The music website FACT, which typically focuses on leftfield electronic stuff, always puts out a fascinating end-of-year list, and this year is no exception. The site has just made its contribution to this month’s list orgy, and it’s got Kendrick Lamar, deservingly enough, at the top. The real action, though, is further down the list. FACT has carved out room for evil industrial hiss (Carter Tutti Void), vintage-keyboard expansiveness (d’Eon), bust-your-face rap (Gunplay), sticky-slick R&B (Jeremih), berserker crustcore (Black Breath), and Lana Del Rey (Lana Del Rey). Check out the top 10 below.
10 Wolfgang Voigt – Rückverzauberung 6
09 Swans – The Seer
08 Terrence Dixon – From the Far Future Pt. 2
07 Jam City – Classical Curves
06 How To Dress Well – Total Loss
05 Spaceghostpurrp – God Of Black
04 Horrid Red – Celestial Joy
03 Cooly G – Playin Me
02 Lee Gamble – Diversions 1994-1996 / Dutch Tvashar Plumes
01 Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City
You’ll find the complete list, along with blurbs and audio samples, here.
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Always a good list to find some buried gems.
Lana Del Rey (Lana Del Rey)
I just thought it was funny
this list is very different from other ones posted, cool.
Good to see Wolfgang Voigt is still putting out music. Forgot about him.
For those who don’t want to go artist by artist:
50: BIGG JUS – MACHINES THAT MAKE CIVILIZATION FUN
49: HELM – IMPOSSIBLE SYMMETRY
48: HALEEK MAUL – OXYCONTEEN
47: THE XX – COEXIST
46: PURITY RING – SHRINE
45: ROBERT AIKI AUBREY LOWE – TIMON IRNOK MANTA
44: TRIAD GOD – NXB
43: CARTER TUTTI VOID – TRANSVERSE
42: SCHOOLBOY Q – HABITS AND CONTRADICTIONS
41: COCAINE 80s – EXPRESS 0G EP
40: BAT FOR LASHES – THE HAUNTED MAN
39: BLACK BREATH – SENTENCED TO LIFE
38: MIGUEL – KALEIDOSCOPE DREAM
37: LE1F – DARK YORK
36: GUNPLAY – BOGOTA RICH: THE PREQUEL
35: YOUNG SMOKE – SPACE ZONE
34: LORENZO SENNI – QUANTUM JELLY
33: ALTERED NATIVES – TENEMENT YARD VOL.3
32: DEON – MUSIC FOR KEYBOARDS VOL.1
31: NAS – LIFE IS GOOD
30: SUPREME CUTS – WHISPERS IN THE DARK
29: RICARDO VILLALOBOS – DEPENDENT AND HAPPY
28: ARIEL PINK & R. STEVIE MOORE – KU KLUX GLAM
27: SCOTT WALKER – BISH BOSCH
26: GRIMES – VISIONS
25: MAIN ATTRAKIONZ – BOSSALINIS & FOOLIYONES
24: THE INTERNET – PURPLE NAKED LADIES
23: HEROIN IN TAHITI – DEATH SURF
22: FUTURE – PLUTO
21: DEAN BLUNT & INGA COPELAND – BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
20: SILENT SERVANT – NEGATIVE FASCINATION
19: LANA DEL REY – BORN TO DIE
18: WILEY – STEP FREESTYLES
17: I:CUBE – M- MEGAMIX
16: FRANK OCEAN – CHANNEL ORANGE
15: SAND CIRCLES – MOTOR CITY
14: JULIA HOLTER – EKSTASIS
13: MADTEO – NOI NO
12: JEREMIH – LATE NIGHTS WITH JEREMIH
11: ACTRESS – R.I.P
10: WOLFGANG VOIGT – RÜCKVERZAUBERUNG 6
09: SWANS – THE SEER
08: TERRENCE DIXON – FROM THE FAR FUTURE PT.2
07: JAM CITY – CLASSICAL CURVES
06: HOW TO DRESS WELL – TOTAL LOSS
05: SPACEGHOSTPURRP – GOD OF BLACK
04: HORRID RED – CELESTIAL JOY
03: COOLY G – PLAYIN ME
02: LEE GAMBLE – DIVERSIONS 1994-1996 / DUTCH TVASHAR PLUMES
01: KENDRICK LAMAR – GOOD KID, M.A.A.D. CITY
You, sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.
Likin the lee gamble, never heard of him before
Wait a minute, both parts of Company Flow put out an album this year?
I would have loved to seen mewithoutYou’s “Ten Stories” on here. A true gem of 2012.
I know, it’s number 7 on my list!
I’m surprised the Hot Chip album is getting so little respect.
Really like to see How to Dress Well so high on this list. That album was definitely top ten worthy material.
Check out our list here http://www.lowerfrequencies.com/2012/12/lower-frequencies-top-25-tracks-of-2012-2