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I'm new to this list( long time member of ambient@hyperreal.org and faxlist).... I was wondering what everyone's top 10 for IDM styled electronica? I will post mine in a bit(not sure if they are all qualified as "IDM' though).

Considering the 20 or so CD's I order a week I think it's well near impossible to narrow it down to 10 albums for all of 2004. Instead, here is a preliminary list of 20 albums that were streamed on StaticBeats during the past year that continue to get heavy playback in my car, at home, and at work. Much of this list has been culled from the archives: http://www.staticbeats.com/update/albums.php edIT - Crying Over Pros for No Reason (Planet Mu) Arovane - Lilies (City Centre Offices) Helios - Unomia (Merck) Stendec - A Study of 'And' (Expanding) Mr. Projectile - Sinking (Merck) Adam Johnson - Chigliak (Merck) Erast - Goodair + Minimissing (Laboratory Instinct) Claro Intelecto - Neurofibro (Ai) Ai Records - Station (Ai) Beans - Shock City Maverick (Warp) String Theory - Radiovalerian (Wobblyhead) Home Video - Citizen EP (Warp Records) Himuro - Clear Without Items (Couchblip!) Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (XL) Freeform - Wildcat (Skam) Marshall Watson - The Time Was Later Than He Expected (Highpoint Lowlife) Blockhead - Music by Cavelight (Ninja Tune) Wagon Christ - Sorry I Make You Lush (Ninja Tune) Shadow Huntaz - Corrupt Data (Rephlex) Headset - Space Settings (Plug Research) There's probably about a hundred more that'll come to mind over the next couple weeks but this is what I could come up with during the 30 minutes I've taken from my job to write it up ;-) Shimone/Justes http://www.staticbeats.com Electronic Music > Digital Culture http://www.boomboombap.com First Come > First Heard --- Greg <cameron69@comcast.net> wrote:

quoted 7 lines I'm new to this list( long time member of

> I'm new to this list( long time member of > ambient@hyperreal.org and faxlist).... I was > wondering what everyone's top 10 for IDM styled > electronica? > > I will post mine in a bit(not sure if they are all > qualified as "IDM' though).

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also great this year: deadbeat - something borrowed, something blue [~scape 021] o9 -church of the ghetto pc murcof - utopia [leaf] wagon christ - sorry i make you lush (ninja tune) meat beat manifesto - in dub (reissue) ratatat - ratatat StaticBeats wrote:

quoted 64 lines Considering the 20 or so CD's I order a week I think

>Considering the 20 or so CD's I order a week I think >it's well near impossible to narrow it down to 10 >albums for all of 2004. Instead, here is a preliminary >list of 20 albums that were streamed on StaticBeats >during the past year that continue to get heavy >playback in my car, at home, and at work. Much of this >list has been culled from the archives: >http://www.staticbeats.com/update/albums.php > >edIT - Crying Over Pros for No Reason (Planet Mu) >Arovane - Lilies (City Centre Offices) >Helios - Unomia (Merck) >Stendec - A Study of 'And' (Expanding) >Mr. Projectile - Sinking (Merck) >Adam Johnson - Chigliak (Merck) >Erast - Goodair + Minimissing (Laboratory Instinct) >Claro Intelecto - Neurofibro (Ai) >Ai Records - Station (Ai) >Beans - Shock City Maverick (Warp) >String Theory - Radiovalerian (Wobblyhead) >Home Video - Citizen EP (Warp Records) >Himuro - Clear Without Items (Couchblip!) >Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (XL) >Freeform - Wildcat (Skam) >Marshall Watson - The Time Was Later Than He Expected >(Highpoint Lowlife) >Blockhead - Music by Cavelight (Ninja Tune) >Wagon Christ - Sorry I Make You Lush (Ninja Tune) >Shadow Huntaz - Corrupt Data (Rephlex) >Headset - Space Settings (Plug Research) > >There's probably about a hundred more that'll come to >mind over the next couple weeks but this is what I >could come up with during the 30 minutes I've taken >from my job to write it up ;-) > > >Shimone/Justes >http://www.staticbeats.com >Electronic Music > Digital Culture >http://www.boomboombap.com >First Come > First Heard > > >--- Greg <cameron69@comcast.net> wrote: > > > >>I'm new to this list( long time member of >>ambient@hyperreal.org and faxlist).... I was >>wondering what everyone's top 10 for IDM styled >>electronica? >> >>I will post mine in a bit(not sure if they are all >>qualified as "IDM' though). >> >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >

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Rüftata110 Top10In2004 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1. Adolf Noise - Zuviel Zeit 2. Lackluster - Live @ Pudel 3. Dabry - Game Over 4. Christian Harder - Leichen im Keller 5. Plemo - Live Randale !! 6. Funkstörung/ Funckarma/ Shadowhuntaz 7. Lusine - Live @ Pudel 8. Bodenständig2000 - Album cdr 9. Superdefekt - Sonntags 10. Intricate/ Solotempo/ Hp.Stonji http://www.mfoc.de SST (!K7 - Hamburg) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: heres some (non k7) stuff i enjoyed this year (for those who wanna knopw ..) longplay: 1. benjamin diamond - demos (cd-r) 2. phoenix - alphabetical 3. ost: brown bunny 4. the fall - 50.000 fall fans can't be wrong 5. nico - chelsea girls 6. mediengruppe telkommander - mit der ganzen kraft einer kultur 7. michaela melian - baden baden 8. sufjan stevens - greetings from michigan 9. arthur russell - another thought 10. ost: bandes originales des jean luc godard shortplay: 1. phoenix - everything is everything 2. alter ego - rocker 3. sido - mein block 4. !!! - hello is this thing on ? 5. munk - kick out the chairs 6. the roots - don't say nothing 7. william shatner - common people 8. franz ferdinand - take me out 9. kelis - milkshake 10. bloc party - she's hearing voices no play: libertines / babyshambles / pete doherty http://www.k7.com -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Josh Steiner [mailto:josh@vitriolix.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 17. Dezember 2004 00:06 An: Intolerable Daily Madness Betreff: Re: [idm] Top 10 2004 also great this year: deadbeat - something borrowed, something blue [~scape 021] o9 -church of the ghetto pc murcof - utopia [leaf] wagon christ - sorry i make you lush (ninja tune) meat beat manifesto - in dub (reissue) ratatat - ratatat StaticBeats wrote:

quoted 62 lines Considering the 20 or so CD's I order a week I think

>Considering the 20 or so CD's I order a week I think >it's well near impossible to narrow it down to 10 >albums for all of 2004. Instead, here is a preliminary >list of 20 albums that were streamed on StaticBeats >during the past year that continue to get heavy >playback in my car, at home, and at work. Much of this >list has been culled from the archives: >http://www.staticbeats.com/update/albums.php > >edIT - Crying Over Pros for No Reason (Planet Mu) >Arovane - Lilies (City Centre Offices) >Helios - Unomia (Merck) >Stendec - A Study of 'And' (Expanding) >Mr. Projectile - Sinking (Merck) >Adam Johnson - Chigliak (Merck) >Erast - Goodair + Minimissing (Laboratory Instinct) >Claro Intelecto - Neurofibro (Ai) >Ai Records - Station (Ai) >Beans - Shock City Maverick (Warp) >String Theory - Radiovalerian (Wobblyhead) >Home Video - Citizen EP (Warp Records) >Himuro - Clear Without Items (Couchblip!) >Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (XL) >Freeform - Wildcat (Skam) >Marshall Watson - The Time Was Later Than He Expected (Highpoint >Lowlife) Blockhead - Music by Cavelight (Ninja Tune) >Wagon Christ - Sorry I Make You Lush (Ninja Tune) >Shadow Huntaz - Corrupt Data (Rephlex) >Headset - Space Settings (Plug Research) > >There's probably about a hundred more that'll come to >mind over the next couple weeks but this is what I >could come up with during the 30 minutes I've taken >from my job to write it up ;-) > > >Shimone/Justes >http://www.staticbeats.com >Electronic Music > Digital Culture >http://www.boomboombap.com >First Come > First Heard > > >--- Greg <cameron69@comcast.net> wrote: > > > >>I'm new to this list( long time member of ambient@hyperreal.org and >>faxlist).... I was wondering what everyone's top 10 for IDM styled >>electronica? >> >>I will post mine in a bit(not sure if they are all >>qualified as "IDM' though). >> >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >

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Hello list, what were the best idm releases this year? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Untilted, hands down. Patrick Matte <patrick.matte@videotron.ca> wrote: Hello list, what were the best idm releases this year? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping

10 from 05, in no particular order of merit:- Musique pour Trois Femmes Enceintes ~ Marc Leclair (Mutek) Secede ~ Tryshasla (Sending Orbs) Murcof ~ Remembranza (Leaf) Boards of Canada ~ The Campfire Headphase (Warp) SubtractiveLAD ~ Giving up the Ghost (n5md) David Kristian ~ Rhythms for the Rainy Season (Apegenine) Rod Modell ~ Vibrasound: the DEEPchord Years 1999-2004 (Silentes) Portable ~ Version (scape) Village Orchestra ~ Et in Arcadia Ego (Highpoint Lowlife) Alva Noto ~ Transrapid/Transvision/Transspray (Raster Noton) All good. 'Best' is relative. alan --On 15 December 2005 20:26 -0500 Patrick Matte <patrick.matte@videotron.ca> wrote:

quoted 7 lines Hello list, what were the best idm releases this year?

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So many good albums this year. Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett by far the best album i've heard this year. Patrick Matte <patrick.matte@videotron.ca> wrote: Hello list, what were the best idm releases this year? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org Ed Churchman aim: echurchm86 yim: echurch86 http://metaphysical.torontonian.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

ed c wrote: > Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett > by far the best album i've heard this year. I second that, a genuinely great album. As for other great releases - the Resonant label provided some quality stuff this year. The self titled Blindfold nad 'Flares' by Port Royal, are my favourites. Plus: - Alarm will sound - Acoustica - Rhythm and Sound - See Mi Yah -- mm. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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heres my top of 2005. autechre - untitled (warp) boards of canada - the campfire headphase (music70/warp) prefuse73 - surrounded by silence (warp) biosphere - dropsonde (touch) greg davis + sabastian roux - paquet surprise (carpark) these were pretty much the only 'idm' -ish type albums i was feeling this year, i had this tendency throughtout 2005 to regress to the idm/experimental electronic music of yesteryear, that said my list only consists of those 5 magnificant, enjoyable albums. ^_^ - junr.

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>From: Miroslaw Milewski <miro@redshrimp.com> >To: idm@hyperreal.org >Subject: Re: [idm] top 2005 >Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 22:06:04 +0100 > >ed c wrote: > > > Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett > > by far the best album i've heard this year. > > I second that, a genuinely great album. > > As for other great releases - the Resonant label provided some quality >stuff this year. The self titled Blindfold nad 'Flares' by Port Royal, are >my favourites. > > Plus: > - Alarm will sound - Acoustica > - Rhythm and Sound - See Mi Yah > >-- > mm. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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CHEVRON - "EVERYTHING'S EXACTLY THE SAME" i have the concentrated vinyl version which, well i love it above any other release i heard this year. rb Hello list, what were the best idm releases this year? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

> Hello list, what were the best idm releases this year? 'et in arcadia ego' by the village orchestra and 'the campfire headphase' by boc are the two that immediately spring to mind... [nick] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Galaktlan - Constance (Kohvi Records) M83 - Before the dawn heals us (Gooom) Secede - Tryshasia (Sending orbs) Deaf Center - Pale Ravine (Type) Sigur Ros - Takk (EMI) Rhythm & Sound - See My Yah (Burial Mix) Studio Pankow - Linienbusse (City Centre Offices) Sovacusa - Centrepoint (Expanding) Kettel - Through Friendly Waters (Sending Orbs) Weave - Nature of the tone (Cactus Island) Walkman www.sutemos.net

quoted 14 lines Hello list, what were the best idm releases this year?

> > > Hello list, what were the best idm releases this year? > > 'et in arcadia ego' by the village orchestra and 'the campfire headphase' > by boc are the two that immediately spring to mind... > > [nick] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >

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So many good albums this year. Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett by far the best album i've heard this year. I said that but I forgot to send it to the list Haha =) -----Original Message----- From: Obed Vento [mailto:ovento@keyleadsonline.com] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:07 PM To: 'Patrick Matte' Subject: RE: [idm] top 2005 1. best album - hands down - Vsnares - Rossz Csillag Szuletett -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Matte [mailto:patrick.matte@videotron.ca] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:26 PM To: Intolerable Daily Madness Subject: [idm] top 2005 Hello list, what were the best idm releases this year? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Here are a few of our contributors Top-10's for 2005 at igloomag.com (i'm still compiling mine) :: Samuel Stackhouse :: Top-10 for 2005 http://igloomag.com/doc.php?task=view&id=1182&category=top-ten TJ Norris :: Top-10 for 2005 http://igloomag.com/doc.php?task=view&id=1183&category=top-ten Luca Maini :: Top-10 for 2005 http://igloomag.com/doc.php?task=view&id=1184&category=top-ten And here are a couple more :: Hymen / Xanopticon / Terminal Dusk / End :: 2005 Top-10's http://igloomag.com/doc.php?task=view&id=1177&category=top-ten Merck Records :: October Top-10 http://igloomag.com/doc.php?task=view&id=1145&category=top-ten :: Pietro Da Sacco, Managing Editor IGLOO Magazine :: http://igloomag.com Abstract Electronic Music Coverage PO Box 307, Corona CA. 92878 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Request to make this more interesting: as well as just listing records, can we get a 'why you liked them so much'? eg Ø - Kantamoinen (sounds like nothing I've heard recently, very synths but atmospheric and emotional) Unknown - Grim Dubs 1, half of 2, and 3 (dark, atmospheric, energetic, bass heavy awesomeness) Izu vs The Andies split 12" (particularly the Andies' extended stream of consciousness squelch oddessy, but basically for taking IDM back to the days when it was 95% inspiration and 5% polish rather than vice ve3rsa) Skream - Midnight Request Line (4 tha dubstep massive) Animal Collective - Feels (for sheer bounceyness!) Pendulum - Hold Your Colour (guilty pleasure time) Boris vs Merzbow - Sun Baked Snow Cave (NOISE!!!!!!) I think some of those might actually be from 2004, some of them definitely aren't IDM, but they're all things I've got into this year... David This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

FREE! Cock Rock Disco 2006 Compilation FREE! www.cockrockdisco.com/free.zip We are proud to present a free Mp3 compilation by the artists at Cock Rock Disco! But we know you are asking yourself, ?why should I download this?? Because it contains almost 60 minutes of the best new music, some text about each of the artists and 2 printable covers for your home collection, uh, and it?s FREE! Wait, did we say new music? No, we meant absolutely fantastic new music ranging from gameboy deathmetal, to alt-noise-hiphop, to breakcore, to italio disco, to thrash-composition. Trust us, there?s something for everyone here. Just follow the link above, and definitely tell your friends! Total run time: 57:02 1. Food For Animals - Elephants 01:45 2. About - Think Niles Drink 03:32 3. Duran Duran Duran - Ralez 04:27 4. Dev/Null - Scary 03:57 5. Next Life - Red Stone 02:02 6. Stunt Rock - I've Really Lost It Because This Shit Is Starting To Sound Like Washed-Up, Half-Assed Fatboy Slim Ripoff With A Twelve Year Old's Sense Of Humor. 01:50 7. Slepcy - With Charles Bukowski On The Ride 05:23 8. Audiogarde - Mardi Gras 04:27 9. Don Augusto - The House Denominator Factor 02:53 10. Drumcorps - Saddest 01:17 11. Vorpal - Gymnopedie_v1.01 03:17 12. Terminal 11 - Counter Clockwise Chant Pattern 03:41 13. Doormouse - Dizzay 03:14 14. Pisstank - Punching Your Girlfriend's Cunt 'Til It Bleeds 04:49-- 15. The Assdroids - Stravinsky?s ?Rite Of Spring? Cover Song (Rehearsal Version) 10:31 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Can anyone help with this? Trying to contact TRV and cannot locate an official website other than through the City Centre Offices page. An email address or even somewhat-official site would be fantastic. Anyone? Thx in advance :) dM __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

All over the shop, as per usual, and in no particualer order of preference... Lost & Safe - The Books Smash - Jackson and His Computer Band God's Money - Gang Gang Dance Ham - The Chap Feels - Animal Collective The Beast - Nathan Michel Multiply - Jamie Lidell Hypermagic Mountain - Lightning Bolt Untilted - Autechre Kyberneticka Babicka - Stereolab Rossz Csillag Alatt Szulletet - Venetian Snares Tago Mago/Ege Bamyasi/Future Days Remastered - Can ... and one more oldie which is as yet to be re-issued and which I'll undoubtedly purchase in the future : House Arrest - Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti bp ~

Ahoy! Ditto on the Books! Not IDM per se, but of interest to all who ought to be interested and are, and more. Understated, under-rated, nary a whiff of trendy, just pure wild fun and love of sound - flat out genius. All their records. Along with Kallikak Family, Animal Collective, and Six Organs of Admittance, some of the brightest (as in opposite of "dim") music this, and last, and the year before, or several... IDM-wise, I'd have to tip the yarmulke to Monolake (again), Venetian Snares (again), Autechre (again), Amon Tobin (again), and on into the blurry pop fur lined automat of Dntel, Four Tet, Apparat, Solvent, Styrofoam, The Postal Service, Figurine, The Notwist, Hood, Lali Puna, Caribou, Minotaur Shock, Tarwater, etc, etc, etc. Lots of good, especially at the boundaries - hard to say "best" though. Ubu wah --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

For people who like making recommendations and making lists of things they like... Have you seen http://bookswelike.net/ ? It's pretty neat, though it's pretty new and has some bugs here and there, and is mostly unrealized potential as of yet because there aren't tons of people using it yet. I've been enjoying recommending and making comments on some IDM albums, It'd be neat if a bunch of electronic music heads showed up and participated. Mind you, I got nothing to do with the site, it's just another way to waste time, so far. Have fun, or don't. Cya -adam damek.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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 damek.org

quoted 1 line Lots of good, especially at the boundaries - hard to say "best" though.

>>Lots of good, especially at the boundaries - hard to say "best" though.

Perhaps this dearth of anything "best" reflects our collective listening habits nowadays. Time was when I'd have been delighted to have heard 3 or 4 favourite albums in a given year. Nowadays, as I've found my listening preferences broadening ever further into a so much less "tidy" mess, my willingness to feel compelled to tip my hat to a single release as my favourite has diminished. Add to this the amount of online content from yesteryears that I'm only hearing now for the first time and it's not too hard to become a little apathetic as to what's "favourite" round my ear lobes. I'm bobbing expectantly (or swooning narcosis-like) to far too much "good" material as to be unwilling (or unable) to put my finger on anything that's "best". The one pity however is how readily I've become willing to dismiss music that doesn't fit the criteria that it should engage my attention upon first listening. With so much music in the marketplace nowadays there's little or no time to indulge that which doesn't immediately sate the appetite but which could go a long way towards enriching your listening habits should it have been given a more thorough inspection. Which, in my case, accounts for why I listen to less and less "IDM". In a way I think it's interesting that my listening to IDM should suffer/stagnate as a result of the ability to test drive ahead of purchase, i.e. broadband technology + digital music providers = resurgence in hippy folk forms and post punk/hardcore nostalligators ! Is it (IDM) being bitten in the tail by that which it is (technology is killing technologically innovative music forms) ? Which all goes to make this word of mouth format (the list) of such importance in resuscitating my interest in the form and revealing its hidden secrets to me which it periodically still does... IF we could ever get past talking about the (yawn) Bored of Canada or Aphex Twin ?!? |---------+----------------------------> | | wobbly | | | <spacewalker@juno| | | .com> | | | | | | 20/12/2005 07:01 | | | | |---------+----------------------------> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: Brian.Power@cso.ie | | cc: idm@hyperreal.org | | Subject: [Possible Spam] Re: [idm] top 2005 | >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Ahoy! Ditto on the Books! Not IDM per se, but of interest to all who ought to be interested and are, and more. Understated, under-rated, nary a whiff of trendy, just pure wild fun and love of sound - flat out genius. All their records. Along with Kallikak Family, Animal Collective, and Six Organs of Admittance, some of the brightest (as in opposite of "dim") music this, and last, and the year before, or several... IDM-wise, I'd have to tip the yarmulke to Monolake (again), Venetian Snares (again), Autechre (again), Amon Tobin (again), and on into the blurry pop fur lined automat of Dntel, Four Tet, Apparat, Solvent, Styrofoam, The Postal Service, Figurine, The Notwist, Hood, Lali Puna, Caribou, Minotaur Shock, Tarwater, etc, etc, etc. Lots of good, especially at the boundaries - hard to say "best" though. Ubu wah --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Sorry, I am a bit late but here is my list of electronic music favorites of 2005, not all IDM: Autechre - Untilted Biosphere - Dropsonde Richie Hawtin - DE9 Transitions Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Született A bit short, I have listened mostly to old albums this year. ** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

I want to add to the best of 2005: The Boats - We Made It For You --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

As One 'Elegant Systems' Bitstream 'Domestic Economy 7' Boards of Canada 'The Campfire Headphase' Boy Robot 'Rotten Cocktails' Brownstudy 'Tell Me More About Bubbles' The Flashbulb 'Reunion' Hanne Hukkelburg 'Little Things' Isolee 'Wearemonster' Kelly Polar 'Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens' Lawrence 'The night Will Last Forever' Mathew Johnson 'Marionette ep' Modeselektor 'Hello Mom!" Various Artists 'The Now Sound Redesigned' --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org