It’s that time of the year again to shed a light on some of the best new recordings that came my way this year. These are the ones that I found myself going back to time after time.

Please note: this list has been amended since first being published due to some records that just came my way in December.

Peace,

-mf-

 

1 Birds Through Fire – Letters To Thurza (Trench Editions)

2 Vladimír Václavek – Barvy Radugy (Poli5)

3 United Bible Studies – So As To Preserve The Mystery (Deep Water Acres)

4 Qluster – Tasten (Bureau B)

5 David Torn – Only Sky (ECM Records)

6 Andrew Chalk – Ghosts Of Nakhodka (Faraway Press)

7 Luigi Archetti – Null I-VII (Die Schachtel)

8 Anna Thorvaldsdottir – In The Light Of Air (Sono Luminus)

9 Alio Die & Lorenzo Montanà – Holographic Codex (Projekt)

10 John Luther Adams – The Wind In High Places (Cold Blue Music)

11 Osvaldo Coluccino – Dimensioni (Die Schachtel)

12 Manuel Zurria – Landscape With Tears (Die Schachtel)

13 Michael Begg | Human Greed – Hivernant (Omnempathy)

14 Nordic Affect – Clockworking (Sono Luminus)

15 Stephan Micus – Nomad Songs

 

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Honorable mentions:

 

1 Wolfgang Rihm – Et Lux (ECM Records)

2 Gustavo Leguizamón – Pablo Márquez – El Cuchi Bien Temperado (ECM Records)

3 King Crimson – Live At The Orpheum (Panegyric / Discipline Global Mobile)

4 Steve Roach – Etheric Imprints (Projekt)

5 Kit Wilmans Fegradoe – Issa (Important)

6 Chris Potter Underground Orchestra – Imaginary Cities (ECM Records)

7 Michael Ranta – Yuen Shan (Metaphon)

8) En – City Of Brides (Students Of Decay)