✅ A Closer Listen (US) - Best Albums of the Decade

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01. Juliana Barwick ~ The Magic Place (Asthmatic Kitty, 2011)
02. World’s End Girlfriend ~ The Last Waltz (Virgin Babylon, 2016)
03. The Caretaker ~ An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (History Always Favours the Winners, 2011)
04. Sarah Davachi ~ Let Night Come On Bells End the Day (Recital, 2018)
05. Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano ~ Everything (Erased Tapes, 2017)
06. Tim Hecker ~ Ravedeath, 1972 (Kranky, 2011)
07. Oneohtrix Point Never ~ Replica (Software Recording Co., 2011)
08. Max Richter ~ Sleep (Deutsche Grammophon, 2015)
09. Petrels ~ Haeligewielle (Tartaruga, 2011; reissued by Denovali 2012)
10. Ian William Craig ~ A Turn of Breath (Recital, 2014; Extended Version 2019)
11. Anoice ~ The Black Rain (Ricco, 2012)
12. Matana Roberts ~ Coin Coin Chapter Three: river run thee (Constellation, 2015)
13. Huerco S. ~ For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) (Proibito, 2016)
14. Daniel Bjarnason ~ Processions (Bedroom Community, 2010)
15. Scott Walker & Sunn O))) ~ Soused (4AD, 2014)
16. Michael Price ~ Entanglement (Erased Tapes, 2015)
17. Grouper ~ A | A : Alien Observer (Yellow Electric, 2011)
18. Richard Skelton ~ Verse of Birds (Aeolian, 2012)
19. Esmerine ~ Dalmak (Constellation, 2013)
20. Caterina Barbieri ~ Ecstatic Computation (Editions Mego, 2019)

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A Closer Listen’s Best Electronic Albums of the Decade
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A Closer Listen’s Best Electronic Albums of the Decade
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Andy Stott ~ Faith in Strangers (Modern Love, 2014)
Atom™ ~ Atom™ programmiert den Scheiß aus sich raus (Rather Interesting, 2011)
Autechre ~ Elseq 1-5 (Warp Records, 2016)
Caterina Barbieri ~ Ecstatic Computation (Editions Mego, 2019)
The Field ~ Looping State of Mind (Kompakt, 2011)
Forest Swords ~ Engravings (Tri-Angle, 2013)
Jilk ~ Joy in the End (Project Mooncircle, 2017)
Julia Holter ~ Ekstasis (RVNG Int., 2012)
Mentallo & the Fixer ~ Music from the Eather (Alfa Matrix, 2012)
Serph ~ Heartstrings (Noble, 2011)

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A Closer Listen’s Best Ambient Albums of the Decade
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A Closer Listen’s Best Ambient Albums of the Decade
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Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano ~ Everything (Erased Tapes, 2017)
The Caretaker ~ An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (History Always Favours the Winners, 2011)
Dustin Wong ~ Meditation of Ecstatic Energy (Thrill Jockey, 2013)
Grouper ~ A | A : Alien Observer (Yellow Electric, 2011)
Huerco S. ~ For Those of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have) (Proibito, 2016)
Ian William Craig ~ A Turn of Breath (Recital, 2014; Extended Version 2019)
Juliana Barwick ~ The Magic Place (Asthmatic Kitty, 2011)
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani ~ FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy (RVNG International, 2016)
Max Richter ~ Sleep (Deutsche Grammophon, 2015)
Pendant ~ Make Me Know You Sweet (West Mineral Ltd., 2018)

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A Closer Listen’s Best Drone Albums of the Decade
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A Closer Listen’s Best Drone Albums of the Decade
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Acre ~ Sacrifice (Digitalis, 2010)
The Inward Circles ~ Nimrod Is Lost in Orion and Osyris in the Doggestarre (Corbel Stone Press, 2014)
Lost Trail ~ Music from ‘Traumatic Attachments’ (Illuminated Paths, 2012)
Paul Jebanasam ~ Continuum (Subtext, 2016)
Petrels ~ Haeligewielle (Tartaruga, 2011; reissued by Denovali 2012)
Pharmarkon ~ Contact (Sacred Bones, 2017)
Sean McCann ~ The Capital (Aguirre Records, 2011)
sevendeaths ~ Concreté Misery (LuckyMe, 2014)
Tim Hecker ~ Ravedeath, 1972 (Kranky, 2011)
Yellow Swans ~ Going Places (Type, 2010)

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A Closer Listen’s Best Experimental Albums of the Decade
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A Closer Listen’s Best Experimental Albums of the Decade
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Clorinde ~ The Gardens of Bomarzo (Etruscan Records, 2013)
Katie Gately ~ Katie Gately (Public Information, 2013)
Kreng ~ Grimoire (Miasmah, 2011)
Matana Roberts ~ Coin Coin Chapter Three: river run thee (Constellation, 2015)
Matmos ~ Ultimate Care II (Thrill Jockey, 2016)
Mediafired ~ The Pathway Through Whatever (Exo Tapes Inc., 2011)
Oneohtrix Point Never ~ Replica (Software Recording Co., 2011)
Sarah Davachi ~ Let Night Come On Bells End the Day (Recital, 2018)
Wu Man ~ Immeasurable Light (Traditional Crossroads, 2010)
Zs ~ New Slaves (The Social Registry, 2010)

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A Closer Listen’s Best Field Recording & Soundscape Albums of the Decade
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A Closer Listen’s Best Field Recording & Soundscape Albums of the Decade
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Chris Watson ~ In St Cuthbert’s Time (Touch, 2013)
Daniel Blinkhorn ~ Terra Subfónica (Gruenrekorder, 2013)
Howlround ~ Ghosts of Bush (The Fog Signals, 2012)
Institute of Landscape Architecture ~ Melting Landscapes (2018)
Izabela Dłużyk ~ Soundscapes of summer (LOM, 2016)
Kate Carr ~ Lost in Doi Saket (Sound map, 2014)
Lawrence English ~ Viento (Room40, 2015)
Pat Collins & Tadhg O’Sullivan ~ Silence/Sound (Farpoint Recordings, 2015)
Philip Samartzis & Daniela d’Arielli ~ A Futurist’s Cookbook (Galaverna)
Various Artists ~ Bird Box (Birds of a Feather Boxed Set) (Flaming Pines, 2014)

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A Closer Listen’s Best Modern Composition Albums of the Decade
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A Closer Listen’s Best Modern Composition Albums of the Decade
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Christina Vantzou ~ No. 2 (Kranky, 2014)
Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld ~ Never Were the Way She Was (Constellation, 2015)
Daniel Bjarnason ~ Processions (Bedroom Community, 2010)
Dmitry Evgrafov ~ Comprehension of Light (Fatcat, 2017)
Jürg Frey ~ Grizzana and other pieces 2009-2014 (Another Timbre, 2015)
Lubomyr Melnyk ~ Windmills (Hinterzimmer, 2013)
Michael Price ~ Entanglement (Erased Tapes, 2015)
Richard Skelton ~ Verse of Birds (Aeolian, 2012)
Third Coast Percussion ~ Paddle to the Sea (Cedille, 2018)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen ~ S/T (Erased Tapes, 2012)

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A Closer Listen’s Best Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz Albums of the Decade
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A Closer Listen’s Best Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz Albums of the Decade
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Anoice ~ The Black Rain (Ricco, 2012)
Dawn of Midi ~ Dysnomia (Thirsty Ear, 2015)
Esmerine ~ Dalmak (Constellation, 2013)
Kamasi Washington ~ The Epic (Brainfeeder, 2015)
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) ~ Soused (4AD, 2014)
Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd ~ Holding It Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project (Pi Recordings, 2016)
William Tyler ~ Modern Country (Merge, 2016)
World’s End Girlfriend ~ The Last Waltz (Virgin Babylon, 2016)
Wrekmeister Harmonies ~ Then It All Came Down (Thrill Jockey, 2014)
Yowie ~ Synchromysticism (Skin Graft, 2017)