Best album from the 2016 ILM EOY album poll that received only ONE top 3 weighted vote

I was the only vote for The Comet is Coming? That album is great, guys. I guess it's cosmic psych-jazz, with lots of synths and all sorts of interesting kitchen sink touches. There are moments that almost seem to touch on Rhythm-a-lism territory, and other moments that remind me of last year's Ozric Tentacles album. A few days after I sent my albums ballot, I decided that it, and not Horse Lords, was prob my actual AOTY...

(Quttinirpaaq is way cool, too, some Chrome-meets-Merzbow ish)

Oh yeah I did like The Comet Is Coming now I think about it

I can't stop listening to Brodka. Some of the less eventful instrumental passages have become more engaging to me after repeated listens. A good sign, or maybe just a sign my brain has submitted to it. (I still voted for my original #1 Ilevitable, even though it is frankly a more uneven album. The peaks there are still more amazing to me.)

haha 2 of my choices, thought i woulda got my complete top 3 here

(immune, not immense btw despite it's spelling on the list :) )

Oh, that must be one of the ones I couldn't find to check out. Too bad.

I like how Brodka is just "experimental" enough, like the absolutely minimal amount to throw in some spice. The fuzzed out part at the end of "Up in the Hill." Or the Peter Plonsky(sp?)-like, sounds like slowed down gamelan for a split second intro. to "My Name is Youth."

(I think this is also a reflection on me as a listener and the ease with which some of my buttons can be pushed.)

Wow I had no idea Shabaka Hutchings was in Sons of Kemet

I'm nowhere near making it through all of these. that said, the Immune album is really cool. reminds me of a lot of the ambient/not ambient stuff on Kompakt from whenever it was I was really into stuff on Kompakt. and then sometimes it gets noisy and weird and sounds nothing like that.

right now it's between that and Amnesia Scanner, which on one hand I feel like I shouldn't vote for since it was my pick, but on the other hand I think it's the best release so far from the Janus affiliated krew and I'm about a week away from leaving Berlin to return to the US which has me feeling extra wistful about Berlin related things even though some of my time here has been sort of awful.

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stuff i know from this-

glintshake - very good russian post-punk
metafive - japanese supergroup with cornelius producing - i voted for them in this poll. also came out with a really good ep late in the year, "metahalf"
knifeworld - one of kavus torabi's 10,000 bands. good prog, but didn't make my 2016 longlist even though i'm a pretty big proghead
the comet is coming - spiritual jazz, shabaka hutchings project - he's almost as prolific as kavus torabi. this was one of two shabaka hutchings records on my 2016 longlist.

― increasingly bonkers (rushomancy), Friday, February 3, 2017 5:42 PM (six days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

starting to wonder if I'm sleepwalking a sock account here

Missed this one. Love the Exploded View and Eric Copeland records. Prolly would've went for one of those 2.

Traitor!

The Brodka album is so good. Somewhat baffled at the lack of attention here.

After I read an interview where she talked about how she originally wanted to include church organ, but it didn't work, I heard the shadow of church organ (not always very subtle) everywhere on this album. Definitely the single best album of 2016 I feel is overlooked (especially on ILM). Probably would never have heard it if not for ShariVari's mention of it.

love the Exploded View album. It's in heavy late night rotation right now. They might have a new one soon?

soon, yes - a couple tracks out already. going on tour, too, but i'll be out of town for a conference when they hit my town :(