albums of the year ~ 2011

ok, here comes a list of my thirty favourite long players (including one re-issue and following my top 10 compilations) of 2011. like last year, i’m not that sure of the order beyond the first few, but these are the records which i’m still listening to, still enjoying and – in many cases – still astounded by. the only other thing to note is the lack of many bass/dubstep albums. efforts from kuedo, sepulcre and machine drum will all top many polls elsewhere on the web, i’m sure, but i just never quite sit comfortably when they are playing. necessarily then, in case you wondered, i’ve overlooked them. but it ain’t like i was short on choice…

 

 

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ethyl & huxley ~ 3 feet high on saints & sonnets


london’s huxley aint half busy at the moment: as well as eps for tsuba, collabs for leftroom and much charted remixes for rebirth, he’s also found time to set up a new label and get back in the studio with his old pal ethyl.

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