Monday, January 21, 2008

Top 50 Releases of 2007

Hello everyone, here is my top 50 predominantly instrumental releases of 2007 (well, at least for now.) As you will see, there are no download links this time. Sorry. But the internet is a great resource so I doubt you'll have trouble finding these releases.

I hope you enjoy.





50
Martyr Bonus

Panther Attack

Martyr Bonus (2007)
49
Trenes de Juguete

Bosques De Mi Mente

Trenes de Juguete (2007)
48
Ruins

North

Ruins (2007)
47
This Is Our Machine And Nothing Can Stop It

And So I Watch You from Afar

This Is Our Machine And Nothing Can Stop It (2007) [EP]
46
Geisterstadt

Omega Massif

Geisterstadt (2007)
45
The Technicolour Sleep

The American Dollar

The Technicolour Sleep (2007)
44
Maps

Tunturia

Maps (2007)
43
The Future According to Yesterday

Redhooker

The Future According to Yesterday (2007) [EP]
42
Migration

The Bird Ensemble

Migration (2007)
41
Night Maps

Saddleback

Night Maps (2007)
40
Hurtbreak Wonderland

World's End Girlfriend

Hurtbreak Wonderland (2007)
39
The New Ancients

People for Audio

The New Ancients (2007)
38
Sekunden

Swod

Sekunden (2007)
37
Jatun

Jatun

Jatun (2007)
36
Mirrored

Battles

Mirrored (2007)
35
we’reintroublebutwedon’tknowwhattodo

Red Light Chamber Choir

we’reintroublebutwedon’tknowwhattodo (2007)
34
The Glass Bottom Boat

Carta

The Glass Bottom Boat (2007)
33
Loveless

Japancakes

Loveless (2007)
32
Tanks and Recognizers

Lights Out Asia

Tanks and Recognizers (2007)
31
Narrative Euphony In Nine Parts

The Slow and Steady Winner

Narrative Euphony In Nine Parts (2007)
30
That Is the Way of Things

The Ansion

That Is the Way of Things (2007)
29
Afraid to Dance

Port-Royal

Afraid to Dance (2007)
28
Yes I Am

Pg.lost

Yes I Am (2007) [EP]
27
Apathobvious

Lis Er Stille

Apathobvious (2007)
26
Automatic Writing

Sennen

Automatic Writing (2007)
25
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

Explosions in the Sky

All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone (2007)
24
The EP

Signal Hill

The EP (2007) [EP]
23
It Is Curtains

Beware of Safety

It Is Curtains (2007) [EP]
22
You, You're a History in Rust

Do Make Say Think

You, You're a History in Rust (2007)
21
Holy Fuck

Holy Fuck

Holy Fuck (2007) [EP]
20
Songs from a Mean Season

Tulsa Drone

Songs from a Mean Season (2007)
19
Burning Off Impurities

Grails

Burning Off Impurities (2007)
18
The Pirate Ship Quintet EP

The Pirate Ship Quintet

The Pirate Ship Quintet EP (2007) [EP]
17
Wedding Song

Cue

Wedding Song (2007)
16
Frail By Design

Frail by Design

Frail By Design [EP]
15
Under Giant Trees

Efterklang

Under Giant Trees (2007) [EP]
14
Balmorhea

Balmorhea

Balmorhea (2007)
13
You Who Pretend to Sleep

Joy Wants Eternity

You Who Pretend to Sleep (2007)
12
Copia

Eluvium

Copia (2007)
11
They, The Undeserving

Giants

They, The Undeserving (2007)
10
Eulogy for Evolution

Ólafur Arnalds

Eulogy for Evolution (2007)
9
They'll Come, They Come

Immánu El

They'll Come, They Come (2007)
8
The Destruction of Small Ideas

65daysofstatic

The Destruction of Small Ideas (2007)
7
Casually Smashed to Pieces

The Six Parts Seven

Casually Smashed to Pieces (2007)
6
Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline

Stars of the Lid

Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline (2007)
5
JXXIII

Johnnytwentythree

JXXIII (2007)
4
Beacons

Ours to Alibi

Beacons (2007)
3
Land Patterns

The World on Higher Downs

Land Patterns (2007)
2
This Is a Copy, Is This a Copy?

Scraps of Tape

This Is a Copy, Is This a Copy? (2007)
1
The Four Trees

Caspian

The Four Trees (2007)



Honorable Mentions:
Aerial - The Sentinel
Akira Kosemura - It's On Everything
Bury the Sound - Autumn Magnets
Colleen - Les Ondes Silencieuses
El Ten Eleven - Every Direction Is North
French Teen Idol - Enlightened False Consciousness
Giuseppe Ielasi - August
I Hear Sirens - I Hear Sirens
Japancakes - Giving Machines
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Jinx
Message to Bears - EP1
The Pax Cecilia - Blessed Are The Bonds
Rafael Anton Irisarri - Daydreaming
Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - After the Night Falls/Before the Day Breaks
The Shadow Project - A Beauty To Fight For
Sleepmakeswaves - Sleepmakeswaves
Slow Six - Nor'easter
Stafraenn Hakon - Gummi
Troubles - Sen'taur
The Weak Men - Dog