What has been your favorite album this year?

[DJ76]

Almost the end of the year, there's been some good music this year, some...

My pic for house music album of the year:
Silence in the secret garden by MOODYMANN

My pic for "non house, yet house" album of the year:

(1) The Detroit Experiment

(2) Good bye, swing time by the MATTHEW HERBERT BIG BAND (I play this over and over at work!)

What are your pics?

[DJ Timmy Richardson]

Elements of Life

[Monny JcIntosh]

I hope there's alot more to come because its mainly been rubbish to these ears. I thought the Detroit Experiment LP and Madlib were major disappointments ("Stepping Into Tomorrow" being the exception) - I didn't expect that much from the Andres but it's a little better than I hoped for. The Moodymann is good, but not great. Best for me is Joakim's "Fantomes" and The Bug's "Pressure". I've also been listening to Dizzee Rascal's "Boy in Da Corner" on repeat.

"I socialize in Hackney and Bow
I wear my trousers ridiculously low."

[DJ76]

Originally posted by Jonny McIntosh:
I hope there's alot more to come because its mainly been rubbish to these ears. I thought the Detroit Experiment LP and Madlib were major disappointments ("Stepping Into Tomorrow" being the exception) - I didn't expect that much from the Andres but it's a little better than I hoped for. The Moodymann is good, but not great. Best for me is Joakim's "Fantomes" and The Bug's "Pressure". I've also been listening to Dizzee Rascal's "Boy in Da Corner" on repeat.

"I socialize in Hackney and Bow
I wear my trousers ridiculously low." The last three you mentionned don't ring a bell... care to expand? What style, etc...? Inquiring mind wants to know.

[Monny JcIntosh]

Joakim LP on french label, Versatile. Joakim's the guy behind Tigersushi and it sounds like it: loads of Krautrock, Detroit, Industrial references with a French house twist. The Bug is an IDM guy, Kevin Martin, gone dancehall featuring, amongst others, Tikiman. It's fierce. Teenager Dizzee Rascal's "Boy In Da Corner" album deservedly won the UK mercury prize. It's a UK Garage kind of thing. He produced and rapped on it, and it's self deprecating and very funny.

[Matt U]

For me, it's been the London Elektricity album, Fallacy's "Black Market Boy", the new Moodymann and Little Louie Vega's "Elements of Life" (a whooping $40 on import!)

[Red D]

Album-wise it hasn't been that spectacular, not really a stand-out one, but these spring to mind:

Russ Gabriel - Into The Unknown
Larry Heard - Where Life Begins
Detroit Experiment
Andrès
Moodymann - Silence In The Secret Garden

and my pick of the year:

Gangstarr - The Ownerzz, yes, it's hiphop ladies and gents :D

Unbeatable album of the century is still Charles Webster's 'Born On The 24th Of July' IMO.

RD

[DLow]

DJ Spinna 'Here 2 There'
GangStarr 'The Ownerz'
DJ Oji 'The Underground Xperience'
Little Brother 'The Listening'
b-sOuL 'My Way'

Either in the car or on the decks, I've had something from these projects bangin' all year.
graemlins/respekt.gif to all these artists.

[DLow]

Originally posted by DJ Timmy Richardson:
Elements of Life I gotta get this...price has me frontin' (import)!!!

[Brut by Faberge]

Really liked Larry Heard's full-length "Where Life Begins." that's one that grew on me fast and is still very much in the rotation.

Spinna's "Here to There"...well...wrongly assumed there would be more dancey grooves on it other than "music in me."

On another note, I thought Radiohead's "Hail to the Thief" was pretty bangin too :D

peace

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[Fred Naked]

LTJ Experience's when the rain begins to fall LP on IRMA

Lonesome Echo Productions Silver Oceans LP on disorient

Both along the same lines, but both delicious, nonetheless!

[marki]

"cast of thousands" by Elbow, this is simply amazingly beautiful, equally as goos as asleep in the back!!

The Darkness album isnt bad either.

[Fletch]

Haven't gotten any house this year. Most of my house is off the web.

Jazz/Soul
Roy Hargrove: RH Factor...Hard Groove
Kenny Garrett: Standard of Language
Echoes of an Era (Reissue)
Dianne Reeves: A Little Moonlight

Gospel
Chicago Mass Choir: Live In Nashville
Timothy Wright & The New York Fellowship Mass Choir: Live In New York

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[kim lightfoot]

donnie's the colored section & dj pope's lp... graemlins/respekt.gif kim

[lee_tree]

Reel People - Can't Stop

+ DJ Pope's & Oji's respective albums, proves that in this day & age, it's still possible to produce great albums of house cuts. (esp love the 'fingers' track on Pope's CD)

[venedict]

Kraftwerk - Tour de France
Dopplereffekt- Linear Accelerator
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
Moodymann - Silence In The Secret Garden

[jeremy]

Common-Electric Circus.
Got it? Good. Don't got it? Get it. Good.
Was it 2002 or 2003?
Who cares, that's my pick, and I'll stick.

[hippy74]

Best Album

RADIOHEAD

http://www.monkeymusic.at/radiohead/hailtothethief.jpg

[daniel]

the mars volta
the postal service

[alex zen]

hands down, amazing grace. i keep talking about this record but no one's listening. http://deephousepage.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=036530

[suenomartino]

I was REALLY disappointed with the Moodymann LP. Very second-rate IMO.

[DJ76]

Originally posted by suenomartino:
I was REALLY disappointed with the Moodymann LP. Very second-rate IMO. really?
wow.
Been listening to it over and over.

[Fred Naked]

Originally posted by suenomartino:
I was REALLY disappointed with the Moodymann LP. Very second-rate IMO. You obviously had certain ideas about what you expected, but how was the LP different from those ideas? Just curious... smile.gif

[DJ76]

Originally posted by Fred Naked:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by suenomartino:
I was REALLY disappointed with the Moodymann LP. Very second-rate IMO. You obviously had certain ideas about what you expected, but how was the LP different from those ideas? Just curious... smile.gif </font>[/QUOTE]We talking about the LP or the album? I'm talking about the album.

[DJ Michael Terzian (Sinister)]

Common "electric circus"
Larry Heard "where life begins"
Paris "sonic jihad"

Disappointed with"
Georg Levin
Moodymann
GangStarr

[POJI]

Larry Heard where love lives lp, dj oji's Underground xperience lp and b-soul "My WaY" lp

[Jay Rags]

b-soul's "My Way" dj Pope
Spiritually Speacking Blaze(I bought it this year)
dj Oji's "Underground X-perience"

[kev]

"Elements of Life" hands down.

[suenomartino]

Originally posted by Fred Naked:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by suenomartino:
I was REALLY disappointed with the Moodymann LP. Very second-rate IMO. You obviously had certain ideas about what you expected, but how was the LP different from those ideas? Just curious... smile.gif </font>[/QUOTE]I'm Kenny's number one fan, but "Silence.." just sounds a bit weak compared to his past work.

I like the more 'electronic' direction and there are some nice moments on the album, but the beat programming on tracks like 'entrance to the garden' just left me scratching my head..

Maybe I'm just being a harsh bastard.. graemlins/conf44.gif

[imported_Kohtake]

House - Best Of Madhouse 2 (Kerri)

Hip Hop - Shades Of Blue (Madlib)

Jazz - A Little Moonlight (Dianne Reeves)

RnB - The Kindred


graemlins/respekt.gif

[the 18th letter]

Joe Buddens. First hip hop album I purchased in years. Y'all better catch up this cat is seriously under rated. His album is better than the singles he put out. Musically, beats are on some next shit ( no Neptunes, no Timbaland )Lyrically, smoke and LISTEN it ain't all my bling bling, my bitches this and that.

[JoeB]

i couldn't just pick one so my two that were released this year would have to be:

dj muggs - dust(one of the most underrated hip hop producers seems to take a break from his soul assassins and cypress hill work to drop a dowtempo rock album that really shows his range as a producer.)

deftones - deftones(on their self titled album, you can definitely tell how far these guys have come along from their first album "adrenaline" and that is a good thing. while some fans might have wanted them to keep on putting out albums like that or "around the fur", i am, being the HUGE fan that i am, glad that they have come along this far as artists and i hope they continue to evolve and continue to set the trend in whatever genre they are in at the moment as i can't keep anymore with the titles that are out there.)

[JMNYC]

LOVE the Larry Heard and EOL albums, plus, of course:
Ananda Project "Morning Light"

[The Compiler]

Monet- Essence
Eric Roberson (Erro)- Vault vol 1
Ananda Project- Morning Light
Impromp2- Definition of Love
Kerri Chandler- A basement, A Redlight and A Feeling

[JMNYC]

Kerri's "Trionisphere" album was DOPE too.

I just don't want to sound like I'm tootin the King Street horn.

[JMNYC]

Originally posted by rammeh:
Joe Buddens. First hip hop album I purchased in years. Y'all better catch up this cat is seriously under rated. His album is better than the singles he put out. Musically, beats are on some next shit ( no Neptunes, no Timbaland )Lyrically, smoke and LISTEN it ain't all my bling bling, my bitches this and that. glad to see he's starting to get his props ... definitely very talented guy, real tight lyrics. Formerly known as "Mouse" from Bayonne.

[Querck]

Hmmm, interesting. I also didn't feel the new Moodyman, but I totally realize I could be missing out. Moodyman has always done that to me--it takes me awhile to figure him out.

Larry Heard's album is some sublime adult music. Definitely not for kids. This is the real "adult contemporary".

[And]

Originally posted by JMNYC:
I just don't want to sound like I'm tootin the King Street horn. Please toot ... I understand. graemlins/beerchug.gif

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