Best electronical albums of 2014

from MixMag Bleep ResidentAdvisor RollingStone 

 

1
Aphex TwinSyro"Syro is amazing: bug-eyed, banging rave that sounds quintessentially Aphex while not quite sounding like anything he’s done before. "
NME

"It’s a breathless record, one that threatens to last an eternity--such is the speed and dazzling depth at which James expresses himself. "
DIY Magazine
2
CaribouOur Love"Every track pulses with a live feel, but they’re all underpinned with the best elements of house, live jazz and even ambient music."
Record Collector

"The fine line between euphoria and melancholy is negotiated brilliantly on tracks such as Can’t Do Without You. "
The Observer
3
Todd TerjeIt's Album Time"In short, if you fell out of love with dance music at the end of the 1990s, this may be the record to get you back in front of the big speakers."
The Observer

"He sounds soft, restrained and beautiful."
DIY Magazine
4
MoodymannMoodymann"Like most of his records, his self-titled LP shows a talent that stretches well beyond house music, weaving together funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz and R&B into a rich and unpredictable bricolage. "
Resident Advisor
5
Andy StottFaith In Strangers"Faith in Strangers is pretty outstanding, an eclectic, innovative, and cohesive addition to the ambient canon. Yet for all their bold gestures, most of its tracks remain beholden to the genre’s tradition of layered open-endedness"
Pop Matters
6
The BugAngels And Devils"Martin continues to brew new hybrids of dystopian dub reggae, industrial noise and experimental hip-hop."
Uncut

"An album that retains the precise brutality of London Zoo but feels labored in comparison."
Pitchfork
7
ObjektFlatland"It's not just Hertz's technical nous that makes Flatland so compelling, but his commitment to forging something lucid, plastic and expressive, music that blurs the line between hyper reality and the topsy-turvy world of imagination."
The Wire
8
Flying LotusYou're Dead"As each song merges into the next, as one style succeeds another, the sensation is that of being in a dream."
The Guardian

"The genius of Flying Lotus, which has been invariably present throughout his preceding releases, but most especially on You’re Dead!, is that he has an incredible ability to both illustrate and extract exceptional amounts of emotion, without saying much at all. "
XXL
9
LoneReality Testing"His dance credentials already assured, this feels like Cutler reasserting his artistry; an exercise in expressive revivalism, where myriad influences are sketched from memory; an album whose headline proposition is new, despite the ageing origins of its component parts." musicOMH
10
Fatima Al QadiriAsiatisch"At Asiatisch's heart is bass, gargantuan and window rattling, around which she builds an elaborate framework of complex rhythms and melodies using analogue hardware. "
Mojo

"It's immersive and transgressive, if you care about this stuff. "
Spin
11
Joey AndersonAfter Forever
12
Dean BluntBlack Metal
13
FKA TwigsLP1
14
ArcaXen
15
Answer Code RequestCode
16
Kassem MosseWorkshop 19
17
SkrillexRecess
18
HTRKPsychic 9-5 Club
19
Clap! Clap!Tayi Bebba
20
Gesloten CirkelSubmit X
21
MartynThe Air Between Words
22
Bunji GarlinDifferentology
23
Leon VynehallMusic For The Uninvited
24
SlackkPalm Tree Fire
25
Hieroglyphic BeingThe Seer Of Cosmic Visions
26
Francis HarrisMinutes Of Sleep
27
TechnimaticDesire Paths
28
SBTRKTWonder Where We Land
29
LenzmanLooking At The Stars
30
TraxmanDa Mind Of Traxman Vol.2
31
Head HighMegatrap
32
BassnectarNoise vs. Beauty
33
Call SuperSuzu Ecto
34
BanksGoddess
35
Big FreediaJust Be Free
36
Childish GambinoBecause The Internet
37
Duck SauceQuack
38
Lee BannonAlternate/Endings
39
TensnakeGlow
40
Above & BeyondAcoustic
41
Lee GambleKOCH
42
Basement JaxxJunto
43
Taylor McFerrinEarly Riser
44
Max GraefRivers Of The Red Planet
45
CalibreShelflife 3
46
EdwardInto A Better Future
47
ClarkClark
48
FatimaYellow Memories
49
Dillon FrancisMoney Sucks, Friends Rule
50
The Juan MacleanIn A Dream
51
WenSignals
52
RustleGreen Language
53
Porter RobinsonWorlds
54
PlastikmanEx
55
MetronomyLove Letters
56
RoyksoppThe Inevitable End
57
ActressGhettoville
58
MoireShelter
59
ChromeoWhite Women
60
PercThe Power And The Glory
61
Fhloston ParadigmThe Phoenix
62
VermontVermont
63
DJ Dodger StadiumFriend Of Mine
64
SlamReverse Proceed
65
ApolloniaTour A Tour
66
RedinhoRedinho
67
Sable SheepVagabond From Hell
68
Tokyo ProsePresence
69
Ulterlor MotiveThe Fourth Wall
70
GalserFalse Light
71
Deadmau5While (1<2)
72
HuxleyBlurred
73
The 2 BearsThe Night Is Young
74
Cooly GWait 'Til Night
75
East India YouthTotal Strife Forever
76
Frank & TonyYou Go Girl

 

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