I asked some of my favorite musician and artist friends, from Beirut and beyond, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2012…
Alternately, they could also provide me with a list of the records they listened to the most in 2012, regardless of date of release.
Stephanie Merchak (musician)
https://soundcloud.com/stephanie-merchak
1- Dictaphone: Poems From A Rooftop (2012)
2- Amiina: Puzzle (2010)
3- 22-20s: Self-titled (2005)
4- She & Him: Volume Two (2010)
5- Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (1957)
6- Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht; Variations, Op.31 / Herbert Von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker (1975/1990)
7- Tomandandy: Resident Evil, Afterlife OST (2010)
8- Waldeck: Ballroom Stories (2007)
9- Danny Elfman: Alice In Wonderland OST (2010)
10- Trifonic: Ninth Wave (2012)
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