PopMatters' Best Electronic Albums of 2012

PopMatters' Best Electronic Albums of 2012

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10.

Two Fingers - Stunt Rhythms
October 16, 2012
Critic Score
73
5 reviews

8.

Carter Tutti Void - Transverse
March 26, 2012
Critic Score
80
10 reviews

7.

Willits + Sakamoto - Ancient Future
July 31, 2012
Critic Score
71
4 reviews

6.

Monolake - Ghosts
March 13, 2012
Critic Score
79
6 reviews

The field sounds lend an organic tilt to the decidedly chilly record, but Ghosts is alive only in the way that flies idling in the barren desert are alive. 

5.

Pye Corner Audio - Sleep Games
October 19, 2012
Critic Score
80
1 review

4.

Mouse on Mars - Parastrophics
February 28, 2012
Critic Score
75
21 reviews

It suffers from the problem that comes from trying to sustain that moment of pure ecstasy: it’s incredibly fun, but after awhile it becomes exhausting.

3.

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Cobra Juicy
October 9, 2012
Critic Score
71
16 reviews

While Cobra Juicy does occasionally flirt with the extraordinary, it ultimately settles for just being “quite good.”

2.

Orbital - Wonky
April 3, 2012
Critic Score
72
20 reviews

More time spent with Wonky is time getting acquainted with that old friend electronica, which takes its sweet time developing mood and melody.

1.

Andy Stott - Luxury Problems
October 29, 2012
Critic Score
83
18 reviews

The inherent darkness of Stott’s carious and degraded mixes, souped up in reverberating drone and pointillized by granular detail, is here juxtaposed against the often sweet, sometimes harrowing voice of his one-time mentor.

Original Source: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/166187-the-best-electronic-music-of-2012/
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