Number Five: Oh Yung – Godless VIDEO Godless in May, and ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช ๐ซ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป it still is! Every song is worthy of praise, but perhaps none so much as “What U Wanna Do” for its complete bonkersness! The only flaw is its shortness!
Number Four: Big Lad – Power Tools VIDEO
Number Three: Giant Claw – Mirror Guide VIDEO Mirror Guide is one of the more “out-there” albums on this list, and it’s so fascinating, with its constantly bouncing rhythms and shifting timbres, that I kept being pulled back to it. One of the best experimental electro releases of the year!
Number Two: Erang – Prisonnier du rรชve VIDEO Prisonnier du rรชve โPrisoner of the Dreamโis a true work of love dedicated to the music of one’s childhood, specifically book-record sets, which are the ancestors of audiobooks, but which had music. As such, Prisonnier du rรชve takes you on a nostalgic adventure, and it’s such a heart-warming album, filled with care and attention to detail.
Number One: Rรฏga – Amorphรฉe VIDEO Amorphรฉe , he overdid himself! Four tracksโculminating in almost 100 minutes!โof meandering explorations of electronic music meshed with classical percussion and the avant-garde use of microrhythms all throughout this massive opus make for a mind-blowing experience, and a journey for the senses. It’s a one-in-a-lifetime achievement, and the dedication of Rรฏga to musical exploration is on full display here.
Notable Releases Hover over foreign scripts for pronunciation and romanization.
Friday, 29 January Occam’s Laser – Odyssey of Noise, Volume โ
ก 41:01England, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Fortress of Noise [03:21]
2. The Tower [04:00]
3. Eye of the Storm [03:20]
4. Unholy Temple [03:48]
5. Halls of the Damned [03:29]
6. Control [03:55]
7. Odyssey [04:13]
8. Panic [03:22]
9. Indescribable Madness [03:29]
10. Lament [05:00]
11. Machination [03:04]
Monday, 15 February Otto von Schirach & Qebrus – Ottobrus 28:27Miami, Florida
Tracklist (click to display) 1. ๐๐ซ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ก ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข [05:30]
2. โ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ก๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ช๐ [08:12]
3. ๐๐๐ฑ๐ โญ๐ฉ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ ๐
๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฅ [05:18]
4. ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ฅ & ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ฐ [06:23]
5. ๐๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฉ ๐
๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฐ [03:23]
Friday, 2 April Occam’s Laser – Odyssey of Noise, Volume โ
ข 41:06England, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Mount Pain [03:27]
2. Ragged Edge [03:08]
3. Exigent [03:54]
4. Chasm of Fear [03:57]
5. The Lair [04:40]
6. Megalith [02:24]
7. Unfinished Business [04:46]
8. The Abyss [03:30]
9. Sever Ties [03:36]
10. No Turning Back [03:22]
11. What Lies Beyond [04:22]
Sunday, 11 Neo Geodesia – แขแฅแฆแข แคแแผแแแถแแแแธแ 36:30London, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Avant-goรปt de Kralan [01:01]
2. Fanta Rouge [03:08]
3. Sceptic Shock Airlines [01:27]
4. Wat Ang Ta Minh แแแแแขแแแแแถแแทแ [04:29]
5. Decarcassed By 2562 Neon Flames [05:40]
6. Peritonitis Miasma Roses [01:55]
7. 37 Tung Krapeu [01:39]
8. Tungsa TV [01:17]
9. Venomesis [02:22]
10. Year Zero Vs Year Of The Pig Dress Code [00:40]
11. Typhoon ฮฉ Moni Mekhala [05:00]
12. Seven Seas Sanctuary [07:52]
Friday, 16 Crown – The End of All Things 45:33Colmar, France
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Violence [04:15]
2. Neverland [04:00]
3. Shades [04:04]
4. Illumination [03:43]
5. Nails [04:43]
6. Gallows [04:15]
7. Extinction [06:21]
8. Fleuve [05:02]
9. Firebearer [04:37]
10. Utopia [04:33]
Tuesday, 20 April Kyler Boss – Mothership 17:23Fort Collins, Colorado
Tracklist (click to display)
1. First Contact [0:01:34]
2. G-Force [0:04:14]
3. Deep Space [0:03:06]
4. Asteroid Field [0:04:19]
5. Mothership [0:04:26]
Friday, 7 May Oh Yung – Godless 20:00New York
Read our review.
Tracklist (click to display)
1. KEEP THIS [0:03:38]
2. WHAT U WANNA DO [0:03:01]
3. WHITE-ACHE [0:02:37]
4. WHOLLY OTHER [0:03:45]
5. FUCK ELON MUSK [0:02:33]
6. LOCKDOWN [0:02:49]
7. PRE RACE WAR GLOW / LOOKOUT [0:01:38]
Friday, 14 Giant Claw – Mirror Guide 38:31United States
Read our review.
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Earther [04:38]
2. Mir-Cam Startup [01:40]
3. Mir-Cam Online [03:33]
4. Disworld (vocals: NTsKi) [04:58]
5. Until Mirror (vocals: Tamar Kamin) [05:59]
6. Mirror Guide pt. I [04:06]
7. Mirror Guide pt. II {you and me} (vocals: NTsKi) [08:53]
8. Thousand Whys (vocals: Tamar Kamin & Diana Gruber) [05:06]
Saturday, 15 Rรฏga – Amorphรฉe 95:19France
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Opale, la sibylline [26:27]
2. Nacre, la nimbรฉe [25:36]
3. Ambre, la diaphane [21:14]
4. Jais, la hadรฉenne [22:02]
Monday, 24 May Fixions – ็น็ฐ็น 45:12Aix En Provence, France
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Above All [04:41]
2. This Means War (feat Dimitrius) [03:17]
3. Vobis Furor [03:11]
4. Neurocrash [03:08]
5. Ziemia [03:30]
6. Penance [03:26]
7. Plagued Lore [04:16]
8. Goatsider [03:36]
9. Fixers Killer [03:36]
10. The Longest Night [05:15]
11. Hexchem Dreamhack [02:49]
12. Hijacked [04:27]
Agwamno – Metal Waves 57:46Unknown
Tracklist (click to display) 1. drift [03:14]
2. yuricore [01:43]
3. fast forward [04:17]
4. warp [06:22]
5. virtual mall [04:14]
6. level 2 [02:33]
7. dive [05:00]
8. bad sector [03:56]
9. surge [09:45]
10. disintegration [07:23]
11. drift (La Soif remix) [02:31]
12. bad sector (ambient ver.) [06:48]
Wednesday, 1 September Erang – Prisonnier du rรชve 38:04France
Tracklist (click to display) 1. PRISONNIER DU RรVE [03:47]
2. C’รTAIT DEMAIN [03:42]
3. DEMAIN LES MONDES [03:26]
4. MACHINE HUMANOรDE [04:00]
5. RรVE รTRANGE [04:09]
6. TERRE รTRANGรRE [03:58]
7. TRISTE SOLEIL [04:10]
8. L’AVENIR ET LA MER [03:41]
9. DERNIER SOLEIL AVANT MINUIT [01:22]
10. PASSAGE [05:49]
Friday, 10 September Big Lad – Power Tools 37:12London, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Big Juggernaut Rave Party [03:15]
2. Prince On Crack [03:06]
3. People In Their Eiffel Towers [02:32]
4. Gary The Singer [01:24]
5. Benny Was My Friend [03:29]
6. Bangerman [03:08]
7. Self Care is Cancelled [02:37]
8. Tony The Singer [00:33]
9. Gal Dove [05:50]
10. Maaaate [03:50]
11. Hot And Decaying [05:28]
12. With Thanks Rave On [02:00]
Friday, 1 October Kebu – Urban Dreams 75:26Espoo, Finland
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Enter Dreamland [01:39]
2. Discovering Utopia [05:25]
3. Another Reality [02:36]
4. Free from the Pain [06:02]
5. Memories of Youth [03:02]
6. Chased by the Ghost of Yesterday [03:30]
7. Echoes of the Moment [01:09]
8. Fleeting Lights [05:07]
9. Late for the Meeting in the Maze [06:23]
10. Hope [04:15]
11. Distant Shores [02:21]
12. Saved by MacGyver [06:23]
13. Meeting the Ice Princess [01:44]
14. Arrival of the Tomato Plant Monsters [04:27]
15. A Call of Loneliness [01:17]
16. Super Troopers [06:14]
17. Clear Skies [05:44]
18. Regrets [01:48]
19. Dreamwalkers [04:16]
20. Dream of Hope [02:04]
Occam’s Laser – Occult 90 42:11England, UK
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Purification [04:20]
2. The Maw [04:47]
3. Insanity [03:55]
4. Enthralled [03:50]
5. Mal Intent [03:10]
6. Red Gates [04:24]
7. Savage Acts [03:50]
8. Ossuary [04:09]
9. Cleansed by Flame [03:35]
10. The Spiral [03:20]
11. Last Rites [02:51]
CM80 – The Death of Sleep 24:31Waterloo, Iowa
Tracklist (click to display) 1. The Death of Sleep [05:10]
2. Bones [04:51]
3. Cave Dwellers [01:49]
4. Swamp Demons of Iowa [03:12]
5. Fromage Pour Mon Amour [03:45]
6. The Clocks Are Hungry [01:40]
7. River of Snakes [04:04]
Saturday, 13 November Ivan Klomp – Magiclick 11:53Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Ahora vas a ver [02:20]
2. Fracturas [02:14]
3. Acuabeat [02:24]
4. Rafuel55 [02:57]
5. Podri2 [01:58]
Friday, 17 December Stridulum – Soothing Tales of Escapism 40:11Poland
Tracklist (click to display) 1. Vain [01:13]
2. Bleeding [05:22]
3. Ghost [05:48]
4. Collapse [05:06]
5. Fear [05:12]
6. Chasm [01:40]
7. Glass [04:01]
8. Odium [05:20]
9. Home [04:45]
10. Ashes [01:44]
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