Wednesday, 10 December 2008

end of year.

10. Foot Village - Friendship Nation


9. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals

8. Starkey - Ephermeral Exhibits


7. K-The-I??? - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow


6. iTAL tEK - Cyclical


5. No Age - Nouns


4. Rings - Black Habit


3. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles


2. Why? - Alopecia


1. Nisennenmondai - Destination Tokyo

So there you have it, my vision of 2008's finest offerings summed up in 10 pictures.
Feel free to tell me if you think I missed anything or if indeed you disagree. In the end there are way more electronic based albums on the list than I would have imagined but I put a lot of thought into it and I feel that these are the releases i've been able to come back to and enjoy more than any other this year. It's been a good one.

Top 15 songs and live acts after the jump.

TOP 15 SONGS

15.
Little Trooper - Wasn't Ready

14. Night Jewel - Artificial Intelligence

13. Telepathe - Chromes On It

12. TV On The Radio - DLZ

11. Nisennenmondai - Mirrorball

10. Baby Venom - Eye Patch

9. Pens - Hate Your Calender

8. Human Hair - Happy Birthday

7. Nisennenmondai - Souzousuru Neji

6. Drop The Lime - Hear Me

5. Gentle Friendly - Five Girl Night

4. Arch M - 21st Union

3. Starkey - Spacewalk

2. No Age - Cappo

1. Baby Venom - Frank


TOP 15 LIVE PERFORMANCES

15. Barr @ The Luminaire(London)

14. Fuck Buttons @ ATP vs Pitchfork (Camber Sands)

13. Chrome Hoof @ Dot to Dot (Nottingham)

12. Ex Models @ Dot to Dot (Nottingham)

11. Foot Village @ The Luminaire (London)

10. No Age @ Stealth (Nottingham)

9. Dan Deacon @ Dot to Dot (Nottingham)

8. Banjo Or Freakout @ No Shows Forever (London)

7. Aids Wolf @ The Rainbow (Birmingham)

6. Japanther @ The Old Blue Last (London)

5. Mika Miko @ The Dome (London)

4. Nisennenmondai @ The Hare And Hounds (Birmingham)

3. Glass Candy @ ATP vs Pitchfork (Camber Sands)

2. Dalek @ Supersonic Festival (Birmingham)

1. Why? @ The Regal (Oxford)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What about any of the times The Mae Shi played!?

Also I thought the Adam Kesher/Yuksek remix would of made your faves?

Proper loving Baby Venom who I didn't know til you put on your myspace so thanks! x xx

Anonymous said...

nissenenmondaiiiii hihat attack!!! wish i had got some cdrs of theirs...

benjamin. said...

maz - well, i thought about it and the one at the sunflower was awesome, but didn't quite make the top 15. i was asleep in the back room when they played hott date and i missed them at dot to dot.

& i purposely chose no remixes, see. the list would have had to be way longer if i did.

and no worries.

radiant dragon - you should definitely try and get hold of destination tokyo, it's AMAZING.