Jawbreaker, 1992
Jets to Brazil, 1998
Forgetters, 2012
Jawbreaker, 1992
Jets to Brazil, 1998
Forgetters, 2012
Lou Reed, 1979
Benoît Pioulard, 2010
Orcas, 2012
Perils, 2015
Juana Molina, 2013
Here is my annual musical yearbook mix.
Major Stars: Echo
Lower Slaughter: Some Things Take Work
Kim Gordon: Air B ‘n B
Kukangendai: Hi-Vision
Nate Wooley: With Condolences
The Telescopes: Don't Place Your Happiness in the Hands of Another
Bill Callahan: Ballad of the Hulk
Alexander Tucker: Precog
Paco Sala: Minories
Maayan Nidam: Acid Kiss*
Stepehn Mallinder: Satellite
rRoxymore: Hectadrums
Gonzo: Estorvo
Lambchop: The Lasting Last of You
United Waters: Arrowheads
Andy Stott: Promises
Tunes of Negation: Rückschlag
Rupert Clervaux: Make Nature Speak
Amirtha Kidambi / Elder Ones: Dance of the Subaltern
Fire! Orchestra: Weekends (the Soil is Calling)
Mega Bog: Truth in the Wild
Tomeka Reid Quartet: RN
You Tell Me: Springburn
Robert Forster: I’m Gonna Tell It
Sacred Paws: What’s So Wrong?
* the internet claims this album was officially released mid-December 2018, but I am fairly certain, at least where I live, it was not available until the new year (and have seen it on at least two other best-of-2019 lists).
Brokeback, 1999 / Douglas McCombs & David Daniell, 2009
A mix of fresh techno stompers.
Konx-Om-Pax: Optimism Over Despair
Biome: Empire
Yak: Wide Eye
Dance System: Wind 'em Up
Negroni Nails: Collision
Karenn: Rek
Eliphino: Disc Rhythm
Identified Patient: Chantal’s Chant
Aasthma: Los Angeles
Tommy Four Seven: 2084
Lena Willikens: Paredo (Mapstation Mega Dubmix)
Howes: (untitled)
Homemade Weapons: Crewcut
Hypho with Rakay: Graft
Loom: SE5
Basic Rhythm: Buss It
DOK: 06
Mr. Oizo: Viandes Légumes Véhicules
Jack Sparrow: Double Time Skank
SP:MC: Slugfest
Terror Danjah: Last Days
Anunaku: Bronze Age
Proc Fiskal: Smith's Deli
Gila: Tons
Faizal Mostrixx: Chicken Groove
Charlotte Bendiks: Bon-Sexy
J Chrysalis: A Kind Robin
Olaf Blanch: Nur Yawa (Suzanne Kraft mix)
Pedro Vian: Flexible Girl (Cardopusher mix)
Khidja: I Can Never Relax
Cosmo Vitelli: Kuldip
Pugilist: Encrypted
Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman, 2018
Yes, 2019
Jan.15, 2019—the Grey Eagle: Asheville, NC
Loren Mazzacane & Suzanne Langille, 1991
The Orb, 1992
Nov.2, 2018—Thomas Wolfe Auditorium; Asheville, NC
A mix of new tracks and projects from post-punk originators, still innovating in what may honestly be dubbed their ‘old age’.
Wire: 23 Years too Late
Grinderman featuring Robert Fripp: Super Heathen Child
Crispy Ambulance: End Game
The Fall: Mister Rode
Savage Republic: Sons and Lovers
Mission of Burma: So Fuck It
Kim Gordon: Murdered Out
The Pop Group: St. Outrageous
Edwyn Collins: Glasgow to London
Gang of Four: Paper Thin
New Order: Academic
The Wake: If the Ravens Leave
John Foxx and the Belbury Circle: Empty Avenues and Dark Corners (Pye Corner Audio remix)
MXM.Joy: Ultraviolet
Wrangler: Clockwork
Ana da Silva & Phew: Bom Tempo
Alan Vega: Prayer
Björk: Thunderbolt (Death Grips mix)
Blurt: The Bells
Bauhaus: Mirror Remains
Public Image Ltd.: Terra-Gate
The Slits: Peer Pressure
Arto Lindsay: Unpair
The Red Krayola: Greasy Street
Paul Haig: Round and Round
The Wolfhounds: Divide and Fall
The Ex: From the Top of My Lungs
The Sexual Objects: Bluetime in Fluff ‘82
Viv Albertine: Confessions of a MILF
Dislocation Dance: Life Moves On
Siouxsie Sioux with Brian Reitzell: Love Crime
Alison Statton & Spike: Alone Together
Elder Ones, 2019
Oct.27. 2018—Grey Eagle; Asheville, NC
Marcus Fischer, 2017
A mix of fresh new techno focusing on dub—but dub as a technique more than a genre.
Lowtec: Burnt Toast
Slim Media Player: Moutfeel
TNT Roots: Chant Down Babylon (Verse II)
Floating Points: Shark Chase
Passarani: Minerals
Roza Terenzi: Electronique
Jeff Mills: Helix Nebula
Soluce: Center
Mikron: Imora
Demian Licht & Eomac: Algol
Christoph de Babalon: Endless Inside
Pearson Sound: Earwig
Kleft: Writhe, Squirm, Broken
Dayzero: Sunday on Spaceship
Lamont: XIX
Airhead: Clatter
Lemzly Dale: Go Away
Parris: Puro Rosaceaes (KMOS mix)
Isolée: Ginster
Tilliander: Respect Existence
ST / NE: ME / WE
Klein Zage: She’s Out There (Local Artist Cult mix)
Norman Nodge: Tacit Knowing
Ron Morelli: FXK Ripper
Best Available Technology: Orbitiara
Sabla: Chant 35
Tapes: Ticker Tape
(unknown): (untitled)
Pavel Milyakov: Bolotniy
Claudia Anderson: Momentum
Nekyia: Dream Within a Dream
Positive Centre: Exhibit Structures
Substance: Distance
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement: Bridgetown Dub
Phase90: Ango (Intrusion Metamorphose)
Not Glass: Ludicrum
Aphex Twin, 1992
Oct.22, 2018—the Orange Peel; Asheville, NC
Various, compiled 2017 (recorded, early 80s)