Amiina – Re Minore
Aus – Light in August, Later
Brock Van Wey (aka Bvdub) – White Clouds Drift On And On
Emmalee Crane – Crux
Olafur Arnalds – Found Songs
Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek – Blank Grey Canvas Sky
Jonsi and Alex – Riceboy Sleeps
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Out Of Noise
Yagya – Rigning
hey, thanks for your recommendations.
i just have the amiina release, bought one of the few copies in iceland actually, love it.
i will check out the rest of your list and i´m very curious about these artists.
amazing blog by the way.
Christ… never heard of any of them, nor the artists..
Rigning and Riceboy Sleeps were indeed some of the best music in 2009. Others on your list are completely new to me, but you obviously have great taste in music, so I’ll be looking into them. 🙂
The only reason I posted my nine favorites was in the hope it might prompt some you lurkers & occasional commenters to do so also…. come on, boot up iTunes, click on the MUSIC link that displays ALL your music library & then on the column to sort by # of plays….
what’s your nine favorite for 2009?
1. Burial & Four Tet – Moth/Wolf Cub EP
2. Gold Panda – Miyamae EP
3. worriedaboutsatan – Arrivals
4. Amiina – Re Minore EP
5. Lusine – A Certain Distance
6. Tortoise – Beacons Of Ancestorship
7. Memory Cassette – Call & Response EP
8. Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country
9. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
thanks bastien! I love the Lusine & Burial/FourTet releases too…
will check out the others
This just made it to the top of my 2009
Monolake – Silence
(Although the CD isn’t out till next year despite digital release coming out this week)
For what it’s worth…here o are the other 8 (in no particular order):
The NMC Songbook
Bibio – Ambivalence Avenue
Jonsi and Alex – Riceboy Sleeps
Modeselektor – Body Language Vol. 8
Alva Noto – Xerox vol.2
Lawrence English – A colour for Autumn
Luke Vibert – We Hear You
Two Fingers – Two Fingers