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Best of 2021

Posted on January 17, 2022

Albums I Enjoyed in 2021

  • Alessandro Cortini – Scuro Chiaro (Mute)
  • Anika – Change (Sacred Bones)
  • Astral Brain – The Bewildered Mind (Shelflife)
  • Aya – Im Hole (Hyperdub)
  • Azu Tiwaline – Draw Me A Silence (IOT)
  • Black Marble – Fast Idol (Sacred Bones)
  • Bobby Lee – Origin Myths (Tompkins Square)
  • Christina Chatfield – Sutro (Mysteries Of The Deep)
  • Colleen – The Tunnel And The Clearing (Thrill Jockey)
  • Dame Area – Ondas Tribales (Mannequin)
  • Dax Pierson – Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction) (Dark Entries)
  • Dummy – Mandatory Enjoyment (Trouble In Mind)
  • Fake Fruit – S/T (Rocks In Your Head)
  • Helado Negro – Far In (4AD)
  • Karl Kave & Durian – Untergang Und Finsternis (Detriti)
  • Liars – The Apple Drop (Mute)
  • Marauder – Puissance 4 (S/R)
  • Maston – Panorama (KPM)
  • Midnight Sister – Painting The Roses (Jagjaguwar)
  • Paul Jacobs – Pink Dogs On The Green Grass (Blow The Fuse)
  • Remember Ecstatic Duo – Palo Santo (Aural Canyon)
  • Smoke Bellow – Open For Business (Trouble In Mind)
  • Suuns – The Witness (Joyful Noise)
  • Taqbir – S/T (La Vida Es Un Mus)
  • Tonstartssbandht – Petunia (Mexican Summer)
  • Vanishing Twin – Ookii Gekkou (Fire)

Reissues & Compilations

  • Geneva Jacuzzi – Lamaze (Mexican Summer)
  • Grand Veymont – Route Du Vertige (Moon Glyph)
  • Hailu Mergia / The Walias Band – Tezeta (Awesome Tapes From Africa)
  • Henri Salvador – Homme Studio (Born Bad)
  • Kiko Kids Jazz – Tanganyika Na Uhuru (Mississippi)
  • Rogér Fakhr – Fine Anyway (Habibi Funk)
  • V/A – Back Up: Mexican Tecno Pop 1980-1989 (Dark Entries)
  • V/A – Sabor Surf (El Palmas)
  • V/A – Wizzz! Volume 4 (French Psychorama 1966-1974) (Born Bad)

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