Best of 2018 so far

First rough cut

1. Far Corner - Risk
2. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin : Awase
3. Koenji Hyakkei - Dhorimviska
4. Cheer-Accident: Fades
5. PinioL: Bran Coucou
6. In Love With - Coitus Interruptus
7. Zevious - Lowlands
8. Alec K Redfearn & The Eyesores - The Opposite
9. VAK - Budo
10. elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth
11. Gosta Berlings Saga - Et Ex
12. Gogo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
13. Sonar With David Torn: Vortex
14. Jack O' The Clock : Repetitions of the Old City II
15. The Necks - Body
16. Aquaserge : Déjà vous?
17. Bob Drake - L'Isola dei Lupi
18. Anna von Hausswolff: Dead Magic
19. Zwoyld - Zgond
20. Gryphon - Reinvention
21. Dan Weiss - Starebaby
22. Scherzoo - 04
23. Forgas Band Phenomena - L’Oreille Électrique
24. Thumpermonkey - Make Me Young, Etc
25. The Red Masque - Fathomless
26. Basta - Vertigo

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Originally Posted by Progatron

Yep, got it from Lasers Edge last week. Good stuff! If you like their quirky, dramatic sound you will not be disappointed.

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I'm in.

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First rough cut

1. Far Corner - Risk
2. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin : Awase
3. Koenji Hyakkei - Dhorimviska
4. Cheer-Accident: Fades
5. PinioL: Bran Coucou
6. In Love With - Coitus Interruptus
7. Zevious - Lowlands
8. Alec K Redfearn & The Eyesores - The Opposite
9. VAK - Budo
10. elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth
11. Gosta Berlings Saga - Et Ex
12. Gogo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
13. Sonar With David Torn: Vortex
14. Jack O' The Clock : Repetitions of the Old City II
15. The Necks - Body
16. Aquaserge : Déjà vous?
17. Bob Drake - L'Isola dei Lupi
18. Anna von Hausswolff: Dead Magic
19. Zwoyld - Zgond
20. Gryphon - Reinvention
21. Dan Weiss - Starebaby
22. Scherzoo - 04
23. Forgas Band Phenomena - L’Oreille Électrique
24. Thumpermonkey - Make Me Young, Etc
25. The Red Masque - Fathomless
26. Basta - Vertigo

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So much great stuff there Ian, however, my fave of 2018 has to be Morgan Agren's new one https://morganagren.bandcamp.com/album/maximum-times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2yBkcur5E0

Yes indeed, a great list there, Ian. Listened to the new Far Corner last night. Need more time to absorb...obviously some great stuff on there. Not ready to give it the nod over Koenji Hyakkei as album of the year yet, but it will be up there.

neil

Good list Ian

Prog, rock (& related)

VAK - Budo
elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth
The Necks - Body
Aquaserge : Déjà vous?
Gryphon - Reinvention
Scherzoo - 04
Forgas Band Phenomena - L’Oreille Électrique
Soft Machine - Hidden Details
Basta - Vertigo
Methexis - Topos
Manna/Mirage - The Rest of the World
Tunng - Dreams You Make At Night
Ryley Walker - Deafman Glance
Homunculus Res - Della stresa sostanza dei sogni
Weedpecker - III
Alco Frisbass - Le Bateleur
Zwoyld - Zgond
Gleb Kolyadin - Gleb Kolyadin
Lazuli - Saison 8
All Traps on Earth - A Drop of Light
Malady - Toinen Toista
All Them Witches - ATW4
JM Jarre - Equinoxe Infinity
Gosta Berlings Saga - Et Ex
Bubu - El Eco Del Sol


Jazz (& related):

Gogo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
Maisha - There Is A Place
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Awase
Romain Baret - Naissance de l'horizon
Idriss Ackamoor & The Pyramids - An Angel fell
Son Of Kemeth - your Queen is a reptile
Antoine Pierre Urbex - Sketches of Nowhere
Dinosaur - Wonder Trail
Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
Flat Earth Society - Untitled #0
Vervloesem, Pierre - Silence Science



Posthumous or reissue:

Coltrane - Both Directions At Once
Jordsjo
Marc Moulin Placebo Years - Lost & Found

Sort of what I'm thinking for a top 20:

Fire! - The Hands
SUMAC - Love In Shadow
The End - Svårmod Och Vemod Är Värdesinnen
Yob - Our Raw Heart
Koenjihyakkei - Dhorimvishka
CHEER-ACCIDENT - Fades
Elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth
Suuns - Felt
Sleep - The Sciences
Keiji Haino & SUMAC - American Dollar Bill - Keep Facing Sideways- You're Too Hideous To Look At Face On
Spiritualized - And Nothing Hurt
Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples
Merzbow, Balázs Pándi, Mats Gustafsson, Thurston Moore - Cuts Up Cuts Out
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog - YRU Still Here?
The Messthetics - The Messthetics
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Awase
Sonar with David Torn - Vortex
Cloud Nothings - Last Building Burning
Nicklas Sørensen - Solo 2
Jack 'O The Clock - Repetitions Of The Old City II

Messthelics, Suuns, Spiritualized and Cloud Nothings.
Very nice selections.
I love seeing cool indie stuff on a prog page!!!

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Messthelics, Suuns, Spiritualized and Cloud Nothings.
Very nice selections.
I love seeing cool indie stuff on a prog page!!!

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Ι have the feeling you're becoming a traitor to le Prog monsieur. Or a zeuhl-guy.

We have eyes for everyone...

A very strong year imho. Wanted to post a top 10 but felt I had to leave to many excellent records out. So I made a top 15 but still feel It does do justice to some albums which I left out.

1 Koenji Hyakkei – Dhorimviska
2 Mary Halvorson – Code Girl
3 Far Corner – Risk
4 Bob Drake - L'Isola dei Lupi
5 Jonathan Finlayson – 3 times round
6 Homunculus Res – Della stessa sostanza dei Sogni
7 Cheer-Accident: Fades
8 Gogo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
9 Basta – Vertigo
10 Alco frissbass – Le bataleur
11 Not a good sign - Icebound
12 Thumbscrew – Ours & theirs
13 Angel Ontlava & vespero –Carta marina
14 Jack O' The Clock : Repetitions of the Old City II
15 Vak - Budo

Still have to hear the new Gösta Berlings Saga and Gungfly.

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A very strong year imho. Wanted to post a top 10 but felt I had to leave to many excellent records out. So I made a top 15 but still feel It does do justice to some albums which I left out.

1 Koenji Hyakkei – Dhorimviska
2 Mary Halvorson – Code Girl
3 Far Corner – Risk
4 Bob Drake - L'Isola dei Lupi
5 Jonathan Finlayson – 3 times round
6 Homunculus Res – Della stessa sostanza dei Sogni
7 Cheer-Accident: Fades
8 Gogo Penguin - A Humdrum Star
9 Basta – Vertigo
10 Alco frissbass – Le bataleur
11 Not a good sign - Icebound
12 Thumbscrew – Ours & theirs
13 Angel Ontlava & vespero –Carta marina
14 Jack O' The Clock : Repetitions of the Old City II
15 Vak - Budo

Still have to hear the new Gösta Berlings Saga and Gungfly.

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Nice list. Some similarities with mine, although I will put the Vak way higher. I just really love that album!

neil

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Nice list. Some similarities with mine, although I will put the Vak way higher. I just really love that album!

neil

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Its good, just a little too synthy for my taste.

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Nice list. Some similarities with mine, although I will put the Vak way higher. I just really love that album!

neil

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yup, most likely top 3 for me

in some ways it echoes Scherzoo's 03 and Setna's Guérison.

I have to say that the non-prog choices are the more intriguing for me. Prog I can find. The rest not so easy.

Hats off for Mary Halvorson, Suuns, Sumac.

I would like to offer a top 4:

1. John Holden: Capture Light
2. David Cross & Andrew Booker: Ends Meeting
3. The Sea Within: The Sea Within
4. Peter Banks: Be Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky... The Anthology

Henry

Top 3 are Easy for me this year .

Subsignal - la muerta

Coheed and cambria - unheavenly creatures

Seventh wonder - tiara

I really love those 3 .

Apart from those i have bought a bunch of albums that i really like ,but i havent decided yet in what order i shall put them .

Cheers

This MIGHT be my final top 20:

1. Jack O' The Clock : Repetitions of the Old City II (avant-prog) *****
2. PinioL: Bran Coucou (avant-prog) *****
3. A Perfect Circle : Eat The Elephant (art rock) ****½
4. Cheer-Accident: Fades (US, avant-prog) ****½
5. Sonar With David Torn: Vortex (avant-prog) ****½
6. Anna von Hausswolff: Dead Magic (artrock) ****½
7. All Traps on Earth : A Drop of Light (progressive rock) ****½
8. Vesta : Lohtulauseita (pop) ****½
9. Sebastian Fagerlund: Drifts, Stonework & Guitar Concerto "Transit" (art music) ****½
10. Koenjihyakkei : Dhorimviskha (avant-prog) ****½
11. Not a Good Sign: Icebound (progressive rock) ****
12. Gryphon: ReInvention (progressive rock) ****
13. Thought Gang: s/t (avantgarde) ****
14. Far Corner: Risk (avant-prog) ****
15. VAK : Budo (zeuhl) ****
16. Regal Worm: Pig Views (progressive rock) ****
17. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin : Awase (jazz) ****
18. Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman : Live At The Apollo (progressive rock) ****
19. Aquaserge : Déjà vous? (avant-prog) ****
20. Mopo: Mopocalypse (jazz) ****

Here's my first stab at 2018. I know it will be updated in month or so.


Prog, etc.
1. Muse - Simulation Theory
2. Vak - Budo
3. PinioL - Bran Coucou
4. Forgas Band Phenomena - L'Oreille Electrique
5. A Perfect Circle - Eat the Elephant
6. Regal Worm - Pig Views
7. Alco Frisbass - Le Bateleur
8. Motorpsycho - Roadwork Vol. 5: Field Notes
9. Malady - Toinen Toista
10. All Traps On Earth – A Drop of Light
11. Gösta Berlings Saga – Et Ex
12. Of Montreal - White Is Relic / Irrealis Mood
13. Yes - 50th Anniversary: Live at the Apollo
14. Perfect Beings - Vier
15. Sonar / David Torn - Vortex

Jazz, etc.
1. Nik Bärtsch / Ronin - Awase
2. Al Doum & The Faryds - Spirit Rejoin
3. Dave Holland - Uncharted Territories
4. Kamaal Williams - The Return
5. Ghost Rhythms - Mind the Goat (EP)
6. Marcin Wasilewski Trio - Live
7. Nat Birchall - Cosmic Language
8. Andrew Cyrille - Lebroba
9. James Francies – Flight
10. Igor Lumpert / Innertextures - Eleven
11. The Nels Cline 4 - Currents, Constellations
12. Vinny Golia - Trajectory
13. Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
14. Satoko Fujii Orchestra Berlin - Ninety-Nine Years
15. Arild Andersen - In-House Science

I'll offer my entry, now that it's December. As always, I bought a lot of new releases this year... still hoping to get the new Ellesmere in time for year's end, but as it stands right now:

(No particular order, but the first two are definitely locked in place)

TOP 15 of 2018
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Phideaux - Infernal
Tony Banks - Five
Lalle Larsson Trio - Ashen Lights
Aquaserge - Déjà-vous?
Ske - 1001 Autunni 2CD
Bubu - El Eco Del Sol
Carptree - Subimago
Mystery - Lies And Butterflies
All Traps On Earth - A Drop Of Light
Auri - Auri
Gryphon - Reinvention
The Tangent - Proxy
Rikard Sjöblom's Gungfly - Friendship
Uriah Heep - Living The Dream
Gösta Berlings Saga - ET EX

oh goodie, Cozy chimed in... Attachment 12465

plenty more to explore in the jazz field

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18. Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman : Live At The Apollo (progressive rock) ****

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13. Yes - 50th Anniversary: Live at the Apollo

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I cannot get past the added crowd noise everywhere. That said, had I splurged on a top 18, it would have made my top 18.

Henry

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I cannot get past the added crowd noise everywhere. That said, had I splurged on a top 18, it would have made my top 18.

Henry

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No problem! I cannot get past the all-around mediocrity of the Sea Within ;)

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Originally Posted by act

Top 3 are Easy for me this year .

Subsignal - la muerta

Coheed and cambria - unheavenly creatures

Seventh wonder - tiara

I really love those 3 .

Apart from those i have bought a bunch of albums that i really like ,but i havent decided yet in what order i shall put them .

Cheers

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Wow. Now you Sir have good taste. All 3 of these records have made my Top 10 as well:}