2007 so far
 

Album faves:

'Future Rock' by Strategy
'Yearbook 1' by Studio
'Andorra' by Caribou
'Sound of Silver' by LCD Soundsystem
'Journeyman's Annual' by Deadbeat

Fairly dub heavy but hey, dub always rules.

Track faves:

"Running on Empty" by Strategy
"Stop Spinning" by Strategy
"Self Service" by Studio
"Feuervogel" by Solomun/Stimming
"Glamourous" by Fergie

Funny story about the Fergie track: I once considered buying the rims from the very Mustang Fergie sings about in that song

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i love the beats on the Deadbeat but that vocalist is fucking awful. i was hoping for a more dancehall/techno hybrid after seeing Deadbeat live a few times in the last couple years. his live sets rule and that is reflected in the music on the new one, however that vocalist is horrible. oh well. thankfully there are dub versions right after the vocal versions. still a waste of 4 or 5 songs on the lp.

that Strategy got a huge write up in the new XLR8R. their last was good, not heard this one yet.


my favs.

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Aril Brikha - Ex Machina
Tracey Thorn - Out of the Woods
Thomas Fehlmann - Honigpure
Pantha Du Prince - This Bliss
Efdemin - Efdemin
Bjorn Torske - Feil Knapp
Lindstrom+Prins Thomas - Reinterpretations
Black Devil Disco Club - In Dub
Joris Vorn - From A Deep Place
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
Noze - How To Dance

it's been a great year for techno!

Re: 2007 so far
 

All albums!

Better than I expected:
Alexkid - Caracol (this is just awesome)
Apparat - Walls
Recoil - Subhuman (great comeback)
CSS - Cansei der Sei Sexy (out there)

Just great:
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of silver (it just gets better)
Calvin Harris - I Created Disco
Future Sound of London - From The Archives Vol.1 - 3
Gus Gus - Forever
Thomas Fehlmann - Honigpompe (orbtastic)
Alex Gopher - Alex Gopher (la funk)

Not as good as I expected:
Spooky - Open (doesnt really have that spooky sound)
Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye (more of the same)
Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night (patchy)
Bebel Gilberto - Memento
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (production is awful)

Not an album but worth mentioning:
Jori Hulkkonen - Katajanukke EP (bleeptastic - new album out soon)

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So far I've only listened to three albums from this year. LCD Soundsystem, !!!, and Justice, and they're all superb. Oh, I forgot about Air, which was pretty good.

Re: 2007 so far
 

amazing:
Justice - †
Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust.
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
Kalabrese - Rumpelzirkus
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Amon Tobin - Foley Room
!!! - Myth Takes
Pantha du Prince - This Bliss
Battles - Mirrored

Great:
Von Sudenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Bjork - Volta
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
White Stripes - Icky Thump
Matthew Dear - Asa Breed
Gabriel Ananda - Bambusbeats
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Teenage Bad Girl - Coccotte
Shining - Grindstone
Pan Sonic - Katodivaihe
Oizo, Tellier, SebastiAN - Steak OST
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Decay Sustain Release

Good:
Caribou - Andorra
Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
Dizzee Rascal - Maths and English
Beastie Boys - The Mix Up
Air - Pocket Symphony
Amiina - Kurr

Meh/Bleh:
Distance - My Demons
Apparat - Walls
Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night
Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings
Unkle - War Stories
Digitalism - Idealism
Efdemin - Efdemin
Digitaline - Anticlockwise
Robert Babicz - A Cheerful Temper
Klaxons - (whatever it was)
Timbaland - Shock Value

(and some others i probably deleted straightaway that i dont remember)

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Is the whole album by Strategy as good as Running On Empty? That song is beautiful.

Re: 2007 so far
 

did you change yr mind about the caribou, scott?

BLD - i've heard grand things about aril brikha, what's it sound like?

Re: 2007 so far
 

I think so. "Stop Spinning" is just as beautiful in an entirely different way. Towards the end the album gets a little unfocused by the first 40 minutes of it are grand.

Re: 2007 so far
 

I never thought it was a bad record. It's really good. I just think 'Up in Flames' is a very special album.

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Top 5 (no special order):

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Keren Ann - Keren Ann
Gui Boratto - Chromophobia (waiting to listen to the Field...)
Amon Tobin - Foley Room
Distance - My Demons/Joris Voorn - From A Deep Place(sill very good but not as Future History)

Outsiders:

The White Stripes - El Mariachi in Nashville
Fabric 34: Ellen Allien
Fabriclive.32: Tayo
Fuse presents Steve Bug
Justice - Jesus
Dizzee Rascal - Maths & English

Efdemin - Efdemin
Pantha du Prince - This Bliss (just ordered the 2 on cd, waiting to make my judgement on a higher sound quality...)

Not particularly convinced but still playing:

Panda Bear - Person Pitch
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Joss Stone - Introducing

Splatch:

Timbaland - Shock Value
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City

Waiting for:

Talib Kweli - EarDrum (7-24)
Interpol - Our Love to Admire (7-09)
Common - Finding Forever (7-31)
Kanye West - Graduation (8-21)
Fabric 36: Ricardo Villalobos (september)
Underworld

I'm late:

Stefan Bodzin - Liebe Ist...
The Field - From Here We go Sublime
Thomas Fehlmann one...
The National - Boxer
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Battles - Mirrored


Not 2007-ish but hmm:

Philip Glass - The Hours
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead
Kenny Larkin - Azimuth
Redman - Whut? Thee album
Outkast - Aquemini
Outkast - ATLiens
The National - Alligator
Tracy Chapman - Where You Live
Jega - Geometry