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Na sua ess�ncia, o Bodyspace encontra nos �Topes Famosos� a oportunidade ideal para elaborar um apanhado das prefer�ncias mantidas durante 2007 pelos integrantes da sua fam�lia afectuosa � um pouco ao jeito da comuna freak que formava a capa de Cripple Crow de acordo com o alcance da amig�vel luz do sol Devendra Banhart. Sem se restringir �s edi��es surgidas no ano que agora cessa, os �Topes� privilegiam os mais estimados discos de 2007. E h� de tudo um pouco: amigos da casa como Adam Gnade e Ruben Costa dos One Might Add, espanh�is, su��os, japoneses, songwriters, preciosos produtores, gente que transporta consigo a tocha do tipo de m�sica que pratica. Enfim, todo o tipo de agentes e executantes da diversidade que o Bodyspace procura celebrar durante todo o ano. Miguel Arsénio
Adam Gnade · Afonso Simões · Alexandre Monteiro · André Fernandes · André Neves · André Simão · Andy Cabic · Birgit Ulher · Brad Rose · Bruno Santos · Buck Curran · Carlos Nascimento · Ches Smith · Cláudio Fernandes · Daniel Catarino · David Grubbs · David Maranha · Douglas Dickel · Dylan Metrano · erik m · Fletcher M. Tucker · Francisco Silva · Guilherme Barrella · Guilherme Gonçalves · Hisato Higuchi · Ikonoklasta · Jean Nipon · Jorge Mantas · Ludovic Pereira · Luís Fernandes · Luis Teixeira · Manuel Pereira · Marissa Nadler · Matt Bauer · Mauricio Takara · Mia Riddle · Midori Hirano · Nuno Santos · Pedro Magina · Pete Swanson · Rachel Goswell · Rafael Anton Irisarri · Ralph Steinbrüchel · Randy Randall · Ricard Izquierdo · Ricardo Martins · Rodrigo Amado · Ruben Costa · Rusty Santos · Samara Lubelski · Sara Serpa · Sérgio Silva · Torbjörn Zetterberg · Valerio Cosi · Victor Afonso · Vijay Iyer · Vítor Lopes · Yosuke Kotani
Adam Gnade
01. Castanets In the Vines (Asthmatic Kitty Records)
Music from the bottom of a coal mine. Music from the sunniest day in Barcelona. “Blood in my mouth/sayin’ drive me south/south to stay.” Country music was my first love and this one’s my favorite record of the year. Thanks to various magical mysteries, it was waiting for me when I got back from a couple months on tour and I spent a week borrowing cars just so I could drive around Portland and listen to it over and over again.
02. Jana Hunter There’s No Home (Gnomongsong)
Jana’s songs feel like really expensive olive oil tastes. I missed her last show because I (almost) cut my finger off and I still feel like shit about it. I love every song I’ve ever heard of hers. There are a lot of people in this world I want to beat the shit out of. Not Jana. I bet she’d slay my enemies like a Viking.
03. Ohioan Being of the Good River (Native Kin)
Sounds like 300 people in one room playing 300 instruments and singing because it IS 300 people in one room playing 300 instruments and singing. Pure joy up against spooky death-folk. Noise, drones, country, horn sections, this is a really incredible record. I bet Neil Young would be jealous—I know I am.
04. Deer Tick War Elephant (Feow!)
Is John from Deer Tick one of the greatest songwriters alive? Pitchfork said no. I’m saying yes. (So are a lot of people I know.) John’s vibe is pure Van Morrison in prime “T.B. Sheets” mode. Last US tour we met up in Providence, Rhode Island and drank a toast to the V-Tech dead. I sort of cracked a joke because it was still too close to the bone. The blood was still fresh. Felt bad about that but John didn’t seem to notice. John is from Providence and so is H.P. Lovecraft. Is there a connection? Go to the Swan Point Cemetery (lot 5, group 281), dig up Lovecraft’s skull, fill it with red wine, drink the wine on a full moon, and you’ll have your answer by midnight.
05. Scout Niblett This Fool Can Die Now (Too Pure)
I read a review of this one that said they didn’t like the record because Scout looks like Billy Corgan. What? Scout doesn’t look anything like Billy Corgan and her record could snap the chicken neck of all of Billy Corgan’s stupid CDs. The first time I saw Scout play I felt like I was seeing something new and vital and full of promise. This record proves that she’s one of the best human beings making music—and it sure does sound human. Pure damaged fury and white-squall guitar howl. Werewolf music.
Afonso Simões | Phoebus / Curia / Gala Drop
Group Inerane Guitars From Agadez (Music of Niger)
Religious Knives Remains
Wooden Shjips 10"
Tropa Macaca Marfim
Panda Bear Person Pitch
David Maranha Marches of the New World
Flower-Corsano The Radiant Mirror
Sic Alps (Tudo o que ouvi é brutal e são realmente a melhor banda de rock do mundo.)
Death Unit Infinite Death
Oldies : Ash Ra Temple Ash Ra Temple, Edgar Froese Aqua, International Harvester, Manuel Gottsching e2-e4, Dream and Desire, Cromagnon, Catherine Ribeiro, Klaus Schulze Moondawn, Endless Boogie Vol.1 e Vol.2, Spacemen 3 Recurring, Harmonia, Terry Riley, Les Ralizes Denudes, Brainticket, Tangerine Dream Electronic Meditation, Clark Hutchinson a=mh2, Peter Hammill Nadir’s Chance, Simply Saucer Cyborgs Revisited.
Gigs: Panda Bear no Bleza, Serralves e Amoreiras, Vodka Soap, Acid Mothers Temple, White Magic, Ttropa Macaca na Avenida da Liberdade, Manuel Mota e Okkyung Lee + Charalambides, Borbetomagus & Loosers, Tinariwen, Rusty Santos.
Alexandre Monteiro | The Weatherman
01. Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
02. Rufus Wainwright Release the Stars
03. Devendra Banhart Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
04. John Vanderslice Emmeral City
05. Patrick Cleandenim Ba Da Bing
06. Elliott Smith New Moon
07. The Polyphonic Spree The Fragile Army
08. Radiohead In Ranbows
09. Kula Shaker Strangefolk
10. Clã Cintura
11. Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha
12. The Astroboy A Derrota Da Engrenagem
13. Panda Bear Person Pitch
14. LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver
André Fernandes
Sem ordem
Queens of the Stone Age Era Vulgaris
Matt Pavolka Band Something People Can Use
Radiohead In Rainbows
Wolff Parkison White Ride the Rueckert
Mário Laginha Canções e Fugas
Peaches Impeach my Bush
Ben Monder Oceana
André Neves | Maze / Dealema
Common Finding Forever
Skream Skream!
Feist The Reminder
Pharoahe Monch Desire
Radiohead In Rainbows
Collie Buddz Collie Buddz
Burial Untrue
Expeão Máscara
Cunninlynguists Dirty Acres
Antibalas Security
André Simão | La La La Ressonance
Gavouna Fallen E.P.
Charlie Alex March In the end
Phelan Sheppard Static caravan
Keith Hudson and The Soul Syndicate Nuh skin up
Pluramon The monstrous surplus
The La Drivers Union Por Por Group Por Por: honk horn music of Ghana
Black Uhuru Brutal/brutal dub
Savath & Savalas Golden Pollen
Rechenzentrum Weiser music
Tuxedomoon Vapour trails
Andy Cabic | Vetiver
The majority of music i listen to did not come out this year. I mostly listen to songs, not whole albums... Songs by Ernie Graham, Allen Toussaint, Tom Newman, Terre and Maggie Roche, Slapp Happy and Skeeter Davis were on my stereo a bunch this year.
That said, leaving off reissues, boxed sets and tunes from the past, these records and broadcasts provided many moments of inspiration, helping stitch the patterns in the fabric of this year:
The Bees Octopus
Panda Bear Person Pitch
Dirty Projectors Rise Above
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand
Papercuts Can't go back
Stars of the Lid And their refinement of the decline
Phosphorescent Pride
Various Artists Pop ambient 2007
Meg Baird Dear companion
White Rainbow Prism of eternal now
Birgit Ulher
Michael Maierhof Collection_1 (Durian)
Nate Wooley Wrong Shape to be a storyteller (CS)
Ami Yoshida, Utah Kawasaki Astro Twin(FMN)
Ruth Barberán capacidad de pérdida(CS)
Christoph Schiller, Harald Kimmig Regen (CS)
Agnès Palier, Olivier Toulemonde Rocca (CS)
Pat Thomas, Ivar Grydeland, Tonny Cluften, Ingar Zach Zahir (Rossbin)
Tom Chant, Sharif Shenaoui Cloister (Al Maslakh)
Ute Wassermann Birdtalking (Nurnichtnur)
Mazen Kerbaj BRT VRT ZRT KRT (Al Maslakh)
(The order has nothing to do with which one I like best.)
Brad Rose | The North Sea
Brad Rose Top 10 for 2007, in no order.
Meg Baird Dear Companion (Drag City)
As pure and wholesome as a fresh blanket of snow, I've listened to this record more than anything else this year. Its magic is in its simplicity.
Blues Control s/t (Holy Mountain)
The elements of Blues Control shouldn't work together as well as they do. It's a testament to the talent of Russ Waterhouse and Lea Cho that they make it work so brilliantly. Blues Control teeter on the edge of chaos and we're all the better for it.
Islaja Ulual YYY (Fonal)
This is not your typical Finnish forested affair. Islaja's new record is darker and full of grime. On "Ulual YYY," she is an absolute goddess.
The Cherry Blossoms s/t (Black Velvet Fuckere, et al.)
It's been years in the making, but The Cherry Blossoms first official LP was worth the wait. Backwoods folk anthems for the new millenium.
Sapat Mortise & Tenon (Siltbreeze)
Siltbreeze's return in 2007 was a god-send, and this album is proof. Disjointed fuckere, held together with duct tape and spackle - this is one hell of a burner.
Panda Bear Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)
The new Animal Collective was totally mediocre, especially compared to "Person Pitch." Panda Bear channels the Beach Boys like no other, and this album is pure sunkissed brilliance.
Yellow Swans At All Ends (Load)
Yellow Swans third proper full-length is easily their best. The dichotomy of blown out noise and bits of melody are worked to perfection.
Fantastic Magic Witch Choir (Abandon Ship)
This cassette-only release completely enchanted me this year, and I find myself wearing out my copy of the tape. Weirdo folk melodies with hooks galore and bent to the sun. These guys are incredible.
Tenniscoats Totemo Aimasho (Room40)
Fractured pop perfection. I don't know if Tenniscoats could make a better album. Seriously.
Steve Gunn s/t (Onomato)
One of the most underrated guitarists around has to be GHQ's Steve Gunn. GHQ cranked out some killer jams in 2007, but none of them came close to the genius of Gunn's solo CDR on Onomato. Waves of 6-and-12-string guitar mixed with banjo and harmonium... that's a recipe for success.
Bruno Santos
Mário Laginha Trio Espaço
André Fernandes Timbuktu
TOAP Colective Vol. I
Sendo um consumidor quase exclusivamente de jazz, este ano tal como tem sido meu hábito ultimamente, adquiri alguns discos de músicos portugueses. A minha escolha recai em 3 discos portugueses pela simples razão de estes discos e os músicos portugueses (falo daquilo que conheço bem, na área do jazz), terem na última década uma evolução gigantesca. Prova disso é estes músicos em concreto terem constantemente parcerias e convites de músicos de todo o mundo e de nível indiscutível. Esta parece-me uma boa razão para dizer bem da música portuguesa, não dizer bem por dizer como muitas vezes acontece! Aqui é plenamente justificado.
Buck Curran | Arborea
01. Meg Baird Dear Companion (Drag City)
One of my favorite female singer/songwriter recordings that I have ever heard in my life. A perfect selection of songs and moods. ‘The Riverhouse in Tinicum’, ‘The Waltze of the Tennis Players’, ‘Do What You Gotta Do’, ‘All I Ever Wanted’…Beautiful beyond words. Also great recording job by Greg Weeks.
02. Glenn Jones Against Which the Sea Continually Beats (Strange Attractors)
My favorite fingerstyle guitar record of 2007, and one of the best guitar records in the past 20 years. Gorgeous compositions and performance.
03. Eric Carbonara Exodus Bulldornadius (Locust Records)
Eric plays a flamenco guitar with passion, grace, and fire. This collection of songs is greatly inspired by the music of Andalusia, and one of the most beautiful guitar records I’ve ever heard.
04. James Blackshaw The Cloud of Unknowing (Tompkins Square)
In James Blackshaw’s hands the guitar becomes larger than life! A transcendent and Beautiful record!
05. Marissa Nadler Songs 111: Bird on the Water (Peace Frog)
Ethereal and Timeless music by one of America’s Best contemporary Female singer/songwriter/guitarist. My favorite tracks are ‘Dying Breed’, ‘Silvia’, ‘Diamond Heart’, and ‘Thinking of You’!
06. Micah Blue Smaldone Untitled Handmade 5 song Self-Release
Micah is one of the most gifted Male singer/songwriter/guitarist in America. The Untitled songs on this EP are rustic and beautiful! Micah’s best songs to date!
7. Jack Rose Jack Rose (Tequila Sunrise LP)
Powerful Blues and Folk slide and fingerstyle guitar by one of America’s finest contemporary guitarist!
8. Jose Gonzalez In our Nature (Imperial)
Sparse recording with vocals, nylon string guitar, and subtle percussion. Beautiful, minimalistic songs about the human condition. Favorite tracks ‘How Low’, ‘Cycling Trivialities’, and ‘The Nest’.
09. Iron and Wine Boy with a Coin (Subpop)
Carried Home and Boy with a Coin. Two of my favorite songs of the year! Sam Beam’s poetic lyrics are always very inspirational.
10. Devendra Banhart Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
Devendra is always inspirational and his music is like Warm Sun!
11. Voice of the Seven Woods – Voice of the Seven Woods (Twisted Nerve Records)
Progressive ‘Eastern inspired’ folk/psych rock guitar music at it’s very best.
Carlos Nascimento | Ghoak / Osso
2007 (não necessariamente por ordem preferencial):
Nadja Touched
The Eternals Heavy International
Boredoms Super Roots 9
Grouper Cover The Windows And The Walls
Radiohead In Rainbows
Supersilent 8
Raccoo-Oo-Oon Behold Secret Kingdom
Dino Saluzzi & Anja Lechner Ojos Negros
Arve Henriksen Strjon
Beastie Boys The Mix Up
Burning Star Core Operator Dead...Post Abandoned
Ches Smith | Xiu Xiu
O meu disco favorito de 2007:
John Zorn Six Litanies for Helioglobis
Cláudio Fernandes | Manuel Gião
Black Lips Good Bad Not Evil
Burning Star Core Blood Lightning
DOPO For The Entrance Of The Sun
Flower / Corsano Duo The Radiant Mirror
Hototogisu Spooked Summer
Norberto Lobo Mudar de Bina
Sunn O))) Oracle
Thurston Moore Trees Outside The Academy
Tropa Macaca Marfim
Wolf Eyes Black Wings Over The Sand
(sendo que, para mim, o álbum do ano é o The Radiant Mirror)
David Grubbs | Gastr Del Sol / Red Krayola / Wingdale Community Singers / Squirrel Bait / Bastro
Burial Untrue (Hyperdub)
Dinosaur L 24 24 Music (Sleeping Bag)
Dirty Projectors Rise Above (Dead Oceans)
Henry Flynt Henry Flynt and Nova'billy (Locust Music)
Panda Bear Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)
Sun Ra Disco 3000 (Art Yard)
Horatiu Radulescu Intimate Rituals (Sub Rosa)
Jessica Rylan Interior Designs (Important)
Throbbing Gristle Part Two: The Endless Not (Mute)
Various Artists Bold Beginnings (Noise Pollution)
(Please note that these are in alphabetical order, and that if forced to say what really were the most revelatory, the Panda Bear and Radulescu ones were the most that brought the most joy.)
David Maranha
Loren Connors As Roses Bow
Charlemagne Palestine A sweet quasímodo between black vampire butterflies for maybeck
Biber Mystery Sonatas / Reiter, Ensemble Cordaria
Alan Vega Station
Angels of Light We are him
Flower Corsano Duo The Radiant Mirror
3/4 Had Been Eliminated Theology
Grinderman
Daniel Catarino | Landfill / Long Desert Cowboy / Oceansea
Azevedo Silva Tartaruga
Mundo Cão Mundo Cão
The Icarus Line Black Lives At The Golden Coast
UNKLE War Stories
Iron & Wine The Shepherd's Dog
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Baby 81
Battles Mirrored
Deerhunter Cryptograms
Logh North
The Young Gods Super Ready Fragmenté
Angels of Light We Are Him
Beirut The Flying Club Cup
Clã Cintura
Iron And Wine The Shepherd's Dog
Jorge Palma Voo Nocturno
Liars Liars
The Astroboy A Derrota da Engrenagem
Walter Benjamin The Dog Follows The Bull
Dopo For The Entrance of the Sun
Oceansize Frames
Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Tinariwen Aman Iman
Thurston Moore Trees Outside The Academy
Stars of the Lid And Their Refinement of the Decline
Radiohead In Rainbows
Arcade Fire Neon Bible
2007 foi um daqueles anos que viu sair muita coisa, mas sinceramente, poucos discos me irão ficar gravados na memória por muito mais tempo. são as desvantagens do excesso de informação, talvez. Que o próximo seja melhor, e o outro a seguir ainda mais, e assim sucessivamente.
Douglas Dickel | input_output / Hotel / Blanched
30 Melhores Discos de 2007
01. Animal Collective Strawberry jam
02. Earth Hibernaculum
03. Blonde Redhead 23
04. Arcade Fire Neon bible
05. Nadja Touched + EP Guilted by the sun
06. Spoon Ga ga ga ga ga
07. Yoko Ono Yes, I'm a witch
08. Suzanne Vega Beauty and crime
09. The Twilight Sad Fourteen autumns and fifteen winters
10. Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan Pullhair rubeye
11. PJ Harvey White chalk
12. KT Tunstall Drastic fantastic
13. Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew Spirit if...
14. Eddie Vedder Into the wild
15. Einstürzende Neubauten Alles wieder offen
16. Health Health
17. XXL¿Spicchiology?
18. The Kissaway Trail The kissaway trail
19. Feu ThérèseÇa va cogner
20. The New Pornographers Challengers
21. Keren Ann Keren Ann
22. Gogol Bordello Super taranta!
23. Melt-Banana Bambi's dilemma
24. Bright Eyes Cassadaga
25. Art Brut It's a bit complicated
26. The Polyphonic Spree The fragile army
27. Alan Vega Station
28. Thurston Moore Trees outside the academy
29. Stars In our bedroom after the war
30. Rilo Kiley Under the blacklight
50 Melhores Músicas de 2007
01. The New Pornographers Adventures in solitude
02. Stars The night starts here
03. The New Pornographers My rights versus yours
04. Stars Midnight coward
05. Gogol Bordello American wedding
06. Animal Collective For Reverend Green
07. Arcade Fire No cars go
08. Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan Sasong
09. Arcade Fire My body is a cage
10. Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew Lucky ones
11. Paul McCartney Dance tonight
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Rockers to swallow
13. The Shins Sleeping lessons
14. Róisín Murphy Overpowered
15. Travis Selfish Jean
16. KTL Theme
17. Bright Eyes Clairaudients (kill or be killed)
18. Justice The party
19. The Polyphonic Spree The championship
20. The Kissaway Trail Forever turned out to be too long
21. Melt-Banana Cracked plaster cast
22. Super Furry Animals Into the night
23. Alan Vega Station station
24. Keren Ann It ain't no crime
25. Radiohead House of cards
26. Valet Blood is clean
27. Prinzhorn Dance School Worker
28. Sarah Shannon City morning song
29. Bill Callahan From the rivers to the ocean
30. XXL Daydrinking
31. Rilo Kiley Dreamworld
32. Blonde Redhead 23
33. Thurston Moore Fri/end
34. Mirah & Spectratone International Song of psyche
35. Múm Moon pulls
36. Björk Declare independence
37. Bodies Of Water We will be apart
38. Dan Deacon Wham city
39. Blitzen Trapper Hot tip/tough cub
40. Spoon The ghost of you lingers
41. Neil Young Ordinary people
42. Husky Rescue Blueberry tree (part I)
43. Port-Royal Roliga timmen (longing machines)
44. Panda Bear Comfy in nautica
45. Queens Of The Stone Age River in the road
46. Caribou After hours
47. The White Stripes Icky Thump
48. U.N.K.L.E. & Robert "3D" Del Naja Twilight
49. Neurosis Nine
50. Air & Jarvis Cocker One hell of a party
Dylan Metrano | Tiger Saw
01. Tiny Vipers' 'Hands Across the Void', seemingly out of nowhere, is a beautiful, exquisitely executed album of haunting, sublime minimalist songs. The song 'On This Side' is a tender, heartbreaking story, and the delivery is so honest, it was the sleeper of the summer.
02. Phosphorescent's 'Pride' has enough completely devestating, magical, wonderful songs on it to make it one of the year's best albums. Another almost-perfect album from Phosphorescent.
03. Magnolia Electric Co's 'Sojourner Box Set' has two classic albums in it, either of which could have been a contender for album of the year.
04. Cocorosie's 'the Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillbourne' is a major work for them. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It's weird and crazy and amazing. genreless. 'Werewolf' is one of the best songs of the summer, too.
05. Adrian Orange and Her Band's self titled album is a huge leap forward for Adrian, and for indie rock in general. Embraces a new roots music for a new generation.
06. M.I.A.'s Kala. Everyone knows this rocks, right? It's hard to go wrong with the multi-national pastiche approach to this, weird beats, and rapping kids.
erik m
Hose " " / unknownmix4
El-P I'll sleep when you're dead
Radiohead In Rainbows
Amy Winehouse Back to Black
Arcade Fire Neon Bible
Mahamoud Ahmed Éthiopiques Serie
Konono N°1 Lubuaku
Orchestre Rouge Yellow Laughter & More passion fodder
Liars Stumm 287
Fletcher M. Tucker | Bird By Snow
Top 9 records of 2007
01. Tinariwen Aman Iman (World Village)
Hopefully it is not necessary to explain to you who Tinariwen are, because they are so wonderful I pray the whole world is already aware of their music. Just in case you don’t know their story, I will give a briefing, because their origins are so interesting, and important to the way I hear the music. Tinariwen (meaning “Empty Places,” maybe best band name ever) are an 11-piece band formed in 1982 in Moammar al-Qadhafi's camps of Tuareg rebels, in Mali. Technically they play songs in a traditional Tuareg style called Tishoumaren, which means the "music of the unemployed,” (which is a name that describes all the music I like pretty much) but legend has it they are first Tishoumaren band to play electric guitars… to me it feels more like they are the first people to play electric guitars… so rich is the fabric of song they weave…it is simultaneously familiar and inspirationally new! This album “Aman Iman” means “Water is Life” and I can’t think of a better way to describe the way the music touches me. I can feel the motion, and currents, and tides, and rhythms, and flow, of the rivers, and lakes, and oceans present in my own cells when I listen to this music. It embraces the density and mystery of the multi-rhythmic, poly-melodic African traditions. And in the same way the water moves, every loving gesture in the music, reflects complex perfection. The songs are mostly about independence from the Mali government, they are sung in French and Tamashek, two languages I can’t understand, but I understand the hopeful spirit, and the motions of freedom. Needless to say, sometimes my “life water” (tears) spill when I listen. What a fucking great record. You might like it; you should probably listen to it.
02. Chirgilchin Collectable (Pure Nature Music)
I don’t know much about overtone singing, or traditional music from the tiny country of Tuva… but I do know that “throat singing” has a tradition in healing shamanism all around the world, and that most Tuvan songs are either about girls or horses, which means they are basically about their hearts or their land, which seem like synonymous terms when it comes to Tuva. In any case, the songs recorded here by three master overtone singers/traditional instrumentalists (Aldar Tamdyn Igor Koshkendey, Aidysmaa Koshkendey, and Mongoun-Ool Ondar), are deeply deeply moving. At times their tunes are profoundly sad, then ridiculously silly, and then marvelously reverent. This type of singing will always amaze me, because it is so deeply connected to devotion in my mind, knowing that it takes a lifetime to master. It also amazes me because it is a reflection of the powerful histories and systems of thought from this very ancient part of our world. These singers prove the body is a powerful instrument, part of a magic lineage, and capable of mystic unveilings, at least it seems like that to me. What a fucking great record. You might like it; you should probably listen to it.
03. Mount Eerie Mount Eerie pts. 6 & 7 (P.W. Elverum and Sun ltd.)
Is it possible to make priceless objects and then sell them at affordable prices? Yes it is, Phil Elverum proved it this year with his extra-ordinary release of a heavy, hardcover, 60+ page, coffee-table art-photo-book/picture disc 10”. Can this be true? Do people do things so nice? OK, I will put the rhetorical question marks away, and just say, I like what Phil does a lot, (that might be a big “duh” for some of you) but consistently Phil is creating things that I love… weather it be a letter-pressed 7” about why you shouldn’t smoke cigarettes, or an epic concept album with a cover/poster the size of my car!... his music, and his presentation of his music, is always completely genuine, and generous. Nothing comes from halfway. With this book/record, Mount Eerie becomes something more fully fructified. The book comprises almost 100 photos (some of them centerfold out!) taken by Elverum all over the world… and the images seem like a perfect companion to the entire Mount Eerie catalog. These shapes, and light, decorate the back of my mind while I listen to this or any Phil Elverum record. The songs on this 10” are from an old growth forests, deep in the dusk light… lyrical abstractions, and hauntings of songs that point me back to the pages of the beautiful book. What a fucking great record. You might like it; you should probably listen to it (and look at it).
04. Daniel A.I.U. Higgs Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot (Thrill Jockey)
Daniel Arcus Incus Ululat Higgs is the pagan Santa Clause. He is a middle-aged man with a white beard and baldhead, kindly, chubby, with mystic tattoos on his hands. He brings gifts from the astral plane, from the pagan pages, from the inner universe, from the ancient shadows. I am going to write about his incredible release “Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot,” but first I must strongly recommend attending one of his performances, where you can expect to transcend time and space and maybe visit distant worlds… live music is my favorite music, and Dan Higgs breathes new life into live shows. “Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot” is a book and CD release of Higgs’s paintings, poetry, and instrumental songs, each working in conjunction to broaden my experience of the others. The poems are each strict anagrams. Religious, and spiritual words (like “heaven”) are broken into esoteric thoughts, each letter signifying an aspect of the word, each word signifying an aspect of the universe. The poems are a pure and potent form, each word is chosen with great care and speaks clearly, and simply of profound intention. Higgs’s paintings represent similar choices, pagan and Christian iconography blends with hypnotic choices in color and pattern. The paintings are beguiling and rich. Musically Higgs presents songs from acoustic guitar, banjo, toy piano, and mouth harp, each treated with the same high gain against your brain production. The way each sound blows-out completely serves to make each instrument an abstraction, and increases the effect of the organic darkness cultivated by the whole presentation of this record. It feels a bit goose-pimply in the shadows of these songs and poems and pictures, as Higgs points us towards the slightly darker self, the one that is a little harder to embrace. These are not floaty new-age songs that sing the praises of an easy moralistic path, or stoned out paradise… instead this is art that is both physical and meta-physical, earthly and grounded, but also pushing me deeply inward on myself where I experience fear and elation, and things much harder to describe. What a fucking great record. You might like it; you should probably listen to it (and read it, and look at it).
05. Little Wings Soft Power (RAD)
Kyle Field is one of the very few songwriters in the world that never fails me. He is a wordsmith of the highest order, “Sir Kyle of the Golden Ballpoint” I’ll call him, and he is constantly turning a phrase that turns my soul over. And more often than not, his beautiful words and fragile melodies leave me touched and jealous, the song ends and I’m asking myself “why didn’t I come up with that?” such are his sparkling and unpretentious words (examples: “I taste the taste I taste, until it’s tasted” or “I’m in love with everyone, and everything they’ve ever done.”) In addition to being the nurturing father of many of my favorite songs, and just being a really nice guy, Kyle Field is also always changing the sound around himself. “Soft Power,” the new LP on his own newborn imprint, presents a quiet and solemn Little Wings, with a feeling of focused maturity in continuity that is new and wonderful. Roomy piano, nylon guitar, and tiny percussion sounds, conspire to bring me into a really intimate song space. It is a day-dreamy, serenely lo-fi, and autumnal sound. Hard to say more, the songs are simple and striking, shiny and beautiful. What a fucking great record. You might like it; you should probably listen to it.
06. Dirty Projectors Rise Above (Dead Oceans)
This record amazes me! If you don’t already know the concept behind this album… its relationship to the Black Flag record of the same title, etcetera, please please please look it up, and read about it, because conceptually this record is as deep as the deepest ocean. But if we can manage to forget about all of the heady goodness for just a minute and discuss the way these tunes work for the greater good of my ears… Dave Longstreth’s melodies and arrangements blow the cobwebs out of my long-muzak-suffering-mind. Soukous influenced guitar melodies caress my soul, left-brain time signatures bleat and bray through the strings and sticks and singers, while Longstreth’s alpha and omega singing style simultaneously destroys and creates the very notion of “singing.” The lyrics are about 80% the same as the Black Flag album, but they’ve never sounded better to me, more honest and full of meaning. What a fucking great record. You might like it; you should probably listen to it.
07. Wildbirds and Peacedrums Heartcore (Found You Recordings)
Wildbirds and Peacedrums is Mariam Wallentin and Andreas Werliin… multi-talented? Yes… but mostly, mostly Mariam is a deeply expressive singer, and Andreas is a powerfully emotive drummer. The smoke from their smoldering souls is expelled through their gifted creative forms. Like the incense in a swinging lantern held by the priest walking down the isle on Christmas-Eve…their songs fill the holy moment. The essence of purity in creation is created when they SING and DRUM! They are married and beautiful, and their talents are married and beautiful… and when I listen to them, their songs marry me, and we have half-sound half-human babies of beauty inspired thoughts! What a fucking great record. You might like it; you should probably listen to it.
08. Andrew W. K. Close Calls with Brick Walls (Load Records)
Enigma is a pretty stupid word, not one I use often because it is used way too often by some… but it is a pretty OK way to describe Andrew W.K., because it is hard for me, or anyone to figure him out. Is he a brilliant PR man, a simplistic savant, a performance artist, or something else completely? The latter seems most likely. But really for me the vote was out on whether Andrew W.K. was a jerk or genius until I saw him perform a few years ago. I had heard the radio singles off “I Get Wet,” and so I thought “songs about partying, weird” but I still tagged along reluctantly with some friends to a live show in San Francisco, mostly because the cover of “I Get Wet” intrigued me, blood dripping down his face and what have you… My mind was fixed in a different way after that concert though… I have never seen a performer give so totally and completely of himself before, and with so much positivity! Relentless positivity! He literally sweats joy. Go see him live, it might change your life. “Close Calls with Brick Walls” refines some of the concepts and sonic intentions of the earlier W.K. albums. The production leans toward the best of the weird 80’s slickness, like “Hounds of Love” (by Kate Bush) or maybe the best of Peter Gabriel, except much more manic and explosive! W.K. layers and layers melodies pushing me to my sonic limits, sometimes I suffer from song exhaustion. But not everything that is good for you will be easy, and bombastic song-structure couldn’t be changed in even the slightest degree in my opinion, it is perfect. It still isn’t easy for me to understand W.K.’s intentions, but listening to the words and sounds on this record, I think maybe he wants to save the world, either by becoming king of us all, or maybe just making us smile, laugh, and ask “so what’s this guys story?” What a fucking great record. You might like it; you should probably listen to it.
09. Goodbye the Band Sky Tiger (Pop Oblivion Records)
This is a two song, 10 minute EP featuring a really good cover of the Ween song “Ocean Man,” and the best song every written by Goodbye the Band… “Sky Tiger.” This is one (rated number one by me) of over 900 songs by the abnormally prolific, home recording, all instrument playing, John Acquadro… he’s one of those golden boy’s of indie music who cause me to think: “so this is why the internet was invented, so people could make 900 crazy, and beautiful, and funny songs, and then have them available to everyone ever.” (Check him out on Archive.org it will make you happy) “Sky Tiger” is about new life, one life changing and a new one growing out of it, you know, it’s about a girl getting pregnant... but it’s also not about that, because the way Acquadro approaches any concept will always surprise me, everything makes sense, but nothing seems to relate. I am surprised by all parts of this music, instrumentation, lyrics, everything. It is hard to express how happy this song/EP makes me… but let me just say that I have enormous respect for any musician, writer, artist, etcetera, that can be funny and brave simultaneously. Goodbye the Band is steeped in irony and comedy, but Acquadro doesn’t use it as a shield, and it doesn’t prevent honest expression, instead it enhances the sincerity of the songs, and the project as a whole. What a fucking great record. You might like it; you should probably listen to it.
Francisco Silva | Old Jerusalem
Eu gostei, que me lembre assim de repente, dos discos novos de:
Band of Horses
Okkervil River
Bill Callahan
Scoutt Niblett
Vic Chesnutt
E gostei do Estilhaços, do Adolfo Luxúria Canibal e António Rafael e do novo dos Clã, dos portugueses que não são "da casa".
Guilherme Barrella | Blue Afternoon
Com o fim do oink, não me lembro exactamente o que aconteceu em 2007, então preferi dividir minha lista em três, todas bem livres.
Cinco discos de artistas favoritos
01. Black Dice Load Blown
02. Robert Wyatt Comicopera
03. Boris with Michio Kurihara Rainbow
04. Akron/Family Love is simple
05. Liars Liars
Cinco grandes discos que ouvi
01. Battles Mirrored
02. A hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hangar Ensemble A hawk and a Hacksaw and the Hun Hangar Ensemble
03. Holy Fuck LP
04. Panda Bear Person Pitch
05. Deerhunter Cryptograms
Cinco grandes discos que lancei
01. Bonifrate Os anões da villa do magma
02. Chambaril Chambaril
03. Pan&tone Estéreo tipo ou panorâmico tonal
04. Objeto Amarelo Veloz2volks
05. Colorir + Koll Witz 4 não lugares
Guilherme Gonçalves | Coclea
Angus Maclise Brain Damage in Oklahoma City
Acid mothers temple Crystal rainbow pyramid under the stars
Gang Gang Dance Rawwar EP
Guru Guru Hinten
Heldon Electronique Guerilla
Linval Thompson I love marijuana
Loren Mazzacane Connors Portait of a soul
M.I.A. Kala
My Bloody valentine Loveless
Omar Souleyman Highway To Hassake
Prince Jammy Destroys The Invaders
Psychic Ills Dins
Selda Finders Keepers
Sic Alps Pleasures and treasures
Scientist & Jammy strike back
Valerio Cosi Freedom meditation music, Vol. III
Vibracathedral Orchestra Versatile arab chord chart
Hisato Higuchi
One record?
In this case... my choice is:
Loren Connors The Hymn of the North Star
Ikonoklasta | Conjunto Ngonguenha
Asa Fire on the Mountain
Nascida em França, de pais nigerianos, com apenas dois anos vai viver para a Nigéria de onde so voltou a sair aos 20, para regressar a França. Este album é, digo sem receios, um dos albuns que mais me tocou em toda a minha vida. E de uma tal graciosidade, de uma tal profundidade que, pela primeira vez, gostaria de dominar a lingua portuguesa ao ponto de conseguir adjectivar a complexidade de emoções pelas quais passo ao ouvi-lo. Definitivamente um para ter na colecção, mas sobretudo para tentar interiorizar a mensagem, tão rica, tão pura, tão menina na sua utopia.
http://www.myspace.com/asaofficial
Phay Grand Pão Burro
Uma lufada de ar fresco para o hip hop angolano, que atravessa uma fase menos prolífica da sua existência. Não se associa à nenhuma das duas categorias que maniqueistamente se formaram em Angola, desobedecendo com petulância às normas implicitas ao que se cunha como “underground”, ao mesmo tempo, distanciando-se inequivocamente do “comercial”. Tem o seu som e pronto. Um pequeno génio da escrita, sem receio de se abrir com maxima franqueza para a audiência, partilhando com ela o que tem de bom, o que reconhece ter de mau e o que gostaria de ter melhor. Faz-me pensar no Halloween, em quem revejo a maior parte dos elementos que exponho como qualidades em relação ao Phay Grand.
http://www.myspace.com/pgpoeta
Amy Winehouse Back to Black
Foi uma agradavel surpresa, fez-me descobrir a maravilha que é o trabalho do Mark Ronson, muito dotado no casamento de sonoridades modernas com um toque bem retro de jazz/blues/funk, lembrando àas vezes o Quantic. A Amy, tem neste album, aquela irreverência irresistivel, aquela audácia reservada so aos mais arrojados, mas prova também ter uma voz de ouro e o sentimento necessário para não retirar a "alma" ao som.
Mark Ronson Version
Ver acima.
Bezegol Rude Bwoy Stand
Mc, DJ, grande artista e amigo de residência fixa no Porto. Finalmente lançou o album e, como ja contava, esta recheado de "bijous". Plant, Roots of Evil, Forever Love e que dizer daquela inesperada guitarra portuguesa no potentissimo Let Dem Know? Mô kota, fechaste tudo, tasco, restaurante, discoteca, todos mambos. Grande pedra.
Terrakota Oba Train
Sou fã assumido dos Terrakota e esta escolha pode estar influenciada pelo tempo que tive o previlégio de passar com eles no ultimo ano, mas seria uma injustiça omitir o disco pelo facto puro e simples que estive envolvido numa parte da sua concepção. A Romi continua a encantar cantando, o Junior é aquela personagem (e voz), cheia de carisma e de energia e o resto da malta continua a debitar furiosa e apaixonadamente a multiculturalidade, multietnicidade e outros tantos "multis" de mais dificil pronunciação, em cada musica que decidem gravar.
Common Finding Forever
O Common nunca deixa ficar mal a sua fanbase (OK, talvez alguns puristas se tenham chateado um bocado com o "Electric Circus", eu adorei). Este rapper de Chicago, tem neste Finding Forever o seu sétimo album de originais em 13 anos de carreira, o segundo no qual trabalha (quase) exclusivamente com o seu conterrâneo e "rei dos charts", Kanye West. Talvez por isso, este album soe quase como uma continuação do precendente, o “Be”, perdendo um pouco do elemento originalidade que era uma constante no Common, não deixando no entanto de ser um excelente album de hip hop com alma, recheado de musicalidade soul/funk e de kilos de rimas conscientes.
Kanye West Graduation
Ja sem conseguir criar o efeito surpresa no que toca aos temas e a sua eterna gabarolice, continua a ser um mestre na arte de encontrar a "perfeita repetição" e dar-lhe dimensões sonoras que roçam a magia. Foi do hip hop de garagem, ao som orquestrado, aterrando com este Graduation numa sonoridade mais virada para os sintetizadores e os vocoders. Continua a ter o toque.
Sam The Kid Pratica(mente)
Por falar em “perfeita repetição”, não podia deixar de mencionar este album. Saiu em Dezembro de 2006, por isso da para “escorregá-lo” para 2007. Depois de me ter apaixonado pelo Entre(tanto), o Sobre(tudo) foi uma desilusão, por me parecer que o Sam estava a distanciar-se do que parecia ser uma assinatura unica nesse estilo musical e cair na teia daqueles que procuram aproximar o seu som o maximo possivel às suas influências. Este quarto album de originais tem o Sam no seu melhor em nivel da “largada”, que tão ciosamente aperfeiçou até que deixasse de soar apenas a um monte de silabas homófonas e desconexas e, passasse a uma autêntica demonstração de talento, edificando em cada 16 barras, uma obra de arte e dando mais sentido ao termo “estilismo”. Os instrumentais estão do caralho em falta de termo mais poético para descrevê-los. Bem-vindo de volta Sam.
E agora, algumas “batotas”, ja que não me convidaram para fazer esta lista em 2006 e que muitos dos albuns, só recentemente os conheci, aqui vão uns extra:
Alice Smith For Dreamers, Lovers and Me (2006)
Sara Tavares Balancé (2006)
Mayra Andrade Navega (2006)
Leonardo Wawuti Ltrospectivo (2006)
Keita Mayanda O Homem e o Artista (2006)
MCK Nutrição Espiritual (2006)
Halloween Mary Witch Project (2006)
Buika Mi Niña Lola (2006)
E para terminar, o abuso total,
Fat Freddy's Drop Based on a True Story (2005)
Jean Nipon
Actually nothing was crazy this year, but i discovered some hong kong and singapoure rock pop bands from the 60's. I was recently in tokyo and i thought it' must be fun to play some old tracks from the Asian area in this city so i searched and discovered a tons of pop and garage bands from the 60's based in Singapur, Hong Kong or even in Vietnam their names was Idaly Sisters, The Menace, Rita Chao, The Lotus or Naomi and the Boys, etc... Our period is full of cynism or depressing tunes. This era was great because so naïve but also very creative. They tried to copy The Beatles or The Birds but at the end the result was so so different and crazy. For me it the best in... 2007!
Jorge Mantas | The Beautiful Schizophonic
Sem ordem em particular:
Rihanna Good girl gone bad (deluxe edition 2cd Def Jam)
Beyoncé B'day" (cd+dvd Sony BMG)
Luc Ferrari Far-west news (1998-99): episodes 2 and 3 (cd Blue Chopsticks)
V/A Airport Symphony (2cd Room40)
Six Twilights Six Twilights (cd+dvd Own Records)
Au Revoir Simone The bird of Music (Moshi Moshi Records)
Pluramon The monstrous surplus (Karaoke Kalk)
Taylor Deupree Landing (Room40)
Yui Onodera Suisei (and/AOR)
Maile Colbert Moborosi (Twenty Hertz)
Ludovic Pereira | Ludovic
Sem ordem:
Peixe:avião Finjo a fazer de conta feito peixe:avião
Surpreendente, uma banda que apareceu de repente e teve quase imediato sucesso. Bracarenses, uma sonoridade que ronda entre Radiohead e Porcupine Tree, uma voz doce bastante única, músicos que vieram de bandas de diversos géneros: são elementos que tornam as 6 músicas desta maquete numa deliciosa banda sonora de Inverno, fazendo desta edição a minha lareira musical.
Men eater Hellstone
Grande prenda para os meus ouvidos. Um disco divertido, corajoso, muitíssimo bem produzido e com um artwork lindíssimo. Banda espectacular de se ver ao vivo.
Pelican City Of Echoes
Sou fã desde o lançamento do "The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw". Este álbum surpreendeu-me: depois de 2 álbuns e um EP tão massivos e épicos, os Pelican surgem com um trabalho muito mais inclinado para um Post-Rock bastante contido, em que, em vez de nos focarmos em reverbs desmesurados, a atenção gira para as belíssimas melodias.
Baroness Red Album
Foi também uma banda que se tornou mais ligeira, mas as influências de Mastodon continuam lá. Da "Teiresias" para a "The birthing" vai grande caminhada e por isso mesmo se torna um favorito de 2007: pela surpresa.
Apostle of Hustle National Anthem of Nowhere
Explosions in the Sky All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Não é necessariamente dos melhores que ouvi este ano mas foi o último álbum de post-rock de 2007 que tive mesmo necessidade de ouvir durante este período.
Neurosis Given to the Rising
Não tenho muito a dizer: originalidade quase quase 100%.
Como é habitual, Neurosis a cada álbum centra-se num determinado assunto e este deu-lhes espaço para brilhantes letras e maravilhas do experimentalismo. Perfeito para nos obrigar a pensar.
Para ser honesto, desconheço 99% da música actual. Não me dou muito ao trabalho me actualizar tanto como deveria mas tenho vindo a sofrer de uma necessidade de viciar-me e estudar determinados álbuns do passado. Especialmente lançamentos de 2006 que foi para mim, dos melhores anos da música electrónica. No entanto este ano foi aquele que me fez fã do Sludge Metal. Grandes grandes lançamentos de bandas que já em 2005 me vinham a penicar-me o ouvido para lhes dar atenção, mas eu teimoso, recusava-me a deixar aquilo entrar nos meus ouvidos. Então, devo já dizer que os meus álbuns favoritos desde ano não fugiram muito de um determinado género musical.
Luís Fernandes | The Astroboy / peixe : avião
Face à excelente produção de álbuns em 2007 torna-se difícil elaborar uma lista. Pessoalmente, o álbum que mais me marcou durante os últimos 12 meses foi o In Rainbows> dos Radiohead. Não por ser extremamente inovador, não por ser o melhor álbum da sua carreira, não por ter estado na boca de meio mundo, mas porque é um álbum que agrega tudo aquilo que eles fazem de bom, porque não me consigo cansar dele e porque o produto final é claramente maior e melhor do que a soma das partes. Em relação aos restantes opto por não atribuir nenhum tipo de ordem pois seria, por certo, uma tarefa árdua face à qualidade dos mesmos. Espero não me estar a esquecer de nenhum...
Internacionais
Radiohead In Rainbows
Animal Collective Strawberry Jam
Liars Liars
Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Justic †
The National Boxer
Battles Mirrored
Deerhunter Fluorescent Grey / Cryptograms
Panda Bear Person Pitch
The Field From Here We Go Sublime
Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Deerhoof Friend Opportunity
Black Moth Super Rainbow Dandelion Gum
Blonde Redhead 23
Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha
Burial Untrue
The Shins Wincing the night away
Nacionais
Clã Cintura
Mundo Cão Mundo Cão
Norberto Lobo Mudar De Bina
Old Jerusalem The Temple Bell
Luis Teixeira | Labrador / Nimai
Por ordem alfabética:
!!! Myth Takes (warp)
Akron/Family Love is Simple (Young God)
Animal Collective Strawberry Jam (Domino)
Apparat Walls (Shitkatapult / Flur)
Battles Mirrored (warp)
Black Lips Good Bad Not Evil (Vice)
Cocorosie The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn (Touch & Go / Sabotage)
Colleen Les Ondes Silencieuses (Leaf / Flur)
Digitalism Idealism (Kitsuné Music/Virgin)
Explosions in the Sky All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Justice † ( Ed Banger)
LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver (DFA)
Liars Liars (Mute)
Lobster Sexually Transmitted Electricity (Bor Land)
Murcof Cosmos (Leaf/Flur)
Norberto Lobo Mudar de Bina (Bor Land)
Of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (Polyvinyl)
Panda Bear Person Pitch (Paw Tracks/Flur)
Thurston Moore Trees Outside the Academy (Ecstatic Peace)
O ano de 2007 apresentou-se como palco de algumas surpresas mas sobretudo como espa�o de confirma��o da qualidade de alguns autores. Pela continuidade dada ao trabalho anteriormente editado daria especial aten��o, entre outros, aos �lbuns de !!!, Colleen, Akron/Family, Liars, Of Montreal, LCD Sounsytem, Murcof , ao gigante Person Pitch de Noah Panda Bear e ao de facto bom Wall do alem�o Apparat, que sem medo e assumindo as suas influ�ncias, cria um �lbum f�cil de ouvir dentro do g�nero, mas de muito bom gosto mesmo. A minha aten��o para debuts deste ano puxa a brasa ao nacional animal de Lobster, ao nacional (muito) belo de Norberto Lobo e o internacional brilhante de Battles com Mirrored. Para terminar, destacaria o "�" de Justice pela �ncora electro e motor de festa que se tornou, o t�mido indoor All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone dos Explosions in the Sky, que ainda que n�o seja brilhante, os mant�m vivos dentro do estilo, e para terminar, o Trees Outside The Academy de Thurston Moore, simplesmente de ter, ouvir e rezar para ver.
Manuel Pereira | Josué 'O Salvador' em Busca da Perdição
Pocahaunted / Robedoor Hunted Gathering
Josh Lay Blood in the Dark part I and II
Ash Pool World Turns On It's Hinge
Zaimph Mirage Of The Other
Grouper Cover The Windows And The Walls
Bone Awl Meaningless Leaning Mess
Bloodyminded Bloodyminded Plays Bloodyminded
Angel Of Decay Bleeding On The Flowers
Eternal Tapestry Vibrations New Dawn
Abruptum Evil Genius (reedição)
M.B. Symphony For A Genocide (reedição)
C.C.C.C. Early Works (reedição)
Além destes discos, destaque e recomendações máximas para os norte-americanos Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, os argentinos Vluba e os britânicos Moss.
Marissa Nadler
01. Phosphorescent Pride
Beautiful reverb filled tragedies and beach boys esque harmonies. "A picture of our torn up praise" is one of my favorite songs I have heard in a while.
02. James Blackshaw Cloud of Unknowing
Gorgeous instrumental guitar record that transcends modern life.
03. Jesse Sykes and the Sweethereafter Like, Love, Lust, and the open halls of the soul
"The Air Is thin" is the most beautiful ballad. Sykes' voice is utterly amazing.
Other great discoveries of 2007 for me:
Mariee Sioux, Tegan and Sara.
Matt Bauer
Top 2007 not at all in this order:
01. Black Swans Change!
Well, Noel's fiddle playing just about makes me cry. And this latest record is just perfect to me. The songs, the arrangements, the production. just right and very moving.
02. El Capitan Stickeen
If you ever have a chance to put this in the car stereo while driving out of the Sierra Nevadas and straight into the late afternoon California sun, you should do that. I did and it was pretty much awesome. After listening to it a few times i started to develop a theory that it is a concept album about being happy. Which is kind of radical in a way. This is just my crackpot theory.
03. Parson Redheads King giraffe
They make you feel great. and if you feed them pancakes, they insist on doing the dishes. they are amazing!
04. Lewis and Vlarke Blasts of holy birth
When "before it breaks you" it starts up, it moves me so much for some reason, that i sometimes turn it off when it comes on because the feeling is a little too much. That sounds dramatic. But i'm just saying what comes to mind...
05. Alela Diane The pirate's gospel
This came out earlier in the u.s., but in europe in 2007. Solid start to finish. So strong and so beautiful all at once. It's one of those record that just doesn't get old, too.
06. Dame Satan / Two Sheds Split 7 inch
san francisco and sacramento unite for vinyl super group greatness! the definition of d.i.y. awesomeness. plus hand screened sleeves. nice job.
07. Mariee Sioux Faces in the rocks
One of my favorite voices ever. and lyrically, she has a totally unique viewpoint that takes you to all sorts to unexpected places. "Burried in teeth" is amazing that way.
08. Mingering Mike There's nothing wrong with you baby
Vanguard squad put out this recording that lay dormant and unreleased since 1969! the energy and imagination is undeniable. the back story is really interesting, but the music, on it's own merits, is very much worth seeking out.
09. Hula The cloud that eats hands
Iif "magic" did not make you think of goofy things like wizards and unicorns, magic would be the right word to describe hula. I've seen them a million times live and i'm completely sucked in every time.
10. Tom Brosseau Cavalier
I really love tom's songs. And being paired up with john parish's production is a great fit.
11. Peggy Honeywell Green Mountain
It's kind of absurd that somene who is such an amazing painter can also make music this good. that's her artwork on the albun cover and in the booklet inside. it's like she was given the talent or 3 or 4 people.
Mauricio Takara | m. takara
Reminder West side cabin
The Eternals Heavy internacional
Objeto Amarelo Tres terriveis rios
High Priest Born identity
Exploding Star Orchestra We are all from somewhere else
Mia Riddle
Records from 07:
Clay Nightingale The River and Then The Restless Wind
I played with these guys in Austin, Texas last month. Watching them, I felt I had found the long lost brothers of our band. This album is so addictive, with the kind of lyrical perfection that makes you feel both like you’ve known them forever, and also like they know you better than you know yourself.
Au Revoir Simone The Bird Of Music
Perhaps I am a bit biased because we are friends, and we share a producer, but this record is a little piece of magic. There are layers and layers of intrigue here, you hear something new every time you listen. Wonderful for subway rides.
Led Zeppelin Mothership
We are about to go in to the studio to complete our record, and recording always makes me want to listen to good, loud, rock and roll. While I believe that people should really get all the albums and listen to them the way they were intended, this is a nice introduction to Led Zeppelin if you’re not already very familiar. Overwhelmingly good.
Tinariwen Aman Iman
Tinariwen are an amazing, genre-defying band from Mali. Tribal classic rock from the Sahara desert.
Midori Hirano
Cocorosie The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn (Touch and Go)
They have been the one of my favorite artists in these years since they released their first album. Their last two albums are better than this newest one for me though, but still great to listen to Cocorosie's new "kind of hip-hop" style of music on this.
Tenniscoats Tan-Tan Therapy (Hapna/Headz)
I love Track 1 and 2 on this record. Or I can be satisfy only with these 2 songs which sometimes make me want to cry.
kashiwa daisuke Program Music I (noble)
I can feel like traveling in an imaginary story when I listen to these tracks on it. And his music has a great edge. So uplifting record.
Gutevolk Tiny people singing over the rainbow (noble)
It's easy to go into Gutevolk's world everytime I hear her music. That feels like daydreaming. I love it.
RF & Lili De La Mora Eleven Continents (Rowing at Sea)
Sweetest songs ever.
Small Sails Similar Anniversaries (Other Electricities)
So dreamy. Their performance in Japan I saw was great as well.
Max Richter Songs From Before (130701)
I know this CD is not released in 2007, but I've listened to it many times this year... His music has an invariant beauty what I've been influenced.
Kammerflimmer Kollektief Jinx (Staubgold)
It's so dark and complicated, but also it is like nothing else. I respect it.
Haco RISKA (Disk Union)
I really like her sense of song-writing with experimental sounds.
This record is a great collaboration of both along with her impressive vocal. That is so uplifting for me.
Savath & Savalas Golden Pollen (ANTI)
Since I am a big fan of Prefuse 73, I can't avoid to hear his another project. But this album is far more impressive than Prefuse 73's new record. I really can feel vital warmth with this music.
Nuno Santos | Bildmeister / Mainslide
01. The Field From here we go sublime
02. White Stripes Icky thump
03. Caribou Andorra
04. The Russian Futurists Me, Myself & Rye
05. Electrelane No shouts, no calls
06. Panda Bear Person pitch
07. Dan Deacon Spiderman of the rings
08. Liars Liars
09. 120 days 120 days
10. El-p I'll sleep when you're dead
Pedro Magina | Aquaparque
Infelizmente os únicos álbuns que me lembro serem de 2007 e que ouvi com atenção cuidada e que merecem o meu destaque são apenas dois:
Panda Bear Person Pitch
Tropa Macaca Marfim
De resto ouvi alguns temas avulso deste ano que me despertaram grande interesse no myspace de gente como Thurston Moore, David Maranha, Burial, Black Dice, Dizzee Rascal, Justice...
Tenho andado a ouvir novamente o Sgt. Peppers dos Beatles, o 13 dos Blur e umas gravações de concertos como Masters Musicians of Jajouka, No–Neck Blues Band, ESG na Casa da Música.
Pete Swanson | Yellow Swans
Lee Rockey Lee Rockey Music LP
Portland has long been a destination for freaks and weirdos and this little slab is proof positive that this shit has been going on... well... at least since the '60s... huh... well... Lee really inspired Smegma pretty early on in the whole Smeg-sceme of things so.. in a roundabout way, Lee inspired most of the weirdo shit going on here for the last 40+ years via tweaked electronics and ultra tweeked instrument wrangling. too bad nobody knew it until he had passed on... hopefully the power of the pieces on this rec will translate into more archival digging... it's much deserved and highly relevant to what's going on RIGHT NOW in music.
Neil Young Live At Massey Hall CD/DVD
I had heard a lot about this recording before I had ever heard it.. and to have it in proper form is even better... while this shit was recorded in 1971, it transcends time and it's BRUTALLY HEAVY emotional weight pinpoints this guy right around "tonight's the night" while remaining somewhat less drowned in despair.. The songs are catchy as ever, but minus the band, the true depth of his songs shine through..
Pink Reason LP and 7"s
I've been hung up on morose New Zealand rock for forever... two of my favorites are Roy Montgomery and anything involving Michael Morley.. in some ways, I see this project as a melding of the two but he's from Green Bay, WI... really deep, moving songs that are punk in origin, but way too bummed out to approach a Ramones BPM. My girlfriend was converted by a track that she thought the dude was crying when he recorded the track.. AND the one time I've seen the guy play, he had a "Will trade merch for drugs" sign. LEGIT.
WOLD Screech Owl CD
I have to admit that I liked their debut, "L.O.T.M.P." better, "Screech Owl" is much more horrendous and unyielding than it's predecessor.. it's a bit less weird, a bit less melodic, but that's all made up for in total lowest-fi terror... this is really what I wish black metal always sounded like.. Supremely confusing... terrible violence. The record touches on being a Black Metal/Power Electronics hybrid without falling into the predictable trappings of either genre.. a totally imperssive and baffling listen..
The Field From Here We Go Sublime CD
This feels like the crescendo of a techno track skipping... it's so intense and relentless, but there's so much interesting movement going on throughout the CD... the feel is very organic and driving.. and remains both very minimal and entirely danceable. I've probably listened to this CD more than anything else in the last few months..
No Age Weirdo Rippers/EPs
Probably the most "pitchfork" of my picks.. but.. These guys have been buddies since the first Wives tour in.. 2003? It's been great seeing them in such a zone.. Making great records, touring forever and putting on great live shows and getting recognized for it all.. The only problem with Weirdo Rippers is that they left off a lot of worthy tracks from their EPs.. a lot of which were more zoned out and beautiful... too bad... I kinda wish there was another LP of more mellow stuff.. I'm in the mood for ballads..
Chromatics Night Drive CD
The dudes churned out a totally EPIC chill-out disco album.. the whole thing reeks of Night Rider and Moroder and the whole album is at 107 BPM.. I've known Johnny since we played music together in a pre-millenial rock band.. and Adam since he was a teenage Seattleite.. This record not only fulfills a promise both of these dudes have shown for all this time, but it really raises the bar.. the songwriting is great, the production is spartan and the vibe is impeccable. The Kate Bush cover is the icing on the cake.
Grouper/Inca Ore Cassette
OK.OK... yeah... Gotta rep the old buddies.. and this severely limited cassette has been on constant rotation when Liz isn't at home.. The Inca Ore end of things is her most faded/hazed side ever.. it's just completely blown and obtuse.. it's an exciting new direction that's as much tender and elegant as it is confusing and confronting.. it's pure obfuscation... The Grouper end is all elongated torch songs that portray a different side of her songwriting style.. and is a return the piano that she used for her debut album.. Top track is "Poison Tree." I could really have the "Tried" 7" or "Cover the Windows" on here too, but.. I'm jamming the tape.
Pulse Emitter Meditative Music CD-R
Another Portland dude makes good. "Meditative Music" was a track Daryl put together for his massage therapist girlfriend to use.. so.. He turned the white noise generator knob down on his generally fairly noisy modular synth and produced one of the most relaxing listens I've ever heard.. the whole hour-long piece is totally glacial and beautiful... the recurring melodic themes here are totally blissed out... The whole album represents what I find to be appealing about new age music without the severly off-putting spiritual side... And it showcases the breadth of Daryl's compositional ability..
Glass Organ Our CD/Justin Meyer - The Sound Of A Cassette Dissasembling Itself cassette
I think every Top 10 I've done has included something Justin's worked on.. be it Devillock, Tone Filth or anything.. I really love the dude's work and I think that "Our" is one of the best releases he's been involved with.. Glass Organ is a duo featuring Justin doing processing using various tape machines and electronics and Tom Helgerstrom playing guitar. All of their discs have featured a really beautiful level of decay and epic guitar/loop themes.. on "Our," the themes are even more beautiful and the sound is more lush and composed.. it almost sounds like "Loveless," minus all the pop songs and rhythm sections and then hand chiseled into epic 11:11 chunks of living space... I honestly think Justin's work under his own name is more successful than any of his other projects.. and while, this cassette is solely a conceptual piece lasting 20 minutes, the sound of the loop and the progression of the piece is beyond satisfying and remains consistant with his other work.
Eat Skull cassette
Old Skool dudes in Portland go new... Ex-Hospitals... dude from Exiled Records.. one of the best record stores in town.. their 7" was excellent lo-fi pop garage.. but.. this guy is way more down tempo.. sounds like acoustic guitars or some shit.. they're best when they're hitting mid tempos or are just brutally drunk basement slop.. I hope they keep the mange knob turned down for a bit.. The songs are too good to fry to hell.
Rachel Goswell | Mojave 3
Feist The Reminder
Some cracking songs on this album, makes me jump around the house with a smile on my face.
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Uusitalo Karhunainen (Huume)
The Field From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt)
Hauschka Room To Expand (Fat Cat)
Murcof Cosmos (Leaf)
Manu Chao La Radiolina (Radio Bemba)
Fennesz/Sakamoto Cendre (Touch)
Harold Budd/Robin Guthrie Before The Night Falls/After The Day Breaks (Darla)
Library Tapes Höstluft (Make Mine Music)
Sylvain Chauveau S (Type)
Eluvium Copia (Temporary Residence)
Ralph Steinbrüchel
Hau Opitope
Alva Noto xerrox vol. 1
Alejandra & Aeron Billowy mass / Kning disk
September Collective All the birds were anarchists
Boris Hauf Soft left onto westland
Tenniscoats Tan-tan Thereapy
Paul Wirkus Déformation professionnelle
Jasper tx In a cool monsoon / Pumpkin seeds in the sand
Machinefabriek Weeler / Lampse
Battles Mirrored
Clark Body riddle
Randy Randall | No Age
I really liked:
1990's See you at the lights 7" (Rough Trade)
Amazing pop songs with heart breaking lyrics!
Abe Vigoda Animal Ghosts/All night and day 7" (PPM)
The best tropical punk band to sizzle anyones heart into a frenzy
I'm a fucking Gymnist So freakn' Juicy 7" (Ol' factory Records)
You most deffinately get anymore juicy than this! Rad punk dancey spazzistic romp stomp!
Devon Williams A Truce/ Elevator 7" (LA Records)
Again this man breaks my heart and lifts it up over and over. Could being in love be any better than this?
Lucky Dragons/Yatch Nirvana Sample 12" (white label)
Its about time someone put together the posthumas noise record that already exisisted in all of the beginings and triumphant endings of all those great Cheep Trick and Journey rip offs!
Ricard Izquierdo | The Telepathic Boy
01. Animal Collective Strawberry jam
El valor de la emoción no reside en ella misma. Hay que esconderla; untarla de sonidos, colores, sabores… y dejar que se funda para hacer de ella algo único. Viva la creatividad!
02. The National Boxer
Este disco es tan grande que me recuerda a Tindersticks. Oscuridad para el alma.
03. Menomena Friend and Foe
Un comienzo como el de esta obra sólo conduce a dos caminos al acabar el disco: el de lo anecdótico o el de lo trascendente. Sin duda alguna, estoy perdido en el segundo.
04. Okkervil River The stage names: Indie-rock de quilates, sin más. Nueve canciones como soles.
05. Tunng Good arrows
Hippismo, folktrónica, sencillez, túmbate en el sofá y cierra los ojos.
06. Caribou Andorra
Por su pastiche de psicodelia y sonidos sesenteros, partiendo de texturas electrónicas, se merece estar entre lo mejor del año.
07. Rufus Wainwright Release the stars
Rufus es un Artista en mayúsculas y nadie lo podrá negar. Sin embargo, por suerte o por desgracia para muchos, sus composiciones no se innovan, se crecen, en unas más y en otras no tanto. Parece saber donde quiere llegar en cada pieza pero es en los desbordes sinfónicos e incluso operísticos donde se proyecta con la grandilocuencia de los autores clásicos. En esa dirección se crean los mitos.
08. Arcade Fire Neon Bible
Su desgracia: existe Funeral.
09. Bright Eyes Cassadaga
Aunque ciertas canciones caigan en lo repetitivo y el álbum se desarrolle con un déficit de esa “sencillez” tan intensa y característica de sus dos anteriores obras, Orberst se merecía estar en esta lista: por la fuerza de su lírica cantada y por la frescura que ofrece a un género que de por sí se autoproclama tradicional.
10. Beirut The Flying Club Cup
Sus bonitas canciones van de la mano de amables instrumentaciones con denominación de origen Francesa. Un pequeño placer para los oídos.
11. Maps We can create
Sobrecogedor. Así es como se plasma este álbum debut de carácter electrónico y paso melancólico. Desde un dormitorio de Northampton, Chapman nos invita a no temer el sol. Y yo digo: no temáis al futuro.
Ricardo Martins | Lobster / Adorno / Suchi Rukara / The living dead Orchestra / Xamã / LODO
01. Everytime I Die Big dirty
02. The Locust New erections
03. Shellac Excellent Italian Greyhound
04. Big Business Here come the waterworks
05. Minus the Bear Planet of ice
06. Meursault Demo
07. Norberto Lobo Mudar de Bina
08. Panthers The trick
09. Funeral Diner Doors open EP
10. Mosaique Distant tales and retained memory
É sempre uma tarefa complicada escolher um qualquer número de artistas e edições e ordena-los como se existisse competição no gigante mundo musical. Ainda assim não deixa de ser engraçado e de nos fazer ver o que é que ouvimos com mais atenção este ano e que lançamentos marcaram a nossa forma de ver e fazer musica. 2007 nisso foi incrível, tudo parece que se multiplica a velocidades estupidificantes e não vejo outra coisa senão um 2008 ainda mais cheio (espero ansioso pelo novo álbum de If lucy fell por exemplo, que vai rockar e mudar isto tudo). Ainda assim 2007 para mim não é só este top de discos, na minha memoria e também nos meus ouvidos existem muitas outras bandas de muitos outros anos. Lembro-me por exemplo do Vivalaguerra dos Standstill que não consigo parar de ouvir já há tanto tempo, dos últimos splits de Ampere, de Campamento ñec ñec , de La la la Ressonance , dos Lacraus, dos Pontos Negros ou do Be there pulse dos Lack que só me alimenta o desejo de ouvir o novo álbum que está quase quase a sair. Acerca deste top gostava só de referir especialmente 3 nomes: os Meursault são dois "miúdos" que acompanharam Adorno e Suchi Rukara nas datas da Alemanha e são surpreendentes, folk/punk, muito muito bom e de uma sinceridade estonteante. O Norberto Lobo que alem de músico excepcional é uma pessoa incrível e o Jan aka Mosaique cuja sensibilidade musical me surpreende dia a dia e com o tive o prazer de fazer musica. Possivelmente este ano ainda vai ter surpresas que acrescentaria neste top, mas para já soa me muitíssimo bem desta maneira.
Rodrigo Amado
Novidades
01. David Torn Prezens
02. Burial Untrue
03. Fred Anderson / Hamid Drake From the River to the Ocean
04. Ghost In Stormy Nights
05. Yesterdays New Quintet Yesterdays Universe
06. Map of Africa Map of Africa
07. Brian Groder Torque
08. Robert Wyatt Comicopera
09. !!! Myth Takes
10. Joe Henry Civilians
Reedições
01. Miles Davis Complete On The Corner
02. Gary Higgins Red Hash
03. Dewey Redman The Struggle Continues
04. Betty Davis They Say I’m Different
05. Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso (A little more blue)
06. Don Adams Watts Happening
07. Allen Toussaint Life, Love and Faith
08. Manuel Gottsching E2-E4
09. Noah Howard The Black Ark
10. Andrew Hill Change
Ruben Costa | One Might Add
Sem ordem de preferência:
Wu-Tang Clan 8 Diagrams ("ladies keep your legs together, the Wu is in the house" RZA)
Bonnie ''Prince'' Billy Ask Forgiveness EP
Halloween Projecto Mary Witch (sei que é de 2006, mas foi dos discos que ouvi mais este ano. Espero ansiosamente um disco do Jonnhy Ganza a solo)
Pan Sonic Katodivaihe
Kanye West Graduation
Rafael Toral Space Solo 1
Animal Collective Strawberry Jam
Prodigy Return of the Mac (vá lá, não confundir com os "The Prodigy")
Black Dice Load Blown
Radiohead In Rainbows
Panda Bear Person Pitch
Why? The Hollows EP
Rusty Santos
I realize i didn't listen to that much new music this year, most of my investigations took me much deeper into the past.
01. Boredoms Super Roots 9 (Commmons)
This live recording made at a Tokyo concert in 2004 far surpassed my expectations and instantly became amongst my favorite Boredoms recordings ever. The band is playing so tight it makes bands here sound like they never practice and the live choir is woven into the mix like a infinite resolution digital synthesizer.
02. Panda Bear Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)
I really need to hear more new Portuguese music because as far as I know this incredible creation by Noah Lennox is the best recording made in Lisbon released this year. The lyrics are like a sacred musical text that'll be passed down for generations.
03. M.I.A. Kala (XL)
All the songs on this album are really tracks, even though songs and tracks are like the same thing, there's this immediate energy captured on tracks that makes listening to the recording seem timeless in the same way that just thinking about the other kind of song can.
04. Pantha Du Prince This Bliss (Dial)
I feel like Strawberry Jams by Animal Collective is an exceptional album for any year but I want to mention Pantha Du Prince because of the incredible remix he did of Peacebone. This Bliss is a great album because he takes a lot of chances to expand the delicate worlds he creates with his songs to their limit.
05. Cluster Sowiesoso (Captian Trip)
Although it was recorded in 1976 this Japanese reissue of Sowiesoso helped me better understand new music when i heard it earlier this year. This Cluster album doesn't need to be as epic as their earlier work because they master texture and melody in such a way that's also very blissful.
Samara Lubelski
Favorite music of 2007:
01. Agincourt Fly Away
English soft pop from 1970. reissued a couple of years back. Ear worms to tease away the day on a soft, green lawn.
02. Catherine Ribeiro + Alps Paix
Bart De Pape from Sloow Tapes first mentioned Ribeiro to me. Of course I then start seeing her records everywhere. Heavy, and heavy female vibe.
03. Michael Yonkers Grimwood
2007 reissue on DeStijl from 1969. Taps deep into the singularity that is the American underground.
04. Tudor Lodge Tudor Lodge
It took me a little while to dive into the ocean while my friends played in the waves and laughed at me.
05. Aswara S/T
Easternish, spectral improvisations from a cdr of a live recording from late 2006.
06. Harmonia S/T
Vinyl reissue originally out in 1974. Going up into the electronic head.
07. Blues Control Either of the two releases - The S/T on
Holy Mountain, or Puff on Woodsist. Relentless on it's own chugging.
08. Mouthus Saw a Halo
Yea, I worked on this record. Blinded by the snowstorm, I lay down and accepted the warmth of the pounding.
09. Stellar Om Source Ocean Woman
I saw a few of Christlelle's gigs when she came to NYC on loan from the Netherland's Hellbaard. Her gig at the Cakeshop (with Nate from Mouthus) was one
of my favorite from 2007. Something like Terry Riley on five - ten cups of coffee. With a direct line flowing through from start to finish. Rumour has an lp in the works.
10. Ash Ra Tempel S/T
Sometimes it's the only thing to take you away.
Sara Serpa
Elaborar esta lista foi um pouco difícil para mim, porque ouvi imensos discos de outros anos e tive que pensar bem nos que foram editados em 2007. Não é a lista dos melhores de 2007, acho essa definição um pouco injusta, mas sim discos que ouvi bastante e com os quais passei bons momentos. E não são 10, são 8!
Aqui vai (sem ordem de preferência):
Theo Bleckmann & Ben Monder At Night
Bill Mchenry Roses
Benoit Delbecq Phonetics
Radiohead In Rainbows
Keith Jarret My foolish heart
Bad Plus Org
Mario Laginha Trio Espaço
Matt Pavolka Something people can use
Sérgio Silva | Arbol
Burial Untrue (Hyperdub)
Christian Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto Cendre (Commmons)
Arbol You travelled my heart inside out (Lejos discos/Emilii records)
Calika Seeding mother (Audiobulb)
Eef Barzelay Eef Barzelay (Houston party records)
Wilco Sky blue sky (Nonesuch records)
Tortoise A lazarus Taxon (Thrill Jockey)
Los Planetas La leyenda del espacio (Sony Bmg)
Triangulo de amor Bizarro Triangulo de amor bizarro (Mushroom pillow)
Travolta El efecto amor (Mushroom pillow)
Torbjörn Zetterberg
These are the five I can think of right now:
Torbjörn Zetterberg Skildrar Kvinnans Kamp
Arcade Fire Neon Bible
Björk Volta
Santa Maria Santa Maria
Bright Eyes Cassadaga
Valerio Cosi
Nonloc Between Hemispheres (Strange Attractors Audio House)
Prints Prints (Temporary Residence)
Fabio Orsi & Gianluca Becuzzi Muddy Speaking Ghosts Through My Machines (A Silent Place)
Panda Bear Person Pitch (Paw Tracks)
Ainotamenishis Live '418 (Holy Mountain)
Stars Of The Lid And Their Refinement Of The Decline (Kranky)
Group Inerane Guitars From Agadez (Music From Niger) (Sublime Frequencies)
Times New Viking Presents The Paisley Reich (Siltbreeze)
Zelienople His/Hers (Type Records)
White Rainbow Prism Of Eternal Now (Kranky)
David S. Ware Renunciation (Aum Fidelity)
Victor Afonso | Kubik
Top internacional
01. Amon Tobin Foley Room
02. Battles Mirrored
03. Einstürzende Neubauten Alles Wieder Offen
04. Gogol Bordello Super Taranta!
05. Original Silence The First Original Silence
06. Black Dice Load Blown
07. Tomahawk Anonymous
08. Pan Sonic Katodivaihe/Cathodephrase
09. Burial Untrue
10. Liars Liars
11. Young Gods Super Ready/Fragmente
12. Arcade Fire Neon Bible
13. Balkana Beat Box Nu Med
14. Tango Saloon Tango Saloon
15. Murcof Cosmos
16. Fanfare Ciocarlia Queens and Kings
17. LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver
18. Beirut The Flying club Cup
19. Venetian Snares My Downfall
20. Tinariwen Aman Iman
21. Radiohead In Rainbows
22. Neurosis Given to the Rising
23. Devendra Banhart Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
24. M.I.A. Kala
25. Map of Africa Map of Africa
Top nacional
01. Lobster Sexually Transmitted Electricity
02. DOPO For the Entrance of the Sun
03. Tropa Macaca Marfim
04. Norberto Lobo Mudar de Bina
05. Old Jerusalem The Temple Bell
06. JP Simões 1970
07. Wraygunn Shangri-La
08. Hipnótica New Communities For Better Days
09. Micro Audio Waves Odd Size Baggage
10. Bernardo Sassetti Dúvida
Vijay Iyer
Muhal Richard Abrams Vision Towards Essence (Pi)
Steve Coleman Invisible Paths/First Scattering (Tzadik)
Amir Elsaffar Two Rivers (Pi)
Raz Mesinai's Badawi Unit of Resistance (ROIR)
MIA Kala (XL)
Roscoe Mitchell and the Transatlantic Art Ensemble Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2, 3 (ECM)
Pattie Blingh and the Akebulan Five (aka Georgia Anne Muldrow) Sagala (Stones Throw)
Luis Perdomo Awareness (RKM)
Tyshawn Sorey That/Not (Firehouse 12)
Sun Ra Disco 3000, The Complete Milan Concert 1978 (Art Yard)
Vítor Lopes | Frango / Barcos
Burning Star Core Operator dead... Post abandoned
Flower-Corsano duo The Radiant Mirror
Faust & Nurse With Wound Disconnected
Blues Control de uma forma geral
Zaimph Emblem
Michael Flower Returning to knowing nothing
diversas coisas de Robedoor
Supersilent8
Manuel Gião
David Maranha Marches of The New World
Tropa Macaca
o novo de Electric Wizard
Mathew Bower (Skullflower, Sunroof, Hototogisu, colaborações)
Ashtray Navigations
Neil Campbell (menos Vibracathedral)
Smegma
Frank Wright e a malta toda que tocava com ele nos 70s
Don Cherry
Jazkamer em formato metal
Pan Dolphinic Dawn do James Ferraro
James Brown em modo funk da pesada
Miles Davis 70-75
Joe McPhee
Death Metal 89-94
Worship Dooom
Dub jamaicano
Mississipi Blues
"Yahya The Baptizer" do Bumba Meu Boi de Loosers
África Ocidental (Bebey, Prince Adekunle, Frimpong etc)
Kuduro agressivo
Hip-hop tuga xunga
Yosuke Kotani | Avalon
Singles
Hot Chip Shake A Fist
Cut Copy Hearts On Fire
La Priest Engine
Jape Floating
Mr.Oizo Patrick122
Álbum
Teki Latex - Party De Plaisir
