Fuck yeah! My number 4.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:15 (six years ago) link
this has something about it, have enjoyed what i've heard, although i'm sure he has a greater work in him
probably much better than fuck buttons
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:24 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/I8cQIkJ.jpg
39 GAUSSIAN CURVE "The Distance" (294 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:31 (six years ago) link
i listened to this one a lot this year
And there's my number 1
― i know kore-eda (or something), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:34 (six years ago) link
An album I was p much always in the mood for
― i know kore-eda (or something), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:36 (six years ago) link
Blanck Mass!this was my number 1. The combo of the opening track + Rhesus Negative has been by far my most often played thing this year. could generally fit this into the 10 minute walk between the metro station and my house.rest of the album doesn't quite live up to those two opening tracks but still incredible.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:38 (six years ago) link
Would have been my number 1 too but I didn't ever see the voting thread and I'm still having a massive pity party about not getting to vote this year. What was the thread called, anyway?
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:43 (six years ago) link
(Referring to Gaussian Curve)
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:44 (six years ago) link
gaussian curve was my number 2, beautiful record, thank you gigi
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:45 (six years ago) link
yeah just listened to the opening 2 tracks of World Eater having heard only the 3rd before - they were great
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:46 (six years ago) link
aw evan, wonder what another 50 points or whatever would have doen to the result?
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:47 (six years ago) link
Prob would have made it place higher.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:48 (six years ago) link
"ILM's 2017 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD":
ILM's 2017 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD
― toby, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:50 (six years ago) link
oh yeah, thanks Jeff! :) xp
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:50 (six years ago) link
Hahaha how did I miss the thread??? Oh well
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:51 (six years ago) link
I liked that Gaussian Curve record, gave it a few spins. Slept on the Blanck Mass record but was digging Rhesus Negative when it popped up in the noms playlist on Spotify. I'm still working my way through that playlist at the moment. It finally motivated me to sign up for Spotify, thank you ILX.
― davey, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:53 (six years ago) link
I'm kicking myself for missing the voting deadline, too. Even made a couple noms. Next year I will pull my shit together and vote, promise.
https://i.imgur.com/bIJoWFL.jpg
38 FOUR TET "New Energy" (295 points, 10 votes)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:56 (six years ago) link
That one didn't do anything for me.
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:57 (six years ago) link
Not really a big Four Tet fan but I liked this one a lot - it was the last cut from my ballot but would definitely make it if I was voting today.
― Gavin, Leeds, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 12:59 (six years ago) link
here's the title track of the gaussian curve record: The Distance
very soft, languid music, it sounds like they're just gently caressing the air molecules in the room
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:00 (six years ago) link
sounds right up my street ;)
am listening anyway
four tet is unalloyed dullsville
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:06 (six years ago) link
Is the Four Tet a collab with Tove Lo?
― how's life, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
iirc the last track on the four tet is great and the rest is....whatever
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:17 (six years ago) link
Gaussian Curve’s debut from a few years back is even better
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/h3G4G7K.jpg
37 THE CLIENTELE "Music From The Age Of Miracles" (298 points, 11 votes)spotify
best band since the smiths
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
this might not be so bad in fact, am deciding
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:32 (six years ago) link
I'm not gonna listen to the Gaussian Curve record because in my head it is an ambient electronic 1-hr cover of that Cake song.
(Note that I like this idea that is in my head and fear the reality would only be a disappointment.)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
re world eatervoted rhesus negative in the songs poll but cool to see the album place
― nxd, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:36 (six years ago) link
fun fact- gaussian curve is a principal in physics that solves for optimal pizza slice eating https://youtu.be/gi-TBlh44gY
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
fey, reactionary dullardry with the occasional decent melody, i'm deciding
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link
i just had a panicked vision of a 2023 albums rollout thread where it was only me and imago
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
:D
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:43 (six years ago) link
Initially, the Four Tet wasn't what I wanted from him - too gentle and pretty - but I came around to it in time. I liked most of his 00s stuff without loving it, but the last three or four years have seen a pronounced upswing.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
had completely forgotten to listen to the Gaussian Curve album until now but it's as gorgeous as i'd expect
― ufo, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:46 (six years ago) link
the Clientele record takes some small chances I wasn't expecting while also being gorgeous and cohesive and right up there with their best work
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:48 (six years ago) link
i underestimated the four tet record, some of his prettiest stuff since Rounds
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:50 (six years ago) link
Blanck Mass! Gaussian Curve! Good start today.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:55 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/VxivoC4.jpg
36 JAMES HOLDEN & THE ANIMAL SPIRITS "The Animal Spirits" (302 points, 10 votes)spotify
― gr8080, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:56 (six years ago) link
I always found rounds much too busy, liked his newer stuff lots more. I should give the latest one another chance. Or I will when I finally get through all the trax noms, God there are a lot of these.
― davey, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
Oh what James Holden had a new record and I missed it? Love that guy.
― davey, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
This is absolutely amazing, my #8. The melodies are wonderful, the sense of dynamics really brilliantly executed and it sounds like nothing else. Set the controls for the psychedelic electro-forest!
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
New Clientele is my least favorite record by them but it's also great
― Evan, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link
the inheritors was peak Holden imo but still love this one
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link
The dynamics really brilliantly executed, I mean to say - got lost in my own verbiage there soz
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
fwiw I am 9 tracks into the Clientele album without turning it off so it's obviously done something right, although I'm not sure what
― imago, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
this is a neat little stretch of poll
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:03 (six years ago) link
yeah this was an excellent record, would make awesome bonfire music
― faust apes (NickB), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link