Hey dudes! Always stoked to see Obner folks lists this time of year for new discoveries, so thought I'd share mine as well. I'll post my Metal list soon for those interested.

All here in a Spotify playlist.
http://goo.gl/mHjYiw

01 Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven
02 Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
03 Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
04 Cut Copy - Free Your Mind
05 My Bloody Valentine - MBV
06 Special Request - Soul Music
07 Wild Nothing - Empty Estate
07 Tropic of Cancer - Restless Idylls
08 No Joy - Wait to Pleasure
09 Atoms for Peace - AMOK
10 Tim Hecker - Virgins
11 Umberto - Confrontations
12 Smith Westerns - Soft Will
13 Daniel Avery - Drone Logic
14 Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth
15 Rob - Maniac (Original Soundtrack)
16 The House In the Woods - Bucolica
17 Classixx - Hanging Gardens
18 Karen Gwyer - Needs Continuum
19 Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
20 Four Tet - Beautiful Rewind
21 Beastmilk - Climax
22 Ben Lukas Boysen - Gravity
23 Darkside - Psychic
24 Justin Walter - Lullabies & Nightmares
25 Connan Mockasin - Caramel
26 Haim - Days Are Gone
27 The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
28 Danny Brown - Old
29 Recondite - Hinterland
30 Bibio - Silver Wilkinson
31 Younghusband - Dromes
32 Benedek - People's Potential Unlimited Test Pressing
33 Akkord - Akkord
34 Lustmord - The Word As Power
35 British Sea Power - From the Sea to the Land Beyond
36 Pan American - Cloud Room, Glass Room
37 Pharmakon - Abandon
38 Mountains - Centralia
39 Donato Dozzy - Plays Bee Mask
40 DJ Koze - Amygdala
41 Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin
42 Girls Names - The New Life
43 The London Suede - Bloodsports
44 Julia Holter - Loud City Song
45 Minilogue - Blomma
46 The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
47 Machinedrum - Vapor City
48 Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark - English Electric
49 Svarte Greiner - Black Tie
50 Pausal - Sky Margin

Nice to see your list. I would have guessed that Chvrches would have appeared.

Great to see Barwick and Boards in your top 5 and Haxan Cloak and Mountains (my fave of the four) further down. 2013 was disproportinately ambient for me.

OMD is still around???

I think I like R Plus Seven better than the previous two OPN albums. There feels like there's a little more substance to this one, a little more heart, than on Replicas or Returnal.

You can definitely hear how the collaboration between him and Tim Hecker affected their subsequent albums. I think it definitely benefited both of them.

Great to see your list. Tons I haven't heard that I need to check out. Namely:


Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
Special Request - Soul Music
Tropic of Cancer - Restless Idylls
Umberto - Confrontations
Daniel Avery - Drone Logic
Beach Fossils - Clash the Truth
The House In the Woods - Bucolica
Karen Gwyer - Needs Continuum
Beastmilk - Climax
Ben Lukas Boysen - Gravity
Justin Walter - Lullabies & Nightmares
Connan Mockasin - Caramel
Recondite - Hinterland
Younghusband - Dromes
Benedek - People's Potential Unlimited Test Pressing
Akkord - Akkord
Lustmord - The Word As Power
Pan American - Cloud Room, Glass Room
Pharmakon - Abandon
Mountains - Centralia
Girls Names - The New Life
Machinedrum - Vapor City
Minilogue - Blomma
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark - English Electric
Svarte Greiner - Black Tie
Pausal - Sky Margin

Let me know what you think would appeal!

Special Request is straight-up late '90s drum'n bass/jungle. It's a time warp to 15 years ago. It's pretty good, but it's really, really long. I think I'd like it more in smaller doses.

I personally only like 1 track on the Pharmakon album ("Crawling on Bruised Knees"). I'm pretty convinced that 90% of her appeal comes from the contradiction of her appearance - attractive blonde chick playing ugly, abrasive, funereal noise.

Mountains is nice. It didn't leave much of an impression on me, but I probably just need to listen to it more.

I decided after her last album that I was done with Julianna Barwick.

I kinda want to hear that OMD. I haven't heard anything of theirs after Dazzle Ships. Is it the best of their last several albums? Or is there another one after their "classic period" that I should check out first?

that maniac soundtrack is blowing my mind

I don't think I'm making a top 50 this year, but BoC, Tim Hecker and MBV would be somewhere in there

I just checked out Beastmilk. Not sure I get the hype.

have yet to hear that. i guess i need to remedy this?

not only are they around, they released a superb album this year, and were a live highlight for me as well.

Sketch, looking forward to seeing your list man!

jsh, the above are the releases i think you'd be into.

i have a soft spot for well done jungle & hardcore so the Special Request album really does it for me.

the latest OMD is a throwback to their dance-driven days, with a hint of modern electronic inspired productions. for guys their age, they're still writing synth music that is steps above a good majority of the techno/electronic music being produced today. catchy, emotional, memorable, and not driven by trends.

agree with all of this man.

yeah, it really is incredible. and you NEED to see the film.

toots, don't sleep on The House in the Woods album. right up your alley dude.

is that Rob also?

i'm getting mixed search results from spotify...

cool - always good to see bands from back in the day still at it