Listas dos melhores 2008
· 09 Dez 2008 · 01:34 ·

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©Teresa Ribeiro

Os geeks da música - condição que orgulhosamente assumimos no Bodyspace - querem saber tudo: o que vestem as estrelas, quem anda a mordiscar quem (e em que sítios), o que dizem nos seus blogues, que religião nova têm, que músicos odeiam e por quem são odiados. No Bodyspace queremos mais (porque sabemos que vocês também o desejam): queremos saber o que alguns dos músicos que mais valorizamos durante este e outros anos andaram a ouvir. Que discos os fizeram renovar a fé na música ou que discos antigos agora descobertos se revelaram epifanias tardias. E surpreendermo-nos com algumas escolhas, como David Grubbs e Adam Forkner (White Rainbow) a adorarem Tha Carter III de Lil Wayne (um senhor que parece omnipresente), e Andy Cabic, dos contidos-e-acústicos Vetiver, entusiasmado com a libido dançante de Sexuality de Sebastien Tellier. Pedro Rios
Adam Forkner · Afonso Simões · André Matos · Andrei Jafarau · Andy Cabic · Bruno Miguel · Buck Curran · Cristian Gualpa · Daniel Finfer · David Grubbs · David Santos · David Velez · Dub Gabriel · Filipe Silva · Gonçalo Frota · Guilherme Darisbo · Guilherme Gonçalves · Hernâni Faustino · Ian (D) Hawgood · Jason Haye · Jimy SeiTang · João Mascaranhas · João Pedro Viegas · João Ricardo · John Fell Ryan · John Hebert · John Moloney · Jorge Mantas· Jorge "Travassos" Trindade · Juan José Calarco · Ludo Maas · Luís Antero · Luís Fernandes · Margie Wienk · Miguel Ferreira · Miguel Meruje · Miguel Onofri · Mike Weis · Nadine Khouri · Naomi Elizabeth · Nuno Moita · Peter Shuy · Peter Stenberg · Rasmus Stolberg · Rico Puestel · Rodrigo Amado · Sara Serpa · Sebastian Alvarez · Tiago Sousa


Adam Forkner | White Rainbow



Lil Wayne Tha Carter 3
70's Thai Orchestra comp of Thai bar room gamelan boogie funk on Exiled Records / Mississippi Records
Valet Naked Acid
AOK (Adrian Orange) Tour Only Zone Out: Tha Prequel
Lucky Dragons Dream Island Laughing Language
Rob Walmart Live Near KBOO CDR/ Tire Iron 123 Retrospective MP3CD
White Fang Pure Evil
The-Dream Love/Hate
Jib Kidder All On Y'all
Jonhas Reinhardt s/t (Kranky)
Tha Get Wid It Umbrella (E40, Turf Talk, Nump etc) The Machine The Complete Second Season
Stag Hair Black Medicine
Chrissy Zebby Tembo and Ngozi Family Oh Yeh Yeh (late 07 re-issue)

Afonso Simões | Gala Drop / Curia / Phoebus

Discos do ano :
Aquaparque
Coclea (CDr que está para sair)
Emeralds "Solar Bridge"

Malhas do ano :
Dj Marfox e Kotalume "Funaná é rapicado"0
Ariel Pink "She's gone"

Descobertas :
Bo Diddley
T-rex "Ride a white swan"
TRAXX Records
Orquestre Poly rythmo
Mecanica Popular
Moolah "Woe ye Demons Possessed"
The Feelies "Crazy rhythms"

Concertos :
Charlemagne Palestine ao vivo na Sé de Lisboa
Mik Quantius

André Matos



Russ Lossing / John Herbert Line Up
Rudresh Mahanthapa Kinsmen
Akiko Pavolka Trust Aqua
Vijay Iyer Tragicomic
Sara Serpa Praia
Jim Hall / Bill Frisell Hemispheres
Fieldwork -Door
Coldplay Viva La Vida
George Garzone The Music of George Garzone & The Triadic Chromatic Concept (DVD)
Angelica Sanchez Life Between
Bill Stewart Incandescence
Kurt Rosenwinkel The Remedy


Andrei Jafarau | Umbrellas in the Rain

Top10 Albums 2008

01. Fredrik Na Na Ni
02. Polite Sleeper Seens
03. Murder By Death Red Of Tooth And Claw
04. Meneguar The In Hour
05. Detektivbyrån Wermland
06. Ass My Get Up And Go Just Got Up And Went
07. Gregor Samsa Rest
08. Suffocate For Fuck Sake Blazing Fires And Helicopters On The Frontpage Of The Newspaper. There´S A War Going On And I´M Marching In Heavy Boots
09. September Malevolence After This Darkness, There's A Next
10. Lakes Of Russia Stars Decorate The Fire

Andy Cabic | Vetiver



Sebastien Tellier Sexuality (Record Makers)
Richard Swift Ground Trouble Jaw (Secretly Canadian)
Raphael Saadiq The Way I See It (Columbia)
Stereolab Chemical Chords (4AD)
Kelley Stoltz Circular Sounds (Sub Pop)
Belong Colorloss Record (St. Ives Records)
Vivian Girls I Can't Stay 7" (In The Red Recordings)
Justus Köhncke Safe And Sound (Kompakt)
David Thomas Brougthon at St. Pancras Parish Church, London, June 5
The Festival In The Forest & Bonnie Billy in Big Sur, Sept. 26-27
Cold Cave The Trees Grew Emotions And Died (Dais Records)


Bruno Miguel | :papercutz

Sem ordem de preferência:

Paavoharju Laulu Laakson Kukista
Das melhores bandas "desconhecidas" do momento.

Leila Blood Looms and Blooms
Uma voz que vale a pena descobrir. Selo garantia Warp.

Emanuele Errante Humus
O Emanuele além de colega de editora, é um artista extremamente humilde e que aos poucos começa a deixar a sua marca na música Ambient.

Willits + Sakamoto Ocean Fire
Um encontro de génios...

Max richter 24 Postcards In Full Colour
Excelente compositor de clássica minimal e electrónica. Álbum que precisa de tempo para ser ouvido...

Sylvian Chauveau The Black Book Of Capitalism
Música cinemática no seu melhor.

Olafur Arnalds Variations of Static
Belo compositor clássico minimal que descobri este ano. A editora, Erased Tapes, foi uma bela surpresa também...

Gang Gang Dance Saint Dymphna
Se em anos passados o rock vinha das pistas de dança, este ano ele é tribal.

School Of Seven Bells
Alpinisms
Álbum pop fantasia do ano.

Murcof The Versailles Sessions
Grande! Álbum de música electrónica inspirado em música barroca.

The Sight Below Glider
Fantástico primeiro álbum, perfeito para os dias de Inverno por um dos artistas que remisturou o single de :papercutz e que tive o prazer de conhecer este ano.

Fennesz Black Sea
Primeiro estranha-se, depois entranha-se.

Peixe : Avião 40.02
Melhor álbum nacional 2008.

Buraka Som Sistema Black Diamond
Álbum nacional com o maior potencialidade de internacionalização.

Deolinda Canção ao Lado
Uma prova que a música tradicional portuguesa pode ser jovem e moderna.

Buck Curran | Arborea

Here is My list for 2008:

1. Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh (Drag City)
2. Fern Knight Fern Knight (VHF)
3. Nick Schillace Landscape and People (Burly Time Records)
4. Josephine Foster This Coming Gladness (Bo Weevil Records)
5. Vetiver Covers (Gnomonsong)
6. James Blackshaw, Helena Espvall, Jozef Van Wissem, Mori Chieko The Garden of Forking Paths (Important Records)
7. Silver Summit Silver Summit (Language of Stone/Drag City)
8. Cian Nugent Childhood Christian Lies and Slaughter (Incunabulum/audioMER)

Cristian Gualpa

01. Convextion Convextion
02. Crystal Castles
03. Diminutos Períodos EP
04. Daniel Carew We Go Very Well Together (YkYk013)
05. Lulu Rouge Bless You

Daniel Finfer | Post Human Era

Best Albums of the Year

01. Radiohead In Rainbows
02. Nine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IV
03. Mogwai The Hawk Is Howling
04. Kanye West 808's and Heartbreak
05. Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs

David Grubbs | Gastr Del Sol / Red Krayola / Wingdale Community Singers / Squirrel Bait / Bastro



Top Ten for 2008, in alphabetical order:

Maryanne Amacher
Sound Characters, Vol. 2 (Tzadik)
Balla et ses Balladins The Syliphone Years (Sterns Music)
Andrea Belfi Knots (Die Schactel)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Lie Down In the Light (Drag City)
DJ/Rupture Uproot (The Agriculture)
Kevin Drumm Imperial Distortion (Hospital Productions)
Mary Halvorson Trio Dragon's Head (Firehouse 12)
Russell Haswell Second Live Salvage (Editions Mego)
Brendan Murray Commonwealth (23Five)
Lil Wayne Tha Carter III (Universal)


David Santos | Noiserv



Top 5 Discos:

1. TV on the Radio Dear Science
2. The Walkmen You & Me
3. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
4. Beach House Devotion
5. The dodos Visiter

David Velez | Lezrod

Asher Intervals
Juan Jose Calarco, Adrian Juarez Termosistor
Richard Garet L'avenir
Christopher Mcfall This Heat Holds Snow
Brendan Murray Commonwealth
Matt Shoemaker Mutable Depths

Milton Cross Light in the West
Scott Tuma Not for Nobody

Dub Gabriel



Dub Gabriel Anarchy & Alchemy (Destroy All concepts)
The Bug London Zoo (Ninja Tune)
Brain Damage Short Cuts (Jarring Effects)
Liquid Liquid Reedição (Domino Records)
Maga Bo Archipelagues (Zoot)
Beat Pharmacy Wicked Times (Deep Space)
Other Weapons Basis To Break This - (Destroy All Concepts (OUT JAN. 2009)
Meat Beat Manifesto Autoimmune (Planet Mu)
Deadbeat Roots & Wires (Scape)
Balkan Beat Box Nu Made (Remixes)(Crammed)

Filipe Silva | Soopa / F.R.I.C.S. / Mental Liberation Ensemble

Fontes de felicidade durante 2008:

Música (gravada)
De várias épocas e locais:
Asa-Chang & Junray - "Junray Song Chang", José Cid - "10 000 Anos Depois Entre Vénus e Marte", Omar Souleyman - "Highway To Hassake", Can - "Future Days", Keiji Haino - "Tenshi No Gijinka", Robert Wyatt - "Rock Bottom", Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - "The Final Studio Recordings", Tran Kich & Orchestra - "Tam Luan Cuu Chuyen", Buffy Sainte-Marie - "My Country 'Tis Of Thy People You're Dying", Irmandades Qadiri Sufi da Tchechénia - cânticos de hadras, Magma - "Live/Hhai".

Música (em palco)
Como membro da organização - Secret Chiefs 3, Plano B, Porto.
Como membro do público - Total System Failure (Vinnie Paternostro & Jonathan HHY Scumclash), Qbico U-Nite nos Maus Hábitos, Porto.
Como músico - F.R.I.C.S. na Associação Espontânea, Vila Real, e Mental Liberation Ensemble com Alfred 23 Harth na Fábrica da Alegria, Porto.

Vinhos
Espadal da casa, Snack-bar Guedes, Porto.
Espadal Vinha dos Ingleses 2007.
Palhete da casa, Restaurante Calvário, Vila Real.

Realização pessoal
A conclusão, como previsto, da Capitais de Distrito por Ordem Alfabética Tour da F.R.I.C.S..
Nadar uma vez por semana.
F.R.I.C.S. ao vivo com José Cid no Passos Manuel, Porto: a fusão alquímica de uma infinidade de ingredientes sonoros, mentais, históricos, estéticos, geracionais e psíquicos numa entidade psicadélica e orgânica.
A crescente convicção de que, como escreveu Jorge Luis Borges, "there are more things".
Ser convidado para participar nos Tops Ilustres da Bodyspace.

Gonçalo Frota | Houdini Blues

Portugueses

Buraka Som Sistema Black Diamond
Camané Sempre de Mim
Dead Combo Lusitânia Cowboys
Deolinda Canção ao Lado
Foge Foge Bandido O Amor Dá-me Tesão, Não Fui Eu que o Estraguei
Mão Morta Maldoror
Aldina Duarte Mulheres ao Espelho
Peixe: Avião 40.02
Rita Redshoes Golden Era
Rui Reininho Companhia das Índias

Estrangeiros

Atomic Retrograde
Camille Music Hole
Cat Power Jukebox
The Dø A Mouthful
Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid
Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
Rabih Abou-Khalil Em Português
TV on the Radio Dear Science
Vincent Delerm Quinze Chansons

Guilherme Darisbo

Discos:
Camerata Brasileira Noves Fora [Tratore]
Luciano Mello Universo Barato [Gravações Eletrodomésticas]
(dell.tree) In Somnus [Antena]
(dell.tree) + Lucas Pires Correntes Parasitas de Pensamento Desorganizado I [Fronha Records]
Adrián Juárez + Nathanael Archer Aloisa [Frigida Records]
Pulsos Temporales Memorias Estables Spirit Elevating Brains [Test Tube]
Timbres Não Mentem Jamais Marcelo Birck [GreNal Records]

Shows:
Ryuta Kawabata, Palavraria, Porto Alegre
Frithlang, Palavraria, Porto Alegre
Camerata Brasileira, Ocidente, Porto Alegre
Marcelo Birck, Teatro do SESC, Porto Alegre
Oil for Food, una.casa, Buenos Aires

Livros:
Relançamento de Antologia Pessoal, O Informe de Brodie, O Fazedor, Discussão e O Aleph, de Jorge Luis Borges, pela Companhia das Letras

Guilherme Gonçalves | Coclea / Gala Drop

Embora a maior parte não seja de 2008, foram os discos que mais ouvi durante este ano:

Moolah Woe ye demon possessed
Can Flow motion
Cluster Zuckerzeit
Heldon Electronique Guerilla
Henry Flynt You Are My Everlovin' / Celestial Power
Harmonia Musik von harmonia
Flower-Corsano duo The radiant mirror
Amon duul Psychedelic underground
Manuel Gottsching E2E4
Michael Hoenig Departure From The Northern Wasteland
Mr. Fingers Amnesia
Spacemen 3 Recurring
Spectrum indian giver
Spectrum Highs, Lows, and Heavenly Blow
White Mice White mice
Boredoms vision creation newsun
Endless Boogie Vol. 2 (White)
Les rallizes denudes Heavier than a death in the family
Gila Gila

Hernâni Faustino | RED Trio / Variable Geometry Orchestra



Anthony Braxton Trio (Victoriaville) 2007 [Victo]
Ingebrigt Haker Flaten/ Hakon Kornstad Elise [Compunctio]
Nils Henrik Asheim/ Paal Nilssen-Love Late Play [PNL]
Shelley Burgon/Trevor Dunn Baltimore [Skirl Records]
The Thing Now and Forever [Smalltown SuperJazz]
John Zorn The Dreamers [Tzadik]
Ken Vandermark Improvised Bass and Reed Duos [Okka Disk]
Tyshawn Sorey That/Not [Firehouse 12]
John Edwards Volume [Psi]
Spring Heel Jack Songs and Themes [Thirsty Ear]

Reedições:
Anthony Braxton Complete Arista Recordings [Mosaic]
Mike Osborne All Night Long [Ogun]
Gracham Moncur III Evolution [Blue Note]
Sam Rivers Dimensions and Extensions [Blue Note]
John Stevens/Evan Parker Corner To Corner / Longest Night [Ogun]

Ian (D) Hawgood | Koen Park / Oh No Nuno! / Apocomeno

This year has been a wonderful year for releases. I have decided to compile a list of my top ten releases this year, so if you have time to download and/or buy any of these - do so without hesitation today, they are all superb.

01. He Can Jog Middlemarch (Audiobulb)
Erik Schoster has made one of the finest albums in recent years with this release. Its not just the sheer range, its the ebb and flow and the amazing way he keeps things together, at once making an album which covers hip-hop, electronica, ambient, noise, pop so on and so forth, without it ever sounding strained or overly detailed. Quite simply, a new pop masterpiece. Let me say that again...MASTERPIECE!

02. Starfucker Starfucker (Badman)
Pop brilliance from Portland's finest. I got free tickets to a show in Tokyo and were told they were the 'next big thing' from friends from Portland. The show wasn't great but something in the melodies caught my attention and so I bought the CD, took it home and slowly increased the volume. Six hours later, at eight in the morning, I left my apartment and my landlord complained as I had it on all night on loop - I hadn't slept, but was going to work happy and safe in the knowledge I had listened to one of the most melodic pop records since the 80's faded away.

03. Library Tapes A Summer Beneath the Trees (Make Mine Music)
Another one of those free Tokyo gigs just this year. A friend organised a few shows for him in Tokyo and recommended I came along. Glad I did as live the quietude and sheer simple beauty of his work left me with shivers running down my back. I went out and bought a bunch of his work - and was left remembering my post-university travels listening to Brian Eno and Harold Budd's 'The Pearl' / 'Plateaux of Mirror'. Its not the same kind of record as such, but the spirit and purity is in the same deply moving, almost otherwordly, vein and I adore it. Very much an album and artist for long winters indeed.

04. Color Cassette Small Town Smoker (Mobeer)
Craig from Moteer/Mobeer very kindly always sends me the lush Mobeer releases (as I am on Mobeer). Apart from the beautiful design of the cd's, the artists on both Moteer and Mobeer are superb and cover a lot of ground within the ambient-acoustic field I suppose. I distinctly remember putting on Color Cassette's 'Small Town Smoker' album and feeling like it was like nothing I had ever heard before. Its almost a pop record, only done very subtley with amazing bursts of energy and speckles and spots of sound. Its the kind of record you find something new each time you listen to it and the fact they call this a kind of 'b-sides' album for there soon to be released full debut is quite scary. And then I look at the credits, and there I see the name of probably my favourite artist around at the moment, namely Jason Corder. This guy creates so much beautiful, breathtaking work its hard to keep up on just his 'Offthesky' releases - that he writes the Color Cassette work is quite a humbling experience for me as an artist, but as a listener there is little else to say except 'damn, that's beautiful'. I don't know what Jason has for breakfast but I sure want some.

05. Celer Nacreous Clouds (and/OAR)
If I could be bothered with LastFM - you would see in 08 I listened to Jason (Corder) and Celer's work the most. That they have each released so much to such a high quality is impressive by itself. But when you put an album like Nacreous Clouds on the superb and/OAR label, I find myself at peace with the world and deep...deep...deep...inside. The album has 37 songs, yes...that's 37, and as far as 'ambient' (such an abused term these days) records goes, this is right up there with my old favourites, if not jumping to the head of the line! The strange thing is Celer are the only artists I can think of who, over a collection of many albums, I can honestly say I never tire of. They just keep making wonderful music which is both dreamy and fascinating at the same time.

06. Chihei Hatakeyama Dedication (Magic Book Records)
One thing about living in Japan (as I do) is that you come across so many amazing artists who have almost no recognition outside the country. The reason for this is a simple problem: language. One of the problems with the music and art scenes here in Japan is that, for some odd reason, they only really accept the very few artists who become established outside Japan first as its a kind of confirmation of their validity. Chihei is the exact opposite to the rule. I first heard about his work through his Kranky release, as well as his Spekk release under the duo Opitope. We first met each other two years ago playing at BEAF in the States and I was really taken aback at the simplicity and touching soulfulness of his music. Dedication, released on the super Japanese label Magic Book Records, is a delicate work of genuine art by one of my favourite artists. Recognised by a handful of peers outside Japan, Chihei continues to quietly release and play shows here in Japan without too much attention. Maybe he likes it that way, which is a shame as his work needs to be heard by far more people. Whatever the case may be, I have seen him six times now and let myself go as he creates a world all of his own, a world he allows us to enter in, rest a while and dream. Magical indeed.

07. Nicolas Bernier Les Arbres (No Type)
I first came across Nicolas's work at the superb German label 12rec. What first caught my attention (as is often the case) was the unique and visually arresting artwork by Urban9 (who I then asked to do the artwork for my own 12rec release!). The album, entitled 'Objet Abandonne En Mar', was made with the guitarist Simon Trottier in 2007, and was the first net release I heard (as a relative newbie) that not only hit the expected high standard of releases I expect if I am to listen to over again and again, but surpassed it, becoming one of my favourite releases of 2007. The thing about Nicolas's work is how unique it is, it really is like nothing else out there. He keeps detailed and very delicate micro-elements in control, making it sound flawlessly simple when in fact it is anything but. He uses grainy elements and distortion better than anyone else I have heard before, timing the movement changes to absolute perfection. Les Arbres is a fantastically developed work, with amazing string sections coming in with lightly moving beats and micro-rhythms on a bed of beautiful noise. Its impossible to define the work (both solo and collaborative) he does, but this only adds to the excitement of future releases. I am left with little doubt that Nicolas is fast developing into one of the most important producers/artists around today.

08. Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry Shpwrck (Experimedia)
This unbelievably productive duo continue to grow and amaze me with their work. I had never heard any of their (solo or collaborative) works until Jeremy and I got in contact nearly a year ago now. In this time, I have become firm friends with Jeremy, and apart from being an amazing photographer, Jeremy also co-runs the rather excellent Experimedia label with Jason. Experimedia, apart from being a netlabel, are now focusing on releasing some excellent artists in their uniquely packaged CD series. This might sound like I am trying to promote friends as well as the label I am on, but the truth is Jeremy and Jason are my favourite artists of the past year and I feel honoured to be friends with them and on their label. Musically, the first work I heard was Jeremy's debut release, excellently titled 'I Am Very Uncomfortable Most Of The Time'. Its just another one of those releases which causes me to scratch my head and wonder how one person can imagine something so detailed and broad, crossing and breaking boundaries as if they never existed in the first place. However, the past year, as a unit, they have released some of the most jaw-dropping 'ambient' (that word again) work I have ever come across. The music they make is never small it seems, but always big and brave. I have chosen Shpwrck as my favourite of their albums for the simple reason that it goes to so many places and works on so many levels. At times very dark, moments of beautiful light simmer through, and the way they use multiple levels of frequency creates a broad and complete listening experience. Each track differs significantly in tone and feel, yet it moves with such a fluidity, by the time the album ends you feel exhausted on the journey they have taken you on. A very fine album and body of work indeed.

09. Miko Parade (Plop)
OK, to be honest I met Rie (Miko) just yesterday at one of my shows after inviting her along. I heard her music a while ago through a Plop connection and was thoroughly enchanted by what I had heard. She very kindly gave me a copy of her debut album (just released) and its been on non-stop since. This might seems a bit hasty as this is a whole year's review and I have listened to the other releases a lot more. However, its just like listening to a Japanese female version of His Name Is Alive or The Beach Boys and you can't go wrong with that. Whilst it is not breaking ground as this style is very popular now (Panda Bear, Buffalo Daughter, Caribou, The Animal Collective etc.), it is head and shoulders above other (more famous) artists in that Miko's melodies seem more original, her instrumentation more pure and her musical spirit more soulful. There is a directness and invention I really admire, and it feels fresh and more fun than any record I have heard this year. Delightful.

10. Jeremy Bible & Jason Henry Ound (Abgurd)
OK, so when I started out this list I said I wouldn't double up. But the simple truth is, I find JB & JH's work too compelling to ignore it from my list of 2008, so I am listing another. Ound is really very different from Shpwrck. There is less variation, less tonal changes and less instrumentation. In its place there is a more focused approach to the feel of the pieces for me, its less of a journey than Shpwrck but no worse for that at all. If anything, this is Jeremy and Jason making music at its most beautiful and I have to confess that Undta moved me to tears. Perhaps I can say nothing more as to how highly I rate this album as a stripped down to its core, pure and very moving experience.

Jason Haye | Project 5am

Albums of 2008

Cut copy In Ghost Colours
TV on the radio Dear Science
Inara George An Invitation
Daedelus Love To Make Music To
The Matthew Herbert Big Band There is me, There is you
Urichipangoon Urichipangoon
Deerhoof Offend Maggie
Shina Ringo Heisei Fuuzoku

Classic albums of 2008

Talk Talk Spirit of Eden
Mayo Thompson Corky's Debt to His Father
Hugo Largo Drum/Mettle
Deerhoof Milkman
Amnesty Free your mind, The 700 west sessions
New Thing! Deep Jazz in the USA Soul Jazz records

Sound and visual moments of 2008

Dedication
Sakuran
The diving bell and the butterfly


Gigs of 2008

Fleet Foxes
Saul Williams
Tv On The Radio
Matthew Herbert
Inara George Van Dyke Parks
Cornelius
Urichipangoon

Jimy SeiTang | Psychic Ills

Here's my best of 2008:

Omar S. Psychotic Photosynsthesis (FXHE records)


João Mascarenhas | Stealing Orchestra

Secret Chiefs 3 Xaphan: The Book of Angels, Vol. 9
Guapo Elixirs
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
The Black Angels Directions to See a Ghost
The Young Gods Knock on Wood
James Yorkston When the Haar Rolls In
Gojira The Way of the Flesh
Earthless Live at Roadburn
Black Mountain In the Future
Mothlite The Flax of Reverie
Matt Elliott Howling Songs
The Hellacopters Head On
Goldfrapp Seventh Tree
Eyvind Kang The Yelm Sessions
Bad Dudes Eat Drugs
Spiritualized Songs In A & E
Portishead 3
Karl Hector & The Malcouns Sahara Swing
Blue Sky Black Death Late Night Cinema
Sebastien Tellier Sexuality
Cursed - III Architects Of Troubled Sleep
Toumani Diabaté The Mandé Variations
Natacha Atlas & The Mazeeka Ensemble Ana Hina
Mostar Sevdah Reunion & Saban Bajramovic Saban
Dead Combo Lusitania Playboys

João Pedro Viegas | Woods / Potlatch / Variable Geometry Orchestra



Shot × Shot Let Nature Square (High Two)
Rob Brown Ensemble Crown Trunk Root Funk (AUM Fidelity)
Anthony Braxton / William Parker / Milford Graves Beyond Quantum (Tzadik)
Vandermark 5 Beat Reader (Atavistic)
Atomic Retrograde (Jazzland)
Spontaneous Music Ensemble Bare Essentials (1972/3) (Emanem)
Chris McGregor Brotherwood of Breath Eclipse at Down (Cuneiform)
Bill Dixon 17 Musicians In Search of a Sound: Darfur (Thrill Jockey)
Lisle Ellis Sucker Punch Requiem: A Homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat (Henceforth Records)
Gyldene Trion Live at Glenn Miller Café (Ayler Records)

João Ricardo | ocp - operador de cabine polivalente / Pygar / Boiar / F.R.I.C.S.

Barry White Staying Power
Count Ossie Tales of Mozambique
D'Angelo Voodoo
Konono nº1 Congotronics
Microstoria Snd
OlivierDaySoul Kilowatt
Serge Gainsbourg Aux Armes Et Caetera
Spacek Curvatia
Stevie Wonder Innervisions
Wendy Carlos Beauty In The Beast

BJNilsen Concerto na CdM, Porto (festival Future Places)
Olivier Messiaen concertos de órgão de tubos no Porto (centenário do nascimento do compositor)
Herbie Hancock concerto no Palácio de Cristal, Porto
Einsturzende Neubauten concerto na CdM, Porto (clubbing)
Osso Exótico concerto (festival Trama, Porto)

John Fell Ryan | Excepter



01. Hercules and Love Affair
02. Kasai All Stars
03. Basic Channel mp3s
04. Thirty-second Annual Report TG
05. Jaws Guilty
06. GAS Box
07. Schooly D Out Cold
08. Rod Modell Incense & Blacklight
09. Bob Dylan Bootleg 08
10. Suicide Live Box

John Hebert | Andrew Hill Quintet / Russ Lossing / Michael Attias / Gebhard Ullmann / Uri Caine Ensemble

I was asked to compile a list of CD's that I thought were my favorites of 2008. When I really started to think about it, I felt that this sounded more like a critic's job, so I decided to just put together a list of CD's that I have been listening to most recently and over the course of this year. These are recordings that have offered me some inspiration and good times. Some of these are very recent, others from the past, but all of them I have enjoyed. Hope that you will too.

These are not listed in any particular order:

01. Kris Kristofferson The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1971, Monument Records)
02. Air Open Air Suit (1978, Arista/Novus)
03. Benoit Delbecq Pursuit (2001, Songlines)
04. Tony Malaby Cello Trio Warblepeck (2008, Songlines)
05. Deerhoof Offend Maggie (2008, Kill Rock Stars)
06. Radiohead In Rainbows, Disc 2 (2007-08, self-released)
07. Pinback Summer in Abaddon (2004, Touch and Go Records)
08. Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964, Columbia)
09. Rufus Wainwright Poses (2002, Dreamworks)
10. Robin Keyatta Girl From Martinique (1970, ECM)
11. Paul McCartney and Wings Band on the Run (1973, Apple Records/EMI)


John Moloney | Sunburned Hand of the Man

©Sarah O' Shea

In no particular order:

01. Michael Flower After the Gold Rush
Mick from Vibracathedral Orchestra / Flower-Corsano Duo / Sunburned
covers Neil Young's 'After the Gold Rush' from start to finish.
02. Astray Navigations everything, especially, A Monument to British Rock - 3xLP
03. Head of Wantastiquet Mortagne - Ecstatic Yod LP
Paul Labrecque from Sunburned - solo record
04. No Neck Blues Band Clomeim
05. Fag Tapes 200 12 cassette box set - various artists
06. Kim Gordon Come Across - gallery book w/Mirror/Dash cd - edition of 100
07. Jeff Hartford (Noise Nomads) Jazz Tobacco - art book - edition of 200
08. Joshua Vrysen Worm of Doom #2&3 - comics
09. Bill Nace Drawings - OM#20 - art book
10. John Olson Paradox Nr.10 - American Tapes 700 - art book with cdr
11. Hush Arbors s/t - Ecstatic Peace! - cd
12. Astral Social Club - anything
13. Vibracathedral Orchestra A Momentary Aviary - Manhand 96 LP
14. Odd Clouds Fag Tapes - anything
15. Dead Meadow Old Growth

Live shows I loved this year:

Noise Nomads everytime - especially at Wickermania - Goshen, MA
Black Pus live (Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt solo in a Northampton basement)
Flaherty Corsano - McPhee - Bookmill, Montague, MA
Mick Flower solo at Corsica Studios, London, UK
Animal Collective Primavera, Barcelona, Spain
Dinosaur Jr. Primavera, Barcelona, Spain
Boredoms Boston, MA
Byron Coley reading at the Stone for Adam Nodelman show, Florence, MA
Northampton Wools Stone for Adam Nodelman, Florence, MA
Malkuth Lit Lounge & Silent Barn, NYC
Sightings the Mohawk, Austin, Texas
Thurston Moore Group Psychic Hearts show, ATP, New York
Odd Clouds Detriot, Michigan
Sick Llama / Demons Northampton, MA


Jorge Mantas | The Beautiful Schizophonic

Discos:
Górecki Symphony No. 3 (Elektra Nonesuch)
Felicia Atkinson with Sylvain Chauveau Roman Anglais (O Rosa records)
Jacaszek Treny (Miasmah)
Jasper TX Black Sleep (Miasmah)
Eluvium Copia (Temporary Residence)
Celer Discourses of the Withered (Infraction Records)
Khale Sleepworks (Own Records)
Jordi Savall Invocation à la Nuit: Musica Notturna (Alia Vox)
Jordi Savall La Barcha D'amore 1563 - 1685 (Alia Vox)
Grandelavoix / Bjorn Schmelzer Poissance d'amours: Mystiques, Moines et Ménestrels en Brabant au XIIIe Siècle
Jozef van Wissem - A Rose by Any Other Name: Anonymous Lute Solos of the Golden Age (Bvhaast)

Concerto:
Charlemagne Palestine + Colleen @ Sé Catedral, Lisboa

Jorge "Travassos" Trindade | kringlescat / FLU / Variable Geometry Orchestra



Melhores 2008:
Paal Nilssen Love / Lasse Marhaug Stalk (PNL)
The Thing Now and Forever (Smalltown Superjazz)
Peter Evans / Tom Blancarte Sparks (Creative Sources)
Elephant9 Dodovoodoo (Rune Grammofon)
Maybe Monday Unsquare (Emanem)
Atomic/School Days Distil (Okka)
Ingebrigt Haker Flaten & Hakon Kornstad Elise (Hemlandssånger-Compunctio)
John Zorn The Dreamers (Tzadik)
Memorize The Sky In Former Times (Clean Feed)
Alfred 23 Harth / Hans Joachim Irmler / Gunter Muller Test Tribes (for4ears)
Stephen Vitiello Box Music (Machinefabriek)
Fennesz Black Sea (Touch)

Reedições:
Peter Brötzmann Die Like a Dog, The Complete FMP Recordings (Jazzwerktatt)
Ornette Coleman Croydon Concert (Free Factory)
Charles Gayle Touching on Trane (Jazzwerktatt)
Mike Osborne Trio All Night Long (Ogun)
Sam Rivers Extensions / Elevations (Blue Note)

Juan José Calarco

Christopher Mcfall City Of Almost (Sourdine)
Matt Shoemaker - Mutable Depths (Ferns)
Entia Non - Updrafts (Dataobscura)
David Vélez - 20:51 (Test Tube)
Francisco López - Live In Auckland (Monotype)
Robert Curgenven - Silent Landscapes (Recorded Fields)
Meshuggah - Obzen (Nuclear Blast)
Benediction - Subconscious Terror / The Grand Leveller (Nuclear Blast) Re-Issue
Loren Chasse - The Footpath (Naturestrip)
Richard Garet - L'avenir (Wind Measure Recordings)
- U.N.A. (Cook An Egg)
David Fungi - Aal_Sentieri (Test Tube)
Jeph Jerman - Hindsight (Con-V)
Jason Kahn & Asher - Vista (And/Oar)
Asher - Intervals (The Land Of)
Nadja - Desire In Uneasiness (Crucial Balst)
Mathias Delplanque - L'inondation (Mystery Sea)
Loren Chasse & Michael Northam - The Otolith (Helen Scarsdale Agency)
Mathieu Ruhlmann + Celer - Mesoscaphe (Spekk)
Náhvalur - Aboideau (Mystery Sea)
Behemoth - The Apostasy (Century Media)
Stephen O'malley & Atilla Csihar - 6°F Skyquake (Emego)
Toy Bizarre And Pierre Redon - Saisons (Aufabwegen)


(in the ramdon order as they came to my head)
Ludo Maas | Multi-Panel

Best Books I Read

01. Dave Eggers You Shall Know Our Velocity
02. Leo Tolstoy War and Peace
03. Michael Chabon The Yiddish Policemen's Union
04. Halldór Laxness Independent People
05. J.J. Voskuil (1926-2008) Bij Nader Inzien ('On Second Thought')

Most Memorable Sports Moments

01. Nadal beats Federer in Wimbledon final
02. Robben scores 3-1 against France in Euro 2008
03. NAC Breda finishes 3rd in Dutch League
04. Van Bronckhorst scores 3-0 against Italy in Euro 2008
05. John-Lee Augustyn crashes into a ravine in Stage 16 of the Tour de France



Luis Antero | Out Level

Aqui fica a lista dos meus 10 discos de 2008 (a ordem é aleatória):

The Dodos Visiter (Frenchkiss, Março 2008)
Lykke Li Youth Novels (LL, Janeiro 2008)
Dead Combo Lusitânia Playboys (Universal, Abril 2008)
Silver Jews Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City, Junho 2008)
Primal Scream Beautiful Future (WEA Int'l, Julho 2008)
The Black Angels Directions To See A Ghost (Light In The Attic, Maio 2008)
Alexander Tucker Portal (All Tomorrows Parties, Julho 2008)
Tiago Sousa The Western Lands (Resting Bell, Abril 2008)
High Places 03/07 - 09/07 (Thrill Jockey, Julho 2008)
Girl Talk Feed The Animals (Illegal Art, Novembro 2008)
The Black Mountain In The Future (Jagjaguwar, Janeiro 2008)
No Age Nouns (Sub Pop, Maio 2008)

Concerto:

Leonard Cohen, Passeio Marítimo de Algés, 19 Julho 2008

Luís Fernandes | Astroboy / peixe : avião



Sem qualquer tipo de ordem, os discos que mais me agradaram em 2008 foram:

Internacionais:
Squarepusher Just a Souvenir
Beach House Devotion
The Alps III
Deerhunter Microcastle/Weird era cont.
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
Flying Lotus Los Angeles
Pete Broderick Float
Deerhoof Offend Maggie
Fennesz Black Sea
Portishead Third
High Places High Places
Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
Samiyam Return EP
No Age -Nouns
Beck Modern Guilt
Leila Blood, Looms and Blooms
Stereolab Chemical Chords
Brightblack Morning Light Motion to Rejoin
Hauschka Ferndorf

Nacionais:
Mikado Lab
Baligo
Mão Morta Maldoror
Foge Foge Bandido O amor dá-me tesão/Não fui eu que estraguei
:papercutz Lylac
Dead Combo Lusitania Playboys

Margie Wienk | Fern Knight



Top Ten Records 2008:

Roy Harper Stormcock (1971, re-issued 2008 Science Friction/KOCH Entertainment)
Arborea Arborea (Fire Museum)
Rusalnaia Rusalnaia (Camera Obscura)
Silver Summit Silver Summit (Language of Stone)
Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh Helena Espvall and Masaki Batoh (Drag City)
Graveyard Graveyard (Tee Pee)
Death Vessel Nothing is Precious Enough For Us (SubPop)
Ex Reverie The Door Into Summer (Language of Stone)
Jex Thoth Jex Thoth (I Hate)
Flower Travellin’ Band We Are Here (Pony Canyon) - Japan

Miguel Ferreira | Clã / Jorge Palma & os Demitidos / Blind Zero



Aimee Mann @#%&*! Smilers
Al Green Lay it Down
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Lie Down in the Light
Brad Mehldau Trio Live
Brightblack Morning Light Motion to Rejoin
Calexico Carried to Dust
Camané Sempre de Mim
Clã + Jorge Palma Convite (Movimento UPA 08)
Deolinda Canção ao Lado
Dr. Dog Fate
Eef Barzlay Loose Big
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
J.P. Simões + Rodrigo Leão Ele é que Não (Movimento UPA 08)
Jakob Dylan Seeing Things
Lambshop OH (Ohio)
Little Joy Little Joy
Marcelo Camelo Sou
Neil Diamond Home Before Dark
Paul Weller 22 Dreams
Randy Newman Harps and Angels
Rita Redshoes Golden Era
She & Him Volume One
Toumani Diabaté Mandé Variations
TV On The Radio Dear Science
Vetiver Thing of the Past
Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Two Men with the Blues

Miguel Meruje | Organic Anagram

Concertos:
Meshuggah Astoria 2
Benga Fabric
Carcass LU
Billy Club Sandwich Underworld
TRC Purple Turtle
RZA (Wu) O2
Hype Fabric
Last Witness Barfly
Satyricon ULU
Dalek Fly

Grind em 2008:
Origin
Rotten Sound
Fuck The Facts
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Cretin


As únicas bandas de black metal que vale a pena continuar a ouvir:
Burzum
Darkthrone
Mayhem
Gorgoroth
1349
Satyricon


Top de Piores Nomes que Descobri Hoje
Clinging To The Trees of a Forest Fire
I Wrestled a Bear Once
2 O' Clock Girlfriend
A Night to Dismember
A Different Breed of Killer
Bodies in the Gears of Apparatus
Begging For Incest
Last House On The Left
Massacre of the Umbilical Cord
My America Is Watching Tigers Die
Pitbulls In The Nursery
School Girl Night Fight
See You Next Tuesday
We Speak Texan
Wicked Pussy From The Wild West
X Ray of a Graveyard
Duck Duck Goose
The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower
I Set My Friends on Fire

Miguel Onofri | Mezzo

Alva Noto Unitxt + south american tour
Mauricio Kagel 1931 Buenos Aires - 2008 Cologne
Ryuta Kawabata south american tou
r

Mike Weis | Zelienople / Good Stuff House

01. Scott Tuma Not For Nobody (CD on Digitalis)
Finally, a new solo album. Wasn't so sure it would happen again and then he surprised everyone with this masterpiece of stretched-out, blurred American music. Very spiritual and heartbreakingly beautiful. Soundtrack for the stairway to Heaven.

02. Grouper Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (LP on Type)
Perfect mix of clarity and obscurity. I spent many hours this year submersed in this album. Heavy Water gets my vote for song of the year.

03. Aethenor Betimes Black Cloudmass (LP on VHF)
The addition of the two drummers is a godsend. Reminds me of that great Organum track that AMM's Eddie Prevost adds drums to on the Sphyx album. Looking forward to more of this.

04. Xela In Bocca Al Lupo (LP on Type)
Bleak, sparse and creepin' around in the dank, dark catacombs of the cathedral. Kinda makes me feel icky, I love it.

05. Thuja s/t (LP on Important)
The mysteries of the deep woods, very Lynchian from one of the most imaginative collectives of our time.

06. Fire Room Broken Music (CD on Atavistic)
Free Jazz meets Free Noise and neither genre drowns out the other. Ken Vandermark on reeds, Paul Nilssen-Love on drums and Lasse Marhaug on electronics. Vandermark cuts himself loose from his Ornette safety net.

07. Common Eider, King Eider Figs, Wasps, and Monotremes (CD on Root Strata)
Rob Fisk's (Badgerlore, 7 Year Rabbit, ex-Deerhunter) new solo project. The sound of a frozen landscape; sometimes blissfully serene, sometimes a blustery ice storm.

08. The Blithe Sons The Great Orthochromatic Wheel (LP on Family Vineyard)
The Blithe Sons most structured album yet. The influence of Donaldson's Ivytree project spills over into one side of the LP with gorgeous, loose ambient pop songs. The other side is like a rustic Morton Feldman.

09. Svarte Greiner Penpals Forever (Cassette on Digitalis)
An outstanding grasp of a personal aesthetic. Not sure if his music is improvised or not. If so, he's got an incredible control over the end result, rather than just the process which makes a lot of improvised music seem cold.

10. Windy & Carl Songs for the Broken Hearted (LP on Kranky)
Now that the avant-garde are making shoegaze albums it's nice that this duo made a comeback to show 'em how it's really done. It's all about emotion, heart before head.

11. The North Sea Gated Community (CD on Root Strata)
Brad Rose puts away his banjo, picks up the electronics and reveals his dark side. I imagine the apocalypse happening only in Gated Communities.

Other Mentions: Ulaan Kohl - Volumes 1 and 2, Valet - Naked Acid, Goldmund - The Malady of Elegance, William Parker - Double Sunrise Over Neptune, Sun Kil Moon - April, The Fun Years - Baby It's Cold Outside, Loren Chasse - The Footpath, Emeralds - Solar Bridge, Ilyas Ahmed - Vertigo of Dawn, John Davis - The Gold Hooped Nature, Koen Holtkamp - Field Rituals.

Notable Live Sets
: Henry Grimes Trio, Why?, Metal Rouge, Dead C, Mats Gustafsson's The Thing, Vandermark 5, Fred Anderson Trio, Deaf Center, Svarte Greiner, Xela, Tara Jane O'Neil, Yellow Swans, Odawas, Mountains, Mike Tamburo, Josh Abrams/Jeff Parker, Bruce Lamont, Spiritualized, Spires in The Sunset That Rise, Peter Brotzmann, Phil Cohran, Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra

Nadine Khouri



On rotation in 2008 (though I have yet to listen to the new Nick Cave, Mogwai, and many more!)

Elbow Seldom Seen Kid
F. Lunaire Mondestrunken E.P
Anni Rossi Afton E.P
Dark Captain Light Captain Miracle Kicker
Adrian Crowley Long Distance Swimmer
Meanwhiles Slow-Motion Summer
Dot Tape Dot Tomavistas
Portishead Third
Jeremy Warmsley How We Became
Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago

Naomi Elizabeth


Here are my favorite records from 2008, in no particular order:

Yellow Tears The Pissmop LP (Hospital Productions)
Body Collector Six Gutters (Excite Bike Tapes)
Burning Star Core Challenger (Hospital Productions)
Infinite Body A Series of False Awakenings (Arbor)
Josh Hydeman Brainsickness/Phantasmagoria (Entropic Tarot)
Zbigniew Karkowski and Damion Romero 9 Before 9 (Blossoming Noise)
Civyiu Kkliu Cartolina Postale (Winds Measure Records)
Secret Abuse Violent Narcissist (Not Not Fun)
Emeralds Solar Bridge (Hanson)
Work/Death Excuse Me But I Think You Dropped Something (3 Songs of Lenin)
Rale Golden, Sans Noun (Monorail Trespassing)
Persimmons Pomegranate My Castle (Jugular Forest)
Emaciator Coveting (Not Not Fun)
God Willing First Adult Day (Ekhein)
Captain Ahab Co-opteration (Ravesploitation)
Oscillating Innards Nadir Emergence (Troniks)
Hentai Lacerator Sugarsplash (Realicide Youth Records)
Unicorn Hard-on Threaded Pleasure (Tangled Hares)
Tik///Tik Infinite Body split (Hate State)
Evan Miller Evan Miller (Night People)


Nuno Moita | Grain of Sound / Ristretto / Gigantiq / Whit

Ryoji Ikeda See You At Regis Debray (Syntax)
Yoshio Machida
Hypernatural #3 (Baskaru)
Memorize The Sky
In Former Times (Clean Feed)
Gas
Nah Und Fern (Kompakt)
Fhievel / Sigurtà
The Wheel (Creative Sources)
Jeph Jerman
Hindsight (CONV)
V.A.
Mus*****c (Crónica)
Jason Stein's Locksmith Isidore
A Calculus Of Loss (Clean Feed)
Sonic Youth
J'Accuse Ted Hughes / Agnès B Musique (Sonic Youth Records)
Dru
L'Aiguille (Headlights)


Peter Shuy | AbztraQt Sir Q

Made in Mexico Guerillaton
Bohren & Der Club of Gore Dolores
AIDS Wolf Cities of Glass
Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
Clinic Do it!
Wild Beasts Limbo, panto
Meredith Monk Impermanence
Of Montreal Skaletal Lamping
Cut Copy In Ghost Colours
An Albatross The Family Album
Juana Molina Un Dia
Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
Hot Chip Made In The Dark
White Denim Workout Holiday
Foals Antidotes
Crystal Castles Crystal Castles
Vivian Girls Vivian Girls
Indian Jewelry Free Gold
Tv on the Radio Dear Science
Metronomy Nights Out
Ponytail Ice Cream Spiritual

Peter Stenberg

Over to my list:

Ten excellent albums from 2008, in alphabetical order:

Angel Kalmukia
Audrey The Fierce and the Longing
Autistic Daughters Uneasy Flowers
Human Bell Human Bell
Jenny on the Planet For
Markus Krunegård Markusevangeliet
Ossler Ett brus
Summons of Shining Ruins Summons of Shining Ruins
Tape Luminarium
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons

And as a bonus, I'll remember 2008 as the year when I discovered Morton Feldman.

Rodrigo Amado

Novidades:
01. Anthony Braxton / William Parker / Milford Graves Beyond Quantum (Tzadik)
02. Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (XL)
03. Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra (Thrill Jockey)
04. Vandermark 5 Beat Reader (Atavistic)
05. Hercules and Love Affair Hecules and Love Affair (DFA)
06. Quiet Village Silent Movie (!K7)
07. William Parker Double Sunrise Over Neptune (Aum Fidelity)
08. Gang Gang Dance Saint Dymphna (Warp)
09. Randy Newman Harps & Angels (Nonesuch)
10. TV on the Radio Dear Science (4AD)

Reedições:
01. John Tchicai Afrodisiaca
02. Sam Rivers Dimensions and Extensions
03. Roscoe Mitchell Nonaah
04. Norman Howard / Joe Phillips Burn Baby Burn
05. Arthur Russell Love is Overtaking Me


Sara Serpa



Rudresh Mahanthappa Kinsmen
Bill Frisell History, Mistery
Kurt Rosenwinkel The Remedy
Brad Mehldau Trio Live
Akiko Pavolka Trust Aqua
André Matos Rosa-Shock
Leo Genovese Unlocked
Vijay Iyer Tragicomic
Greg Osby 9 Levels

Rasmus Stolberg | Efterklang

01. Beach House Devotion
02. Department of Eagles In Ear Park
03. Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
04. Paul Simon Graceland
05. TV on the Radio Dear Science
06. Sam Amidon All is Well
07. Peter Broderick Home
08. Dosh Wolves and Wishes
09. Wildbirds & Peacedrums Heartcore
10. Deerhunter Micro Castle
11. Deerhoof Offend Maggie
12. Johann Johannsson Forlândia
13. Erick Enockson With its Dark tail curled round the Garage
14. Yeasayer All Hour Cymbals
15. Tape Illuminarium


Rico Puestel | Dinamoe

No particular order, no measuring, not all

Jethro Tull Songs From The Wood
Passport Iguaçu
Opeth Watershed
Sol Seppy The Bells Of 1 2
Emiliana Torrini Me And Armini
Don Ross & Andy McKee The Thing That Came From Somewhere


Sebastian Alvarez | Spirit Elevating Brains / Wanderlust

...these are some of the some top albums my ears ate this 2008:
(don't mind the order)

01. Diamanda Galás Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! (Mute Records)
02. Clinic Funf (Domino Recording)
03. Philip Jeck Sand (Touch)
04. Ryoji Ikeda Test Pattern (Raster Noton)
05. Mira Calix The Elephant In The Room 3 Commissions (Warp)
06. Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins Clutch Of The Tiger (Ubiquity)
07. Tape Luminarium (Häpna)
08. Clark Turning Dragon (Warp)
09. Hardkandy Second To None (Wah Wah)
10. Q-Tip The Renaissance (Universal Motown)
11. Portishead Third (Universal Island Records)
12. Autechre Quaristice (Warp)
13. Dj Rupture Uproot (The Agriculture)
14. Larkin Grimm Parplar (Young God Records)
15. Matthew Dear Asa Breed (Ghostly International)
16. Medeski, Martin & Wood Let's Go Everywhere (Little Monster Records)
17. Rumpistol Dynamo (Rump Recordings)
18. Kangding Ray Automne Fold (Raster Noton)
19. Brael And Tokyo Bloodworm Living Languages (Moteer)
20. Arrington De Dionyso I See Beyond The Black Sun (K)
21. Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker Fantasma Parastasie (Alien8 Recordings)
22. Juana Molina Un Dia (Domino)
23. Dert Floyd The Westside Of The Moon (Isolated Music)
24. Agf Dance Floor Drachen (Agf Produktion)
25. Squarepusher Just A Souvenir (Warp/Inertia)
26. People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz Rhapsody In Glue (Bleep)
27. Chicha Libre Sonido Amazonico (Barbes)
28. Gudrun Gut I Put A Record On (Monika)
29. Anders Dahl & Christian Munthe Several Kinds Of Ground (Tyyfus)
30. Throbbing Gristle Thirty-Second Annual Report (Industrial Records)
*Meta 30. All Test Tube Releases.

...And All The Podcasts On: Http://Wanderlustmind.Com


Tiago Sousa

© Vera Marmelo

Foi um ano essencialmente dedicado a descobrir música dos anos 60/70 ou a descobrir música do final do século 19 mas como para estas listas é esperado que façamos boa figura a afirmar o nosso alinhamento com a contemporaneadade, aqui vai uma pequena lista de discos deste ano que me chamaram a atenção.

Discos:
Brethren of the Free Spirit All things are from him, through him and in him
James Blackshaw Litany of Echoes
Paul Metzger Delieverance
Balmorhea River Arms
Goldmund The malady of elegance
Sylvain Chauveau Nuage

Concertos:
Glenn Jones na ZDB
Colleen, Charlmemagne Palestine e David Maranha na Sé de Lisboa
No Snow na ZDB
Vic Chesnutt no AMAC (Barreiro Outras Músicas)
Norberto Lobo no AMAC (Barreiro Outras Músicas)
Shannon Wright no Santiago Alquimista
Paul Metzger na Casa de Los Jacintos (Madrid)
Tony Conrad no Auditório do Louvre (Paris)
Tara Jane O'Neil no Mercado Negro (Aveiro)

Parceiros