Thursday, December 29, 2011

2011 Favorites




Another year is drawing to a close. It's time for a summary, a selection of works which have left a mark (and therefore also artists and labels) mentioned on these pages in 2011.
Over 70 titles chosen from thousands of discs, embracing a huge range of genres, a good exercise to remember the year that is leaving.
More and more releases available (both physical and digital versions), usual confirmations, new names on the scene, some pleasant surprises, expectations let down, but never enough time to catch up on what's going on.
Anyway, here we are. Perhaps you might have missed some of these...

(Sorted by first letter)

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@c - Homem Fantasma (Crónica)
















Cat. #: Crónica 056~2011
Format: File, Mp3 / ALAC
Release date: 02/2011


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Adam Linson Systems Quartet - Figures And Grounds
















Label: PSI Records
Cat. #: psi 11.05
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2011
Link
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Agustí Fernández - El Laberint De La Memòria
















Label: Mbari Musica
Cat. #: MBARI 04
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
Link
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Alessandra Rombolà & Michel Doneda - Overdeveloped Pigeons
















Label: CONV
Cat. #: CNVCD 003
Format: CD
Release date: 03/2011
Link
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Alessandro Brivio - Associazioni Poro
















Label: Senufo Editions
Cat. #: senufo edition # fourteen
Format: LP
Release date: 04/2011
Link
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Alfredo Costa Monteiro - Umbralia
















Label: Triple Bath
Cat. #: TRB.031
Format: CD-R
Release date: 06/2011
Link

Alfredo Costa Monteiro's Discography: here
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Alfredo Costa Monteiro + Ben Owen - Frêle À Vide
















Label: Contour Editions
Cat. #: ce.cd_0002
Format: CD-R
Release date: 02/2011
Link

Review: here
Alfredo Costa Monteiro's Discography: here
Ben Owen's Discography: here
Contour Editions Catalogue: here
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Alio Die & Aglaia - Vayu Rouah
















Label: Hic Sunt Leones
Cat. #: HSL 064
Format: CD
Release date: 06/2011
Link
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Alva Noto - Univrs
















Label: Raster-Noton
Cat. #: R-N 133
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2011
Link

Raster-Noton Catalogue: here
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Anne Guthrie - Perhaps A Favorable Organic Moment
















Label: Copy For Your Records
Cat. #: CFYR005
Format: CD
Release date: 06/2011
Link
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Anne-Gabriel Debaecker / Patrick Defossez / Simon Goubert - Pourquoi Tant De...?
















Label: Leo Records
Cat. #: CD LR 608
Format: CD
Release date: 06/2011
Link
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Benjamin Duboc - Primare Cantus
















Label: Ayler Records
Cat. #: aylCD-098-100
Format: 3xCD
Release date: 08/2011
Link
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Bill Dixon - Envoi
















Label: Victo
Cat. #: Victo cd120
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2011
Link
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BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa - Big Shadow Montana
















Label: Helen Scarsdale Agency
Cat. #: HMS020
Format: LP
Release date: 04/2011
Link
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Chubby Wolf - Maudlin + Elusive
















Label: Teosinte
Cat. #: 09
Format: Cassette, C60
Release date: 07/2011
Link
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Cindytalk - Hold Everything Dear
















Label: Editions Mego
Cat. #: eMEGO 122 / eMEGO 122V
Format: CD / 2xLP
Release date: 07/2011
Link
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Darius Jones & Matthew Shipp - Cosmic Lieder
















Label: AUM Fidelity
Cat. #: AUM066
Format: CD
Release date: 03/2011
Link
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David Velez - Funza
















Label: Impulsive Habitat
Cat. #: IHab017
Format: File, Mp3, VBR
Release date: 01/2011



Impulsive Habitat Catalogue: here
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Dino Saluzzi / Anja Lechner / Felix Saluzzi - Navidad De Los Andes
















Label: ECM
Cat. #: ECM 2204
Format: CD
Release date: 08/2011
Link
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Erik Carlsson - The Bird And The Giant
















Label: Creative Sources
Cat. #: CS 190
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2011
Link
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Field Rotation - And Tomorrow I Will Sleep
















Label: hibernate
Cat. #: hb31
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2011
Link
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Greg Kelley & Olivia Block - Resolution
















Label: Erstwhile
Cat. #: erstwhile 063
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2011
Link
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Grutronic and Evan Parker - Together In Zero Space
















Label: PSI Records
Cat. #: psi 11.09
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
Link
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Hession / Wilkinson / Fell - Two Falls & A Submission
















Label: Bo'Weavil
Cat. #: Weavil44cd
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
Link
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i8u - Surface Tension
















Label: Murmur Records
Cat. #: MMR-10
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2011
Link

i8u's Discography: here
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Ingrid Laubrock Sleepthief - The Madness Of Crowds
















Label: Intakt
Cat. #: Intakt CD 189
Format: CD
Release date: 06/2011
Link
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Israel Martínez - El Hombre Que Se Sofoca
















Label: Sub Rosa
Cat. #: SR319
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2011
Link
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Jean-Pierre Drouet / Fred Frith / Louis Sclavis - Contretemps Etc…
















Label: In Situ
Cat. #: IS 244
Format: CD
Release date: 2011
Link
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Jim Haynes - The Decline Effect
















Label: Helen Scarsdale Agency
Cat. #: HMS021
Format: 2xLP
Release date: 09/2011

Link
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Joe Morris & Agustí Fernández - Ambrosia
















Label: Riti Records
Cat. #: RITI CD11
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2011
Link
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Joe Panzner - Clearing, Polluted
















Label: Copy For Your Records
Cat. #: CFYR006
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
Link
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Joëlle Léandre - Solo
















Label: Kadima
Cat. #: Triptych #3
Format: CD + DVD
Release date: 04/2011
Link

Joëlle Léandre's Profile:
here
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John Wall & Alex Rodgers - Work 2006–2011
















Label: Entr'acte
Cat. #: E114
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2011
Link
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Jukka Vakkinen-Kannonen - Improvisaatioita Kanssa Siniaanet
















Label: Audio Gourmet Netlabel
Cat. #: AGN031
Format: File, Mp3 / FLAC / Wav
Release date: 02/2011


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Kangding Ray - OR
















Label: Raster-Noton
Cat. #: R-N 123
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2011
Link

Raster-Noton Catalogue: here
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Kraig Grady - Our Rainy Season / Nuilagi
















Label: either/OAR
Cat. #: either/5
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2011
Link

either/OAR Catalogue: here
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Lasse Marhaug & Mark Wastell - Kiss Of Acid
















Label: Monotype Records
Cat. #: mono033
Format: CD
Release date: 03/2011
Link
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Lee Noyes & J.C. Combs - Confessions Of A Deviant Machine
















Label: CONV
Cat. #: CNV68
Format: File, Mp3 / FLAC
Release date: 06/2011


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Lefolk - Weather To Shore
















Label: Resting Bell
Cat. #: RB097
Format: File, Mp3, 320k
Release date: 05/2011


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Luigi Turra - Ki
















Label: and/OAR
Cat. #: and/37
Format: 3xCD
Release date: 06/2011
Link

Review: here
Luigi Turra's Discography: here
and/OAR Catalogue: here
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Lüüp - Meadow Rituals
















Label: Experimedia
Cat. #: expcd015 / explp015
Format: CD / LP
Release date: 04/2011
Link
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Maps And Diagrams - The Town Beneath The Sea
















Label: Nomadic Kids Republic
Cat. #: NKR010
Format: CD
Release date: 11/2011
Link

Nomadic Kids Republic Catalogue: here
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Marilyn Crispell & Gerry Hemingway - Affinities
















Label: Intakt
Cat. #: Intakt CD 177
Format: CD
Release date: 05/2011
Link
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Maya Homburger & Barry Guy - Star
















Label: Ergodos
Cat. #: ER3
Format: File, Digital download
Release date: 05/2011
Link
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Martine Altenburger / Frédéric Blondy / Bertrand Gauguet - Vers L'île Paresseuse
















Label: Creative Sources
Cat. #: CS 182
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2011
Link
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Michael Pisaro / Barry Chabala / Katie Porter - Asleep, Street, Pipes, Tones
















Label: Gravity Wave
Cat. #: GW 004
Format: CD
Release date: 03/2011
Link
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Michael Pisaro & Greg Stuart - Hearing Metal 2
















Label: Gravity Wave
Cat. #: GW 005
Format: CD
Release date: 08/2011
Link
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Michael Trommer - Outskirts
















Label: Impulsive Habitat
Cat. #: IHab032
Format: File, Mp3 / FLAC
Release date: 11/2011



Impulsive Habitat Catalogue: here
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Moniek Darge - Sounds Of Sacred Places
















Label: Kye
Cat. #: KYE 13
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
Notes: reissue
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Motif - Art Transplant
















Label: Clean Feed
Cat. #: CF225
Format: CD
Release date: 07/2011
Link
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mpld - Lacunae
















Label: Winds Measure Recordings
Cat. #: wm24
Format: DVD-R
Release date: 06/2011
Link

Gill Arno's Discography:
here
Winds Measure Recordings Catalogue: here
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Nina De Heney - Three
















Label: Found You Recordings
Cat. #: FYR016-IS04
Format: 2xCD
Release date: 01/2011
Link
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Pascal Battus - Simbol / L'Unique Trait D' Pinceau
















Label: Herbal International
Cat. #: 1102-2
Format: 2xCD
Release date: 06/2011
Link
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Richard Chartier - Transparency (Performance)
















Label: Line
Cat. #: LINE_049
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2011
Link

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Richard Garet + Asher Thal-Nir - Melting Ground
















Label: Contour Editions
Cat. #: ce.dvd_0002
Format: DVD-R
Release date: 02/2011
Link

Review: here
Asher Thal-Nir's Discography: here
Richard Garet's Discography: here
Contour Editions Catalogue: here
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Robert Crouch - An Occupied Space
















Label: Dragon's Eye Recordings
Cat. #: de5031
Format: CD-R
Release date: 01/2011
Link
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Shinkei + Mise_En_Scene - Leftovers (Reworked)

















Label: Crónica
Cat. #: Crónica 060~2011
Format: File, Mp3 / Aiff
Release date: 09/2011


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Simon Whetham - Mall Muzak
















Label: Unfathomless
Cat. #: U07
Format: CD
Release date: 07/2011
Link
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Simon Whetham - Prayers Unheard
















Label: Dragon's Eye Recordings
Cat. #: de5032
Format: CD-R
Release date: 01/2011
Link
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Stephan Mathieu - A Static Place
















Label: 12k
Cat. #: 12k1064
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2011
Link

12k Catalogue: here
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Stephan Mathieu - Remain
















Label: Line
Cat. #: LINE_047
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2011
Link
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Stephen Cornford / Patrick Farmer / Sarah Hughes / Kostis Kilymis - No Islands
















Label: Another Timbre
Cat. #: at46
Format: CD
Release date: 07/2011
Link

Another Timbre Catalogue: here
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Steven Hess & Christopher McFall - The Inescapable Fox
















Label: Under The Spire
Cat. #: spire043
Format: LP
Release date: 10/2011
Link

Christopher McFall's Discography: here
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Sublamp - In Our Hiding Voice
















Label: hibernate
Cat. #: hb23
Format: CD + 3" CD-R (bonus with the first 50 copies)
Release date: 01/2011
Link
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Tatsuya Nakatani & Michel Doneda - White Stone Black Lamp
















Label: Nakatani-Kobo
Cat. #:
Kobo-1
Format: CD
Release date: 2011
Link
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Tiziana Bertoncini & Thomas Lehn - Horsky Park
















Label: Another Timbre
Cat. #: at40
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2011
Link

Another Timbre Catalogue: here
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Tomas Phillips & Luigi Turra - Vignettes Amplifié
















Label: Nitkie
Cat. #: patch five
Format: CD
Release date: 04/2011
Link

Luigi Turra's Discography: here
Tomas Phillips' Discography: here
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Tony Malaby - Novela
















Label: Clean Feed
Cat. #: CF232
Format: CD
Release date: 09/2011
Link
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Toshimaru Nakamura - Maruto
















Label: Erstwhile
Cat. #: ErstSolo 002
Format: CD
Release date: 08/2011
Link

Toshimaru Nakamura's Discography: here
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VV.AA. - 10

















Label: Room40
Cat. #: DRM410
Format: File, Mp3, 320k
Release date: 03/2011


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VV.AA. - Marées De Hauteurs Diverses
















Label: Insubordinations
Cat. #: insubrwk02
Format: File, Mp3 / FLAC
Release date: 12/2011


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Winter Family - Red Sugar
















Label: Sub Rosa
Cat. #: SR315
Format: CD / 2xLP
Release date: 06/2011
Link
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XYZ - La Formule Xyz
















Label: &records
Cat. #: ET 14
Format: CD
Release date: 02/2011
Link
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Yann Novak - Presence
















Label: hibernate
Cat. #: hb35
Format: CD
Release date: 10/2011
Link

Yann Novak's Discography: here
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