Thanks to Ears Have Ears for the listing, such a killer program on Sydney community radio x
As 2012 draws to a close, the EHE team have been reflecting on the many weird and wonderful releases that have been circulating this year. There were so many! After much deliberation, we’ve finally managed to compile our own list of top experimental, independent, forward-thinking and genre crossing releases of 2012 (in no particular order). Share with us on Twitter your own top 5 picks of 2012 by tweeting us @earshaveears!
Top Releases of 2012:
Fabulous Diamonds - Commercial Music (August, Chapter Music)
Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin - Instrumental Tourist (November, Software)
Blank Realm - Go Easy (November, Bedroom Suck)
Holy Balm - It’s You (July, RIP Society)
Bushwalking - First Time (June, Independent)
Raime - Quarter Turns Over A Living Line (November, Blackest Ever Black)
Rites Wild - Ways of Being (October, Not Not Fun)
Sky Needle - Rave Cave (April, Negative Guest List)
Major Crimes - Black Hill (October, Faux Friends)
Mad Nanna - I Made Blood Better LP (May, Negative Guest List)
Oneohtrix Point Never/Rene Hell -Music for Relinquary House / In 1980 I Was A Blue Square (Sept, NNA Tapes)
Carter Tutti Void - Transverse (March, Mute)
Eric Lanham - The Sincere Interruption (July, Spectrum Spools)
Holly Herndon - Movement (Nov, RVNG Intl.)
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Generators (Feb, Editions Mego)
Broken Chip - Into The Diamond (July, Independent)
A Cloakroom Assembly - Air & Grace EP (May, Independent)
Laurel Halo - Quarantine (June, Hyperdub)
The Caretaker - Patience (After Sebald) (Feb, Independent)Highly Commended:
Thomas William vs Scissor Lock - Jewelz (January, New Weird Australia)
White Hex - Heat (July, AVANT! Records)
Blues Control - Valley Tangents (June, RIP Society/Drag City)
Secret Birds - In Hex (July, No Kings)
Dick Threats - Excellents (August, Sabbatical)
Michael Ozone - Perfect Systems (July, ESP Institute)
Eko Eko Azarak - Eko Eko Azarak (September, Sabbatical)
Emeralds - Just to Feel Anything (September, Editions Mego)
Oren Ambarchi - Audience of One (January, Touch)Reissues / Collections / Compilations:
Dariush Dolat Shani - Electronic Music, Tar and Sehtar (Dead-Cert) - REISSUE (orig rls 1985)
Reissue John Maus - A Collection of Rarities (Ribbon Music) - collection of previously unreleased tracks
Collection Nihilistic Orbs Sampler - Compilation (September, Nihilistic Orbs)
