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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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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