every album I've ever heard, 2020–present

[ 1950–1979 ]   [ 1980–1989 ]   [ 1990–1999 ]   [ 2000–2009 ]   [ 2010–2019 ]

The magnificent, the excellent, the great, the good, the average, the meh, the poor, the awful, the crap, the dreck, and the stuff I can't figure out. All here. I don't do Christmas albums.

2020
Best of 2020
Mulatu Astatke, Black Jesus Experience, To Know Without Knowing  ( ETHIOPIA / AUSTRALIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Kostik Chipauak, Moots Cimatl Roots  ( MEXICO )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Avishai Cohen, Big Vicious  ( ISRAEL )  [ SPOTIFY ]
John Craigie, Asterisk the Universe  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Elina Duni, Rob Luft, Lost Ships  ( ALBANIA / UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]  FAVOURITE BIG LABEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2023
Dynastor, Tales of a Story  ( NETHERLANDS )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Nils Frahm, Empty  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Khruangbin, Mordechai  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Jean-Louis Matinier, Kevin Seddiki, Rivages  ( FRANCE )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Scott Colley, Brian Blade, Angular Blues  ( AUSTRIA / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Numün, Voyage au soleil  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Offthesky, Psalm of Solum  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Offthesky, the humble bee, We Were the Hum of Dreams  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Offthesky, Zoetropic EP  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Ozric Tentacles, Space for the Earth, 2020  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]  FAVOURITE INDIE ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2023
Tata-Wati, Numa EP  ( ITALY / MEXICO )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Stefan Torto, Orion's Rebirth  ( GREECE )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Yahgan, N:L:E, The Forgotten Civilization  ( ARGENTINA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Honourable mentions
Another Sky, I Slept on the Floor  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Apocryphos, Against Civilization  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov, Bipolar Disorder  ( RUSSIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Michel Benita, Looking at Sounds  ( FRANCE )  [ SPOTIFY ]
BeS, See  ( SWITZERLAND )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Christopher Bissonnette, The Wine Dark Sea  ( CANADA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow, Life Goes On  ( USA / UK )
Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Patchouli Blue  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Moses Boyd, Dark Matter  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Thom Brennan, Departures  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Whettman Chelmets, I Don't Want to Let Go, But I Need to Let Go  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Coam, Patterns Of Echos In Motion  ( ISRAEL )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Tino Contreras, La Noche de Los Dioses  ( MEXICO )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Deepness Dawn, Bordersun  ( RUSSIA )  [ SOUNDCLOUD ]
Denhollander, Birth of a Lifetime  ( NETHERLANDS )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Dinosaur, To the Earth  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Jon Durant, Robert Jürjendal, Across the Evening  ( USA / ESTONIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Mats Eilertsen Trio, Memorabilia  ( NORWAY / NETHERLANDS )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Brian Eno, Film Music 1976–2020  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Filter Bear, Slowly Dip Your Dreams Into the Sea  ( AUSTRALIA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Bill Frisell, Valentine  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Serena Gabriel, Steve Roach, Inanna's Dream  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Mathias Grassow, Too Much Distance  ( GERMANY )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Mathias Grassow, Eyes Cast Down, In the Eyes of Infinite Light  ( GERMANY / USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Halftribe and Spinnet, Patterns of Sync  ( UK / GREECE )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Hammock, Into the Blank / Madi  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
John Hassell, Seeing Through Sound: Pentimento Volume Two  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Hvalfugl, Øjeblikke Vi Husker  ( DENMARK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Isostatic, Glacial Epoch  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Nicolas Jaar, Cenizas  ( CHILE / USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman, Last and First Men  ( ICELAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
David Kollar, Arve Henriksen, Unexpected Isolation  ( SLOVAKIA / NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Let Spin, Steal the Light  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Lina, Raül Refree, Lina_ Raül Refree  ( PORTUGAL )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tim Linghaus, Venus Years  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Christian Löffler, Lys  ( GERMANY )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Jo David Meyer Lysne, Mats Eilertsen, Kroksjø  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Maluns, Artifacts of Time  ( SWITZERLAND )  [ SOUNDCLOUD ]
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin, Bill Frisell, Americana  ( FRANCE / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Memorio, We Walk Amongst Them  ( UNKNOWN )  [ BEATPORT ]
Moonkin & Dense, Wave Soaring  ( GERMANY / SWEDEN )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Mount Hush, Mount Hush  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Benjamin Moussay, Promontoire  ( FRANCE )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Kazuya Nagaya, Dream Interpretation  ( JAPAN )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Nimh, Rapoon, Nimh & Rapoon  ( ITALY / UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
N:L:E, Kophi, Random Touch  ( ARGENTINA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Alva Noto, Xerrox 4  ( GERMANY )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Andrew Odd, Random Thoughts  ( FINLAND )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Of Wood  ( VISIONARY SHAMANICS )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Paul Motian, The Copenhagen Concert  ( ITALY / USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Psydraft, Tata  ( SOUTH AFRICA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Steve Roach, Timeroom Livestream 8-22-2020  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Robert Rich, Offering to the Morning Fog  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Chris Russell, Elliptical  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Dino Saluzzi, Albores  ( ARGENTINA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Sepsiss, Almost 11  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ebi Soda, Ugh  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Soulstatejazz, Annwn  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Stefan Torto, The Dawn  ( GREECE )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Oded Tzúr, Here Be Dragons  ( ISRAEL )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Valotihkuu, Winter Lullabies  ( UKRAINE )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Dominik Wania, Lonely Shadows  ( POLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Wolf Tech, Cry for Roots  ( UK )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Urucum, Danza Savanna  ( AUSTRIA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
Jamie Webster, We Get By  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Nao Yoshioka, Undeniable  ( JAPAN / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
John Zorn, Virtue  ( USA )  [ YOUTUBE ]
All albums
Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang, Snow Catches Her Eyelashes  ( NORWAY )
Amritone, The Finger Pointing to the Moon  ( RUSSIA )
Amritone, Mental Underground  ( RUSSIA )
Archean Nights, Dying Quasar  ( FRANCE )
Bailjack, Spring  ( USA )
Jon Balke, Discourses  ( NORWAY )
Dave Bessell, Reality Engine  ( UK )
Blessed Are the Hearts That Bend, The Limitless Sweet Love of Precious Suffering  ( UK )
Mike Bullock, Ultrasonisphere  ( USA )
Ben Burr, Fresh Cheese  ( USA )
Cerceaux, Erase Una Vez EP  ( MEXICO )
Gilbert Cohen, Ariel Kalma, Head Voices  ( FRANCE )
Cosmyte, Pyramite: Awake Side EP  ( UNKNOWN )
Cubering, Mirage  ( RUSSIA )
Dwarrowdelf, Evenstar  ( UK )
Earmake, Beyond Reality  ( UKRAINE )
Echo Season, Solarmetric  ( USA )
Roger Eno, Brian Eno, Mixing Colours  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Elohi, Enochiana  ( POLAND )
Essence Project, Here and Now EP  ( ISRAEL )
Joel Fausto & Illusion Orchestra, Inside the Throat of a Giant Insect  ( PORTUGAL )
The Flying Mars, Cosmochemistry  ( SWITZERLAND )
Giöbia, Plasmatic Idol  ( ITALY )
Gypsybyrd, Eye of the Sun  ( USA )
Aadm Our Hatley, Sang It All Night  ( USA )
Daniel Herskedal, Call for Winter  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Patrick Holland, Reality Picture  ( CANADA )
How to Disappear Completely, Ancora  ( POLAND )
Jedidiah, Pineal Portal  ( MEXICO )
Ray Larsen, Songs to Fill the Air  ( USA )
Anja Lechner, François Couturier, Lontano  ( GERMANY / FRANCE )
Lesmus, Liberation EP  ( UNKNOWN )
Lokijar, Macronaut EP  ( RUSSIA )
K. Markov, Visitors  ( CROATIA )
Nuell Martin, Ice EP  ( SPAIN )
Martins Garden, Avalon  ( SWITZERLAND )
Maywa, Essência  ( UNKNOWN )
Midnight Odyssey, Ruins of a Celestial Fire  ( AUSTRALIA )
Natural Life Essence, In-organic Adventures Continue  ( ARGENTINA )
Bill Netherlands, Sirens of Ganymede  ( USA )
Odiolab, Medieval  ( GREECE )
Planet Battagon, Trans-Neptunia  ( UK )
Sevenism, Finding Light  ( UK )
Starfucker, Ambient 1  ( USA )
Steve Roach, Rob Thomas, Santa Fe Live 2019  ( USA )
John Scofield, Swallow Tales  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Martin Stürtzer, Far Beyond the Stars  ( GERMANY )
Tactyl, Clear  ( UNKNOWN )
Takkra, Universal Medicine  ( HUNGARY )
Thundercat, It Is What It Is  ( USA )
Jaan-Eik Tulve, Vox Clamantis, Cyrillus Kreek: The Suspended Harp of Babel  ( ESTONIA )
Erkki-Sven Tüür, Lost Prayers  ( ESTONIA )
Vanilla, Into the Dream  ( UK )
John Zorn, Calculus  ( USA )

2021
Best of 2021
Eivind Aarset, Phantasmagoria, or a Different Kind of Journey  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
ApXY, Cb  ( IRELAND )  [ BANDCAMP ]
F. S. Blumm, Nils Frahm, 2X1=4  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jacob Bro, Arve Henriksen, Jorge Rossy, Uma Elmo  ( DENMARK / NORWAY / SPAIN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jon Durant, Stephan Thelen, Crossings  ( USA / SWITZERLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Michael Arthur Holloway, Strange Cargo  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
The Howard Hughes Suite, Smoke from a Future Fire  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Suso Saiz, Michal Turtle, Static Journeys  ( SPAIN / UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Nik Bärtsch, Entendre  ( SWITZERLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Peter Capaldi, St. Christopher  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Mathias Eick, When We Leave  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey, Uneasy  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tim Linghaus, Memory Sketches II  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Los Deltonos, Craft Rock  ( SPAIN )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Marc Riordan, Life Systems  ( USA )
Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Nala Sinephro, Space 1.8  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Ferenc Snétberger, Keller Quartett, Hallgató  ( HUNGARY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Søjus1, ORWO  ( GERMANY )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Tarotplane, Horizontology  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Trigg & Gusset, Black Ocean  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Kaya Usher & The Family Band, All This Is  ( CANADA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Joe Walsh, Back Against the Wall (Live California ’83)  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Axiom  ( USA )
Christopher Chaplin, Patriarchs  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Hermann Kristoffersen, Gone Gold  ( DENMARK / GERMANY )
Tim Reynolds, Michael Sokolowski, Soul Pilgrimage  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jorge Rossy, Robert Landfermann, Jeff Ballard, Puerta  ( SPAIN / GERMANY / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]

2022
Best of 2022
Alexia Avina, A Little Older  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Avishai Cohen, Naked Truth  ( ISRAEL / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]  FAVOURITE BIG LABEL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, 2022
Nils Frahm, Music for Animals  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Vega Trails, Tremors in the Static  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Aril Andersen Group, Affirmation  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jon Balke, Siwan, Hafla  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp, 18  ( UK / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
F. S. Blumm, Kiss Dance Kiss  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Wolfert Brederode, Ruins and Remains  ( HOLLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Mick Chillage, Beauty of the Desert  ( IRELAND )  [ BANDCAMP ]
DoomCannon, Renaissance  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Brian Eno, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Paul Giger, ars moriendi  ( SWITZERLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tord Gustavsen Trio, Opening  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Yosef Gutman Levitt, Ashreinu  ( SOUTH AFRICA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Gylden, Island Friend  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Jules Hay, Where Next?  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Julia Hülsmann Quartet, The Next Door  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Steve Jansen, Maiya Hershey, Neither Present Nor Absent  ( UK / PORTUGAL )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Mustapha Khetty, Morpheus Project, Mozaick Remixed  ( INDIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Benjamin Lackner, Last Decade  ( GERMANY / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Level 42, B-Sides  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tim Linghaus, Provenance  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tim Linghaus, Yurusu  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jasmin Myra, Horizons  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Arvo Pärt, Gunter Herbig, Wherever I Go...  ( ESTONIA / GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Phi-Psonics, The Cradle  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bobby Sparks II, Paranoia  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tarotplane, Aeonium  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Tarotplane, Light Self All Others  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Robin Trower, No More Worlds to Conquer  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Oded Tzúr, Isabela  ( ISRAEL )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Kaya Usher & The Family Band, Glory  ( CANADA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Eddie Vedder, Earthling  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Void Stasis, Ruins  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Youthie & Macca Dread, The Roots Explorers  ( FRANCE )  [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Baddoar, Wandering Knight  ( FRANCE )
Nicolas Bernier, Science Fiction  ( CANADA )
Blue Heron, Ephemeral  ( USA )
Jakob Bro, Joe Lovano, Once Around the Room: A Tribute to Paul Motian  ( DENMARK / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
bvdub, Decades on Divided Stars  ( UNKNOWN )
Tanika Charles, Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly  ( CANADA )
Cobra & Vulture, Vesuvius at Home  ( CANADA )
Madeleine Cocolas, Spectral  ( AUSTRALIA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Cousin Silas & Kevin Buckland, Open Space  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Jeremy Cunningham, A Better Ghost  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Dreamstate Logic, Distant Points of Light  ( USA )
Extra Soul Perception, New Tangents In Kampala, London and Nairobi  ( UK )
God Is an Astronaut, The Beginning of the End  ( IRELAND )
Heiner Goebbels, A House of Call: My Imaginary Notebook  ( GERMANY )
Joaquine, Oh Angel  ( UNKNOWN )
King Garbage, Heavy Metal Greasy Love  ( USA )
KMRU, Temporary Stored  ( KENYA )
Bob Lanzetti, Nosferatu  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
The Lovely Moon, Sunlight on Still Water  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Marine Eyes, Chamomile  ( USA )
Mathoms, The Woe Trumpets  ( UK )
Jolanda Moletta, Nine Spells  ( NETHERLANDS )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Jason A. Mullinax, Lullabies for the Synthetic Sleep  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Murkage Dave, The City Needs a Hero  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Mystic AM, Cardamom & Laudanum  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Tomotsugu Nakamura, Nothing Left Behind  ( JAPAN )
The Natural Yoghurt Band, Dance the Devil Away  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
NEONNOONE, Noir & Jazz & Dark & Slow...  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
oRSo, Last Recession Stew  ( USA )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Raphaël, Stop, Look, Listen  ( BELGIUM )
John Scofield, John Scofield  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ana Silvera, The Fabulist  ( UK )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Martin Stürtzer, Epsilon Eridani  ( GERMANY )  [ BANDCAMP ]
Symrun, What Do You Do?  ( UK )

2023
Best of 2023
Palle Mikkelborg, Jakob Bro, Marilyn Mazur, Strands  ( DENMARK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Bobo Stenson Trio, Sphere  ( SWEDEN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Nils Berg, Coming and Going  ( SWEDEN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Nils Berg Cinemascope, Basilicata Dreaming  ( SWEDEN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Zsófia Boros, El último aliento  ( HUNGARY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Cold Hands Warm Heart, Luxury Bat  ( AUSTRALIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Ty Burhoe, Destino EP  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Brian Eno, Top Boy (Score from the Original Series)  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Scott Fisher, Kingdom of Ego  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
grandson, I Love You, I'm Trying  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Mette Henriette, Drifting  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Hvalfugl, Strømmer  ( DENMARK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Anders Jormin, Lena Willemark, Pasado en claro  ( SWEDEN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tim Linghaus, Yurusu II  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tim Linghaus, Me In Your Rear-View Mirror (Memory Sketches B-Sides)  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Loving Caliber, From the Vaults: Solo Works  ( SWEDEN )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Pat Metheny, Dream Box  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
The Milk Factory, Vandrare  ( BELGIUM )
Wolfgang Muthspiel, Dance of the Elders  ( AUSTRIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Maciej Obara Quartet, Frozen Silence  ( POLAND / NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Robert Rich, Ambient Exploration  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Sebastian Rochford, Kit Downes, A Short Diary  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Olivia Rodrigo, GUTS  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Vox Clamantis, Music by Henrik Ødegaard  ( ESTONIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Jacob Young Trio, Eventually  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Sinikka Langeland, Wind And Sun  ( NORWAY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Meemo Comma, Loverboy  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Stephan Micus, Thunder  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Stereo Hypnosis, Roedelius, VÍK  ( ICELAND / GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Sufjan Stevens, Javelin  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Wattu, Serendipia  ( MEXICO )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Young Fathers, Heavy Heavy  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]

2024
Best of 2024
Arooj Aftab, Night Reign  ( PAKISTAN / USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Groundation, Dub Rock  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Marc Scibilia, More to This  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tyla, Tyla+  ( SOUTH AFRICA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Thomas Brett, Three Tones  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
De-Phazz, Presents De-Drums  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Brian Eno, Soft Edges EP  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
John Greaves, Timelines  ( UK )
Hvalfugl, Drømme  ( DENMARK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tim Linghaus, Asche Und Magnolien  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tim Linghaus, Yurusu II (Variation)  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Pat Metheny, Moondial  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tineidae, Sole Massif, Remnants of War  ( UKRAINE / POLAND )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Youthie & Macca Dread, Gecko Tones  ( FRANCE )  [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Filer Coleman, Partial  ( USA )
Córas Trio, Córas Trio  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Deep Timer, Earth Time  ( ? )
Diggs Duke, Play It Like You Mean It  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]

2025
Best of 2025
The Album Leaf, Rotations  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Atlanthys, Norrveil, Echoes of Atlanthys  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
The Black Dog, My Brutal Life – The Ambient Remixes  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Thomas Brett, Tuned  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Sam Fender, People Watching  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Mason Lindahl, Joshua / Same Day Walking  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
The Necks, Disquiet  ( AUSTRALIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Norrveil, Shores of Hope  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Saltbreaker, Canopy Static  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Honourable mentions
Filer Coleman, Trees  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Zubeen Garg, Borakha  ( INDIA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Tony Gerber, Snow Drone  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Held By Trees, Hinterland  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Aliya Lark, Gravity of the Ocean EP  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Lesoir, Babel  ( NETHERLANDS )  [ SPOTIFY ]
The Vernon Spring, Under a Familiar Sun  ( UK )  [ SPOTIFY ]
All albums
Ambienteer, Half-Life Whole  ( UK )
Apathy Unit, MEMORY///WIPE  ( USA )  [ SPOTIFY ]
F. S. Blumm, Symbiosis  ( GERMANY )  [ SPOTIFY ]
Baxter Dury, Allbarone  ( UK )
Mikey O'Neil, Past Tinted Curtains  ( USA )
Running Dog Music, Ambient  ( USA )
Running Dog Music, Tom Pile, Music for Pods  ( USA )
Savina Yannatou, Watersong  ( GREECE )  [ SPOTIFY ]

2026
Best of 2026
Honourable mentions
All albums

2027
Best of 2027
Honourable mentions
All albums

2028
Best of 2028
Honourable mentions
All albums

2029
Best of 2029
Honourable mentions
All albums

favourite albums of the year

1974   Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973  ( UK )
1975   Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, 1975  ( UK )
1976   Rainbow, Rising, 1976  ( UK )
1977   AC/DC, Let There Be Rock, 1977  ( AUSTRALIA )
1978   Joe Walsh, "But Seriously, Folks…", 1978  ( USA )
1979   Rickie Lee Jones, Rickie Lee Jones, 1979  ( USA )
1980   Jeff Beck, There and Back, 1980  ( UK )
1981   Level 42, Level 42, 1981  ( UK )
1982   ABC, The Lexicon of Love, 1982  ( UK )
1983   The Blue Nile, A Walk Across the Rooftops, 1983  ( UK )
1984   Joni Mitchell, Hejira, 1976  ( CANADA )
1985   Donald Fagen, The Nightfly, 1982  ( USA )
1986   David Sylvian, Gone to Earth, 1984  ( UK )
1987   Zakir Hussain, Making Music, 1987  ( INDIA )
1988   Giles Reaves, Nothing Is Lost, 1988  ( USA )
1989   —
1990   Paul Simon, The Rhythm of the Saints, 1990  ( USA )
1991   Van Morrison, Poetic Champions Compose, 1987  ( UK )
1992   Charlie Haden, Jan Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti, Magico, 1980  ( USA / NORWAY / BRAZIL )
1993   —
1994   Capercaillie, Capercaillie, 1994  ( UK )
1995   David Darling, Dark Wood, 1995  ( USA )
1996   —
1997   Nils Petter Molvaer, Khmer, 1997  ( NORWAY )
1998   —
1999   —
2000   —
2001   —
2002   Creed, Weathered, 2001  ( USA )
2003   Bruce Cockburn, You've Never Seen Everything, 2003  ( CANADA )
2004   Alter Bridge, One Day Remains, 2004  ( USA )
2005   Falling You, Touch, 2005  ( USA )
2006   Akataka, Akataka, 2004  ( USA )
2007   BT, This Binary Universe, 2006  ( USA )
2008   —
2009   Kenji Williams, Wordspirit Soundtrack, 2004  ( USA )
2010   —
2011   —
2012   —
2013   Liquid Stranger, Cryogenic Encounters, 2012  ( SWEDEN )
2014   Viktor Krauss, Far from Enough, 2004  ( USA )
2015   Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, Live, 2012  ( SWITZERLAND )
2016   Michael Brook, Cobalt Blue, 1992  ( CANADA )
2017   Nguyên Lê & Ngô Hng Quang, Hà Nội Duo, 2017  ( FRANCE / VIETNAM )
2018   Arve Henriksen, Cartography, 2008  ( NORWAY )
2019   The Re-Stoned, Stories of the Astral Lizard, 2018  ( RUSSIA )
2020   Michael Arthur Holloway, Guilt Noir, 2016  ( USA )
2021   —
2022   BIG LABEL: Avishai Cohen, Naked Truth, 2022  ( ISRAEL / USA )
           INDEPENDENT: Brambles, Charcoal, 2012  ( AUSTRALIA )
2023   BIG LABEL: Elina Duni, Rob Luft, Lost Ships, 2020  ( ALBANIA / UK )
           INDEPENDENT: Ozric Tentacles, Space for the Earth, 2020  ( UK )
2024   BIG LABEL:
           INDEPENDENT: