Wednesday, December 29, 2010

2010 Favorites




New edition of the "Best Of The Year" list. What follows is a selection (according to the tastes of this blog), as accurate as possible (no pretense of completeness), obtained from thousands of albums listened to in 2010.
It includes music of different (in some cases quite distant) areas: minimalism, modern jazz, radical improvisation, ambient, works built on field recordings, folk and so on, with the intent of searching for innovative features or strong emotional reactions every time we deal with a new release.
Most of the labels mentioned in previous posts are represented, there's also a large number of highly esteemed composers / (sound)artists / improvisers.
As usual, if you want to make your preferences known, use this email address: ucro23(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for your interest.

Alphabetically sorted...

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Alípio C Neto & Thelmo Cristovam - Triatoma Infestans
















Label: Creative Sources
Cat. #: CS 188
Format: CD
Link
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ANBB - Ret Marut Handshake
















Label: Raster-Noton
Cat. #: R-N 120
Format: 12"
Link
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Anne Guthrie - Standing Sitting













Label: Engraved Glass
Cat. #: eg.p04
Format: CD-R
Link
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Ap'strophe - Corgroc
















Label: Another Timbre
Cat. #: at28
Format: CD
Link

Another Timbre Catalogue: here
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Arkhonia - Trails/Traces
















Label: White Box
Cat. #: WHITEBOX006
Format: CD
Link
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Baby Dee - A Book Of Songs For Anne Marie
















Label: Tin Angel Records
Cat. #: TAR013
Format: CD
Link
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Ballister - Bastard String
















Label: PNL Records
Cat. #: ROMA003
Format: CD
Link
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Ben Owen - 05012009 FP













Label: Self-released
Cat. #: --
Format: CD-R
Link
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Boris Hauf & Adam Sonderberg - Schamlos 0202











Label: Homophoni
Cat. #: homo038
Format: File, Mp3 / FLAC


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Celer - The Die That's Caste EP














Label: CONV
Cat. #: CNVR23
Format: 3" CD-R
Link

Celer's Discography: here
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Christopher McFall - The Body As I Left It












Label: Sourdine
Cat. #: sd004
Format: CD
Link

Christopher McFall's Discography: here
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Dawn Of Midi - First















Label: Accretions
Cat. #: ALP-048 CD
Format: CD
Link

Review: here
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Decoy & Joe McPhee - OTO
















Label: Bo'Weavil
Cat. #: Weavil41cd
Format: CD
Link
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Eleh - Location Momentum















Label: Touch
Cat. #: TO:80
Format: CD
Link
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Eric La Casa - W2 [1998-2008]















Label: Herbal International
Cat. #: 1005-2
Format: 2xCD
Link

Eric La Casa's Discography: here
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Ernesto Diaz-Infante / Manuel Mota / Gino Robair / Ernesto Rodrigues - Our Faceless Empire
















Label: Pax Recordings
Cat. #: PR90289
Format: CD
Link

Review: here
Ernesto Diaz-Infante's Discography: here
Ernesto Rodrigues' Discography: here
Gino Robair's Discography: here
Manuel Mota's Discography: here
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Fabio Orsi - Winterreise
















Label: Slow Flow Rec
Cat. #: WW1002
Format: CD
Link
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Francisco López - Amarok
















Label: Glacial Movements Records
Cat. #: GM007
Format: CD
Link

Francisco López's Discography: here
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Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet - Air Supply















Label: Erstwhile
Cat. #: erstwhile 059
Format: CD
Link
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i8u - 29 Palms
















Label: Dragon's Eye Recordings
Cat. #: de5030
Format: CD
Link

i8u's Discography: here
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Isaiah Ceccarelli - Bréviaire D'épuisements
















Label: Ambiances Magnétiques
Cat. #: AM 199
Format: CD
Link
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Ivo Perelman / Daniel Levin / Torbjörn Zetterberg - Soulstorm
















Label: Clean Feed
Cat. #: CF184
Format: CD
Link
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Jason Ajemian's Daydream Full Lifestyles - Protest Heaven
















Label: 482 Music
Cat. #: 482-1067
Format: LP
Link
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Jemeel Moondoc - Muntu Recordings
















Label: NoBusiness Records
Cat. #: NBCD7-8-9
Format: 3xCD
Link
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Kevin Parks & Joe Foster - Acts Have Consequences











Label: Self-released
Cat. #: --
Format: 2xCD
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Kyle Bobby Dunn - A Young Person's Guide To Kyle Bobby Dunn

 














Label: Low Point
Cat. #: LP033
Format: 2xCD
Link

Kyle Bobby Dunn's Discography: here
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M. Bassett & J. Gräf - Peradam
















Label: Utech Records
Cat. #: URCD047
Format: CD
Link
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Magda Mayas - Heartland
















Label: Another Timbre
Cat. #: at25
Format: CD
Link

Another Timbre Catalogue: here
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Michael Pisaro & Barry Chabala - Black, White, Red, Green, Blue (Voyelles)











Label: Winds Measure Recordings
Cat. #: wm17
Format: Cassette, C120
Link

Winds Measure Recordings Catalogue: here
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Michael Santos - Memory Maker














Label: Home Normal
Cat. #: home n016
Format: CD
Link
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Moniek Darge - Crete Soundies















Label: Kye
Cat. #: KYE 06
Format: CD
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MUTA - Bricolage
















Label: Al Maslakh
Cat. #: MSLKH 12
Format: CD
Link

Rhodri Davies' Discography: here
Al Maslakh Catalogue: here
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Nicholas Szczepanik & Juan José Calarco - Lack Affix















Label: Unfathomless
Cat. #: U03
Format: CD
Link
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Nos Phillipé - Nos Phillipé
















Label: Black Atlas
Cat. #: BLKAT 001
Format: CD
Link
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Nurse With Wound & Larsen Featuring Fritz Müller - Erroneous: A Selection Of Errors















Label: Important Records
Cat. #: imprec310
Format: CD
Link
Larsen's Discography: here
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offthesky - Du Soleil
















Label: Resting Bell
Cat. #: RB082
Format: File, Mp3, 320k



offthesky's Discography: here
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Olivia Block & Kyle Bruckmann - Teem















Label: either/OAR
Cat. #: either/4
Format: CD
Link
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Pascal Battus & Christine Sehnaoui Abdelnour - Ichnites
















Label: Potlatch
Cat. #: P110
Format: CD
Link
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Paul Dunmall & Miles Levin - Miles Above
















Label: DUNS Limited edition
Cat. #: DLE 065
Format: CD
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Pjusk - Sval















Label: 12k
Cat. #: 12k1059
Format: CD
Link

12k Catalogue: here
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Rafi Malkiel - Water
















Label: Tzadik
Cat. #: 8151
Format: CD
Link
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Richard Chartier - A Field For Mixing
















Label: Room40
Cat. #: RM439
Format: CD
Link

Richard Chartier's Discography: here
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Scott Colley - Empire
















Label: CAM Jazz
Cat. #: CAMJ 7828-2
Format: CD
Link
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Seth Nehil - Furl
















Label: Sonoris
Cat. #: sns-09
Format: CD
Link

Seth Nehil's Discography: here
Sonoris Catalogue: here
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Sohrab - A Hidden Place
















Label: Touch
Cat. #: Tone 42
Format: LP
Link
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Stasis Duo - Stasis Duo
















Label: L'innomable
Cat. #: --
Format: CD-R
Link

L'innomable Catalogue: here
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Stephen Cornford & Samuel Rodgers - Turned Moment, Weighting
















Label: Another Timbre
Cat. #: at-b07
Format: CD-R
Link

Another Timbre Catalogue: here
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Sylvain Chauveau - Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated)
















Label: Type Records
Cat. #: TYPE057 / TYPE057V
Format: CD / LP
Link
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Thierry Lang - Lyoba Revisited















Label: ACT Music
Cat. #: ACT 9486-2
Format: CD
Link
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VV.AA. - Physical, Absent, Tangible
















Label: Contour Editions
Cat. #: ce.cd_0001
Format: CD-R
Link

Review: here
Christopher DeLaurenti's Discography: here
Gil Sansón’s Discography: here
i8u’s Discography: here
Contour Editions Catalogue: here
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Xavier Charles - Invisible















Label: SOFA
Cat. #: SOFA 531
Format: CD
Link
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Yannick Dauby - Overflows
















Label: Sonoris
Cat. #: sns-10
Format: CD
Link

Sonoris Catalogue: here
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Zed Trio - Lost Transitions














Label: Ayler Records
Cat. #: aylCD-102
Format: CD
Link
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