My Favorite Releases of 2011

For my final recommendation of the year, let me present to you my ten favorite releases of 2011. I can't pick one over any other as the best, so I have listed them alphabetically.

Adamned.age - Fragile (Camomille)

Bubamara Brass Band - Bubamarija / Kashtanizma EP (Clinical Archives)

Dustmotes - Equilibria (Dusted Wax Kingdom)

Kaneel - Your Average Best Friend
(Self-Released) & (Eerik Inpuj Sound)

Kirill Platonkin - Repose (Dark Winter)

Mr. Bitterness and the Guilty Pleasures - Destined For Dust (Self-Released)

Pitch Razzahs - Not So Close EP (Dusted Wax Kingdom)

Politru - Politru 1 (Bump Foot)

Sci Fi Industries - Half Day Half Minute (Enough Records)

Spectateur - Amensalisme (Fresh Poulp Records)

Various Artists - Instagr/am/bient

Various Artists - Instagr/am/bient (Disquiet.com)

Cloud 61 - Electronic Soundscapes From Above The Clouds

Cloud 61 - Electronic Soundscapes From Above The Clouds (aReW Recordings)

100 Notable Netlabel Releases of 2011

I made the Acts of Silence: 100 Notable Netlabel Releases of 2011 list with my Swaying Smoke release "High Tension Wires." Thanks, David!

Mr. Bitterness and the Guilty Pleasures - Destined for Dust

Various Artists - Starting From The Same Point

Various Artists - Starting From The Same Point (aReW Recordings)

Gurdonark - Weights And Measures

Gurdonark - Weights And Measures (Treetrunk)

Blear Moon - Town of Two Houses

Blear Moon - Town of Two Houses (Camomille)

Praktika – Without Understanding

Praktika – Without Understanding (Broque)

Morriarchi - The Outer Sphere EP

Morriarchi - The Outer Sphere EP (Dusted Wax Kingdom)

Ambient Anonymous - Twilight of Empire

Ambient Anonymous - Twilight of Empire (Dystopiaq)

Specta Ciera - Underpass

Specta Ciera - Underpass (Feedbackloop)

Seetyca - The Invention of Sorrowe

Seetyca - The Invention of Sorrowe (Dark Winter)

Noisesurfer - Pale Inner Liner

Noisesurfer - Pale Inner Liner (Bump Foot)

The BYC - Light Bar Syndrome: Teasing For A Pleasing EP

The BYC - Light Bar Syndrome: Teasing For A Pleasing EP (Kreislauf Organization)

Trollhead - Trolls in Dub

Trollhead - Trolls in Dub (Enough)

Ayato With Mystified - Broadcast For The Sultan #1

Ayato With Mystified - Broadcast For The Sultan #1 (Treetrunk)

Tapage & Rick de Greef - Outercloser Part Two

Tapage & Rick de Greef - Outercloser Part Two (Silent Flow)

Alexey Light - Cold Inside

Alexey Light - Cold Inside (Elpa)

Mr. Dee & Ms. Dee - Rain EP

Mr. Dee & Ms. Dee - Rain EP (Bump Foot)

Subterrestrial - Immutable Law

Subterrestrial - Immutable Law (Subterrestrial)

Digital Mass - Fictive Martyrdom

Digital Mass - Fictive Martyrdom (Treetrunk)

Dark, ritual ambient.

Metodiev-G- - Alinoe

Metodiev-G- - Alinoe (Bumpfoot)

Orchestral tones with beats. Very mellow but has startling moments of children's voices.

MCRPv11 - "All Keyed Up" Edition

MCRPv11 - "All Keyed Up" Edition

"yes, the eleventh MCRP. users contribute clips and then the same users contribute a finished track using the pool of clips. this edition includes 14 tracks. the theme of the contributed clips was to keep material in a given key."  --from monome.org

Megatone - Pure Land

Megatone - Pure Land (Silent Flow)

Synthesizer soundtrack to epic films.

Christian Doil - Maschinen

Christian Doil - Maschinen (Earth Mantra)

Experimental ambient wherein the sounds of machines are described.

Mystified with Drone Wallah - ZZDronia

Mystified with Drone Wallah - ZZDronia (Treetrunk)

Strange drones remixed from a previous drone release.

Melophobia - Silencing Complexes

Melophobia - Silencing Comlexes (Etched Traumas)

Mysterious ambient with processed field-recordings.

Noston - Nos Art

Noston - Nos Art (Kreislauf Organization)

Mighty synths from space.

Frank Kubbillum - 1 Year After

Frank Kubbillum - 1 Year After (Prozent Music)

Dance.

Pitch Razahs - Bap Science

Pitch Razahs - Bap Science (Dusted Wax Kingdom)

Relaxed instrumental hip-hop.