top 20 modern classical/jazz albums 2015

Archie Pelago – Off-Peak OST (-)
https://archiepelago.bandcamp.com/track/revealed

Bersarin Quartett - III (Denovali)
https://soundcloud.com/denovali/bersarin-quartett-jeder

Bop - Ambient's Not Dead (Med School)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUSZ_1GpV8A

Denzel + Huhn - Brom (Oktaf)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mNv85y8vcc

Fink - Horizontalism (R'COUP'D)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND5LsiB1iCU

Flanger - Lollopy Dripper (Nonplace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjTiDW-z6Sg

Floating Points - Elaenia (Pluto)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfYP7uTZX8Y

John Lemke – Nomad Frequencies (Denovali)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8JaKGw6xA

Kneebody and Daedelus - Kneedelus (Brainfeeder)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKq0Kv7GlgU

LV - Ancient Mechanism (Brownswood)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_JhJ_lWhPg

Lawrence - A Day In The Life (Mule)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_6lFZ7C9BM

Nils Frahm - Solo (Erased Tapes)
https://soundcloud.com/nils_frahm/wall
VA - Nils Frahm: Late Night Tales (LateNightTales)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoEeHHnI06E

Robert Haigh - The Silence of Ghosts (Siren)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOz_SmtezlE

St. Germain - St. Germain (Warner, Parlophone)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuYm4QRvDmw

Stuart McCallum - City (Naim)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ltNEHON8EQ

Subheim - Foray (Denovali)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn1cpOS3ipM

Tatsuro Kojima - Refraction and Reflection (Audiobulb)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUKKTVaFSEI

The Bad Plus, Joshua Redman – The Bad Plus Joshua Redman (Nonsuch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7xdRqAO7T4

The Flashbulb - Compositions For Piano (Alphabasic)
https://theflashbulb.bandcamp.com/track/100-swans-prepared

top 20 soul/r&b albums 2015

Active Child - Mercy (Vagrant)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhYArovlb7I

Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (ATO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faG8RiaANek

Amoeba - Feel The Funk (-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zcAlGas2hU

Bilal - In Another Life (eOne)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKfKImw7VnM

BOOTS - Aquaria (Columbia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2vs9SkvVTc

Clarence Clarity - No Now (Bella Union)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duu7GQXDauA

Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Surf (-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4ooH8frBWg

Funkstörung - Funkstörung (Monkeytown)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD4kcP1rDbE

Georgia - Georgia (Domino)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_wcu0OPUaQ

Gwilym Gold - A Paradise (Brille)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4zYtPAxrQU

Jamie Woon - Making Time (PMR)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1jVLVATUo4

Jono McCleery - Pagodes (IF Music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3xUP05wxMw

Jose James - Yesterday I Had The Blues The Music of Billie Holiday (Blue Note)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZi_Kvb7M58

Leon Bridges - Coming Home (Columbia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgS_xob1x4A

Miguel - Wildheart (RCA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mobbfyhYek

Portico - Living Fields (Ninja Tune)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBCbUxMej4

Seven Davis Jr - Universes (Ninja Tune)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmZ6dbkIcJQ

The Internet - Ego Death (Columbia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmY8mG4_3j4

THEESatisfaction - EarthEE (Sub Pop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBHjr-CdxYM

Tropics - Rapture (Innovative Leisure)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWHzI_jiroY

top 15 idm/electronica albums 2015

ALSO - ALSO (R & S)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQd4rIW2Uo8

Amon Tobin - Dark Jovian (Ninja Tune)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY4B52Wrz2c

Dead Fader - Glass Underworld (Robot Elephant)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuoqZObRtFM

Digitonal - Beautiful Broken (Just Music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV8L9d11iCI

DMX Krew - There Is No Enduring Self (Mystic & Quantum)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmnp3UNJz7Y

Dolor - Sister (-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4cFcEvrBNE

Eskmo - Sol (Apollo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBlCM9gSqGg

fLako - Natureboy (Five Easy Pieces)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOamCSaPWoU

Frank Riggio - Psychexcess II: Futurism (Hymen)
https://hymen-records.bandcamp.com/album/psychexcess-ii-futurism

Rival Consoles - Howl (Erased Tapes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0614HbvMR6g

Rone - Creatures (Infine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt-kzCPRQWM

Ssaliva - Be Me (Ekster)
https://soundcloud.com/pdis_inpartmaint/sets/ssaliva-be-me-jp

Syl Kougai - [Ichthys] (Hymen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bhNde4sMAw

The Future Sound of London - Archived 8 (Jumpin' & Pumpin')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5b_0DanM5M

Tigrics - Thin Drum (Kind Gesture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HBdQnjLWS4

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Tipper - Fathoms EP (Tippermusic)
https://tipper.bandcamp.com/album/fathoms-ep

top 15 experimental/avantgarde albums 2015

Aisha Devi - Of Matter and Spirit (Houndstooth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvp4EBZTtKs

Arca - Mutant (Mute)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKNm4yYncbI

Björk - Vulnicura (One Little Indian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQEyezu7G20

Blue Daisy - Darker Than Blue (R & S)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl69U8nM_3I

Death Grips - The Powers That B (Harvest, Third Worlds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5GCn1BKkxg

Eril Fjord - Excalibur (Farbwechsel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgE9cgApTkY

FIS - The Blue Quicksand Is Going Now (Loopy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLIV7pG0gd8

NAH - Light As Fuck (Ranch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36ekmwukYQ8

Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete (Warp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt5tRaV3iY0

Ryat - Alt Mode (Unspeakable)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-06u3bphcfI

Snow Ghosts - A Wrecking (Houndstooth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hho_AJZ7Wd8

Son Lux - Bones (Glassnote)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGtUDffAdy8

Squarepusher - Damogen Furies (Warp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnS1CV3QBXc

Venetian Snares - Thank You For Your Consideration (-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00uJX0Itkp0

Yaporigami - Eye / Hand (Detroit Underground)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uovIg4PWt_A

top 20 indie/wave/pop/rock albums 2015

Archive - Restriction (Dangervisit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VAbrpKDeVI

Chad Valley - Entirely New Blue (Cascine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGR8cBWLRHw

Coma - This Side Of Paradise (Kompakt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n-kO8IaGNU

Darkstar - Foam Island (Warp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vCH_-jUqdc

Django Django - Born Under Saturn (Because)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqy3l63px9U

Foals - What Went Down (Transgressive, Warner)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuQQIawCqBA

Ghostpoet - Shedding Skin (Play It Again Sam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OmtRTqeW2s

Grasscut - Everyone Was A Bird (Lo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9YoBrTy2v0

Hot Chip - Why Make Sense (Domino)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfH5LmhvQQk

Kid Cudi - Speedin Bullet 2 Heaven (Republic, Wicked Awesome)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caiQ684CM9o

Mark Ronson - Uptown Special (RCA, Sony)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ognnZ3r2qyQ

Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School (Mom + Pop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0wPHAau1ts

Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (Domino)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmXIIL2tmR8

Real Lies - Real Life (Marathon Artists)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l61bt_TyCg

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (Asthmatic Kitty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTeKpWp8Psw

Tame Impala - Currents (Interscope)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFptt7Cargc

Tanlines - Highlights (True Panther Sounds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AiLzYM1LSE

Toro y Moi - What For (Carpark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILvMOC4H9EM

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love (Jagjaguwar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEtDVy55shI

Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too (Big Dada)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PdYvkaYsaU

top 20 techno albums 2015

CW/A - Words Unspoken, Acts Undone (Parachute)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYKVzN9jzPM

DeepChord - Ultraviolet Music (Soma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZ39noHg7M

DJ Richard - Grind (Dial)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84gOQXe43Fo

Jacek Sienkiewicz – Drifting (Recognition)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU7GdB7N37U

Johannes Heil - The Black Light (Exile)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMLe-uoKqpQ

Kangding Ray - Cory Arcane (Raster-Noton)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N3LvjUMsE8

Lakker - Tundra (R & S)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr6E8cWXmG8

Matrixxman - Homesick (Ghostly International)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_0_ANwH5y0

Maxime Dangles - Resilience (Skryptöm)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9j8IlMKnyE

Moa Pillar - Humanity (Full Of Nothing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2BwW96-MrI

Nick Höppner - Folk (Ostgut Ton)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUQEMzNQNTU

Ø [Phase] - Alone In Time (Token)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W16RV32uZM

Oscar Mulero - Muscle And Mind (Pole)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTBtEidtP1E

Petrichor - Ma.ngata (Soma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr2945piAvI

SCNTST - Puffer (Boysnoize)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lE92rx-Uio

Scuba - Claustrophobia (Hotflush)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aPSkMkVBk

Steffi - Power of Anonymity (Ostgut Ton)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUUdPCTgxlQ

Umbra - The Stranded (Con+ainer)
https://soundcloud.com/container-music/6-post-human

Voidloss - Fallen Too Far (Singularity)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCBNykMfikU
Voidloss - Hypnotic Rising (Subist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hEKwRoJnCg

Zenker Brothers - Immersion (Ilian Tape)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qB2IUSUqwk

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Aris Kindt - Floods (Scissor and Thread)
https://soundcloud.com/scissorandthread/aris-kindt-blue-sky-shoes-clip

top 15 house albums 2015

Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons - Message From The Other Side (Crosstown Rebels)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQD0-QZBH88

Fort Romeau - Insides (Ghostly International)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ytCfxGI3D8

Garry Todd - Nora Lilian (BPitch Control)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uL0Kpigl6s

George FitzGerald - Fading Love (Double Six)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQuCiLi5g50

Heathered Pearls - Body Complex (Ghostly International)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMrlbMlhDX4

Howling - Sacred Ground (Monkeytown, Counter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBIYY2kp7ys

Hunee - Hunch Music (Rush Hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5yPSIeEtWU

John Tejada - Signs Under Test (Kompakt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj3BOEVJNHU

Jupiter Jax - Visions (100% Silk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3DCzzRuWZ0

Kerrier District - 4 (Hypercolour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ons7HRCdBBM

Lake People - Purposely Uncertain Field (Permanent Vacation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibgvvxuktUs

Lauer - Borndom (Permanent Vacation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zJltitEwxo

Linkwood - Expressions (Firecracker)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m5EGyNkJhA

Paxton Fettel - Everything Stays the Same (Greta Cottage Workshop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izqePeVGVWw

Roland Tings - Roland Tings (Internasjonal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odvjpU8uzhU

top 15 bass/breaks/grime albums 2015

A1 Bassline - Technicality (Food Music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCBNtvScpQE

Basic Soul Unit - Under the Same Sky (Dekmantel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2HFt0G1-XU

Benjamin Damage - Obsidian (50Weapons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMP6tABmJI8

Braille - Mute Swan (Friends Of Friends)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eANK4Ju9D-Q

Chevel - Blurse (Stroboscopic Artefacts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTd6P9w7jH0

Desove - Cruising (Rohs!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uro2ENVNhaE

Drew Lustman - The Crystal Cowboy (Planet Mu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYbmAICnYo0

Ipman - Depatterning (Tectonic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXbiVoLhmjI

Jamie xx - In Colour (Young Turks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjNssEVlB6M

Moth - In Transit (Symbols)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztr5etbDP1g

Mumdance & Logos - Proto (Tectonic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8e4Zg3c1oE

Sam Binga - Wasted Days (Critical)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQgyqs5Vtc8

Sherwood & Pinch - Late Night Endless (On-U Sound, Tectonic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ68oAjtzM4

Special Request - Modern Warfare (XL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFQGVCY5Lqc

The Fear Ratio - Refuge Of A Twisted Soul (Skam)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBLTE9Ou4Pk

top 15 downtempo/leftfield albums 2015

Ash Walker - Augmented 7th (Deep Heads)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKIuMQzO-J0

Gacha - Send Two Sunsets (Apollo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TOuxMoCzd8

Lapalux - Lustmore (Brainfeeder)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auKO2U6Q60g

Leif - Taraxacum (UntilMyHeartStops)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0DLb5E4bxw

Luke Vibert - Bizarster (Planet Mu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiCUgd7wJOA

Marbert Rocel - In the Beginning (Compost)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnvX91V9IjM

Maribou State - Portraits (Counter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1FJGo3s7zQ

Piano Interrupted - The Unified Field Reconstructed (Denovali)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHobI9vM-yw

Prefuse 73 - Rivington Não Rio (Temporary Residence Limited)
https://prefuse73.bandcamp.com/track/see-more-than-just-stars-feat-helado-negro

Ptaki - Przelot (Transatlantyk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnYFpdu_cF0

Romare - Projections (Ninja Tune)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NekoiOaCV_M

Superpoze - Opening (Combien Mille)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKuuDI4NUAc

Synkro - Changes (Apollo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shyzIvZYWkw

Teebs - AV - ESTR Outtakes/Remixes (Hit+Run)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CsM06uL_k0

VA - DJ-Kicks: DJ Koze (!K7 Records)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRqQDJktNlA
VA - Late Night Tales: Jon Hopkins (LateNightTales)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRNEWuclgrs

top 20 hip hop albums 2015

A$AP Rocky - At.Long.Last.A$AP (RCA, Polo Grounds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx4JEBwVlXo

Action Bronson - Mr. Wonderful (Atlantic, Vice)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVP_w1rQweE

Busdriver - Thumbs (-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHM62T8TLHA

Cities Aviv - Your Discretion Is Trust (Collect)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgDmS4La-w8

Dr. Dre - Compton (Aftermath, Interscope)

Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside (Columbia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrxxfrzJY6k

Finale - Odds & Ends (Mello Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAcuXUkUYEY

Ghostface Killah And Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons To Die II (Linear Labs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlpqCY01S5k
BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul (Lex)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YW_RqTuZMw

Guilty Simpson - Detroit's Son (Stones Throw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2sbtJ1JDsY

Illa J - Illa J (Bastard Jazz)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTNhPfDbH_o

JME - Integrity (Boy Better Know)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_89IW1D8Wmw

Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$ (Pro Era, Cinematic Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr_Gzz6ZRaE

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (Top Dawg, Aftermath, Interscope)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-48u_uWMHY

L'Orange & Kool Keith - Time Astonishing! (Mello Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HftQiKw1Zc8
L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae - The Night Took Us in Like Family (Mello Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI26ZriWw8A

Mick Jenkins - Wave(s) (Free Nation, Cinematic Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GigIohlYqEI

Oddisee - The Good Fight (Mello Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8-tQoLDXyU

Quelle Chris - Innocent Country (Mello Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKz9QOJe3Bs

The 1978ers (yU & Slimkat) - People Of Today (Mello Music Group)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5J_ZtcN5wQ

Vince Staples - Summertime '06 (Def Jam, Blacksmith, ARTium)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb6Jc4juSF8

White Boiz - Neighborhood Wonderful (Stones Throw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06VW3rMK6HE