Sound Fix | Best of 2008 (electronica-ambient)

Best of 2008 (electronica-ambient)

1. Lawrence English: Kiri No Oto
Not for the faint of heart, Lawrence English’s latest opus, Kiri No Oto, is ambient music at its most demanding and austere. The title means “Sea of Fog” in Japanese, and English ...read more
2. The Fun Years: Baby, It's Cold Inside
The Fun Years’ Baby, It’s Cold Inside is one of the year’s finest electronic records. The second full-length from this experimental guitar-turtable duo builds on the promise of la...read more
3. Gas: Nah Und Fern
The best compilation of 2008 thus far, Gas’s Nah Und Fern is essential on so many levels – as a meticulously compiled box set, as a piece of important history, as pure entertainment. Bo...read more
4. Philip Jeck: Sand
This is Philip Jeck’s fifth solo album for Touch. Sand was recorded live in Holland and England in 2006/2007 and edited in Liverpool in January, 2008 using Fidelity record players, Casio SK k...read more
5. Tape: Luminarium
The Stockholm-based trio of Tape has long been one of electronic music’s great innovators, and the group’s fourth release, Luminarium, is another daring and original work. Once again th...read more
6. Chris Watson: Weather Report
Britain Chris Watson has been gaining admirer’s lately from his soundtrack work for Richard Attenborough’s Earth series, and now his classic 2003 recording, Weather Report, has finally ...read more
7. Willits & Sakamoto: Ocean Fire
A beautiful album from an unlikely pairing: the legendary electronic pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto and Bay Area guitarist Christopher Willits, a relative newcomer to the scene (compared to Sakamoto, any...read more