ICR: 2021

ICR'S BEST MODERN CLASSICAL ALBUMS 2021

A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Invisible Cities
Balmorhea - The Wind
Ben Bertrand - Dokkaebi
Bendik Giske - Cracks / Pavel Milyakov & Bendik Giske - Untitled
Bremer/McCoy - Natten
Clark - Playground In A Lake
Dan Nicholls - Mattering and Meaning
Elori Saxl - The Blue of Distance
Hania Rani - Music for Film and Theatre / Hania Rani & Dobrawa Czocher – Inner Symphonies
Iglooghost - Lei Line Eon
Jack Herer - I Came For The Rain
JFDR - Backyard Village (soundtrack)
Johann Johannsson - Gold Dust
Jonny Greenwood - Spencer (soundtrack)
Mansur - Minotaurus
Neil Cowley - Hall of Mirrors
Nik Bartsch - Entendre
Nils Frahm - Graz / Old Friends New Friends
Max Richter - Voices (Pt. 1 & 2)
Resina - Speechless
Robert Ames - Change Ringing
SaffronKeira, Siavash Amini - The Faded Orbit
The Transcendence Orchestra - All Skies Have Sounded
Toby Gale - Sun Songs
Vikingur Olafsson - Reflections
VA - Wind Layers
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6gnh67nrgkmqEB7M2pXwKC?si=16db3a7df6d94e24

ICR'S BEST JAZZ ALBUMS 2021

Alfa Mist - Bring Backs
Andreas Ulvo - Trust
Arthur Hnatek Trio - Static
Badbadnotgood - Talk Memory
Ben LaMar Gay - Open Arms to Open Us
Bigyuki - Neon Chapter
Bloto - Kwasy I Zasady
Brandee Younger - Somewhere Different
Carlos Nino & Friends - More Energy Fields, Current
Daniel Casimir - Boxed In
Dictaphone - Goats & Distortions 5
Diego Pinera - Odd Wisdom
Elephant9 - Arrival of the New Elders
Eli Keszler - Icons+
Eyolf Dale - Being
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises
Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Jazz Is Dead 6
Girls in Airports & Aarhus Jazz Orchestra - Leap
Ill Considered - Band (Re)Selects / Liminal Space
J Foerster / N Kramer - Habitat
Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen, Jorge Rossy - Uma Elmo
Joachim Kühn - Touth the Light
Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry - Garden Of Expression
Joseph Shabason - The Fellowship / Shabason, Krgovich & Harris - Florence
Jaubi - Nafs at Peace
Kinkajous - Being Waves
Machinefabriek - With Drums
Makaya McCraven - Deciphering The Message
Masayoshi Fujita - Bird Ambience
Misc - Partager L'ambulance
Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Dissent
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
Nate Mercereau - Sundays
Portico Quartet - Monument / Terrain
Rachel Eckroth - The Garden
Rebecca Vasmant - With Love, From Glasgow
Robohands - Shapes
Roedelius / Czjzek - Weites Land
Russel Ferrante Trio - Inflexion
Sam Wilkes - One Theme & Subsequent Improvisation
Tangents - Timeslips & Chimeras
Tortusa - Bre
TuneTown - Entering Utopia
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey - Uneasy
Web Web - Web Max
Weedie Braimah - The Hands of Time
Wollny/Parisien/Lefebvre/Lillinger - XXXX
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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/33J8XCoqMDU9hJLE6WdSOd?si=dce9f8dd9b594b03

ICR'S BEST SOUL/R&B ALBUMS 2021

Adrian Younge - The American Negro
April + Vista - Pit of My Dreams
Charlotte Day Wilson - Alpha
Chet Faker - Hotel Surrender
George Riley - Interest Rates, A Tape
Greentea Peng - Man Made
Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Vailant
Jordan Rakei - What We Call Life
Jorja Smith - Be Right Back
L'Rain - Fatigue
Leon Bridges - Gold-Diggers Sound
Mndsgn - Rare Pleasure
Mustafa - When Smoke Rises
Puma Blue - In Praise Of Shadows
Serpentwithfeet - Deacon
Spencer - Are U Down?
The Lasso - 2121
The Steoples - Wide Through The Eyes Of No One
Tyson - Pisces Problems
Quickly, Quickly - The Long And Short Of It
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QltJOzpbivjrFM4wCuZSY?si=cf84666b53d94d0c

ICR'S BEST ROCK/INDIE/PUNK ALBUMS 2021

Django Django - Glowing In The Dark
Idles - Crawler
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - L.W. / Butterfly 3000
Liily - TV or Not TV
Ovlov - Buds
Rhys Langston - Stalin Bollywood
The Armed - Ultrapop
Shame - Drunk Tank Pink
Squid - Bring Green Field
Yves Tumor - The Asymptotical World EP
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1S0TMvGeZBTZ7p7BfxkhJf?si=7f12be4aa2ed49cc

ICR'S BEST AVANTGARDE/EXPERIMENTAL ALBUMS 2021

Andy Stott - Never The Right Time
Daedelus x Joshua Idehen - Holy Water Over Sons
Darkside - Spiral
Gazelle Twin & NYX - Deep England
Grasscut - Overwinter / Haunts
Hildegard - Hildegard
Jónsi - Obsidian
Lotic - Water
Schneider TM - The 8 Of Space
Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs
Son Lux - Tomorrows III
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0iclmq3VuzdnN70yidvIGY?si=7f8a0768c3a447bf

ICR'S BEST AMBIENT/DRONE/SYNTH ALBUMS 2021

Alessandro Cortini - Scuro Chiaro
Alex Zhang Hungtai & Pavel Milyakov - Styx
Arovane - Reihen
Brett Naucke - Mirror Ensemble
Chaperone - Emotion Hospice
Domiziano Maselli - Lazzaro
Heliochrysum - We Become Mist
Hoavi - Music for Six Rooms
Iluiteq - The Loss of Wilderness
Jake Muir - Mana
Jon Hopkins - Music For Psychedelic Therapy
Lapalux - Total Reality, Total Chaos
Lawrence - Birds On The Playground
Loscil - Clara
Maxwell Sterling - Turn of Phrase
Maenad Veyl & The Sarcasm Ensemble - Comfort In Misery
Morgan Wright - Class Tourist
MPU101 - MPU101
Murcof - The Alias Sessions
Ochre - An Eye To Windward
PCM - Macro
Perila - How Much Time it is Between You and Me?
Photay - On Hold
Stone Giants - West Coast Love Stories
Sufjan Stevens - Convocations
Sweatson Klank - Path of an Empath
Tim Hecker - The North Water (Original Score)
Tomas Nordmark - Exit Ghosts
Vladislav Delay - Rakka II
VA - @0 by Coldcut & Mixmaster Morris
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0duRHITvY6dPJ2zO6dBprW?si=3a5ebd1de0134212

ICR'S BEST IDM/ELECTRONICA ALBUMS/EPs 2021

96 Back - 9696 Dream
Amon Tobin - How Do You Live
Artefakt - Days Bygone EP
Bewwip - Eigengrau EP
Cam Deas & Jung An Tagen - Presentism
CiM - Unselected ProTracker Mods
Daniel Avery - Together In Static
Danny Goliger - Meaningful Pursuits
Defrag - Idle Lines
Gacha Bakradze - Obscure Languages
Hiro Kone - Silvercoat The Throng
Hoavi - Invariant
Innode - Syn
Ireen Amnes & Kamikaze Space Programme - Unravelling EP
Kentaro Hayashi - Peculiar
Leif - 9 Airs
Little Snake - A Fragmented Love Story, Written By The Infinite Helix Architect
Loess - Totems
Maelstrom - Rhizome
Mantle of Gets - Caveat Emptor EP
Ocoeur - Connections
Relaxer - Concealer
Rival Consoles - Overflow
Tangent - Evolutionary Cycles
Terminal 11 - Eyes Pressed Against The Glass EP
Tipper - Insolito EP
Woulg - Bubblegum
µ-Ziq & Mrs Jynx - Secret Garden
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7loWJ4HEBEpWvpgZX1N49w?si=e227067708704ba1

ICR'S BEST TECHNO ALBUMS/EPs 2021

0 [Phase] - Before This
3KZ - Computational Thinking EP
Amandra x Mattheis - Lettre Ouverte
Arthur Robert - Transition Part 1-2 EP
Blawan - Soft Waahls / Woke Up Right Handed / Make A Goose EP
Chris Liebing - Another Day
Cristian Vogel - Rebirth of Wonky
Emika & Paul Frick - In Parallel
Farron - Shinrin Yoku
FOR. - Vacuum EP
Geza - Dialoge 1
Inigo Kennedy - Abacus Frames
Irakli - Major Signals
Kangding Ray - Branches EP
Karim Maas & Stave - Godless
Leon Vynehall - Rare, Forever
Letherique - Dawn of the Machines
Manni Dee - A Low Level Love
Nissim - Uneven Ground
Not Waving - What Is Normal Today?
Peder Mannerfelt - And the Band Played On
Priori - Little Flower / Your Own Power
Sam Goku - East Dimensional Riddims
Temudo - Idle EP
TM404 - Syra
Valentino Mora - Underwater
Vatican Shadow - SR-71 Blackbird Survivors
VC-118A - Spiritual Machines
VHS - Utopia EP
VA - Dark Planet
VA - Ostgut Ton Fünfzehn+1
VA - Tresor 30
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VAm62SMD82FmieXnOO8oQ?si=6f12109f203144b7

ICR'S BEST HOUSE ALBUMS/EPs 2021

Anchorsong - Mirage
Baltra - Dreaming of a Disco / Private Paradise EP
Brijean - Feelings
Dark Sky - She 2.0 EP
DJ Seinfeld - Mirrors
Fluxion - Parallel Moves
Four Tet - Parallel
Fred Everything - Paradiso Perduto / E.S.M. EP
Herbert - Musca
Hugo Massien - Metamorphosis
Jazzuelle - Muse
Jimpster - Soul Spectral EP
John Tejada - Year Of The Living Dead
Louf - Kilopascal EP
Mark Hawkins - The New Normal
Martinou - Rift
Moire - Good Times
Roisin Murphy - Crooked Machine
Solid Gold Playaz - Nex To Me / Mind In A Daze EP
Terrace - Isolation EP
Third Son - A Major Chord Follows Obsolete Technology / Retrograde
Yagya - Always Maybe Tomorrow
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4gxB3N5JnIDBM7A4GKVDsV?si=6e0adb675d6d4c62

ICR'S BEST BREAKS/BASS/POSTRAVE ALBUMS/EPs 2021

Aagentah - From Empire
AJA - SLUG
Appleblim - Infinite Hieroglyphics
Baltra - Ambition
Call Super - Cherry Drops I, II EP
Clouds - The Parallel
Dax J - Utopian Surrealism
Eomac - Cracks
FYI Chris - Earth Scum
Gantz - Pusher Acid EP
Healion - In Light, It Undoes Nothing... EP
J-Shadow - SNKRX08 EP
Jai Dee - Whirling Mass of Formless Darkness EP
Joy Orbinson - Still Slipping vol.1
Kas - Like Sunlit Threads
Katatonic Silentio - Tabula Rasa
Klahrk - Oscillate and Shimmer
Koreless - Agor
Lone - Always Inside Your Head
Lee Gamble - Flush Real Pharynx 2019-2021
Machinedrum - Psyconia EP
Ocean Stirs - Through Twist And Seam EP
Ross From Friends - Tread
Ryan James Ford - Exshaw
Skee Mask - Pool (only on bandcamp!)
Sorcery - Mirrors Of Perception EP
Tom VR - Please Keep Shimmering
Walton - Unknown Territories EP
Xen Chron - Deleted Vapor EP
Zuli - All Caps EP
VA - NS001
VA - Of Paradise, Vol.4
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0QPvLZ2o2wxq0Cum0B9EzQ?si=a3025d703db04a86

ICR'S BEST DOWNTEMPO/GROOVE/FUNK ALBUMS 2021

Apifera - Overstand
Botany - Portal Orphanage
Dave Okumu - Knopperz
Dego - The Negative Positive
Dixon Hill - Holodeck Beats: Program 3
DJ Harrison - Tales from the Old Dominion
El Michels Affair - Yeti Season / El Michels Affair meets Liam Bailey - Ekundayo Inversions
F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm - 2X1=4
Hector Plimmer - Next to Nothing Remixed
Ishmael Ensemble - Visions of Light
Jungle - Living In Stereo
Kenny Segal - Indoors
Kiefer - When There's Love Around
Kit Sebastian - Melodi
Madlib - Sound Ancestors
Nightmares On Wax - Shout Out! To Freedom...
Ohbliv - Rugged Tranquility Volume 1
Owiny Sigoma Band - The Lost Tapes
Rejoicer - Voodoo at Home
Sampology - Regrowth
Scrimshire - Nothing Feels Like Everything
Slugabed - We Have The Windown Open At Night
Peter Talisman, Slugabed, Samuel Organ - Lord Of The Harvest / Samuel Organ - A Safe Place in Cyberspace
Soul Clap - WTF (World Transformation Force)
Simulator Jones - La Mano
Tenderlonious - Still Flute
Terrace Martin - Drones
Tommy Guerrero - Sunshine Radio
The Brkn Record - The Architecture Of Oppression Part 1
The Lasso, Jordan Hamilton & The Saxsquatch - Tri Magi
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZE5UgRmx2QYtLzHlJFP7J?si=b43214d2b2824849

ICR'S BEST HIP HOP ALBUMS 2021

Aesop Rock X Blockhead - Garbology
Armand Hammer & The Alchemist - Haram
Barney Artist & Mr Jukes - The Locket
Cadence Weapon - Parallel World
Confucius MC - Somewhere
Czarface & MF Doom – Super What?
Damu The Fudgemunk - Conversation Peace
Evidence - Unlearning Vol. 1
Homeboy Sandman - Anjelitu
Dark Time Sunshine - Lore
Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Khrysis - The Hour of Khrysis
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Lord Apex - Smoke Sessions 3
L'Orange & Namir Blade - Imaginary Everything
Mach-Hommy - Pray For Haiti
Mello Music Group - Bushido
Mick Jenkins - Elephant In The Room
Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air
Nas - King's Disease II
Ol' Burger Beats & Vuyo - Dialogue
Pitch 92 - Intervals
R.A.P. Ferreira - The Light Emitting Diamond Cutter Scriptures
Ramson Badbonez - Lead By Example
Rejjie Snow - Baw Baw Black Sheep
Small Bills (Elucis & The Lasso) - Don't Play It Straight
Sonnyjim & Kev Brown - A Joint Venture / Sonnyjim & Buckwild - Coke Le Roc
Tyler, The Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost
Yungmorpheus & ewonee - Thumbing Thru Foliage
Your Old Droog - Space Bar / Time
Your Old Droog, Tha God Fahim - Tha YOD Fahim
Vince Staples - Vince Staples
Wiki - Half God / Wiki & NAH - Telephonebooth
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vb3meJi3gGrUSXdlkuSTP?si=5746899dea5543b9

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