The Chortles 2017 Bonanza
bigger, badder, more uncut |
101 | | Jacaszek Kwiaty
ambient |
100 | | Colleen A flame my love, a frequency
ambient pop |
99 | | Call Super Arpo
idm, outsider house |
98 | | Roman Flugel Fabric 95
tech house |
97 | | Alex Cameron Forced Witness
synth pop |
96 | | Clap! Clap! A Thousand Skies
afro house |
95 | | Ikonika Distractions
uk bass, wonky |
94 | | Emmanuel Rave Culture
acid techno |
93 | | Actress AZD
microhouse |
92 | | Matthew Dear DJ-Kicks
tech house |
91 | | Turinn 18 1/2 Minute Gaps
breaks |
90 | | A/T/O/S Outboxed
trip-hop |
89 | | Bonobo Migration
downtempo |
88 | | Dopplereffekt Cellular Automata
progressive electronic |
87 | | Lapalux Ruinism
wonky |
86 | | amnfx Moscow Beat
outsider house |
85 | | Do Make Say Think Stubborn Persistent Illusions
post-rock |
84 | | Julia Holter In the Same Room
art pop |
83 | | Jlin Black Origami
footwork |
82 | | Red Axes The Beach Goths
post-punk, electronic |
81 | | Geotic Abysma
microhouse, downtempo |
80 | | 400PPM Fit for Purpose
industrial techno |
79 | | Kettenkarussell Insecurity Guard
house |
78 | | Chad VanGaalen Light Information
indie folk |
77 | | Milk Music Mystic 100's
noise rock, psychedelic |
76 | | Palmbomen II Memories of Cindy Pt. 1
outsider house |
75 | | IDLES Brutalism
punk |
74 | | Goldfrapp Silver Eye
art pop |
73 | | Slowdive Slowdive
dream pop |
72 | | Moses Sumney Aromanticism
art pop |
71 | | Arca Arca
ambient pop |
70 | | Edamame Bask
downtempo |
69 | | Various Artists (Ambient) Miracle Steps
tribal ambient |
68 | | Scuba Death The Worm at the Core
minimal techno |
67 | | Oxbow Thin Black Duke
noise rock |
66 | | Objekt Objekt #4
uk bass |
65 | | Broken Social Scene Hug of Thunder
indie rock |
64 | | Shinichi Atobe From the Heart, It's a Start, a Work of Art
minimal techno |
63 | | Marcel Dettmann Selectors 003
ebm |
62 | | Kara-Lis Coverdale Grafts
post-minimalism |
61 | | Karen Gwyer Rembo
tech house |
60 | | Various Artists (Ambient) Mono No Aware
ambient, sound collage |
59 | | IDYLLS The Barn
hardcore |
58 | | Four Tet New Energy
microhouse |
57 | | Alvvays Antisocialites
indie pop |
56 | | The National Sleep Well Beast
indie rock |
55 | | Lone DJ-Kicks
deep house, hip hop |
54 | | Claro Intelecto Exhilarator
techno |
53 | | Alessandro Cortini Avanti
drone, progressive electronic |
52 | | DJ Richard Path of Ruin
minimal techno |
51 | | Juju & Jordash Sis-Boom-Bah!
tech house |
50 | | Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith The Kid
art pop || such a nice lil poem in that tracklisting |
49 | | Girlpool Powerplant
indie pop || just read jack's review |
48 | | Petre Inspirescu Vîntul Prin Salcii
post-minimalism || reverence |
47 | | Grizzly Bear Painted Ruins
indie rock || hey i liked this |
46 | | Gas Narkopop
ambient techno || denser and more overbearing than Gas has ever been, for better or worse |
45 | | Palm (PA) Shadow Expert
math rock || dweedle dee |
44 | | Ansome and Ossian SLAM005
industrial techno || morgue after hours |
43 | | Ben Frost The Centre Cannot Hold
dark ambient || economic collapse |
42 | | Equiknoxx Colón Man
dancehall || V I B E S |
41 | | Earthen Sea An Act of Love
ambient techno || obscured by fog |
40 | | Blanck Mass World Eater
electro-industrial || chomp chomp |
39 | | khotin New Tab
ambient || neither here nor there |
38 | | Various Artists (Electronic) Welcome to Paradise vol.I: Italian Dream House
italo house || see title (vol 2 also) |
37 | | Benedek Bene's World
funk, disco || THE makeout album of 2017 |
36 | | Gnod Just Say No to the Psycho Right-Wing Capitalist...
noise rock || some sort of pointed political statement (?) |
35 | | Protomartyr Relatives In Descent
post-punk || prosaic mumblings from a washed up existentialist |
34 | | Michael Mayer DJ-Kicks
tech house || even in a format known for seamless flow, michael mayer still carries momentum and consistent tone better than the rest |
33 | | Skee Mask 2012
techno || skee mask sincerely dominating Ilian Tape this year |
32 | | Nikakoi Raise Your Head and Smell the Air
ambient, idm || floating, floating.. |
31 | | Stella Donnelly Thrush Metal
singer-songwriter || thrash metal |
30 | | Fort Romeau Reasons EP
house || our house hero |
29 | | Moon Diagrams Lifetime of Love
ambient house || slumber parties in haunted houses |
28 | | Joy Orbison Selectors 004
house, garage || do the shuffle |
27 | | Kelly Lee Owens Kelly Lee Owens
pop, techno || bubble gum pop on dim dance floors |
26 | | Fever Ray Plunge
electropop || we are unworthy |
25 | | DJ Sports Modern Species
ambient house || reverberations in the jungle |
24 | | Patricia Several Shades of the Same Color
tech house || boogeyman bump meets prince of denmark-lite (??) |
23 | | Porter Ricks Anguilla Electrica
dub techno || some old dogs remind us of techno's nasty underbelly |
22 | | Fog Lake Dragonchaser
dream pop || windows to the past |
21 | | JASSS Weightless
electro-industrial || weightless, breathless danger |
20 | | Swarms Black Chapel Sun
dubstep || against all odds (come back dev) |
19 | | Kerri Chandler DJ-Kicks
soul, disco || i just wantcha booddy |
18 | | Mount Kimbie Love What Survives
synth pop, garage || suburban raves |
17 | | T.Raumschmiere Heimat
ambient techno || exercises in mood |
16 | | The Caretaker Everywhere at the End of Time- Stage 3
turntable, ambient || happiness turned upside down, stretched, contorted |
15 | | Photay Onism
balaeric beat || wacky timbres and unending charm |
14 | | King Krule The OOZ
art rock || dum surfer [26] |
13 | | Nick Hoppner Work
deep house || never underestimate true danceability |
12 | | Ricardo Villalobos Empirical House
microhouse || completely improvisational in tone, yet so taut in a way only someone like villalobos can achieve. welcome back |
11 | | Lee Gamble Mnestic Pressure
idm || lee gamble via flux capacitor |
10 | | Bicep Bicep
house || sprightly |
9 | | Various Artists (Techno) A Decade Ilian Tape
industrial techno || awash with texture (cover art: 100%) |
8 | | Perfume Genius No Shape
art pop || an unchained heart burning with desire |
7 | | Wanderwelle Lost in a Sea of Trees
dub techno, ambient || the humming trees, the howling gale... |
6 | | LOFT Three Settlements Four Ways
breaks, uk bass, experimental || perhaps the most oblique, forward-thinking force in the electronic underground this year. this is important |
5 | | Laurel Halo Dust
glitch pop || stuttering, shimmering, sonorous grace |
4 | | Forest Swords Compassion
ambient dub || humanity, not seeping through the cracks, but blowing the walls down entirely |
3 | | Susanne Sundfor Music For People In Trouble
art pop, chamber folk || *__* |
2 | | DJ Tennis DJ-Kicks
I pretty much knew this would be my album of the year before my first listen was even halfway done. As far as dj mixes go, it’s top class in every regard - mixing, sequencing, recontextualizing, pacing - all phenomenal and all working within that enormous, beautiful tracklist. But what made this rise far above everything else I heard this year is my peripheral connection to the record and to DJ Tennis himself, after accidentally going to an amazing party that !K7 put on to celebrate his DJ Kicks, and then months later closing out my year by seeing him DJ at a festival back home. Seeing the crowd swell from a few dozen to hundreds over the few hours of that set, being hit with some of the most sublime dance music I’ve ever heard in his closing segment and then seeing his face afterwards - just the biggest, brightest smile and the most joyous expression I’ve seen from an artist after closing out a show. Beautiful moment for a beautiful man. luv |
1 | | DJ Tennis DJ-Kicks
and on that note, here's some superlatives
songs of the year:
LOFT - funemployed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=472oXxV2ajM&t=1s
Skee Mask - Excess Signal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvWih_NP5Fs
King Krule - Dum Surfer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5-f1Bnltu8
Remix of the year: rival consoles - recovery (dj tennix mix)
Best live shows: Slowdive, Moodymann, DJ Koze, Bicep, Red Axes, Demdike Stare, Forest Swords, Mount Kimbie, and DJ Tennis |
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