Best labels of 2023

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Best labels of 2023

Matej Mihevc

29. 12. 2023 - 0.00

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★ 19 labels in alphabetical order and 19 of their best-of lists in no particular order★

ArachHE //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Experiences:

Narthex Festival
Run, and populated, by the most beautiful souls. Shoutout to the Nutria of the pond for maintaining its peace throughout. Narthex Forever!

Geomantic Journeying with White Goblin, via the living time portal of Butser Ancient Farm, through the ritual landscapes and sacred springs of the South West of England, to the Neolithic facehugger tomb of Belas Knap in Gloucestershire.

Petronn Sphene live @ Wharf Chambers. Total cathartic neural exploding-head-syndrome blasts expelling all internal cobwebs into the Oort Cloud.

Limpe Fuchs live in the Blue John-encrusted chambers of Treak Cliff Cavern, in Castleton, Derbyshire. Highlight was the moment she bade some attendants to place copper drums beneath the constant drips, and said “now, we can listen to the cave” and after thereby having lulled the audience, who were turned away from the stage now, snuck out a wooden horn and uttered loud troll parps over our heads. A truer witch, I do not know!

Discovering the nearby, exposed, Carboniferous reef of Chrome Hill aka Dragon’s Back Ridge (replete with its amazing number of Gigantoproductus and crinoid fossils) with good friends ready to sit and rifle through rocks for some time before slipping gracelessly down the slick limestone and clay-mud sides of the submerged petrified cryptid.

Listening to Steve Reich - Tehillim while flying over ever-changing clouds from NL to UK, staring out the window 100% of the journey.

Leaving a hellish teaching job, having more time to play shows (alone and in groups), thus meeting and connecting with many people and gradually reawakening to my truer self.

Releases (p.s. rly not listened to a huge amount of new stuff but these were all on heavy rotation):

DIDA - Don’t touch crickets (Nina Protocol)

Jazz Lambaux - Paranoid (kit)

Sidney Philips - Effy (stealthyn00b)

Proc Fiskal - RT Hon EP (Hyperdub Ltd)

Sickboyrari - Came Down Like a Alien (GothMoneyRecords/G2K)

Impetuous Ritual - Iniquitous Barbaric Synthesis (Profound Lore)

NDNMK Solutions- ☆085-Phone Number (self-released)

Joshua Chuquimia Crampton - Profundo Amor (self-released)

aulic veil - Umbral Glade (self-released)

Anti-God Hand - Blight Year (American Dreams)

Artetetra //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Liz Durette - Primordial Soup (Feeding Tube)

Mother Bank - Tenggung Renteng (YES NO WAVE MUSIC)

Jacopo Buda - Emerald Vision (Communion)

Roy Werner - Imagine My Surprise (Moon Glyph)

Nuke Watch - Worlds Gone M.A.D. (The Trilogy Tapes)

La Festa delle Rane - Fimfárum (Hundebiss)

Sun Araw & Tarzana - AQUA X: Super Coracle / Tarzana Split (Discrepant)

KOU - KOU (various)

Rainbow Island - Moonlit Panacea (Riforma)

DJ Rozwell - NONE OF THIS IS REAL EXPANSION PACK: EXPERT SET (self-released)

Anders Lauge Meldgaard - The Art of Playing the Fantasia (SUNARKRECORDS)

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mosky wendolin - cast (5)

gos & yve:Ette - pawnwork freestyle (self released)

𝒴𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝒢𝓇𝓊𝓃𝒹𝓁𝑒𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓂 - 6:00 (self released)

mimics gate - winter (self-released)

Wii [produced by shigeru miyamoto] (LLC)

cards4romu - finalsmile nature dub (psythoness)

legit girl dj - Valerie and Her Week of Wonders⋆.⋆𐦍.ೃ࿔ 🩰 [Broken DVD Player] (set aired on lylradio!!!!!!!!)

Underneath - Pinback tripoli x dj roc drop my back (self released)

Computer man - Legendary apple great sword (self released)

mosky wendolin ♡ my nettle - in the red light (self releared)

Minoyimn - Waypoint 𒑰 Featuring Xmyri (self released)

Anna lily→S͟e͟a͟s͟i͟d͟e͟ T͟o͟w͟n͟←Vidrio - The Very First Seaside Town Song (self-released)

anu - I'm not very good at this (self-released)

collaboratively; Computerman + rains - Finished flowers of evil (sun set smile company)

lovfully - C.E3,713*spirit lab flyby + gos (self released)

SECRET 16TH MENTION: lucian moth - rain swept hide-away (self released)

Cime //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

AGILITÄT - unique / untradeable (3 X L)

Yvu - Dissolute I (self-released)

HP: 925 MP: 463 - Cholo Tearz (Transatlantic)

Mun Sing - Inflatable Gravestone (Planet Mu)

Florence Sinclair - departures, wonders & tears (self-released)

mu tate - they're with you always (3 X L)

Jantra - Synthesized Sudan: Astro - Nubian Electronic Jaglara Dance Sounds from the Fashaga Underground (Ostinato Records)

Money Lang - $23 (Slagwerk)

seychelles - suitcase (self-released)

Pontiac Streator - Select Works . vol V (self-released)

Infant - curled in nacre (Cime)

Olmatri - F90.1 (self-released)

O-Prime Delta - Guarck! (The 7 ?) (self-released)

Nahi Mitti - Nahi Mitti and the City (SLINK)

Betty Hammerschlag - Me & You (Transatlantic)

CLAM

Best lives:

Aethereal Arthropod: A true master of extreme vocals, building walls of sound to keep both the good and evil away. insanely powerful, not for the weak-hearted. beware.

Kuntari: these indonesian masters of live math-noise-metal-whatevercore. Sharp and bold, primal and sacral.

Sineraw: A Jigsaw of contemporary sonic wisdom, meant to be danced with the body and explored with the mind.

Ordnas & Mirr: This duo keeps alive the HC punk attitude while blasting some of the most unpredictable noise & bass muzak out there. Sound of TRULLO trademark.

Neurotica Exotica: real magician. dark exotiks. hypnotic flutes. words words words. this is truly certified.

Cool artists:

Giustino Kabiro: rural narratives from an erratic peasant, fantiasias from and for the deep inner self.

Lifepod5: this will surprise you with a dose of futuristic relics, sampletastik screwwave, highlow-fi & more..

Locale dischi: label & collective from the puglia. keeping alive the freeform underground in BA ( Bari)

ABHORRENT A.D.: uncontrollable, deep and real harsh noise from the unknown viscera of many insane insiders of the extreme soundcultura.

Skupina: extremely refined field recordings. recorded and selected with love & care.

Audry: sound of radiophonic mind melting chaos. cheesy and bouncy, trapjams, plunderik vibes….

Staraya Derevnya: a marvelous psychedelic orchestra from concrete soft warzones.

Exiles //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

CRRNT - GRIT (111records)

Obwigszyh - Hello, Boy (Műhely)

LAU - DDE05 (Dalmata Daniel)

VA - Anti Dance Action (Zaj+)

VA (temporary nites)

Fixateur Externe / Abstract Household Warfare - split (Dióbél)

CT Kidobó - Decay Heat EP (Farbwechsel)

asvanyviz2 & SUTA - Igric (self-released)

Alley Catss - Xyal (self-released)

DVX NVX - Puszta κένωσις (self-released)

Gin&Platonic //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Bryce Helm – Chyron Operator (2013-2023) (self-released)

Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective – 1 (Nhạc Gãy)

Fausto Mercier – Misinput Tycoon (Genot Centre)

Klein – Touched By An Angel (self-released)

Graham Lambkin – Aphorisms (Blank Forms Editions)

Nocturnerror – LOYALTY (A Flooded Need)

g_sv – g_sv001 (g_sv)

patten – Mirage FM (self-released)

Chuquimamani-Condori – DJ E (self-released)

DJ Danifox – Ansiedade (Príncipe)

Mun Sing – Inflatable Gravestone (Planet Mu)

The Newcomer – PARALYSIS ERA (self-released)

Lee Gamble – Models (Hyperdub)

Nondi – Flood City Trax (Planet Mu)

Flora Yin Wong – Cold Reading (Modern Love)

Aho Ssan – Rhizomes (Other People)

DJ K – PANICO NO SUBMUNDO (Nyege Nyege Tapes)

emma dj – g0drm2 (UIQ)

Racine – Delirium (Danse Noire)

Atte Elias Kantonen – a path with a name (Soda Gong)

Bolka – smutné stropy (LOM)

Lyudmila Severtseva – Metasilence (Hyperboloid)

Tirzah – Trip9love (Tirzah)

Erwan Sene – JunQ (PAN)

Serwed – IV (West Mineral Ltd.)

Hyperlink //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Ginseng - At Least We Tried' (for GA23)

Minoyimn - Gift (self-released)

Talpah - FEIND feat False Prpht, S280F (Hundebiss Records)

Eera - My Life As A Teenage Loser (self-released)

Kavari - Ventilate (Stella Respell) (self-released)

Quit Life - Aperion feat. e6c41 (High Heal)

Mori Mori - Party People (feat. Thrilliam Angels) (Xquisite Releases)

Grimes - Genesis (Apu Nanu Remix) (self-released)

beloved trinket - blessing 2 (City Links Recordings)

Murlo - Pearl (Coil Records)

BONUS mIXEs :

Ana Caprix - Pit of Stars

A Warning (128): Mixed by S280F

Gloom Knight Vivi - Kiosk Radio

vendredear - I’m a HARDCORE 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 ﹠ you're my 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟

Himera & Hex Key Fantasy - Panorama Experience

i.u //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Victor

Tirzah - trip9love...??? (Domino Recording Co Ltd)
crazy comeback, no compromises at all for Tirzah! unapologetically raw album and also mica levi ❤ such a powerful album. Might be album of the year for me!

Jane Remover - Census Designated (deadAir)
What an album! can feel so much work went into this. Also pretty lyrics and I LOVED the visual campaign (that photoshoot with the gun is so frickin cool). love Jane Remover!

Chuquimamani-Condori - DJ E (self released)
sampling masterpiece! mesmerizingly chaotic. late-year blessing this one!

nykolaes & Daniël Paul (Toverberg Collective)
Loved mastering this album, it holds a special place in my heart! Nicolas & Maurice are super genuine musicians and their approach felt really inspiring! Also loved getting to know everyone behind Toverberg!

Snow Strippers - April Mixtape 3 (Surf Gang Records)
the hype is real! just a solid album tbh and Tatiana Schwaninger is really cool. I prefer some tracks to others tho, 'It's goin bad' is my favorite!!! super pretty synths. however u wanna put it you can't deny this album is iconic!

Lawrence

Genocide Organ/Prurient - Carte Blanche [HOS-600 and De/T3]

Yuichi Onoue - Early Days 1983-1997 [OJP026]

Don Breadshaw-Leather - Distance Between Us [DIST101]

Symposium Musicum - Symposium Musicum [MAP030]

Cyess Afxzs - No Bull One Left Behind [KK-07]

IW //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

LEGACY - LEGACY (Promesses)

Reptilian Expo - Cunti (Artetetra)

Ziúr - Eyeroll (HAKUNA KULALA)

Voronhil - Pantomima (CLAM)

B orange - Yantakara (Nonlocal Research)