Favorite Albums of 2020 So Far?

tempest_77 wrote: Wobbler's Dwellers of the Deep is, without question, my #1 album of the year. Absolutely gorgeous and really expands beyond their previous album.

Thanks man, I try to keep it eclectic..or well it just sorta ends up that way. I let my ears figure things out for me

The best album for me this year has been Die Wilde Jagd’s Haut. I’m not sure whether the band has been submitted for inclusion yet, but it is far and away some of the best Krautrock/electronic music I’ve heard in years.

I also forgot about Once & Future Band’s Deleted Scenes in my previous post. A pretty good album indeed and recommended to fans of 10CC and the old school of art rock.

Edited by Guldbamsen - December 09 2020 at 02:38

rushfan4 wrote: miamiscot wrote: 1. JPL Who or what is JPL?  I'm drawing a blank.

Jean-Pierre Louveton of Nemo. Great album although I completely forgot to add it to my list

dauinghorn wrote: BrufordFreak wrote: dauinghorn wrote: BrufordFreak wrote: 1. ARNAUD BUKWALD's La marmite cosmique six https://arnaudbukwald.bandcamp.com/album/la-marmite-cosmique-six Hmmm. It sounded very promising at the beginning, but as the "band" enters, it's too obvious that this is made almost entirely by computer instruments. It does not sound good at all. Although the compositions and the vocals are quite nice, I can't enjoy this.. I like my music PLAYED, not generated. Lovely cover art, though! If you're implying that there is nothing like the power of live music, I couldn't agree more! Otherwise, I like my albums of studio recorded music to have good music, no matter how it got there. (Thank you Berlin School, synthesizers, ambient, New Age, looping, sequencing, MIDI, sampling, and all of the many other sound innovations made possible by electricity and the computer age.) (Except for auto-tune).   I see your point, and as a huge fan of Berlin School I don't mind sequencing, machine-controlled synths etc. But it sounded awesome because of the qualities of the instruments. On this record it's real instruments emulated by computers, for example the woodwind instruments, which CANNOT in anyway be emulated by machines.

The Mark Kelly"s marathon has thrown me for a loop, its brilliant! 

Edited by tszirmay - December 07 2020 at 18:41

I have a lot to check up on with regards to new releases...which strikes me as being slightly odd considering just how much new music I’ve bought over the past few months.
2020 releases though include:
Neptunian Maximalism - Éons
Tame Impala - The Slow Rush
Chicano Batman - Invisible People
...oh yeah and I’m also waiting on the new one from Wobbler.
Otherwise 2020 has been a year of both discovering new bands and artists from yesteryear as well as rediscovering a bunch of old favourites.

Edited by Guldbamsen - November 30 2020 at 01:51

BrufordFreak wrote: dauinghorn wrote: BrufordFreak wrote: 1. ARNAUD BUKWALD's La marmite cosmique six https://arnaudbukwald.bandcamp.com/album/la-marmite-cosmique-six Hmmm. It sounded very promising at the beginning, but as the "band" enters, it's too obvious that this is made almost entirely by computer instruments. It does not sound good at all. Although the compositions and the vocals are quite nice, I can't enjoy this.. I like my music PLAYED, not generated. Lovely cover art, though! If you're implying that there is nothing like the power of live music, I couldn't agree more! Otherwise, I like my albums of studio recorded music to have good music, no matter how it got there. (Thank you Berlin School, synthesizers, ambient, New Age, looping, sequencing, MIDI, sampling, and all of the many other sound innovations made possible by electricity and the computer age.) (Except for auto-tune).

Definitely plenty of big hitters on this thread that I haven't listened to yet, but so far: