Best of 2009

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So another year is almost gone and it's about that time to reflect on what's been, in my opinion, a very good one for techno.  Looking back it's difficult to pick out exact favourites.  Other than in the album section where the Moritz Von Oswald Trio is for me head and shoulders above anything else I heard this year.  Getting to hear their live performance at Fabric was a bonus which just reinforced my opinion.  Looking back it became apparent that A LOT of the records i bought in 2009 weren't actually released in the last year but instead spanned the last decade making for a nice variety of sounds.  However I've decided to only include 2009 releases otherwise it would defeat the purpose of making a "Best of 2009" list. 

Favourite albums of 2009

  1. Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent (Honest Jon's Records) 
  2. Alva Noto - Xerrox Vol.2 (Raster Noton)  
  3. Quantec - Cauldron of Substance (Echocord)
  4. Shackleton - Three EPs (Perlon)
  5. Various - Tribute to Ramin (Ruin)
  6. STL - Nocturnal mixdowns (Something)
  7. Brock Van Wey - White Clouds Drift On And On (Echospace)
  8. Luke Hess - Light in the dark (Echocord)
  9. AGF/Delay - Symptoms (BPitch Control)
  10. Monolake - Silence - (Monolake)

Favourite tracks (In no particular order)

  1. Cio D'or - Mohair - Prologue 008
  2. Lerosa & Donato Dozzy - Snake at Number 2 - Apnea 027
  3. Baby Ford - No Day - Perlon 73
  4. Bovill - Transfesa ep -Meanwhile 007
  5. Lo Fi Soundsystem / Intrusion - Intrusion 004
  6. Claro intellecto - Warehouse Session vol.4 - Modern Love 034
  7. Baby Ford - Tin Of Worms - Autoreply 05
  8. Theo Parrish - Space Station - Sound Signature 35
  9. Omar S - Blown Valvtrane - Sound Signature
  10. Wareika - Kings Child (Villalobos mix) - Motivbank 6
  11. Ben Watt - Guinea Pig Remixes (DJ Koze) - Buzzinfly
  12. Francois K / Moritz Von Oswald - Deutsche Grammofon
  13. Lowtec - Angstrom - Polyfon 008
  14. STL / Julius Steinhoff - Smallville 17
  15. Roger 23 - Room with a view - Baud 01
  16. Onmutu Mechanicks - Echocord Colour 006
  17. Donaeo - Party Hard - White Label
  18. Taho - Energy Fields (Shed mix) - Delsin 75
  19. Bedouin Ascent & Move D - Interference EP - Bine Music 021
  20. Rising Sun - Sundance - Real Soon 20

 Favourite sets

  1. Donato Dozzy - (2 part ambient) mnml ssgs mix Pt.1 http://fairtilizer.com/tracks/56275/download Pt.2 http://fairtilizer.com/tracks/56276/download
  2. Prosumer - Live at the Villa, Oslo http://uploaded.to/file/r6tutx
  3. Donato Dozzy - Bleep43 Podcast http:// www.bleep43recordings.com/mixes/Show134.mp3
  4. Chaton - Harry Klein Podcast http:// www.spiel-trieb.org/podcast/media/2009-04-02_harrykleinpodcast_chaton_snow_at...
  5. Giorgio Gigli mnml - ssgs mix http://fairtilizer.com/tracks/43374/download
  6. Eli Verveine - Carebear mix (2005) http:// www.eliverveine.ch/_media/mp3/carebear.mp3
  7. Robert Henke/Christofer Bauder Atom live, Paris (04/04/08) http://www.monolake.de/concerts/atom.html
  8. Rising Sun - RC mix 09 http:// www.randomcircuits.com/files/mixes/RC%20Mix-09-Rising%20Sun.mp3
  9. Timmy Stewart - 100 http://vinylrules.posterous.com/7074941
  10. Mike Huckaby - Betalounge 08/11/08 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BPH9ETW5