Archive
We always had this idea of keeping an archive post of all our favourite ever records. Due to formatting, it never really took off so we have a new way of presenting our all-time top albums. The artist, album, label, year and loose genre will be listed, with a link to purchase. The list is in chronological order by release year.
artist: john coltrane and johnny hartman
album: john coltrane and johnny hartman
label: impulse
year: 1963
file under: jazz
link: click here
artist: nick drake
album: five leaves left
label: island records
year: 1969
file under: folk, folk rock
link: click here
artist: robert fripp and brian eno
album: evening star
label: island records
year: 1975
file under: ambient
link: click here
artist: harold budd / brian eno
album: ambient 2: the plateaux mirror
label: editions eg
year: 1980
file under: ambient
link: click here
artist: harold budd / brian eno with daniel lanois
album: the pearl
label: editions eg
year: 1984
file under: ambient
link: click here
artist: steve roach
album: quiet music 2
label: fortuna records
year: 1986
file under: ambient
link: click here
artist: aphex twin
album: selected ambient works volume ii
label: warp records
year: 1994
file under: ambient, idm
link: click here
artist: pete rock and c.l. smooth
album: the main ingredient
label: elektra
year: 1994
file under: hip hop
link: click here
artist: portishead
album: dummy
label: go! beat
year: 1994
file under: trip hop
link: click here
artist: andy partridge and harold budd
album: through the hill
label: all saints
year: 1994
file under: ambient
link: click here
artist: tortoise
album: tortoise
label: thrill jockey
year: 1994
file under: post rock
link: click here
artist: erykah badu
album: baduizm
label: universal
year: 1996
file under: r&b
link: click here
artist: dj shadow
album: endtroducing
label: mo wax
year: 1996
file under: trip hop
link: click here
artist: pullman
album: turnstyles and junkpiles
label: thrill jockey
year: 1998
file under: folk
link: click here
artist: hood
album: the cycle of days and seasons
label: domino
year: 1999
file under: post rock
link: click here
artist: sam prekop
album: sam prekop
label: thrill jockey
year: 1999
file under: post rock
link: click here
artist: glenn underground
album: lounge excursions
label: guidance recordings
year: 2000
file under: deep house
link: click here
artist: king kooba
album: nufoundfunk
label: om
year: 2000
file under: nu-jazz
link: click here
artist: azymuth
album: before we forget
label: far out recordings
year: 2000
file under: jazz, latin
link: click here
artist: jan jelinek
album: loop finding jazz records
label: scape
year: 2001
file under: minimal, electronic
link: click here
artist: atjazz
album: labfunk
label: mantis recordings
year: 2001
file under: nu-jazz
link: click here
artist: f.s. blumm
album: mondkuchen
label: morr music
year: 2001
file under: post rock
link: click here
artist: boozoo bajou
album: satta
label: stereo deluxe
year: 2001
file under: downtempo
link: click here
artist: physics
album: first flight
label: deeplay music
year: 2002
file under: deep house
link: click here
artist: madlib
album: shades of blue
label: blue note
year: 2003
file under: hip hop, jazz
link: click here
artist: sonna
album: smile and the world smiles with you
label: temporary residence limited
year: 2003
file under: post rock
link: click here
artist: hauschka
album: substantial
label: karaoke kalk
year: 2004
file under: modern classical
link: click here
artist: parov stelar
album: rough cuts
label: etage noir recordings
year: 2004
file under: trip hop
link: click here
artist: jason corder
album: microcosmos LP
label: thinner
year: 2004
file under: deep house
link: click here
artist: donato wharten
album: trabanten
label: city centre offices
year: 2004
file under: electro acoustic
link: click here
artist: the remote viewer
album: you’re going to love our defeatest attitude
label: city centre offices
year: 2004
file under: electro acoustic
link: click here
artist: marconi union
album: distance
label: hannibal records
year: 2005
file under: ambient
link: click here
artist: zvezdara
album: the dawn of new possibilities
label: standard klik music
year: 2005
file under: electro acoustic
link: click here
artist: susumu yokota and rothko
album: distant sounds of summer
label: lo recordings
year: 2005
file under: electro acoustic
link: click here
artist: cortney tidwell
album: cortney tidwell
label: sissy bragg records
year: 2005
file under: alternative
link: click here
artist: the gentleman losers
album: the gentleman losers
label: buro
year: 2006
file under: electro acoustic
link: click here
artist: christof dejean
album: electronic nostalgia
label: beyond the frame editions
year: 2006
file under: ambient
link: click here
artist: yuichiro fujimoto
album: the mountain record
label: ahornfelder
year: 2006
file under: electro acoustic
link: click here
artist: solo andata
album: fyris swan
label: hefty records
year: 2006
file under: electro acoustic
link: click here
