A Summer Ending

Brian — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:32:39 +0000

01. Watch Over Me – Teen Daze
02. The Affair – Pandit
03. Romantic Streams – Sleepover
04. Winter Beats – I Break Horses
05. I Will Return – Warm Ghost
06. Coming Home – 2 Hearts and Chemicals
07. Eyes Be Closed – Washed Out
08. The Kiss – Pallers
09. Endless Summer – Still Corners
10. You, Me, Us – Pandit
11. Just Not Today – Should
12. Sleeping – Houses
13. A Dedication – Washed Out

Aural Texture Soundtracks CD001
September 2011
Photography by B.Young

Best 100 Albums of 2011

Brian — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:33:45 +0000

In Alphabetical Order

001	32crash – Y2112Y Industrial
002	Aeroc – R+B=? Techno / Micro
003	Andy Stott – Passed Me By / We Stay Together Techno / Ambient / Experimental
004	Anthony Rother – 62 Minutes on Mars Ambient / Techno
005	Balam Acab – Wander / Wonder Dubstep / Techno
006	Beady Eye – Different Gear Still Speeding Brit Rock
007	Biosphere – N-Plants Ambient / Techno
008	Blouse – Blouse Indie Rock
009	Bnjmn – Plastic World Dubstep / Techno
010	Bvdub – I Remember Ambient
011	Bvdub – One Last Look at the Sea Ambient
012	Bvdub – Resistance Is Beautiful Ambient
013	Bvdub – Songs for a Friend I Left Behind Ambient
014	Bvdub – Then Ambient
015	Byetone – Symeta Techno / Micro
016	Chapel Club – Palace / Wintering Brit Rock
017	Conforce – Escapism Techno
018	Consequence – Test Dream Techno / Dubstep / Ambient
019	Deadbeat – Drawn and Quartered Dubstep / Techno
020	Decree – Fateless Industrial
021	Deepchord – Hash-Bar Loops Dub / Techno
022	DFRNT – Emotional Response Dubstep / Techno
023	Dreissk – The Finding Ambient / Experimental
024	Echelon Effect, The – Seasons 1, 2 and 3 Ambient / Post-Rock
025	Echoing Green, The – In Scarlet & Vile Industrial, Synth-Pop
026	eLan – Next 2 Last Dubstep / Techno
027	Exit Records – Mosaic Dubstep / Techno
028	Ezekiel Honig – Folding In On Itself Ambient
029	Federsen – Echo Relics Ambient / Dub / Techno
030	Fennesz – Seven Stars Ambient
031	Fourcolor – As Pleat Ambient
032	Frank Bretschneider – Komet Techno / Micro
033	Gemma Hayes – Let It Break Folk
034	Gus Gus – Arabian Horse Techno / Pop / Dance
035	Haujobb – New World March Industrial
036	Holy Other – With You Dubstep / Ambient
037	HTRK – Work (work, work) Indie / Electronic
038	I Break Horses – Hearts Indie / Electronic
039	Instra:mental – Resolution 653 Techno / Dubstep
040	John Maus – We Must Become the Pitless Censors of Ourselves Indie / Electronic
041	John Tejeda – Parabolas Techno
042	Kangding Ray – OR Techno / Micro
043	Kindest Lines – Covered In Dust Indie / Electronic
044	Kratzke – Baume Ragen In Die Fahrbahn Downtempo
045	Kuedo – Severant Techno
046	Lone – Echolocations Techno
047	Maps and Diagrams – Get Lost Ambient
048	Mark Van Hoen – The Revernant Diary Techno / Ambient / Experimental
049	Markus Guentner – Crystal Castles Ambient
050	Marsen Jules – Nostalgia Ambient
051	Martin Schulte – Treasure Techno / Dub
052	New Division, The – Shadows Indie / Electronic
053	Niederflur – Tapewurm Techno
054	Noel Gallagher – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Brit Rock
055	Pallers – The Sea of Memories Indie / Electronic
056	Pandit – Steady Nerves and a Strong Heart Indie / Shoegaze
057	Phantogram – Nightlife Indie / Electronic
058	Pinch & Shackleton – Pinch & Shackleton Techno / Dubstep
059	Plaid – Scintilli Techno
060	Pulseprogramming – Charade Is Gold Indie / Electronic
061	Purl – Deep Ground Ambient / Techno
062	Real Estate – Days Indie Rock
063	Robin Guthrie – Emeralds Ambient
064	Ryan Adams – Ashes and Fire Indie / Folk / Alt-Country
065	Scott Solter – One River Ambient
066	Seapony – Go With Me Indie Rock
067	Selebrities – Delusions Indie / Electronic
068	Sepalcure – Fleur Dubstep
069	Sepalcure – Sepalcure Dubstep
070	Shine 2009 – Realism Indie / Electronic / Dance
071	Should – Like a Fire Without Sound Indie / Folk
072	SleepOver – Forever Indie / Electronic
073	Soft Metals – Soft Metals Indie / Electronic
074	SPC ECO – You Tell Me Indie / Electronic / Shoegaze
075	Steffi – Yours & Mine Techno / Dance
076	Stephan Mathieu – A Static Place Ambient
077	Still Corners – Creatures of an Hour Indie / Electronic
078	Sun Glitters – Everything Could Be Fine Dubstep / Shoegaze
079	Sven Schienhammer – Altostratus Translucidus Ambient / Dub / Techno
080	Swarms – Old Raves End Dubstep
081	Sway – This Was Tomorrow Indie / Electronic / Shoegaze
082	Teebs – Collections Dubstep / Downtempo
083	Telekinesis – 12 Desperate Straight Lines Indie Rock
084	They Live – Cancel Standard Dubstep / Techno
085	Thievery Corporation – Culture of Fear Downtempo / Lounge
086	Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972 Ambient
087	To Destroy a City – To Destroy a City Ambient / Post-Rock
088	Tycho – Dive Ambient / Downtempo
089	Urenga – Eclipse Seamount Ambient / Techno
090	Violens – Nine Songs Indie Rock
091	Warm Ghost – Uncut Diamond Indie / Electronic
092	Warm Ghost – Narrows Indie / Electronic
093	Washed Out – Within and Without Indie / Electronic
094	WhoMadeWho – Knee Deep Techno / Pop / Dance
095	Widowspeak – Widowspeak Indie / Folk
096	Wild Swans, The – The Coldest Winter for a Hundred Years Indie Rock
097	Winterlight – Hope Dies Last Ambient / Electronic
098	Wombats, The – This Modern Glitch Indie / Pop
099	Wye Oak – Civilian Indie Rock
100	Young Galaxy – Shapeshifting Indie / Electronic

50 Best Albums of 2010

Brian — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:42:46 +0000

In Alphabetical Order

001	Architect – Consume, Adapt, Create Industrial
002	Beach Fossils – Beach Fossils Indie
003	Bonobo – Black Sands Dubstep / Techno
004	Boy Is Fiction – Broadcast In Colour Ambient / IDM
005	Brendan Perry – Ark Indie / Electronic / Darkwave
006	bvdub – The Art of Dying Alone Ambient
007	bvdub – Tribes at the Temple of Silence Ambient
008	Depreciation Guild, The – Spirit Youth Shoegaze / Electronic
009	Echospace – Liumin Ambient / Dub
010	Ellen Allien – Dust Techno
011	Exit Calm – Exit Calm Indie / Rock
012	Film School – Fission Indie / Shoegaze
013	Gaston Arevalo – Habitat Ambient
014	God Is An Astronaut – Age of the Fifth Sun Ambient / Post-Rock
015	Hammock – Chasing After Shadows… Ambient / Post-Rock
016	Hundred in the Hands – Hundred in the Hands Indie / New Wave
017	Loscil – Endless Falls Ambient
018	Magda – From the Fallen Page Techno
019	Marconi Union – A Lost Connection Ambient / Techno
020	Meat Beat Manifesto – Answers Come In Dreams Dubstep / Industrial
021	Morgan Packard – Moment Again Elsewhere Ambient
022	Motionfield – The Sound of Snow Ambient
023	Motorama – Alps Indie
024	Mount Kimbie – Crooks and Lovers Dubstep
025	National, The – High Violet Alternative Rock
026	Niederflur – Bipolar Techno
027	Pjusk – Sval Ambient
028	Proem – Enough Conflict IDM
029	Radio Dept., The – Clinging To A Scheme Indie / Electronic
030	Rafael Anton Irisarri – The North Bend Ambient
031	Raime – If Anywhere Was Here He Would Know Where We Are Experimental / IDM
032	Raime – Raime Experimental / IDM
033	School of Seven Bells – Disconnect from Desire Alternative / Electronic
034	Scott Cortez – Twin Radiant Flux Ambient
035	Scuba – Triangulation Techno / Dubstep
036	Seefeel – Faults Experimental / Industrial
037	Sight Below, The – It All Falls Apart Ambient
038	Small Black – New Chain Electronic / Pop
039	Soft Moon – The Soft Moon Experimental / Darkwave
040	Soundpool – Mirrors In Your Eyes Shoegaze / Electronic
041	Stornoway – Beachcombers Windowsill Indie / Folk
042	Tamaryn – The Waves Shoegaze
043	Teebs – Ardour Dubstep / Techno
044	Teen Daze – Four More Years Indie / Electronic
045	Kindest Lines – Covered In Dust Indie / Electronic
046	Timewriter, The – Tiefenschoen Techno / House
047	Underworld – Barking Techno / Pop / Dance
048	Urenga – Tidal Wave Ambient / Dub / IDM
049	Xenia Beliayeva – Ever Since Techno / Pop
050	Zola Jesus – Stridulum Goth / Darkwave

50 Best Albums of 2009

Brian — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:55:54 +0000

In Alphabetical Order

001	A Place To Bury Strangers – Exploding Head Rock / Shoegaze
002	A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Ashes Grammar Indie / Shoegaze
003	Alice In Chains – Black Gves Way To Blue Rock / Grunge
004	Arctic Monkeys – Humbug Rock / Britpop
005	Assemblage 23 – Compass Industrial / Synth Pop
006	Bad Lieutenant – Never Cry Another Tear Alternative Rock / Electronic
007	Brookville – Broken Lights Indie
008	Camera Obscura – My Maudlin Career Indie
009	Camouflage – Live In Dresden Alternative Rock / Electronic
010	Clan of Xymox – In Love We Trust Goth / Synth Pop / Industrial
011	Clientele, The – Bonfires On the Heath Indie
012	Consequence – Live for Never Dubstep / Techno
013	Cribs, The – Ignore the Ignorant Alternative Rock
014	David Gray – Draw the Line Indie / Folk
015	Delores O’Riordan – No Baggage Alternative Rock
016	Depeche Mode – Sounds of the Universe Alternative Rock / Electronic
017	Doves – Kingdom of Rust Alternative Rock
018	Dub Tractor – Sorry Indie / Electronic
019	Echo and the Bunnymen – The Fountain Alternative Rock
020	Emptyset – Emptyset Techno
021	Engineers – Three Fact Fader Alternative Rock / Shoegaze
022	Faunts – Fee Love Dreaming Of Indie / Electronic
023	Fluxion – Constant Limber Ambient / Dub / Techno
024	Gus Gus – 24/7 Techno / Dance / Pop
025	Hildur Gudnadottir – Without Sinking Ambient / Classical
026	Ian Brown – My Way Alternative Rock / Britpop
027	Kings of Convenience – Declaration of Dependence Indie / Folk
028	Legends, The – Over and Over Indie / Electronic
029	Luke Hess – Light In the Dark Techno / Dub
030	Lusine – A Certain Distance Techno
031	Maribel – Aesthetics Alternative Rock / Shoegaze
032	Markus Guentner – Doppelgaenger Ambient / Dub
033	Martin Schulte – Odysseia Dub / Techno
034	Martin Schulte – On the Moon Dub / Techno
035	Mesh – A Perfect Solution Industrial / Synth Pop
036	Morrissey – Swords Alternative Rock
037	Morrissey – Years of Refusal Alternative Rock
038	Nadia Ali – Embers Pop / Dance
039	Pet Shop Boys – Yes Alternative Rock / Electronic
040	Pillowdriver – Sleeping Pills Ambient
041	Postmarks, The – Memoirs at the End of the World Indie
042	Quantec – Cauldron Substinence Ambient / Dub / Techno
043	Robin Guthrie – Carousel Ambient
044	Saint Etienne – Foxbase Beta Indie / Electronic / Dance
045	Sally Shapiro – My Guilty Pleasure Indie / Electronic
046	Simon Scott – Navigare Ambient
047	Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country Ambient
048	Tomasz Bednarczyk – Let’s Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow Ambient
049	White Lies – To Lose My Life Alternative Rock / New Wave
050	Yagya – Rigning Ambient / Dub