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The year is nearly over and Christmas Eve knocks on the door. I think I’ve waited long enough now to publish my list of the 25 albums that I enjoyed the most in 2018. The list is somewhat ranked to show the albums that I enjoyed the most near the top of the list, but it’s definitely not a definitive ranking of these 25 releases.

I have included links to the music using the marvelous song.link website, so you’ll have a hub for every album that shows you links to your available music buying/streaming websites.

Happy listening and happy holidays!

• Lydian Collective – Adventure (song.link)
• Roine Stolt’s The Flower King – Manifesto of an Alchemist (song.link)
• Field Music – Open Here (song.link)
• Saariselka – Ceres (song.link)
• Alasca – Plea For Peace (song.link)
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• Flying Horsemen – Rooms / Ruins (song.link)
• Juha-Matti Rautiainen – Above Me Weeps The Sky (song.link)
• Telomere – Supergiant (song.link)
• William Basinski & Lawrence English – Selva Oscura (song.link)
• Chris Weeks – Journey to Mars (song.link)
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• 36 – Ego Death (song.link)
• James Murray – Falling Backwards (song.link)
• Mount Shrine – Winter Restlessness (song.link)
• Kenji Kihara – 点 線 面 – ten sen men (song.link)
• Spock’s Beard – Noise Floor (song.link)
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• Ryley Walker – The Lilleywhite Sessions (song.link)
• The Pineapple Thief – Dissolution (song.link)
• Gazpacho – Soyuz (song.link)
• Biosphere – The Hilvarenbeek Recordings (song.link)
• Manuel Guimarães – Bloom : Synopsis of Generative Compositions (song.link)
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• Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society – Wow and Flutter (song.link)
• Clown Core – Toilet (song.link)
• Audio Wallpaper – Inlets (song.link)
• Wolfgang Merx – Triptychon II (song.link)
• Oak – False Memory Archive (song.link)

For the first time in my life I have taken the time to compile a best-of-the-year album list. When you browse through the list you may notice that there are quite a number of indie artists among them. Most of these I discovered through Bandcamp: a website where artists can showcase and sell their music. I use Bandcamp myself too for my ambient project Crows Labyrinth. Bandcamp is a real treasure trove for discovering new music and new artists.

1. David Bowie – The Next Day
2. Spock’s Beard – Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep
3. Yellowjackets – A Rise in the Road
4. Udo Pannekeet – On
5. Grey Frequency – When Do We Dream?
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6. Ulver with the Tromsø Chamber Orchestra – Messe I.X-VI.X
7. Steven Wilson – The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories)
8. April Larson – Tempête
9. Grey Frequency – Cold Geometry
10. Microvolt – Peacedrifts
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