Charts

Once in a blue moon, we ask our favorite musicians and contributors to share their favorite records of the year for us!

(2021 end-of-year lists) – MHAMAD SAFA

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It had been a while (five good years actually) since we’d done this, so we went ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

MHAMAD SAFA

– aya: im hole
– Tim Hecker: The North Water (Original Score)
– Rian Treanor: Obstacle Scattering EP
– Anthony Sahyoun: Proof by Infinite Descent
– ZULI: All Caps
– NP: Lattices 
– Jerusalem In My Heart: Qalaq
– Caterina Barbieri: Fantas Variations
– Msylma & Ismael: The Tenets of Forgetting 
– Lorraine James: Reflection

(2021 end-of-year lists) – SARY MOUSSA

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It had been a while (five good years actually) since we’d done this, so we went ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

SARY MOUSSA

– Lucy Railton & Kit Downes: Subaerial
– FUJI||||||||||TA: Tsu Tsu 
– Jerusalem In My Heart: Qalaq 
– Demdike Stare: Drum Machines 
– Mark Fell & Will Guthrie: Infoldings/Diffractions 
– Olivia Block: Innocent Passage in The Territorial Sea
– aya: im hole
– Anthony Sahyoun: Proof by Infinite Descent
– Leila Bordreuil: Not An Elegy 
– Loraine James: Reflection 

Continuation & previously released tracks listened to in 2021:

– JLZ & LYCOX: UH UH BALANCOU
– Nour Al Houda: Ya Jarat al Wadi 
– Abou Baker Salim: Ya Hamel al Athqal 
– Jessica Moss: Opened Ending 
– Mohammad Reza Mortazavi: Ritme Jaavdanegi 
– Unknown Singer: Teir Al Hamami (Originally sung by Mehad Hamad) / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cArefgHje6s
– Eartheater: Phoenix: La Petite Mort Édition
– Two or The Dragon: Dance Grooves For The Weary EP 
– Powell: Piano Music 1-7 
– Claire Rousay: A Softer Focus 
– Lee Gamble: Flush Real Pharynx 2019-2021
– Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu: Renegade Breakdown Remixes 
– Kinematik: Ensemble 1: Al Jadi
– Liliane Chlela: Safala

(2021 end-of-year lists) – CEDRIK FERMONT

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It had been a while (five good years actually) since we’d done this, so we went ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

CEDRIK FERMONT

– Tongue Depressor: Fiddle Music [vol. 7]
– Aisha Orazbayeva: Slow Change
– Dave Phillips: A Collection of Excuses
– Rastko Lazic: Sketches
– Leider: A Fog Like Liars Loving
– The Pond: Turchesi Miracolosi
– Pé: As Honor Was on Its Last Leg
– Various Artists: Noise à Noise 21​.​1
– Various Artists: Istimrar Phase 1
– Various Artists: We Continue on Our Journey Through the Universe

(2021 end-of-year lists) – ELYSE TABET

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It’s been a while (five good years actually) since we’ve done this, and so we’ve gone ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

ELYSE TABET

– Nala Sinephro: Space 1.8
– Eliane Radigue: Opus 17
– HU: Nightworks
– Liliane Chlela: Safala
– Anthony Sahyoun: Proof by Infinite Descent
– 33EMYBW: Arthropods
– Actress: Karma & Desire
– Dirty Bird: Virginia Creeper
– Low: HEY WHAT
– The Distance: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

(2021 end-of-year lists) – TEDTEDTED

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It’s been a while (five good years actually) since we’ve done this, and so we’ve gone ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

TEDDY TAWIL aka TEDTEDTED

– Koreless: “Black Rainbow” from Agor
– Bendik Giske: “Cruising” from Cracks
– Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra: “Still Here” from Promises
– Nala Sinephro: “Space 8” from Space 1.8
– ZULI: “Where Do You Go“ from All Caps
– Not Waving: “99” from How to Leave Your Body
– Andy Stott: “Answers” from Never the Right Time
– Lone: “Coming Into Being and Passing Away“ from Always Inside Your Head
– Lotic: Water
– Clark: Playground in A Lake

(2021 end-of-year lists) – POMME ROUGE

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It’s been a while (five good years actually) since we’ve done this, and so we’ve gone ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

JOY MOUGHANNI & ALEX CHAHINE [POMME ROUGE]

– Fadi Mohem & Rødhåd: “210407” from WSNWG008
– FJAAK & Tobi Neumann: “F-Zero” from Various Artists: Miss Kittin / Justice Mirabal / FJAAK & Tobi Neumann
– Shabazz Palaces: “20 Gear Science” from 20 Gear Science
– SUUNS: “Witness Protection” from The Witness
– Andy Stott: “Answers” from Never the Right Time
– Overkissed: “Wet” from Porn Cuts EP
– Versalife: “Cone of Silence” from Shape Shifter 2 EP
– Tim Reaper & Kloke: “Tensity” from Tunnelvision
– Alex Ranerro: “Terrace” from Various Artists: HDZ12 EP
– Gremlinz & Jesta: “Albatross” from UVB76​-​021

(2021 end-of-year lists) – JAD ATOUI

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It’s been a while (five good years actually) since we’ve done this, and so we’ve gone ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

JAD ATOUI

– Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises
– Thomas Ankersmit: Perceptual Geography
– Anthony Sahyoun: Proof by Infinite Descent
– Two or the Dragon: Dance Grooves for The Weary
– Jerusalem In My Heart: Qalaq
– Chuck Bettis: Blood Activation
– Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: Candyman (Original Soundtrack)
– Jan Jelinek: The Raw and the Cooked
– Maurice Louca: Sa’et el Hazz
– Pavel Milyakov & Bendik Giske: Untitled

(2021 end-of-year lists) – JANA SALEH

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It’s been a while (five good years actually) since we’ve done this, and so we’ve gone ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

JANA SALEH

– Senyawa: Alkisah
– Liliane Chlela: Safala
– Jerusalem In My Heart: Qalaq
– Anthony Sahyoun: Proof by Infinite Descent
– Various Artists: Istimrar Phase 1
– Postcards: After the Fire, Before the End
– Prefaces: Hippodrome

(2021 end-of-year lists) – STEPHANIE MERCHAK

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It’s been a while (five good years actually) since we’ve done this, and so we’ve gone ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

STEPHANIE MERCHAK

– Scanner: Wing Pinger
– Patrick R. Pärk: Sacred Winged Door
– Upside T-Rex Music: TwoDots Volume 7 (Original Soundtrack)
– Dream Theater: A View from The Top of The World
– Myéline: Tiny Windows
– Memory Scale: Soft Power
– Nils Petter Molvær: Stitches
– Emika & Paul Frick: In Parallel
– 2404R: False LP
– Hainbach: Schwebungssummer

(2021 end-of-year lists) – ANTHONY SAHYOUN

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It’s been a while (five good years actually) since we’ve done this, and so we’ve gone ahead and asked the musicians whom we worked with this year in some respect or other, to tell us about their favorite albums of 2021.

ANTHONY SAHYOUN

– Maurice Louca: Sa’et el Hazz
– Space Afrika: Honest Labour
– Postcards: After the Fire, Before the End
– Two or the Dragon: Dance Grooves for The Weary
– Jonny Greenwood: Spencer (Original Soundtrack)
– Squid: Bright Green Field
– aya: im hole
– Jessica Moss: Phosphenes
– Aldo Clementi: Canoni Circolari
– William Fields: Fluidity