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(49)
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(208)
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(149)
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(75)
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(191)
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(108)
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(181)
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(310)
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(269)
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(89)
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(79)
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(61)
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(614)
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(79)
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(98)
Jun 10
Grouper
Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
82
critic score
(7)
83
user score
(550)
Mar 2
Nine Inch Nails
Ghosts I-IV
70
critic score
(8)
69
user score
(256)
Sep 22
Grouper & Inca Ore
Split
80
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(84)
Nov 25
Fennesz
Black Sea
76
critic score
(15)
77
user score
(46)
Apr 1
The Caretaker
Persistent Repetition of Phrases
85
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(42)
Aug 1
Nahvalr
Nahvalr
60
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(39)
Nov 10
James Ferraro
Last American Hero / Adrenaline's End
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(32)
Oct 14
Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker
Fantasma Parastasie
80
critic score
(2)
66
user score
(26)
Sep
James Ferraro
Marble Surf
76
user score
(17)
Jul 21
Max Richter
24 Postcards in Full Colour
65
critic score
(6)
73
user score
(15)
Sep
James Ferraro
Clear
40
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(14)
Nov 1
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
The Effects of 333
4
critic score
(1)
41
user score
(14)
Nov 16
Oneohtrix Point Never
Ruined Lives
76
user score
(14)
Jun 10
Gas
Nah und Fern
95
critic score
(7)
81
user score
(13)
May 6
Hammock
Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow
71
critic score
(4)
78
user score
(12)
2008
Akira Yamaoka
Silent Hill Homecoming
90
critic score
(1)
69
user score
(10)
Feb 25
Suishou No Fune
Prayer for Chibi
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(10)
2008
Steve Roden
Stars of Ice
74
user score
(9)
Apr 21
Philip Jeck
Sand
78
critic score
(6)
68
user score
(7)
Jul 8
Goldmund
The Malady of Elegance
64
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(7)
Nov 11
The Sight Below
Glider
72
critic score
(6)
77
user score
(7)
2008
폐허 [Pyha]
흉가 [The Haunted House]
70
user score
(6)
Mar 21
Alio Die
Aura seminalis
76
user score
(6)
Apr 15
Steve Roach
A Deeper Silence
79
user score
(6)
Sep 19
Enigma
Seven Lives Many Faces
50
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(6)
2008
Yellow Tears
The Pissmop
53
user score
(5)
Nov 14
Max Richter
Waltz with Bashir
76
user score
(5)
2008
Akira Yamaoka
Silent Hill Origins
60
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(4)
May 27
Jacaszek
Treny
85
critic score
(2)
70
user score
(4)
Sep
James Ferraro
Postremo Mundus Techno-Symposium
61
user score
(4)
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Dec 31
Martin Stig Andersen
Rabbit At the Airport
80
user score
(4)
2008
Eric Brosius
Thief: The Dark Project
80
user score
(3)
Aug 28
Mystical Sun
Energy Mind Consciousness
66
user score
(3)
2008
The Rita + Wilt
Werewolf in the Black Space
88
user score
(2)
2008
Unknown Artist
Spacial Meditations Over Yawning Disquietude
89
user score
(2)
Feb 18
The Seven Mile Journey
The Metamorphosis Project
72
user score
(2)
Jul 11
NǽnøĉÿbbŒrğ VbëřřĦōlökäävsŦ
Lunar
43
user score
(2)
Jul 22
The Fun Years
Baby, It’s Cold Inside
71
user score
(2)
Aug 19
David Arkenstone
Windscapes
73
user score
(2)
Sep
James Ferraro
Discovery
40
critic score
(1)
65
user score
(2)
Oct 14
Windy & Carl
Songs for the Broken Hearted
77
critic score
(5)
69
user score
(2)
2008
Zahrady Ticha
...Levitující světla pouličních lamp...
60
user score
(1)
2008
Aja Rose & Gabriel Saloman
Untitled
82
user score
(1)
2008
Claustrophobia
Spectral Summoning
78
user score
(1)
2008
A Cloud In Circle
Mountains in the Sky
61
user score
(1)
Jan 7
Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story
Inlandish
69
critic score
(5)
60
user score
(1)
Feb 20
Choro Club Feat. Senoo
Aria the Origination tre
90
user score
(1)
Jun 17
The Longest Day
Night Falls
80
user score
(1)
Aug 22
Jeff Pearce
Rainshadow Sky
70
user score
(1)
Nov 13
Russell Brower / Derek Duke / Glenn Stafford
Wrath of the Lich King
72
user score
(1)
Nov 18
Havohej
Hornbook Seytan
80
user score
(1)
2008
Midnight Odyssey
The Forest Mourners
Feb 5
Angel
Kalmukia
73
critic score
(5)
Mar 18
Teiji Ito
The Shamanic Principles
Jul 19
Anoice
Ruined-Hotel Sessions
Jul 19
Anoice
Out of Season
Oct 27
Ezekiel Honig
Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band
78
critic score
(3)
Nov 4
Tipsy
Buzzz
Nov 28
The Tumbled Sea
Songs By The Tumbled Sea
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