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The Outpost - Best Of 2010

Keep in mind that I'm a broke college student with no funding from the radio station so I didn't get to hear all the releases I wanted to this year. But, these are my 15 favorite things I did hear this year. :)

Best Albums Of 2010
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One.

Eluvium - Static Nocturne 
(Watership Sounds)

Something very different from Matthew Robert Cooper. His "homage to white noise," and what an homage it is! All my favorite sounds - looping piano verses, field recordings of trains and driving rain... One glorious 50 minute song. Easily my favorite release of 2010. Thank you, Mr. Cooper.

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Two.

Ous Mal - Nuojuva Halava 
(Preservation)

An amazing album of dusty analog magic! "Marraskuu" and "Kumiseva" are incredible, two 2010 favorites 'roud The Outpost, and "Merilaulu" deserves mention, too. Every song is a winner.

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Three.

Heather Woods Broderick - From The Ground 
(Preservation)

An absolutely gorgeous debut. Lilting melodies and vocals awash in reverb accompanied by lush guitar, violin, and other instrumentation... Stunning. "For Misty" is a magical nine-minute instrumental piece, one of my favorite tracks of 2010. Yes, only two of the songs on this album are instrumental, but I just love it that much. It had to be on this list.

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Four.

Peter Broderick - Music For A Sleeping Sculpture Of Peter Broderick 
(Slaapwel Records)

I always think about this album in the same thought as Eluvium's Static Nocturne... Music For A Sleeping Sculpture Of Peter Broderick is a twenty-nine minute track written with the intention of lulling the listener to sleep. But even for the active listener there is much to be found in this piece. Voices swell to lovely chords and fade to near silence over and over, until they finally give way to a pensive, sleepy piano. Broderick's charming interspersed spoken-word prose gives me reason to love it even more.

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Five.

Fjordne - The Setting Sun 
(Kitchen)

Somewhere on the WWW, someone said that in days to come, this album will be looked back on as a touchstone in the world of ambient and processed piano music. I am compelled to agree. Absolutely beautiful, from the otherworldly music all the way to the elaborate hard-cover packaging full of rich photography. Like hearing the most beautiful things you've ever seen. Pick this one up if you haven't already.
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Six.

Nils Frahm And Anne Muller - 7fingers 
(Hush Records)

This release surprised me - I hadn't previously realized how well-versed Mr. Frahm is in electronics and programming. A unique blend of electronics/programming and spliced piano and cello. A sure highlight of 2010.

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Seven.

The Moving Dawn Orchestra - Dials 
(Fluid Audio)

Beautiful packaging aside, this release has so much going for it. All four tracks - one for each season - have their own unique feel and atmosphere. One of the best examples of electroacoustic music I've heard. Excuse my genre-ing, but in my mind a defining "electro-acoustic ambient" album.

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Eight.

Peter Broderick And Machinefabriek - Blank Grey Canvas Sky 
(Fangbomb)

Two of our favorite artists got together to create this, and my, my, it is lovely. Every song on this album is a favorite of mine. There's a reason that just before this was released, Peter Broderick said he was more proud of Blank Grey Canvas Sky than anything he has done before. Beautiful.

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Nine.

F.S.Blumm & Nils Frahm - Music For Lovers, Music Versus Time 
(Sonic Pieces)

With every click, skip, beep, and blip, there is a certain charm exuded from this album. "Writing Letters To Myself" was the first song I heard from this album, and is still a favorite of mine, but this is an album of many facets - while "Writing Letters..." is somewhat straight-forward music, other portions of this album are more experimental and "chopped up." One of my favorites, very enjoyable.

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Ten.

Peter Broderick - Music For Congregation (Music For Contemporary Dance) 
(Erased Tapes)

"Part 3: Differences" alone puts this release on the list. Great climactic ending to that track. This guy just keeps getting better and better...

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Eleven.

Eluvium - Similes 
(Temporary Residence Limited)

Eluvium's first album with vocals. Although this caused a minor upheaval among Eluvium devotees, many thought it to be a landmark album for Matthew Cooper, an example of a great dream pop record. They can think whatever they want, but to me, Similes is just another impressive addition to the Eluvium canon. "Weird Creatures" is stunning, a 2010 favorite track here at The Outpost.

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Twelve.

Aaron Martin - Night Erased Them All 
(Sonic Meditations)

Music made for listening while driving alone in the dead of night. I took a drive one night to experience this music the way Aaron Martin intended - chilling and beautiful.

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Thirteen.

Sophie Hutchings - Becamled 
(Preservation)

Sophie Hutchings' debut album, filled with what are mostly solo piano recordings of great beauty. Moving and deep. An artist to watch in the years to come.

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Fourteen.

:papercutz - Do Outro Lado Do Espelho 
(Audiobulb)

An impressive remix album with an equally impressive list of contributing artists. Helios, Simon Scott, Taylor Deupree, Rameses III, Jasper TX... Fantastic remixes of songs from a fantastic album (Lylac by :papercutz).

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Fifteen.

Efterklang - Magic Chairs
(4AD)


While not instrumental, Efterklang is one of our favorite bands. The sound atmospheres they constructed on past albums are fascinating, and while Magic Chairs leans more toward pop music than any of their previous work, it still manages to intrigue me. And it's just so catchy... Glimmers of genius here, folks

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Best Mini-Albums/EPs

   

1. Peter Broderick - Three Film Score Intakes (Schedios)

2. ibreathefur - Phosphenes (Audio Gourmet)

3. Clem Leek - Snow Tale (Experimedia)

4. Rameses III - For Jose Maria (Under The Spire)

5. Rumour Cubes - We Have Sound Houses Also (Self-Released)

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Honorable Mentions (In No Particular Order)

Nils Frahm - The Bells (Erased Tapes/Kning Disk)

Olafur Arnalds - ...And They Escaped The Weight Of Darkness (Erased Tapes)

Peter Broderick - How They Are (Hush/Bella Union)
The Sleep Design - All That Is Not Music Is Silence

Max Ricther -Infra (FatCat Records)

Clem Leek - Holly Lane (Hibernate)

MinionTV - MinionTV (Self-Released)

Johann Johannsson - And In The Endless Pause There Came The Sound Of Bees (2010 Re-Release) (Touch Records) 

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(2010 Releases I Still Need To Hear)
Field Rotation - Licht Und Schatten
Hauschka - Foreign Landscapes
ibreathefur - Everyday You Look Different
Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
Marcus Fisher - Monocoastal
Maserati - Pyramid Of The Sun
Padang Food Tigers - Born Music
Polar Bears - Peepers
Seaworthy + Matt Rosner - Two Lakes
Simon Scott - Traba
Slow Six - Tomorrow Becomes You
Solo Andata - Solo Andata
Taylor Deupree - Shoals

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What a great year for music! 
And so much to look forward to in 2011...

Twenty-Fourth Show Playlist

Original date of broadcast - September 16, 2010.

Playlist

Song: "The Palace Stands In Its Proper Place"
Artist: Giants
Album: They, The Undeserving
Label: Mylene Sheath

Song: "Six Days At The Bottom Of The Ocean"
Artist: Explosions In The Sky
Album: The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
Label: Temporary Residence Limited


Song: "Cover Me In Resolve"
Artist: Goodnight, Sleep Well.
Album: The Recovery EP
Label: futurerecordings
Download the entire album for FREE from the futurerecordings bandcamp

Song: "Dipole Experiment"
Artist: The Evpatoria Report
Album: Golevka
Label: Twilight Records
Buy on CD at the Twilight Records store (I'd jump on it, the first pressing is long gone...)

Song: "Touch The Sky"
Artist: Iambic²
Album: Under These Stars, We'll Sleep Again
Label: Laridae netlabel
Download the entire album for FREE from the Laridae netlabel site


Song: "14"
Artist: lowercase noises
Album: Ambient Songs
Download the entire album for "pay-what-you-want" from the lowercase noises bandcamp

Song: "Reciting The Airships"
Artist: Eluvium
Album: Copia
Label: Temporary Residence Limited

Eighteenth Show Playlist

Original date of broadcast - July 29, 2010.

Playlist
Song: "Costilla"
Artist: Oriin
Album: all.things.are.numbers
Label: Futurerecordings "net"label
Download: The entire album for FREE here
or
Buy: The limited edition handmade CD here

Song: "Last Night Of The Word"
Artist: Deadhorse
Album: We Can Create Our Own World
Buy: The limited edition handmade CD here
or
the digital files here

Song: "The One That Gave It All"
Artist: All The Bright Lights
Album: All The Bright Lights
Buy: The CD here
MySpace

Song: "Falling Over Evening"
Artist: The Six Parts Seven
Album: Casually Smashed To Pieces
Label: Suicide Squeeze
Buy: On CD or LP from the Suicide Squeeze Store
(Album also available on iTunes for ~$8)

Song: "Fire, The Grave & The Eyes Of Man"
Artist: The Sleep Design
Album: All That Is Not Music Is Silence
Download: The entire album for FREE here

Song: "Planes"
Artist: Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek
Album: Blank Grey Canvas Sky
Label: Fang Bomb Records
Buy: CD directly from Machinefabriek's Discogs store
(It's an import but it's the cheapest you'll find it anywhere, shipping is included)
(Vinyl is sold out almost everywhere, not sure if he has any left but feel free to contact peter.broderick@yahoo.com)

Album: Three Film Score Intakes
Artist: Peter Broderick
Label: Schedios Records

Song: "I Will Not Forget That I Have Forgotten"
Artist: Eluvium
Album: When I Live By The Garden And The Sea
Label: Temporary Residence Limited
Buy: CD from Temporary Residence Webstore
or
Download: This song for FREE by clicking HERE (Thanks, Temporary Residence!)

Song: "Cease To Know"
Artist: Eluvium
Album: Similes
Label: Temporary Residence Limited
Buy: CD from Temporary Residence Webstore

Thirteenth Show Playlist/Recap

Recap

Week thirteen... Hard to believe I'd been doing it for 13 weeks at this point. Had some guests in the studio with me - my good friends Damaris and Antonio.

A little bit shorter of a show than I do sometimes. :)

Again, sorry this took so long to put up.

To quote a favorite band of mine -
This blog is not a cold dead place. Because you are breathing. Because you are listening.

Wait. That's not it...

~bryan

PS - Sorry about the weird text/formatting issues. This would be a typographist's nightmare. ~b

Playlist

Song: “With A Red Suit You Will Become A Man”
Artist: Saxon Shore
Album: The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore
Label: Burnt Toast Vinyl
Buy: On CD from Saxon Shore
or on sweet marbled pink-colored vinyl at the Burnt Toast Vinyl Webstore.

Song: “Night Diving”
Artist: Thrice
Album: The Alchemy Index, Vol. 1 & 2: Fire & Water
Label: Vagrant Records
Buy the CD in basically any music store. Or on iTunes. It's not too hard to find. :)

Song: “Mie”
Song: “La Cerva”
Artist: Caspian
Album: Tertia
Label: Mylene Sheath
Buy: On CD or on awesome maroon colored-vinyl at the Mylene Sheath Webstore.
or
Download the entire album for FREE from Gimmesound.

Song: “We Are Ghosts”
Artist: MinionTV
Album: MinionTV
Buy: Digital download at MinionTV's bandcamp page

Song: “Winter: Silhouette”
Artist: The Moving Dawn Orchestra
Album: Dials
Buy: The entire album in high-quality 320kbps MP3 format from the iambic Webstore.
or
Stream the album from the same page.

Song: “Under The Water It Glowed”
Artist: Eluvium
Album: Lambent Material
Label: Temporary Residence Limited
Buy: This CD from the TempResLtd webstore

Song: “Untitled 8”
Artist: Sigur Ros
Album: ( )
Label: FatCat Records
Buy: CD from Amazon

Song: “Prelude For Time Feelers”
Artist: Eluvium
Album: Copia
Label: Temporary Residence Limited
Download: This song for FREE from InSound by clicking HERE.
Buy: On CD at the Temporary Residence Webstore

Song: “Map Table”
Artist: Mountains
Album: Choral
Label: Thrill Jockey
Buy: CD or MP3s from the Thrill Jockey webstore

Song: “October”
Artist: Astrowind
Album: Kurland
Label: Resting Bell Netlabel
Download: The entire album or individual tracks for FREE HERE.

Tenth Show Playist/Recap/(Apology)

(Apology)

I always say the blog will be up Friday after the show. Never seems to be. It's a big time investment and I didn't make the time yesterday - my apologies! Hope you'll forgive me. :)
I think it's worth the wait... (Check out all the HOURS of FREE music below!)

Recap

Show number 10! It's hard to believe I've been doing the show for 10 weeks already. Sheesh. So far the record is 30 listeners. :) Keep telling your friends about the show!

Thanks for listening, it was another great night of music if I may say so myself. :) Definitely didn't go according to plan. 40 minutes overtime! So bomb. :D

Playlist

Song: "Wash Your Hands In Honey"
Artist: The Tasteful Nudes
Album: The Soul Of The New Machines
Label: Forced Perspective
Download: The entire release for FREE at Forced Perspective Collective
or
Buy the CD for your shelves HERE

Song: "Spektrum"
Artist: Bluebridge Quartet
Album: Adjusted For Low Noise Tape
Label: aerotone netlabel
Download: The 20-minute EP for FREE from aerotone






(Could find no album artwork for "Bear EP")





Song: "As We Sleep"
Artist: Let's Drive To Alaksa!
Album: Bear EP
Buy: CDs from Let's Drive To Alaska! by sending an inquiry message to their MySpace profile

Song: "Battleships"
Artist: MinionTV
Album: MinionTV
Buy: Digital download at MinionTV's bandcamp page

Song: "Untitled/Dark Divider"
Artist: Stomacher
Album: Sentimental Education
Download: The entire album for FREE here.

Song: "Stars"
Artist: lowercase noises
Album: Marshall
Download: the entire album for FREE at lowercase noise's bandcamp page

Song: "Games"
Artist: Peter Broderick
Album: Home
Buy: Digital download or CD at Hush Records webstore

Song: "Motor"
Artist: Botanist
Album: Botanist
Buy: CD at Botanist's webstore
or
Digital download via iTunes

Song: "We Anchor In Hope"
Artist: Codes In The Clouds
Album: Paper Canyon
Label: Erased Tapes
Download: This track (and other killer tunes!) for FREE in The Silent Ballet Vol. X Compilation HERE

Song: "Four Months Of Darkness"
Artist: Saxon Shore
Album: Four Months Of Darkness
Label: Burnt Toast Vinyl/Broken Factory
Buy: CD at Saxon Shore's website

Song: "Rubber Molecules"
Artist: Chad Crouch
Album: Sound Of Picture Vol. 3: Ambient
Label: Hush Records
Download: The entire album for FREE (or pay $2 support!) from Hush Records

Song: "Sugar"
Artist: Ozy
Album: (Compilation) Flow.ers (Sutemos008)
Label: Sutemos netlabel
Download: This song (and others) for FREE by downloading the Sutemos008 compilation

Song: "With Her Kiss (I'd Pass The Sky)"
Artist: The Sight Below
Album: No Place For Us
Download: The entire EP for FREE from the RCRD LBL website


Song: "Omnia"
Artist: Longthenight
Album: Longthenight
Label: tonAtom netlabel
Download: The entire album for FREE from the tonAtom netlabel here

Song: "I Will Not Forget That I Have Forgotten"
Artist: Eluvium
Album: When I Live By The Garden And The Sea
Label: Temporary Residence Limited
Download: The track for FREE from Temporary Residence by clicking here
or
Buy the CD from the Temporary Residence Limited webstore

Woooow. That took a while. Hope you enjoyed the show and I hope you enjoy the downloads. If you do, send me a shout by commenting on this blog OR shootin' me an e-mail at theoutpostshow@hotmail.com.

~bryan