It Is ( USA )
Jaan-Eik Tulve, Vox Clamantis, Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel ( ESTONIA )
Erkki-Sven Tüür, Lost Prayers ( ESTONIA )
Vanilla, Into the Dream ( UK )
John Zorn, Calculus ( USA )
2021
Best of 2021
Eivind Aarset, Phantasmagoria, or a Different Kind of Journey ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
F. S. Blumm, Nils Frahm, 2X1=4 ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Jacob Bro, Arve Henriksen, Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo ( DENMARK / NORWAY / SPAIN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
ApXY, Cb ( IRELAND ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Michael Arthur Holloway, Strange Cargo ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Honourable mentions
Nik Bärtsch, Entendre ( SWITZERLAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Peter Capaldi, St. Christopher ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Mathias Eick, When We Leave ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Los Deltonos, Craft Rock ( SPAIN ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Marc Riordan, Life Systems ( USA )
Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8 ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Ferenc Snétberger, Keller Quartett, Hallgató ( HUNGARY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Søjus1, ORWO ( GERMANY ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Tarotplane, Horizontology ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Trigg & Gusset, Black Ocean ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Joe Walsh, Back Against the Wall (Live California ’83) ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Axiom ( USA )
Christopher Chaplin, Patriarchs ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Hermann Kristoffersen, Gone Gold ( DENMARK / GERMANY )
Jorge Rossy, Robert Landfermann, Jeff Ballard, Puerta ( SPAIN / GERMANY / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
2022
Best of 2022
Alexia Avina, A Little Older ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Avishai Cohen, Naked Truth ( ISRAEL / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ] FAVOURITE BIG LABEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2022
Nils Frahm, Music for Animals ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Vega Trails, Tremors in the Static ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Aril Andersen Group, Affirmation ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Jon Balke, Siwan, Hafla ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp, 18 ( UK / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
F. S. Blumm, Kiss Dance Kiss ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Wolfert Brederode, Ruins and Remains ( HOLLAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Mick Chillage, Beauty of the Desert ( IRELAND ) [ BANDCAMP ]
DoomCannon, Renaissance ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Brian Eno, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Paul Giger, ars moriendi ( SWITZERLAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Tord Gustavsen Trio, Opening ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Yosef Gutman Levitt, Ashreinu ( SOUTH AFRICA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Gylden, Island Friend ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Jules Hay, Where Next? ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Julia Hülsmann Quartet, The Next Door ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Steve Jansen, Maiya Hershey, Neither Present Nor Absent ( UK / PORTUGAL ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Benjamin Lackner, Last Decade ( GERMANY / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Level 42, B-Sides ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Jasmin Myra, Horizons ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Arvo Pärt, Gunter Herbig, Wherever I Go... ( ESTONIA / GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Phi-Psonics, The Cradle ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Bobby Sparks II, Paranoia ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Tarotplane, Aeonium ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Tarotplane, Light Self All Others ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Robin Trower, No More Worlds to Conquer ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Oded Tzúr, Isabela ( ISRAEL ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Eddie Vedder, Earthling ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Void Stasis, Ruins ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Youthie & Macca Dread, The Roots Explorers ( FRANCE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Baddoar, Wandering Knight ( FRANCE )
Nicolas Bernier, Science Fiction ( CANADA )
Blue Heron, Ephemeral ( USA )
Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano, Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian ( DENMARK / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
bvdub, Decades on Divided Stars ( UNKNOWN )
Tanika Charles, Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly ( CANADA )
Cobra & Vulture, Vesuvius at Home ( CANADA )
Madeleine Cocolas, Spectral ( AUSTRALIA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Cousin Silas & Kevin Buckland, Open Space ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Jeremy Cunningham, A Better Ghost ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Dreamstate Logic, Distant Points of Light ( USA )
Extra Soul Perception, New Tangents In Kampala, London and Nairobi ( UK )
God Is an Astronaut, The Beginning of the End ( IRELAND )
Heiner Goebbels, A House of Call: My Imaginary Notebook ( GERMANY )
Joaquine, Oh Angel ( UNKNOWN )
King Garbage, Heavy Metal Greasy Love ( USA )
KMRU, Temporary Stored ( KENYA )
Bob Lanzetti, Nosferatu ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
The Lovely Moon, Sunlight on Still Water ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Marine Eyes, Chamomile ( USA )
Mathoms, The Woe Trumpets ( UK )
Jolanda Moletta, Nine Spells ( NETHERLANDS ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Jason A. Mullinax, Lullabies for the Synthetic Sleep ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Murkage Dave, The City Needs a Hero ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Mystic AM, Cardamom & Laudanum ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Tomotsugu Nakamura, Nothing Left Behind ( JAPAN )
The Natural Yoghurt Band, Dance the Devil Away ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
NEONNOONE, Noir & Jazz & Dark & Slow... ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
oRSo, Last Recession Stew ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Raphaël, Stop, Look, Listen ( BELGIUM )
John Scofield, John Scofield ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Ana Silvera, The Fabulist ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Martin Stürtzer, Epsilon Eridani ( GERMANY ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Symrun, What Do You Do? ( UK )
2023
Best of 2023
Palle Mikkelborg, Jakob Bro, Marilyn Mazur, Strands ( DENMARK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Bobo Stenson Trio, Sphere ( SWEDEN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Nils Berg, Coming and Going ( SWEDEN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Nils Berg Cinemascope, Basilicata Dreaming ( SWEDEN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Zsófia Boros, El último aliento ( HUNGARY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Brian Eno, Top Boy (Score from the Original Series) ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Scott Fisher, Kingdom of Ego ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
grandson, I Love You, I'm Trying ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Mette Henriette, Drifting ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Hvalfugl, Strømmer ( DENMARK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Anders Jormin, Lena Willemark, Pasado en claro ( SWEDEN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Loving Caliber, From the Vaults: Solo Works ( SWEDEN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Pat Metheny, Dream Box ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
The Milk Factory, Vandrare ( BELGIUM )
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Dance of the Elders ( AUSTRIA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Maciej Obara Quartet, Frozen Silence ( POLAND / NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Robert Rich, Ambient Exploration ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Sebastian Rochford, Kit Downes, A Short Diary ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Vox Clamantis, Music by Henrik Ødegaard ( ESTONIA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Jacob Young Trio, Eventually ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Sinikka Langeland, Wind And Sun ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Meemo Comma, Loverboy ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Stephan Micus, Thunder ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Stereo Hypnosis, Roedelius, VÍK ( ICELAND / GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Sufjan Stevens, Javelin ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Wattu, Serendipia ( MEXICO ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Young Fathers, Heavy Heavy ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
2024
Best of 2024
Arooj Aftab, Night Reign ( PAKISTAN / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Groundation, Dub Rock ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Tyla, Tyla+ ( SOUTH AFRICA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Thomas Brett, Three Tones ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Da-Phazz, presents De-Drums ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Brian Eno, Soft Edges EP ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Hvalfugl, Drømme ( DENMARK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Pat Metheny, Moondial ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Tineidae, Sole Massif, Remnants of War ( UKRAINE / POLAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Youthie & Macca Dread, Gecko Tones ( FRANCE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Córas Trio, Córas Trio ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Diggs Duke, Play It Like You Mean It ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
2025
Best of 2025
The Album Leaf, Rotations ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Thomas Brett, Tuned ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Sam Fender, People Watching ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Tony Gerber, Snow Drone ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Held By Trees, Hinterland ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Lesoir, Babel ( NETHERLANDS ) [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Apathy Unit, MEMORY///WIPE ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
F. S. Blumm, Symbiosis ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Mikey O'Neil, Past Tinted Curtains ( USA )
Savina Yannatou, Watersong ( GREECE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
2026
Best of 2026
Honourable mentions
All albums
2027
Best of 2027
Honourable mentions
All albums
2028
Best of 2028
Honourable mentions
All albums
2029
Best of 2029
Honourable mentions
All albums
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.
2020
Best of 2020
Mulatu Astatke, Black Jesus Experience, To Know Without Knowing ( ETHIOPIA / AUSTRALIA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Kostik Chipauak, Moots Cimatl Roots ( MEXICO ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Avishai Cohen, Big Vicious ( ISRAEL ) [ SPOTIFY ]
John Craigie, Asterisk the Universe ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Elina Duni, Rob Luft, Lost Ships ( ALBANIA / UK ) [ SPOTIFY ] FAVOURITE BIG LABEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2023
Dynastor, Tales of a Story ( NETHERLANDS ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Nils Frahm, Empty ( GERMANY ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Khruangbin, Mordechai ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Jean-Louis Matinier, Kevin Seddiki, Rivages ( FRANCE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade, Angular Blues ( AUSTRIA / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Numün, Voyage au soleil ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Offthesky, Psalm of Solum ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Offthesky, the humble bee, We Were the Hum of Dreams ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Offthesky, Zoetropic EP ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Ozric Tentacles, Space for the Earth, 2020 ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ] FAVOURITE INDIE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2023
Tata-Wati, Numa EP ( ITALY / MEXICO ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Stefan Torto, Orion's Rebirth ( GREECE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Yahgan, N:L:E, The Forgotten Civilization ( ARGENTINA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Honourable mentions
Another Sky, I Slept on the Floor ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Apocryphos, Against Civilization ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov, Bipolar Disorder ( RUSSIA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Michel Benita, Looking at Sounds ( FRANCE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
BeS, See ( SWITZERLAND ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Christopher Bissonnette, The Wine Dark Sea ( CANADA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Life Goes On ( USA / UK )
Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Patchouli Blue ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Moses Boyd, Dark Matter ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Thom Brennan, Departures ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Whettman Chelmets, I Don't Want to Let Go, But I Need to Let Go ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Coam, Patterns Of Echos In Motion ( ISRAEL ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Tino Contreras, La Noche de Los Dioses ( MEXICO ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Deepness Dawn, Bordersun ( RUSSIA ) [ SOUNDCLOUD ]
Dinosaur, To the Earth ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Mats Eilertsen Trio, Memorabilia ( NORWAY / NETHERLANDS ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Brian Eno, Film Music 1976–2020 ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Filter Bear, Slowly Dip Your Dreams Into the Sea ( AUSTRALIA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Bill Frisell, Valentine ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Serena Gabriel, Steve Roach, Inanna's Dream ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Mathias Grassow, Too Much Distance ( GERMANY ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Mathias Grassow, Eyes Cast Down, In the Eyes of Infinite Light ( GERMANY / USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Halftribe and Spinnet, Patterns of Sync ( UK / GREECE ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Hammock, Into the Blank / Madi ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
John Hassell, Seeing Through Sound: Pentimento Volume Two ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Hvalfugl, Øjeblikke Vi Husker ( DENMARK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Isostatic, Glacial Epoch ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Nicolas Jaar, Cenizas ( CHILE / USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Last and First Men ( ICELAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
David Kollar, Arve Henriksen, Unexpected Isolation ( SLOVAKIA / NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Let Spin, Steal the Light ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Lina, Raül Refree, Lina_ Raül Refree ( PORTUGAL ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Christian Löffler, Lys ( GERMANY ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Jo David Meyer Lysne, Mats Eilertsen, Kroksjø ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Maluns, Artifacts of Time ( SWITZERLAND ) [ SOUNDCLOUD ]
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin, Bill Frisell, Americana ( FRANCE / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Memorio, We Walk Amongst Them ( UNKNOWN ) [ BEATPORT ]
Moonkin & Dense, Wave Soaring ( GERMANY / SWEDEN ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Mount Hush, Mount Hush ( GERMANY ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Benjamin Moussay, Promontoire ( FRANCE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Kazuya Nagaya, Dream Interpretation ( JAPAN ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Nimh, Rapoon, Nimh & Rapoon ( ITALY / UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
N:L:E, Kophi, Random Touch ( ARGENTINA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Alva Noto, Xerrox 4 ( GERMANY ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Andrew Odd, Random Thoughts ( FINLAND ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Of Wood ( VISIONARY SHAMANICS ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Paul Motian, The Copenhagen Concert ( ITALY / USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Psydraft, Tata ( SOUTH AFRICA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Steve Roach, Timeroom Livestream 8-22-2020 ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Robert Rich, Offering to the Morning Fog ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Chris Russell, Elliptical ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Dino Saluzzi, Albores ( ARGENTINA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Ebi Soda, Ugh ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Soulstatejazz, Annwn ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Stefan Torto, The Dawn ( GREECE ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Oded Tzúr, Here Be Dragons ( ISRAEL ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Valotihkuu, Winter Lullabies ( UKRAINE ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Dominik Wania, Lonely Shadows ( POLAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Wolf Tech, Cry for Roots ( UK ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Urucum, Danza Savanna ( AUSTRIA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
Jamie Webster, We Get By ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Nao Yoshioka, Undeniable ( JAPAN / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
John Zorn, Virtue ( USA ) [ YOUTUBE ]
All albums
Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang, Snow Catches Her Eyelashes ( NORWAY )
Amritone, The Finger Pointing to the Moon ( RUSSIA )
Amritone, Mental Underground ( RUSSIA )
Archean Nights, Dying Quasar ( FRANCE )
Bailjack, Spring ( USA )
Jon Balke, Discourses ( NORWAY )
Dave Bessell, Reality Engine ( UK )
Blessed Are the Hearts That Bend, The Limitless Sweet Love of Precious Suffering ( UK )
Mike Bullock, Ultrasonisphere ( USA )
Ben Burr, Fresh Cheese ( USA )
Cerceaux, Erase Una Vez EP ( MEXICO )
Gilbert Cohen, Ariel Kalma, Head Voices ( FRANCE )
Cosmyte, Pyramite: Awake Side EP ( UNKNOWN )
Cubering, Mirage ( RUSSIA )
Dwarrowdelf, Evenstar ( UK )
Earmake, Beyond Reality ( UKRAINE )
Echo Season, Solarmetric ( USA )
Roger Eno, Brian Eno, Mixing Colours ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Elohi, Enochiana ( POLAND )
Essence Project, Here and Now EP ( ISRAEL )
Joel Fausto & Illusion Orchestra, Inside the Throat of a Giant Insect ( PORTUGAL )
The Flying Mars, Cosmochemistry ( SWITZERLAND )
Giöbia, Plasmatic Idol ( ITALY )
Gypsybyrd, Eye of the Sun ( USA )
Aadm Our Hatley, Sang It All Night ( USA )
Daniel Herskedal, Call for Winter ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Patrick Holland, Reality Picture ( CANADA )
How to Disappear Completely, Ancora ( POLAND )
Jedidiah, Pineal Portal ( MEXICO )
Ray Larsen, Songs to Fill the Air ( USA )
Anja Lechner, François Couturier, Lontano ( GERMANY / FRANCE )
Lesmus, Liberation EP ( UNKNOWN )
Lokijar, Macronaut EP ( RUSSIA )
K. Markov, Visitors ( CROATIA )
Nuell Martin, Ice EP ( SPAIN )
Martins Garden, Avalon ( SWITZERLAND )
Maywa, Essência ( UNKNOWN )
Midnight Odyssey, Ruins of a Celestial Fire ( AUSTRALIA )
Natural Life Essence, In-organic Adventures Continue ( ARGENTINA )
Bill Netherlands, Sirens of Ganymede ( USA )
Odiolab, Medieval ( GREECE )
Planet Battagon, Trans-Neptunia ( UK )
Sevenism, Finding Light ( UK )
Starfucker, Ambient 1 ( USA )
Steve Roach, Rob Thomas, Santa Fe Live 2019 ( USA )
John Scofield, Swallow Tales ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Martin Stürtzer, Far Beyond the Stars ( GERMANY )
Tactyl, Clear ( UNKNOWN )
Takkra, Universal Medicine ( HUNGARY )
Thundercat, It Is What It Is ( USA )
Jaan-Eik Tulve, Vox Clamantis, Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel ( ESTONIA )
Erkki-Sven Tüür, Lost Prayers ( ESTONIA )
Vanilla, Into the Dream ( UK )
John Zorn, Calculus ( USA )
2021
Best of 2021
Eivind Aarset, Phantasmagoria, or a Different Kind of Journey ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
F. S. Blumm, Nils Frahm, 2X1=4 ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Jacob Bro, Arve Henriksen, Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo ( DENMARK / NORWAY / SPAIN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
ApXY, Cb ( IRELAND ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Michael Arthur Holloway, Strange Cargo ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Honourable mentions
Nik Bärtsch, Entendre ( SWITZERLAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Peter Capaldi, St. Christopher ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Mathias Eick, When We Leave ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Los Deltonos, Craft Rock ( SPAIN ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Marc Riordan, Life Systems ( USA )
Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8 ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Ferenc Snétberger, Keller Quartett, Hallgató ( HUNGARY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Søjus1, ORWO ( GERMANY ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Tarotplane, Horizontology ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Trigg & Gusset, Black Ocean ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Joe Walsh, Back Against the Wall (Live California ’83) ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Axiom ( USA )
Christopher Chaplin, Patriarchs ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Hermann Kristoffersen, Gone Gold ( DENMARK / GERMANY )
Jorge Rossy, Robert Landfermann, Jeff Ballard, Puerta ( SPAIN / GERMANY / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
2022
Best of 2022
Alexia Avina, A Little Older ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Avishai Cohen, Naked Truth ( ISRAEL / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ] FAVOURITE BIG LABEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2022
Nils Frahm, Music for Animals ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Vega Trails, Tremors in the Static ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Aril Andersen Group, Affirmation ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Jon Balke, Siwan, Hafla ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp, 18 ( UK / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
F. S. Blumm, Kiss Dance Kiss ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Wolfert Brederode, Ruins and Remains ( HOLLAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Mick Chillage, Beauty of the Desert ( IRELAND ) [ BANDCAMP ]
DoomCannon, Renaissance ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Brian Eno, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Paul Giger, ars moriendi ( SWITZERLAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Tord Gustavsen Trio, Opening ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Yosef Gutman Levitt, Ashreinu ( SOUTH AFRICA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Gylden, Island Friend ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Jules Hay, Where Next? ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Julia Hülsmann Quartet, The Next Door ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Steve Jansen, Maiya Hershey, Neither Present Nor Absent ( UK / PORTUGAL ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Benjamin Lackner, Last Decade ( GERMANY / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Level 42, B-Sides ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Jasmin Myra, Horizons ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Arvo Pärt, Gunter Herbig, Wherever I Go... ( ESTONIA / GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Phi-Psonics, The Cradle ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Bobby Sparks II, Paranoia ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Tarotplane, Aeonium ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Tarotplane, Light Self All Others ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Robin Trower, No More Worlds to Conquer ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Oded Tzúr, Isabela ( ISRAEL ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Eddie Vedder, Earthling ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Void Stasis, Ruins ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Youthie & Macca Dread, The Roots Explorers ( FRANCE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Baddoar, Wandering Knight ( FRANCE )
Nicolas Bernier, Science Fiction ( CANADA )
Blue Heron, Ephemeral ( USA )
Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano, Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian ( DENMARK / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
bvdub, Decades on Divided Stars ( UNKNOWN )
Tanika Charles, Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly ( CANADA )
Cobra & Vulture, Vesuvius at Home ( CANADA )
Madeleine Cocolas, Spectral ( AUSTRALIA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Cousin Silas & Kevin Buckland, Open Space ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Jeremy Cunningham, A Better Ghost ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Dreamstate Logic, Distant Points of Light ( USA )
Extra Soul Perception, New Tangents In Kampala, London and Nairobi ( UK )
God Is an Astronaut, The Beginning of the End ( IRELAND )
Heiner Goebbels, A House of Call: My Imaginary Notebook ( GERMANY )
Joaquine, Oh Angel ( UNKNOWN )
King Garbage, Heavy Metal Greasy Love ( USA )
KMRU, Temporary Stored ( KENYA )
Bob Lanzetti, Nosferatu ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
The Lovely Moon, Sunlight on Still Water ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Marine Eyes, Chamomile ( USA )
Mathoms, The Woe Trumpets ( UK )
Jolanda Moletta, Nine Spells ( NETHERLANDS ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Jason A. Mullinax, Lullabies for the Synthetic Sleep ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Murkage Dave, The City Needs a Hero ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Mystic AM, Cardamom & Laudanum ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Tomotsugu Nakamura, Nothing Left Behind ( JAPAN )
The Natural Yoghurt Band, Dance the Devil Away ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
NEONNOONE, Noir & Jazz & Dark & Slow... ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
oRSo, Last Recession Stew ( USA ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Raphaël, Stop, Look, Listen ( BELGIUM )
John Scofield, John Scofield ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Ana Silvera, The Fabulist ( UK ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Martin Stürtzer, Epsilon Eridani ( GERMANY ) [ BANDCAMP ]
Symrun, What Do You Do? ( UK )
2023
Best of 2023
Palle Mikkelborg, Jakob Bro, Marilyn Mazur, Strands ( DENMARK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Bobo Stenson Trio, Sphere ( SWEDEN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Nils Berg, Coming and Going ( SWEDEN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Nils Berg Cinemascope, Basilicata Dreaming ( SWEDEN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Zsófia Boros, El último aliento ( HUNGARY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Brian Eno, Top Boy (Score from the Original Series) ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Scott Fisher, Kingdom of Ego ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
grandson, I Love You, I'm Trying ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Mette Henriette, Drifting ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Hvalfugl, Strømmer ( DENMARK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Anders Jormin, Lena Willemark, Pasado en claro ( SWEDEN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Loving Caliber, From the Vaults: Solo Works ( SWEDEN ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Pat Metheny, Dream Box ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
The Milk Factory, Vandrare ( BELGIUM )
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Dance of the Elders ( AUSTRIA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Maciej Obara Quartet, Frozen Silence ( POLAND / NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Robert Rich, Ambient Exploration ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Sebastian Rochford, Kit Downes, A Short Diary ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Vox Clamantis, Music by Henrik Ødegaard ( ESTONIA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Jacob Young Trio, Eventually ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Sinikka Langeland, Wind And Sun ( NORWAY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Meemo Comma, Loverboy ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Stephan Micus, Thunder ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Stereo Hypnosis, Roedelius, VÍK ( ICELAND / GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Sufjan Stevens, Javelin ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Wattu, Serendipia ( MEXICO ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Young Fathers, Heavy Heavy ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
2024
Best of 2024
Arooj Aftab, Night Reign ( PAKISTAN / USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Groundation, Dub Rock ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Tyla, Tyla+ ( SOUTH AFRICA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Thomas Brett, Three Tones ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Da-Phazz, presents De-Drums ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Brian Eno, Soft Edges EP ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Hvalfugl, Drømme ( DENMARK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Pat Metheny, Moondial ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Tineidae, Sole Massif, Remnants of War ( UKRAINE / POLAND ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Youthie & Macca Dread, Gecko Tones ( FRANCE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Córas Trio, Córas Trio ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Diggs Duke, Play It Like You Mean It ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
2025
Best of 2025
The Album Leaf, Rotations ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Thomas Brett, Tuned ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Sam Fender, People Watching ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Tony Gerber, Snow Drone ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Held By Trees, Hinterland ( UK ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Lesoir, Babel ( NETHERLANDS ) [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Apathy Unit, MEMORY///WIPE ( USA ) [ SPOTIFY ]
F. S. Blumm, Symbiosis ( GERMANY ) [ SPOTIFY ]
Mikey O'Neil, Past Tinted Curtains ( USA )
Savina Yannatou, Watersong ( GREECE ) [ SPOTIFY ]
2026
Best of 2026
Honourable mentions
All albums
2027
Best of 2027
Honourable mentions
All albums
2028
Best of 2028
Honourable mentions
All albums
2029
Best of 2029
Honourable mentions
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