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1
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Shackleton - Music For the Quiet Hour / The Drawbar Organ EPs
April 30, 2012
Experimental
,
Electronic
,
Tribal Ambient
Critic Score
87
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
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Oren Ambarchi / Keiji Haino / Jim O'Rourke - いみくずし (Imikuzushi)
February 28, 2012
Noise Rock
,
Free Improvisation
Critic Score
80
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
3
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The Caretaker - Patience (After Sebald)
February 14, 2012
Ambient
,
Turntable Music
Critic Score
80
9
reviews
Amazon
4
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Scott Walker - Bish Bosch
December 4, 2012
Post-Industrial
,
Experimental
Critic Score
78
33
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
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Micachu and the Shapes - Never
July 24, 2012
Experimental
,
Noise Pop
,
Art Pop
Critic Score
76
24
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Here We Go Magic - A Different Ship
May 8, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
75
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Holly Herndon - Movement
November 13, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
75
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
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Eric Copeland - Limbo
July 24, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
73
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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OMBRE - Believe You Me
August 21, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
73
7
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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Lee Ranaldo - Between the Times and the Tides
March 20, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
73
22
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
DVA - Pretty Ugly
May 15, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
72
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Exitmusic - Passage
May 22, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
72
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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The Music Tapes - Mary's Voice
September 4, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
72
8
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
14
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Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin - Instrumental Tourist
November 20, 2012
Ambient
,
Drone
,
Experimental
Critic Score
70
25
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Ryat - Totem
June 12, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
70
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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The Gaslamp Killer - Breakthrough
September 18, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
70
20
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Spoek Mathambo - Father Creeper
March 13, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
70
19
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Young Magic - Melt
February 14, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
68
17
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Vinyl Williams - Lemniscate
November 12, 2012
Dream Pop
,
Experimental
Critic Score
68
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Levek - Look A Little Closer
September 25, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
67
8
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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Foxy Shazam - The Church of Rock and Roll
January 24, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
67
5
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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kwes. - Meantime
May 1, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
65
7
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
23
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Prince Rama - Top Ten Hits of the End of the World
November 6, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
60
12
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Black Dice - Mr. Impossible
April 10, 2012
Experimental
Critic Score
59
21
reviews
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Yoko Ono / Kim Gordon / Thurston Moore - YOKOKIMTHURSTON
September 25, 2012
Free Improvisation
Critic Score
50
10
reviews
Amazon
Music
1
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