Sound Fix | Best of 2007 (Electronica)

Best of 2007 (Electronica)

1. Apparat: Walls
Berlin-based producer and DJ Sascha Ring, co-founder of the Shitkatapult label with Marco Haas, is better known under the pseudonym Apparat. Walls, his fifth full-length release, is his most access...read more
2. William Basinski: Shortwave Music
Local boy William Basinski (well, local when he’s not down in Florida; how could he prefer Miami to Williamsburg?) has become so popular in recent years that his early material is now finally...read more
3. The Boats: Tomorrow Time
The Boats are favorites of ours, and the British duo of Andrew Hargreaves and Craig Tattersall don’t disappoint, broadening their sonic palette considerably on their third album, Tomorrow Tim...read more
4. Dominik Eulberg: Heimische Gefilde
The world’s greatest deejay/park ranger (we’re not kidding), Dominik Eulberg here combines his love of wildlife and dance music to create an album of exuberant, exciting techno. He̵...read more
5. The Field: From Here We Go Sublime
Yes, techno has its detractors, and not without some justification, but the Field is something different altogether. Axel Willner’s project has produced a softer edged yet universally catchy ...read more
6. Fennesz: Endless Summer
Adorning the front of our store right now in the form a light box is Christian Fennesz’s electronic masterpiece, Endless Summer. It’s warm, inviting image of a sunset and the sea has be...read more
7. Fennesz & Sakamoto: Cendre
This is one of the most beautiful and shattering records of the year. The first full-length collaboration between electronic frontiersman Christian Fennesz and prolific composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, C...read more
8. Funkstorung: Appendix
So the German duo of Funkstorung have apparently called it quits, and they’ve found a perfect way to bow out, giving us an album featuring what they do best: remix other people’s music....read more
9. Ben Frost: Theory of Machines
Yet another outstanding release from the fledgling Bedroom Community label, Ben Frost’s Theory of Machines is an electronic record with a difference, combining the ebb-and-flow structure of p...read more
10. Hauschka: Room to Expand
Hauschka is German pianist Volker Bertelmann, also known as one-third of Music A.M. and half of Tonetraeger. As Hauschka, Bertelmann is less electronic, instead focusing on bringing back the idea o...read more
11. Lymbyc Systym: Love Your Abuser
Who are these guys? It’s the question we kept asking ourselves over and over again as we slowly fell in love with this terrific debut from Tempe, Arizona’s Lymbyc Systym. Love Your Abus...read more