This Year In Music - Part 4

 

Of course, not all albums have been mentioned in this short series, as they will probably appear in other end-of-year lists and deserve to. There were reasons why new albums by Nick Cave, Michael Head, Floating Points, Sprints, The Bug Club, Pye Corner Audio, Ducks Ltd. and Chelsea Wolf were not mentioned in the previous posts. But not because they are bad, but simply because they didn't fit into my concept.

But finally, just a few tracks that should not go unmentioned.

Active Agents And House Boys

 

Last week British Murder Boys, a long running project by DJ's Surgeon and Regis, returned with a new album. Both were regular acts in Berlin's former techno temple Tresor at the begin of the new century. Mostly based on massive drums, a rattling bass and menacing synths the create an actual version of modern techno. Hypnotic and far from everything I listened to this year so far.