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We asked some of our musician friends and collaborators to tell us about their 10 favorite albums of 2016.
HASSIB DERGHAM (Who Killed Bruce Lee)
Kashmir – Surfing The Warm Industry
Odd Couple – Flügge
Anderson Paak – Malibu
Dota Kehr – Alles Du
Hildegard Knef – Für mich, soll’s rote Rosen regnen
Samy Deluxe – Weck mich auf
Haftbefehl – Chaos wissen wer der Babo ist
The Heliocentrics – From The Deep
Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu Of Ethiopia
The Soil – Nostalgic Moments
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We asked some of our musician friends and collaborators to tell us about their 10 favorite albums of 2016.
FILTER HAPPIER
BADBADNOTGOOD – IV
Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered
Anderson Paak – Malibu
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Blood Orange – Freetown Sound
Frank Ocean – Blonde
DIIV – Is The Is Are
M83 – Junk
James Blake – The Colour In Anything
Angel Olsen – My Woman
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We asked some of our musician friends and collaborators to tell us about their 10 favorite albums of 2016.
KHYAM ALLAMI [Nawa Recordings]
David Bowie – Blackstar
The Dwarfs of East Agouza – Bes
Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Before The Flood (Soundtrack)
Michael Gordon – Timber Remixed
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto – The Revenant (Soundtrack)
Glenn Kotche – Drumkit Quartets
Michael Mizrahi – Currents
Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered
Hossein Alizadeh – Eshghim Gal
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We asked some of our musician friends and collaborators to tell us about their 10 favorite albums of 2016.
SANDRA ARSLANIAN (Sandmoon)
Angel Olsen – My Woman
Lisa Hannigan – At Swim
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
David Bowie – Blackstar
Bon Iver – 22, A Million
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
James Blake – The Colour In Anything
Wilco – Schmilco
Neko Case/ kd Lang/ Laura Veirs – Case/Lang/Veirs
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We asked some of our musician friends and collaborators to tell us about their 10 favorite albums of 2016.
SERGE YARED (The Incompetents)
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
Roisin Murphy – Take Her Up To Monto
Anna Meredith – Varmints
Brian Eno – The Ship
David Bowie – Blackstar
Angel Olsen – My Woman
Swans – The Glowing Man
Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
Anohni – Hopelessness
Beyoncé – Lemonade
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Seth Bogart – Seth Bogart
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We asked some of our musician friends and collaborators to tell us about their 10 favorite albums of 2016.
KHODOR ELLAIK (Kid Fourteen)
Frank Ocean – Blonde
Fat White Family – Songs For Our Mothers
Alex Cameron – Jumping The Shark
Kool Keith – Feature Magnetic
Sleaford Mods – TCR
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
David Bowie – Blackstar
A Tribe Called Quest – We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
Childish Gambino – “Awaken, My Love!”
Marching Church – Telling It Like It Is
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So, here we are again!
We asked some of our musician friends and collaborators to tell us about their 10 favorite albums of 2016.
FADI TABBAL (Bunny Tylers, The Incompetents, Under the Carpet)
Tim Hecker – Love Streams
Angel Olsen – My Woman
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
Kevin Morby – Singing Saw
Whitney – Light Upon The Lake
Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of Denial
Mitzki – Puberty 2
Survive – Rr7349
Anna Meredith – Varmints
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David Bowie – Blackstar
Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project
Alex Cameron – Jumping The Shark
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I asked some of my musician friends from Beirut, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2014…
Or the music they’ve listened to the most during the past year, regardless of date of release
In no particular order:
– Billie Holiday: Rare West Coast Recordings
– Arvo Pärt: Arbos
– Fawzi Sayeb: Taqasim
– Amandine Beyer & Gli Incogniti: Bach Violin Concertos
– Kyung-So Park: Be My Neighbour
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I asked some of my musician friends from Beirut, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2014…
Or the music they’ve listened to the most during the past year, regardless of date of release
Serge Yared (The Incompetents)
Albums:
1. Hobocombo: Moondog Mask
2. Scott Walker & Sun O)))): Soused
3. Richard Reed Parry: Music For Heart & Breath
4. Perfume Genius: Too Bright
5. Marianne Faithfull: Give My Love To London
6. Aphex Twin: Syro
7. Brian Eno & Karl Hyde: High Life
8. Baxter Dury: It’s A Pleasure
9. Chuck E Weiss: Red Beans & Weiss
10. Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens: Cold World
Reissues:
1. The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico
2. Jon Hassell & Brian Eno: Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics
3. Bob Dylan & The Band: The Complete Basement Tapes
4. Various artists: C86
5. Captain Beefheart: Sun Zoom Spark 1970-1972
6. Yo La Tengo: Extra Painful
7. Ariel Kalma: An Evolutionary Music (Original Recordings 1972-1979)
8. The Unicorns: Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?
9. Led Zeppelin: III
10. Craig Leon: Anthology Of Interplanetary Folk Music Vol. 1: Nommos/Visiting
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I asked some of my musician friends from Beirut, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2014…
Or the music they’ve listened to the most during the past year, regardless of date of release
In no particular order:
– The War On Drugs: Lost In The Dream
– Mac Demarco: Salad Days
– Rachel Glassberg: …And Other Disasters: Home Recordings
– Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire For No Witness
– Sun Kil Moon: Benji
– Robert Leslie: A Shard Of The Mosaic
– Featherweights: S/t
– Youmna Saba: Njoum
– Future Islands: Singles
– Martha Rose: Behind Our Eyes
+ Reissue:
– Lewis: L’amour (1983)
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