Best of 2009 (Electronica/Ambient)

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   1. Sparklehorse + Fennesz: In the Fishtank

   Sparklehorse always brought a touch of experimentalism to their indie-pop bona fides, so this inspired pairing with Austria’s electronic maestro Christian Fennesz is not as odd as it might seem. At...read more

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   2. Brock Van Wey: White Clouds Drift On and On

   Brock Van Wey is better known (and more prolific) as a dub techno artist under his pseudonym, Bvdub. His first album under his real name is ambient of the most beautiful sort, awash in vast swells ...read more

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   3. Tim Hecker: An Imaginary Country

   Montreal electronicist Tim Hecker returns with another set of lush, leaned-into and full-bodied ambient pieces. And when an artist like this titles an album An Imaginary Country, you’ve almos...read more

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   4. v/a: Pop Ambient 2009

   The latest installment of one of the Kompakt label’s signature series should give you that stimulating life-begins-anew feeling. In fact, Pop Ambient 2009 strikes us as one of the finer editi...read more

Tags: ambient , electronic , electronica , experimental , indie , pop , techno