Welcome
to experimusic.com's top records of 2007. This year
has been an extremely strong year for new music; with cult names releasing
long-awaited albums, releases by major artists and labels putting out
crazy ish by known and new bands. We have compiled what we think are
the strongest '100' releases of 2007, across a broad ranges of genres
and we wholeheartedly recommend these releases to those people who are
looking to expand their minds and their collections. Remember that these
are only the top 100 records from the bunch we have heard. There are
many, many more releases that unfortunately passed us by! Enjoy!
1-
Amon Tobin- Foley Room (Ninja Tune)
2- Elend- A World In Their Screams (Prophecy)
3- Uusitalo- Karhunainen (Humme)
4- Circle- Meronia Reissue (Ektro)
5- Lichens- Omns (Kranky)
6- Mammatus- The Coast Explodes (Holy Mountain)
7- Marsen Jules- Golden (Genesungswerk)
8- Behold The Arctopus- Skullgrid (Metal Blade)
9- Terry Riley- Les Yeux Fermes/Lifespan (Elision Fields)
10- Deepchord- The Coldest Season (Modern Love)
11- Supersilent- 8 (Rune Grammofon)
12- Amir ElSaffar- Two Rivers (Pi Recordings)
13- Circle- Panic (Ektro)
14- Mono- A Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain (Temporary Residence)
15- Aesop Rock- None Shall Pass (Def Jux)
16- Dillinger Escape Plan- Ire Works (Relapse/Warner)
17- Upsilon Acrux- Galapagos Momentum (Cunieform)
18- Pole- Steingarten Remixes (Scape)
19- Circle- Katapult (Ektro)
20- Stars of The Lid- And Their Refinement Of The Decline (Kranky)
21- Icarus- Sylt (Rump Recordings)
22- Vladislav Delay- Whistleblower (Humme)
23- William Basinski- Shortwavemusic (2062)
24- Gui Boratto- Chromophobia (Kompakt)
25- Merzbow vs Nordvargr- Partikel Volume 2 (Cold Spring)
26- Murcof- Cosmos (Leaf)
27- Arp- In Light (Small Town Supersound)
28- Tuxedomoon- Vapour Trails (Cramboy)
29- Boris with Michio Kurihara- Rainbow (Drag City)
30- Today Is The Day- Axis of Eden (Supernova)
31- Yowie- Cryptooology (Skin Graft)
32- Omar Roderiguez Lopez- Si Dice Bisconte….(GSL)
33- Dalek- Abandoned Language (Ipecac)
34- Titan- Raining Sun of Light and Love for You and You and You (TeePee)
35- Om- Pilgrimage (Southern)
36- Bloc Party- A Weekend In The City (Wichita)
37- Sun Ra- The Night of The Purple Moon Reissue (Atavistic Unheard
Music Series)
38- Grails- Burning Off Impurities (Temporary Residence)
39- The Necks- Townsville (ReR)
40- Earth- Hibernaculum (Southern Lord)
41- Between The Buried & Me- Colors (Victory)
42- Senking- List (Raster-Noton)
43- Circle- Rakennus Live (Ektro)
44- Tusk- The Resisting Dreamer (Tortuga)
45- Venetian Snares- My Downfall OST (Planet Mu)
46- EL-P- I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead (Def Jux)
47- Locust- New Erections (Epitaph)
48- Yakuza- Transmutations (Prosthetic)
49- Boris and Merzbow- Rock Dream Live (Southern)
50- Clouds- Legendary Demo (HydraHead)
51- Queens of The Stone Age- Era Vulgaris (Polydor)
52- Clint Mansell- The Fountain OST (Nonesuch)
53- Sunburned Hand of The Man- Fire Escape (Small Town Supersound)
54- Food- Molecular Gastronomy (Rune Grammofon)
55- Morkobot- Mostro (Supernaturalcat)
56- Shellac- Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch & Go)
57- Pan sonic- Katodivaihe/Cathodephrase (Blast First Petite)
58- Lento- Earthen (Supernaturalcat)
59- Oxbow- The Narcotic Story (HydraHead)
60- Hella- There’s No 666 In Outerspace (Ipecac)
61- Charalambides- Likeness (Kranky)
62- Origami Arktika- Trollebotn (Silber)
63- Burnt Friedman- 1st Night Forever (Nonplace)
64- Tivol- Early Teeth (Holy Mountain)
65- Kim Hiothoy- My Last Day (Small Town Supersound)
66- Circle- Tower (Ektro)
67- Wiley- Playtime Is Over (Big Dada)
68- Porcupine Tree- Fear of a Blank Planet (Roadrunner)
69- Various artists- Persian Electronic Music (Sub Rosa)
70- TTc- 3615TTC (Ninja Tune)
71- Radiohead- In Rainbows (XL)
72- Kano- London Town (679 Recordings)
73- Fennesz- Cendre (Touch)
74- Unkle- War Stories (Surrender All)
75- Trans Am- Sex Change (Thrill Jockey)
76- Grayskul- Bloody Radio (Rhymesayers)
77- Islaja- Ulual yyy (Fonal)
78- Cobblestone Jazz- 23 Seconds (!K7)
79- Silje Nes- Ames Room (Fat Cat)
80- The Heavy- Great Vengeance & Furious Fire (Ninja Tune)
81- Dizzee Rascal- Maths & English (XL)
82- Pelican- City of Echoes (HydraHead)
83- Jesu- Conqueror (HydraHead)
84- Bjork- Volta (One Little Indian)
85- Klashnekoff- Lionheart: Tussle With The Beast (Riddim Killa)
86- Battles- Mirrored (Warp)
87- Pig Destroyer- Phantom Limb (Relapse)
88- Dalek- Deadverse Massive Vol.1 (HydraHead)
89- Tinchy Stryder- Star In The Hood (Takeover)
90- Jesu- Lifeline EP (HydraHead)
91- PJ Harvey- White Chalk (Universal/Island)
92- The Dragons- BFI (Ninja Tune)
93- Cephalic Carnage- Xenosapien (Relapse)
94- Burial- Untrue (Hyperdub)
95- The White Stripes- Icky Thump (XL)
96- Pharoahe Monch- Desire (Island)
97- Liars- Liars (Mute)
98- Field- From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt)
99- Pole- Steingarten (Scape)
100- Nile- Ithyphallic (Nuclear Blast)
Agree?
Disagree? Shout Out Here!
We
are sure that 2008 will again provide us with an extremely broad pallete
of musical experimentation. Look out for releases by the likes of Guapo,
Dimension X, Charlottefield, Meshuggah, Cadence Weapon, Portishead and
The Bug!
