Much time has passed since the Musical Year of Our Lord, 2012, has ended. I hope you enjoy my look back at the year that was.

Feel free to criticize at will, and please share your own selections!

THE LUCKY 13: REAL PLEASURES AND UTTER OBSESSIONS – 2012

• ATOM™: Winterreise (CD, Raster-Noton)
• BLACK SWAN: Heaven (CD, Ethereal Symphony)
• DEEPCHORD: Sommer (CD, Soma)
• EMPTYSET: Medium (12″, Subtext)
• BURNT FRIEDMAN: Zokuhen (2LP, Nonplace)
• HOLLY HERNDON: Movement (LP, RVNG Intl.)
• THOMAS KÖNER: Novaya Zemlya (CD, Touch)
• LEGO FEET: Lego Feet (Reissue, 2LP, Skam)
• JON MUELLER/JASON PLOTKIN: Terminal Velocity (2LP, Taiga)
• PORTER RICKS: Biokinetics (Reissue, 2LP, Type)
• PETER PRAUTZSCH: Schwere See (CD, Palacmusic/Neo Ouija)
• LANA DEL REY: Born to Die (CD, Interscope)
• SHACKLETON: Music for the Quiet Hour/The Drawbar Organ EPs (2LP/CD, Woe to the Septic Heart!)

NEED MORE TIME – 2012

• FLYING LOTUS: Until the Quiet Comes (CD, Warp)
• HILDUR GUÐNADÓTTIR: Leyfdu Ljosinu (CD, Touch)
• ROBERT HAMPSON: Signaux (LP, Editions Mego)

DISAPPOINTING DISAPPOINTMENTS – 2012

• DEAD CAN DANCE: Anastasis (2LP, PIAS)
• MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO: Test EP (CD/DVD, Flexidisc)
• ANDY STOTT: Luxury Problems (CD, Modern Love)

Thank you for listening!
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