Top 50 2012

1a. Demdike Stare- Elemental (Modern Love)

1b. Helm- Impossible Symmetry (PAN)

1c. Swans- The Seer (Young God)

04. Dirty Projectors- Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)

05. Laurel Halo- Quarantine (Hyperdub)

06. The Caretaker- Patience (After Sebald)/Extra Patience (After Sebald) (History Always Favours Winners)

07. Carter Tutti Void- Transverse (Mute)

08. Akos Rozmann- 12 Stationer VI (Ideological Organ)

09. Scott Walker- Bish Bosch (4AD)

10. Andy Stott- Luxury Problems (Modern Love)

11. Duane Pitre- Feel Free (Important)

12. Black Rain- Now I'm Just A Number (Blackest Ever Black)

13. Dariush Dolat-Shahi- Electronic Music, Tar & Sehtar (Dead Cert)
14. Jon Mueller- Death Blues (Self Released)
15. Funerary Call- Nightside Emanations (Malignant)
16. Wadada Leo Smith- Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform)
17. Stian Westerhus- The Matriarch And The Wrong Kind Of Flowers (Rune Grammofon)
18. Keiji Haino, Stephen O'Malley, Oren Ambarchi- Nazoranai (Editions Mego)
19. Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras, The Congos-  Icon Give Thank (RVNG INTL)
20. Jimmy Cliff- Rebirth (UMe)

21. William Parker- Centering (No Business)
22. Hildur Guonadottir- Leyfou Ijosinu (Touch)
23. Karriem Riggins- Alone Together (Stones Throw)
24. Shackleton- Music For The Quiet Hour?/The Drawbar Organ EPs (Woe To The Septic Heart!)
25. Captain Murphy- Duality (Self Released)
26. Richard Skelton- Verse Of Birds (Corbel Stone Press)
27. Joe Morris, William Parker, Gerald Cleaver- Altitude (Aum Fidelity)
28. Julia Holter- Ekstasis (RVNG INTL)
29. Earth- Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light II (Southern Lord)
30. Flying Lotus- Until The Quiet Comes (Warp)

31. Tomas Köner- Novaya Zemlya (Touch)
32. Converge- All We Love We Leave Behind (Epitaph)
33. Los Punsetes- Una Montaña Es Una Montaña (Gramaciones Grabofonicas)
34. Rudolf Eb.er- Extreme Rituals (Erratum)
35. Actress- RIP (Honest Jon's)
36. Charles Gayle Trio- Streets (Northern Spy)
37. Pye Corner Audio- Sleep Games (Ghost Box)
38. Raime- Quarter Turns Over A Living Line (Blackest Ever Black)
39. KTL- V (Editions Mego)
40. Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Allelujah Don't Bend (Constellation)

41. Goat- World Music (Rocket)
42. Nate Wooley- The Almond (Pogus)
43. Ras G- El Aylien Part II (Leaving)
44. Silent Servant- Negative Fascination (Hospital)
45. Porter Ricks- Biokenetics (Type)
46. Mutant Video- Head Scan Part Two (Mutant Video)
47. Liars- WIXIW (Mute)
48. Vatican Shadow- Ornamented Walls/Ghost Of Cechnya (Modern Love/Hospital)
49. Cut Hands- Black Mamba (Very Friendly/Susan Lawly)
50. Jon Brooks- Shapwick (Clay Pipe)