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BEST ALBUMS OF 2012 - part 1

Albums:

THEESatisfaction - awE naturalE

Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio

Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again

Blundetto - Warm my Soul

Guts - Paradise For All

Kinny  - Can’t Kill a Dame With Soul

Erik Sumo Band - The Ice Tower

Micatone - Wish I Was Here

Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet

Zara McFarlane - Until Tomorrow

Tigram Hamasyan - A fable

Wiley - Evolve or be extinct

Pinch & Schackleton - Pinch & Schackleton 

Robot Orchestra - Beat the odds

fLako - The Mesektet

Gang Colours - The Keychain Collection

Teeko - Light Up The Darkness

Scrimshire - The Hollow

Gonjasufi - MU.ZZ.LE

Leila - U&I

Marc Mac - Extend The Knowledge

Julien Dyne - Glimpse

Ital - Hive Mind

Burial - Street Halo / Kindred

Scuba - Personality

Saschienne - Unknown

Georgia Anne Muldrow - Seeds 

Madlib - Madlib Medicine Show, No. 13 - Black Tape

Compilations/Mixes:

Kutmah presents Worldwide Family Vol. 2

Starship 27 Vol. 2: ‘Take Off’

Dj Food: The Search Engine

Southport Weekender Vol. 9

Rinse: 18

Martyn - Essential Mix

Scuba - Essential Mix

Modeselector - Essential Mix

Blundetto - Voices of Jamaica

Heat wave - sweets

Pinch Fabriclive 61

BEST ALBUMS OF 2011 - part 1

osunlade - pyrography [yoruba]

africa hitech - 93 million miles [warp]

gusgus - arabaian horse [kompakt]

norba - agykontroll [kriminal] (2010)

bankos - mappa [kriminal] (2010)

K-S.H.E. - routes not roots [Skylax Records]

shabazz palaces - Black Up [sub pop]

the last electro-acoustic space jazz & percussion ensemble - miles away [stones throw] (2010)

robarg wruhme - thora vukk [pampa]

boxcutter - the dissolve [planet mu]

red snapper - Key [v2]

jamie woon - mirrorwriting [polydor]

isolée - well spent youth

rapheal Saadiq - stone rollin’ [sony]

kode 9 - black bun [hyperdub]

what a fine mess we made [affaine]

2562 - Fever [when in doubt]

prefuse 73 - The Only She Chapters

sandwell District - Feed forward [sandwell District ]

gold panda - companion [ghostly international]

bnjmn - bnjmn [rush hour]

vector lovers - electrospective [soma]

martin dawson - sunday smooking [moodmusic record]

lanu - her 12 faces [tru thoughts]

prommer & barck - Alex and the Grizzly [derwin]

Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R. (we are renegades) [duck down]

salva - complex housing [friends of friends]

nicolas jaar - spaces only noise [circus company]

ghostpoet - Peanut butter blues & melancholy jam [brownswood]

radiohead - the king of limbs [self released]

theo parrish - sketches [sound signature]

malcom & martin - life does not frighten me [soulspazm]

gill scott-heron and jamie xx - we are new here [XL]

baths - pop music /false b-sides [self released]

talib kweli - Gutter Rainbow [blacksmith]

dj vadim presents the electric - life is moving [organically grown sound]

long arm - the branches [project mooncircle]

toro y moi - underneath the pine

bibio - mind bokeh [warp]

raekwon - shaolin vs wu-tang 

thephilius london - lovers holiday EP

nostalgia 77 - the sleepwalking society [tru thoughts]

daedelus - bespoke [brainfeeder]

seekae - +DOME [rice is nice]

stateless - matilda [ninja tune]

james pants - Love Kraft [stones throw]

wagon christ - Tomorrow [ninja tune]

pandit - eternity spin[lefse]

VA 14 tracks from Planet mu [planet mu]

VA Dj Mitsu the beats & Fat Loop - Loop Amplitude  [hi-hat]

VA dj kicks - wolf + lamb vs soul clap [k!7]

VA Tokyo Dawn Records - the boogie [tokyo dawn] 

VA FabricLive 56 - Pearson Sound [fabric]

VA Sub:stance mixed by Scuba (2010)

VA madlib medicine show #11 [stones throw]

VA scientist Launches dubstep into outer space [tectonic] (2010)

VA robag wruhme - Wuppdeckmischmampflow [kompakt]

VA Lefto & Simbad Present Worldwide Family Volume 1 [browswood]

VA shakleton - fabric 55 [fabric]

VA back and 4th [hotflush]

VA 116 & raising [hessle audio]

VA Minute Papilon [second language]

BEST ALBUMS OF 2010 - part 4

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While I am working on my best-of-2010 mix, I figured I’d post the last installment of my best of charts for 2010 [part1, part2+part3]. Here it is: 

Ikonika - Contact, Love, Want, Have [Hyperdub]

Digital Mystikz - Return II Space [DMZ]

Skream - Outside The Box [Tempa] 

Elektro Guzzi - Elektro Guzzi [Macro]

John Roberts - Glass Eights [Dial]

Brandt Brauer Frick - You Make Me Real [K7]

Demdike Stare - Voices of Dust [Modern Love]

Robot Koch - Songs For Trees & Cyborgs [Project: Mooncircle]

Baths - Cerulean [Anticon]

Clutchy Hopkins - The Story Teller [Ubiquity]

Lorn - Nothing Else [Brainfeeder]

Nosaj Thing - Drifted Remixed [Alpha Pup]

Nosaj Thing - Remixes [unofficial]

Dimlite - My Human Wears Acedia Shreds EP [Now Again]

Lukid - Chord [Werk Discs]

James Blake - The Bells Sketch, CMYK, Klavierwerke EPs [Hessle]

Flying Lotus - Pattern+Grid World EP [Warp]

Flying Lotus - BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale Session [bootleg]

Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz [Asthmatic Kitty]

Reflection Eternal - Revolution per Minute [Blacksmith]

The Roots - How I Got Over [Def Jam]

Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son Of Chico Dusty [Def Jam] 

Roots Manuva Meets Wrongtom - Duppy Writer [Big Dada]

Space Invadas - Space Invadas [Invada]

Gil Scott-Heron - I’m New Here [XL]

Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid [Atlantic]

Cee Lo Green - The Lady killer[Elektra]

Shawn Lee - Sing A Song [Ubiquity]

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way [Daptone]

Diesler - Tie Breakers [Unique]

Gerardo Frisina - Join the Dance [Schema]

Gideon van Gelder - Perpetual [Kindred Spirit]

The Budos Band - The Budos Band III [Daptone]

Woima Collective - Tezeta [Kindred Spirit]

Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno - Dog with a Rope [Tru Thoughts]

Donso - Donso [Comet]

VA Blacksmith Presents: The Community Mixtape [Blacksmith]

VA Sixteen F**king Years of G-Stone Recordings [G-Stone]

VA Brownswood Bubblers Six [Brownswood]

VA Cosmopolyphonic [Cargo Records]

BEST ALBUMS OF 2010 - part 2 and 3 

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A while ago I posted my favorite albums of 2010. Here are the second & third parts:

Maddslinky - Make a Change [Tru Thoughts] (2010)

Darkstar - North [Hyperdub] (2010)

Matthew Dear - Black City [Ghostly Int.] (2010)

Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner [Ghostly Int.] (2010)

The Clonious - Between The Dots [Ubiquity] (2009)

Jneiro Jarel - Fauna [Kindred Spirits] (2010)

Teebs - Ardour [Brainfeeder] (2010)

Exile - Radio - AM/FM [Plug Research] (2010)

Actress - Splazsh [Honest Jon’s] (2010)

Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers [Hotflush] (2010)

The Books - The Way Out [Temporary Residence] (2010)

Bonobo - Black Sands [Ninja Tune] (2010)

Hindi Zahra - Handmade [Blue Note] (2010)

Portico Quartet - Isla [Real World] (2009)

Radio Citizen - Hope and Despair [Ubiquity] (2010)

Georg Levin - Everything Must Change [BBE] (2010)

Marsmobil - (Why Don’t You Take) The Other Side? [Compost] (2010)

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl - Record Collection [RCA] (2010)

Bilal - Airtight’s Revenge [Plug Research] (2010)

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh [Motown] (2010)

Aloe Blacc - Good Things [Stones Throw] (2010)

Richy Pitch - Ye Fre Mi Richy Pitch [BBE] (2010)

VA Elevator Music, Vol. 1 [Fabric] (2010)

VA DJ-KiCKS - Kode9 [K7] (2010)

VA Coming Home By Boozoo Bajou [Stereo Deluxe] (2010)

VA Gilles Peterson Presents Brownswood Bubblers Five [Bronwswood] (2010)

VA Brownswood Electric [Brownswood] (2010)