Oh, and here's my favorites from 2005 (not all IDM):
EPS
AFX - Analords (most of them, downloaded, I'm bad)
...Not every track is wonderful, but enough is excellent enough to
make you cry for the good old days
Yard - Bloom [narita]
...Some of the best dance stuff I've heard in a while, give it a shot
ALBUMS
Freeform - Outside In [skam]
...funky and unique, musically diverse, Freeform's always a trip
Lackluster - Slice [u-cover]
...Esa, you rock my world
MIA - Arular [xl]
...making rap/hiphop different/electric enough for me to enjoy it
Saint Etienne - Tales From Turnpike House [sanctuary]
...magic pop, perfect music, nostalgia for a life I'll never lead
Broadcast - Tender Buttons [warp]
...better than all their previous work, simpler, more concentrated,
reduced to essence
Solvent - Elevators And Oscillators [ghostly intl]
...so good you don't notice it's practically the same song over and
over
Fischerspooner - Odyssey
...so shoot me, I thought it was good, simple synth-pop
Secede - Tryshasla [sending orbs]
...I still want more non-ambient Secede, but this was outstanding
ambient music
Autechre - Untilted [warp]
...the one, the only, the classic, still the best
The Devlins - Waves
...good solid songwriting, you don't get this much anymore.
RUNNERS UP
Fell - Between Octavia and Laguna [enpeg]
...keeping dub alive
Yunx - In The Heat Of The Night [ai]
...Haven't had time to listen to it enough, but it's very polished
and I like it so far
Blamstrain - Remixed [merck]
...an enjoyable set of remixes, I want more Blamstrain!
Quark Kent - Meschqui [enpeg]
...a surprising, inventive little glitch-IDM release
-Adam Piontek
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