1
Yo La Tengo
This Stupid World
(Matador)

2
Philip Jeck & Chris Watson
Oxmardyke
(Touch)

3
Darius Jones
fLuXkit Vancouver (it’s suite but sacred)
(Northern Spy/We Jazz)

4
Khanate
To Be Cruel
(Sacred Bones)

5
Matana Roberts
Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden
(Constellation)

6
Mariam Rezaei
BOWN
(Heat Crimes)

7
Irreversible Entanglements
Protect Your Light
(Impulse!)

8
Mendoza/Hoff/Revels
Echolocation
(AUM Fidelity)

9
Cassandra Miller
Traveller Song/Thanksong
(Black Truffle)

10
Aksak Maboul
Une Aventure De VV (Songspiel)
(Crammed Discs)

11
Raphael Rogiński
Talàn
(Instant Classic)

12
Ruth Anderson & Annea Lockwood
Tête-À-Tête
(Ergot)

13
Nick Dunston
Skultura
(Tripticks Tapes)

14
Sunik Kim
Potential
(Otoroku)

15
AMM
Last Calls
(Matchless)

16
Dorothy Moskowitz & The United States Of Alchemy
Under An Endless Sky
(Tompkins Square)

17
The Clientele
I Am Not There Anymore
(Merge)

18
Noname
Sundial
(Awal Recordings America, Inc)

19
Anohni And The Johnsons
My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross
(Rough Trade)

20
Ryuichi Sakamoto
12
(Commmons)

21
Laura Ortman
SMOKE RINGS SHIMMERS ENDLESS BLUR
(Thedustdiveflash/Bandcamp)

22
Madhuvanti Pal
The Holy Mother (Plays The Rudra Veena)
(Sublime Frequencies)

23
Aho Ssan
Rhizomes
(Other People)

24
billy woods & Kenny Segal
Maps
(Backwoodz Studioz)

25
Angel Bat Dawid
Requiem For Jazz
(International Anthem)

26
Svitlana Nianio & Tom James Scott
Eye Of The Sea
(Skire)

27
Bill Orcutt
The Anxiety Of Symmetry
(Fake Estates)

28
Fever Ray
Radical Romantics
(Mute/Rabid)

29
Coffin Prick
Laughing
(Sophomore Lounge)

30
Škvíry & Spoje
Hotel Spojár
(Circum-Disc)

31
Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric
Fire Illuminations
(Kabell)

32
Liv.e
Girl In The Half-Pearl
(In Real Life)

33
Animal Collective
Isn’t It Now?
(Domino)

34
Ale Hop & Laura Robles
Aqua Dulce
(Buh)

35
Jason Moran
From The Dancehall To The Battlefield
(Yes)

36
GAIKA
Drift
(Big Dada)

37
jaimie branch
Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))
(International Anthem)

38
B Cool-Aid
Leather Blvd
(Lex)

39
Mozart Estate
Pop-Up! Ker-Ching! And The Possibilities Of Modern Shopping
(West Midlands)

40
Natasha Barrett
Reconfiguring The Landscape
(Bandcamp)

41
Mayssa Jallad
Marjaa: The Battle Of The Hotels
(Ruptured/Six Of Swords)

42
Position Normal
Modern And Unique
(Self-released)

43
Amy Cutler
Sister Time
(Strategic Tape Reserve)

44
Natural Information Society
Since Time Is Gravity
(Aguirre)

45
patten
Mirage FM
(555-5555)

46
The Necks
Travel
(Northern Spy)

47
James Holden
Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities
(Border Community)

48
Avola
Psykor
(SIGE)

49
Alternative TV
Direct Action
(Fourth Dimension)

50
James Brandon Lewis/Red Lily Quartet
For Mahalia, With Love
(Tao Forms)

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