My Favourite 2017 Albums

‎1. Alice Coltrane - World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane ‎Turiyasangitananda
‎2. Zu – Jhator
‎3. Bardo Pond - Under The Pines
‎4. Thurston Moore - Rock n Roll Consciousness
‎5. Do Make Say Think - Stubborn Persistent Illusions
‎6. Kevin Morby - City Music
‎7. Circuit des Yeux - Reaching for Indigo
‎8. Esmerine - Mechanics Of Dominion
‎9. Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
‎10. The Necks – Unfold
‎11. Broken Social Scene - Hug Of Thunder
‎12. Loss - Horizonless
‎13. Aimee Mann - Mental Illness
‎14. Richard Dawson - Peasant
‎15. Ka Baird - Sapropelic Pycnic
‎16. Lee Ranaldo - Electric Trim
‎17. Avec Le Soleil Sortant De Sa Bouche - Pas pire pop, I Love You So Much
‎18. Irreversible Entanglements - Irreversible Entanglements1‎
‎19. Ariel Pink - Dedicated To Bobby Jameson
‎20. Zen Mother - I Was Made to Be Like Her
‎21. Slowdive - Slowdive
‎22. James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits
‎23. Amir ElSaffar & Rivers Of Sound - Not Two
‎24. William Basinski - A Shadow In Time
‎25. Woods - Love is Love
‎26. Daniel O’Sullivan - Veld
‎27. Shabazz Palaces - Quazarz: Born on a Gangster Star/Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines
‎28. Julia Holter – In the Same Room
‎29. All Them Witches - Sleeping Through The War
‎30. Sheer Mag - Need to Feel Your Love
‎31. The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody
‎32. Peter Brötzmann and Heather Leigh - Sex Tape
‎33. Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar
‎34. Wooden Wand – Clipper Ship
‎35. GAS - Narkopop
‎36. Astrïd & Rachel Grimes - Through the Sparkle
‎37. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - Crooked Calypso
‎38. Sly & the Family Drone / Dead Neanderthals - Molar Wrench
‎39. Beck - Colors
‎40. Charlemagne Palestine & Grumbling Fur Time Machine Orchestra - Omminggg and ‎Schlomminggg
‎41. The Body & Full of Hell - Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light
‎42. Curanderos - Curanderos
‎43. Electric Wizard - Wizard Bloody Wizard
‎44. Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now
‎45. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Luciferian Towers
‎46. Floating Points – Reflections – Mojave Desert
‎47. Chastity Belt - I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone
‎48. Those Who Walk Away - The Infected Mass
‎49. Wacław Zimpel/Jakub Ziołek - Zimpel/Ziołek
‎50. Brooklyn Raga Massive - Coltrane Raga Tribute
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and my favourite concerts


‎60. Phurpa - Off Festival, Katowice
‎59. Noura Mint Seymali - Off Festival, Katowice
‎58. Royal Trux - Off Festival, Katowice
‎57. Kwadrofonik and Artur Rojek - Off Festival, Katowice*‎
‎56. Föllakzoid - Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
‎55. Tezeta Ensemble, Beit Romano, Tel Aviv
‎54. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - Off Festival, Katowice
‎53. Feist - Off Festival, Katowice
‎52. Julianna Barwick - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht*‎
‎51. Ben Frost - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎50. Mario Batkovic - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎49. Greg Fox - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎48. Princess Nokia - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎47. Weyes Blood - Eventim Apollo, London
‎46. Maya Dunitz, Beit Romano, Tel Aviv
‎45. Talib Kweli - - Off Festival, Katowice
‎44. Shabaka & The Ancestors - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht*‎
‎43. Pissed Jeans - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎42. Sun Ra Arkestra - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht*‎
‎41. Beak> - Off Festival, Katowice
‎40. Sun Kil Moon - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎39. Laibach - Reading 3, Tel Aviv
‎. Jane Weaver - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht*‎‏38‏
‎37. Holy Fuck - Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
‎36. Protomartyr - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎35. Devin Townsend - Barby, Tel Aviv
‎34. The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers performs The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane 34. ‎Turiyasangitananda - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎33. Tears for Fears - Menora Arena, Tel Aviv
‎32. Matana Roberts - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎31. Sheer Mag - Off Festival, Katowice
‎30. Pretenders - Menora Arena, Tel Aviv
‎29. Shabazz Palaces- Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎28. Grandaddy - Barby, Tel Aviv
‎27. Dillinger Escape Plan- Barby, Tel Aviv
‎26. Prurient - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎25. Linda Sharrock - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎24. Moor Mother - Off Festival, Katowice
‎23. Big | Brave - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎22. Swans - Off Festival, Katowice*‎
‎21. Kevin Morby - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎20. Weyes Blood - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎19. Michael Gira - Off Festival, Katowice
‎18. Moon Dou - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎17. Pixies - Caesarea Amphitheater, Caesarea
‎16. Shellac - Off Festival, Katowice
‎15. Boris - Off Festival, Katowice
‎14. Circuit des Yeux - Off Festival, Katowice
‎13. This Is Not This Heat - Off Festival, Katowice
‎12. James Holden & The Animal Spirits - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎11. Richard Dawson - Off Festival, Katowice
‎10. Thurston Moore Group - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎9. Ken Vandermark Quartet - Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
‎8. The Men - Off Festival, Katowice
‎7. The Ex - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht ‎
‎6. Dark Buddha Rising - Le Guess Who? Festival, Utrecht
‎5. Thurston Moore Group – 100 Club, London‎
‎4. Wrekmeister Harmonies - Off Festival, Katowice
‎3. Anna von Hausswolff - Off Festival, Katowice
‎2. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Menora Arena, Tel Aviv
‎1. PJ Harvey - Off Festival, Katowice

I didn't know their "comeback" album was self-titled — even that is an MBV ripoff. :D

Having seen them both "in the day," Slowdive were hands down the Superior live Act.

Whaaaaaat? Seriously?

In my experience at least, yes. And Ride's first US tour killed them all, despite what they became. Same for Verve circa 92/93. All were quite a bit better live than MBV then, at least the shows I saw.

there are still many records i didn't get a chance to hear.

favorites sorta best to least best, lps and eps mixed together:


jim o'rourke - steamroom 32
biosphere - the petrified forest
jan st. werner - spectric acid
teresa winter - untitled death
richard youngs - this is not a lament
colleen - a flame my love, a frequency
kassel jaeger & jim o'rourke - wakes on cerulean
peaking lights - the fifth state of consciousness
laurel halo - dust
yelle - ici & maintenant
ellen allien - nost
jim o'rourke - steamroom 35
kaitlyn aurelia smith - the kid
tim heidecker - too dumb for suicide: trump songs
golden retriever - rotations
bardo pond - under the pines
visible cloaks - lex
félicia atkinson - hand in hand
kelly lee owens - kelly lee owens
konrad sprenger - stack music
wolf eyes - strange days II
mount eerie - a crow looked at me
tarawangsawelas - wanci
cicely irvine - excavations
benoît poulard - lignin poise
no ufos - nu for rs lp
colin stetson - all this i do for glory
fever ray - plunge
zola jesus - okovi
ahnnu - special forces
lea bertucci - all that is solid melts into the air
growing - disorder
kars-lis clover - grafts
sarah davachi - all my circles run


specific songs
clairo - sure, there's pretty girl, but flaming hot cheetos live shows way more talent.
colin stetson - the rain like curses. even another step up from all this i do for glory.
yelle - ici & maintenant (voyou remix) this versus the original is a great example of remixing as an important art.
twice - i likey. a masterpiece in scientifically engineered pop.


live experiences
these are all in columbus because i don't like to travel.

rafael toral & ryan jewell. i want to explain. i hate the use the phrase "you had to be there", but i guess i just did. i've been a fan of rafael toral's for 17 years, so it was a dream to finally see him (and say hi!). ryan jewell is one of the most talented and innovative performers i have ever witnessed.

mike shiflet - at COSI planetarium: 360 psychedelic visuals, surround sounds, phenomenal composition(?)/performance. i was not on drugs of any kind, but i did float above my body for a moment.

BAND - i had been given a few hints about what i would witness, and i smiled and thought it jolly and preposterous. then i saw them setting up the curtains and lights and... more and more, furniture? i don't wan't to spoil it for the uninitiated, i'll just say, ferocious attack of sound, a baby doll dress of a kind, microphones and tapes, something involving an IV catheter, and aluminum baseball bats.

in no order. there is probably some stuff missing on the list.

Lussuria - Standstill
Sleaford Mods - English Tapas
Jass - Weightless
Odatropica - Baile Bucanero
Dopplereffekt - Cellurar Automatga
Xordox - Neospection
Regis - The Master Side
Japan Blues Sells His Record Collection
Equiknoxx - Colon Man
UnicaZurn - Transpandorem
Obbatuké - Manana 001
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Book Of Sound
Pancrace - Pancrace
Tarawangsawelas - Wanci
Porter Ricks - Anguilla Electrica
Karen Gwyer - Rembo
Lieve Martens Moana - Three Amazonian Essays
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Async
Gas - Narkopop
Sarah Davachi - All My Circles Run
Prurient - Rainbow Mirror
Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Ambient Black Magik
Rafael Irisarri - The Shameless Years
bvdub - Heartless
Lawrence English - Cruel Optimism
Hans Zimmer - Blade Runner 2049 OST
Thurston Moore Band - RnR Consiousness
Lee Ranaldo - Electric Trim
Spectre Folk - Vol. 4

thanks very much for lists guys! realy appreciate it! there is plenty stuff I missed from your lists, so cheers! especially new Ulver, Bardo Pond, Jim O Rourke, Biosphere.

Moshe that live list is something insane.

I see Slowdive, but No Jesus And Mery Chain on the lists?

Thanks. Not enough time for J&MC :)

man, what is Mike up to these days? from his Insta I see he moved to a new place, started building a nice studio, getting into modular and climbs a lot. I like some of his stuff. would love to see him live.

yeah, Big Brave were amazing live. espec. doing their drone ambient stuff with guitar feedback. def. surprise for me this year. I checked their stuff after, but it was not as intense as seeing them live. recording of their set I did from Le Guess Who, where they participated in 12 hrs. drone thing turned out brilliant.

Prurient live was also great to see.

Sarah Davachi too (glad that after missing to make a recording of her gig in Vienna I managed to record her gig in Utrecht, which turned out to be a brilliant recording too. yeah 2 times for me this year. she is from Canada, so it was lovely to see her traveling Europe so intensively last year).

Thurston Moore live with the band + impro after long-ish time...da best.

Pissed Jeans + Protomartyr - so refreshing to hear and see a propper punk/rock show after long-ish time.

not as many gigs last year as I would wish, but it could be worse. few more memorable gigs from the top of my head right now. My Cat Is An Alien, Andrea Belfi, Wolf Eyes, Lawrence English, Okkyung Lee, Kara Lis Coverdale, Lee Ranaldo, have to mention _slavo_´s Casi Cada Minuto, he is always good live, oh yeah I really enjoyed The Ex live surprisingly, Sun Kil Moon...

then there were gigs where I was not sure what to think of them + pretentious + at times cool at times horrid. + funny, like f. e. Ben Frost, Shabazz Palaces, Princess Nokia, Visible Cloaks and few more...

pissed off I have missed GAS live (clashed with Thurston Moore / Hans Bennik) and maybe William Basinsky too (still haven´t heard his last album).

i actually don't know him personally. i assumed he still lived in columbus? last i saw was in spring. he improv'd with an analog synth with jen powers on dulcimer. he also mastered a record for vinyl for brian werstler and eoin bell-games.
that planetarium show was one of the best things i've ever seen. there is a 360 video group that meets there. i keep meaning to make something for it.

how could i forgot THALASSA - Bonds Of Prosperity! collab. between William Fowlers Collins and Aaron B. Turner (Sumac/Isis) on Sige records. one of my favs. last year.

which also reminds me i completly forgot about Svarte Greiner's release from last year, which i have to check out.

i think he still resides in Columbus, just moved to a different location. thanks for the tip, i will have a look on that 360 group.

haha, don't exaggerate, I tend to suck balls most of the time when I play live :). But thanks, you're probably my most loyal concert attendee :)

no need to be humble there. your live gigs are opposite of yr. definition suck balls most of the time :D . seriously.

OK mate, I believe you.

Btw, I have my eyes on this little beast, check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT8g2N3tRAg

wow. wtf is that? great for recording continuous drone. haven't read the comments below yet. is this all internal effects or it is running via some external effect. hold on...

1; long delay (capable of near infinite feedback looping)
2; tight, notated granular delay
3; huge plate reverb
4; shimmering reverb
5; distortion and multi-filter
6; pitch delay
7; stutter glitch
Alter 2 has the following effects:
1; analog delay
2; reverb with infinite capture and lp + hp filters
3; choral reverb
4; palindrome reverse delay - backward/forward repeat
5; time stretch
6; pitch shift (notated semi-tones
7; time stretch glitch

nice. pricey as fuck..

but man, that nano garden...half cheaper...

other planetariums in the country have 360 video groups as well. COSI's is called domelab. do you live in ohio or where? wondering how you know of shiflet but haven't seen him play.

no. I'm in Europe. found him via TYPE label, who released his Merciless LP which I really like and I have it on vax. he also has a plenty of split releases with other musicians like Daniel Menche, 16 Bitch Pile Up, Aaron Dilloway, Pete Swanson... his name pop out on peoples mixtapes from time to time, I heard his stuff on WFMU too, also I have found some of his field recordings on the internet. he is not that unknown. btw, I think he is a big SY fan too :). yeah, haven't seen him live. and in planetarium setting? nice.

oh, I see, I'll be checking cosi's domelab.

cheers.

the resonating garden is I believe 3 separate effect units (3x Folktek Alter) + 3x pickup microphones that feed the effect units.
I'd instantly buy it, but I'm worried about import tax and customs - I heard that it's a nightmare with shipping larger units from US to our homeland.
We'll talk more when we meet for beers on Thursday.

prurient, the ex and thurston were great! sorry i missed Sarah Davachi.

Rolling Stone top 20 avant records 2017

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/l...-eater-w514246

how do you always find those things? i am completly hooked. never heard about folktek before. now I see they do eurorack stuff too. i am blown away by resonating garden and that omnichord modified by folktek? uff.

that Prurient new release is something else. almost 3 and half hours of doom electronics in collab. with Matt Folden of Dual Action and Jim Mroz of Lussuria mixed by guy from Shifted. it is not easily digestable though.

just seen Big Brave are returning to Europe for Roadburn fest and they should be touring 3 weeks intensively after the fest. it would be nice to catch them.

Folktek is a pretty well-known brand if you're into this sort of thing. I've had my eyes on their stuff for several years but this is the first time that I'm actually considering purchasing something from them.
If there wasn't this terrible thing with import tax and customs fee for shipping from US from Slovakia, I'd buy it instantly.
But I don't want to end up paying 200-300 EUR more than the initial price, innit.

that sucks alright. besides RG is pricey enough on its own. no exclusive dealer in EU for the similar price i suppose, once you have yr. eyes on it, huh?

It’s a pleasant surprise to see Alice Coltrane and Ornette Coleman on Moshe and the Rolling Stone list, yet neither is on the others list??? I haven’t heard either one, but I hope to pick each up in the near future.

yeah, Moshe was praising this album, haven't had a chance to hear it.

did he catch to see Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda performed by the Sai Anantam Ashram Singers I wonder, since I can not see it on his live list?

g, did U2 released album in 2017 as well? did not know that.

Yeah, right at the end there. Songs of Experience. Haven’t heard it but got it for my stepfather for Christmas. Probably terrible beyond measure.

Spot the Big Lebowski reference on the AllMusic review and win a prize (from me, seriously):

https://www.allmusic.com/album/songs...e-mw0003122263

What the hell man? I don’t want to read a G-D AllMusic review just to mine my Lebowski mind caves. I didn’t even realize AllMusic was still a thing.

Just tell us what the reference is, yo!

It’s really funny that major institutions have such different opinions on this thing. Rolling Stone called it “brilliant.”

No! I mean, yes, eventually, soon, I will, but hey, let's give them peoples here a chance to win the prize first...

FUCK Rolling Stone. I know — "Oh, that's original, you're only the fiftieth million person to say that" — but look at that damn list: it includes a bunch of albums from the Magnet and The Wire spheres (oooh, RS is hip now!) only to pack the top 10 with Sam Smith, QOTS, Taylor fucking Swift, U2, Lorde and the flavor of the day, Kendrick Lamar. Wenner, just GO already.

Kendrick Lamar is legitimately responsible for the best album of the year, and he’s been the “flavor of the day” since 2012 (or earlier, in mixtape communities), so... flavor of the half-decade? Don’t fucking insult yourself by insinuating that he’s not one of the best things in music right now.

But I agree with a lot of what you’re saying. Those other albums do suck. Lorde isn’t bad though.

I did. It was ok. It was more gospel than avantgarde...

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