2012 in music - singles/EPs

Oh yes, there were a few good singles, EPs & remixes too :-)

AlunaGeorge: You Know You Like It EP (Tri Angle)

Azymuth: Avenida Das Mangueiras (Theo Parrish remix) (Far Out)

Biaz: Si Kali EP (Offtropic)

Bullion:  Say Arr Ee / What Does She Know (R&S)

Burial: Kindred EP (Hyperdub)

Burial: Truant / Rought Sleeper (Hyperdub)

Burial & Four Tet: Nova (Text)

Chet Faker: Thinking In Textures EP (Downtown)

Colonel Red: Spacesleep EP  (Apollo)

DELS: Black Salad EP (Big Dada)

DJ Food vs The Amorphus Androgynous: The Illectric Hoax (Ninja Tune)

Dobie: Nothing To Fear EP / …But Fear Itself EP (Big Dada)

Evian Christ:  Kings And Them (Tri Angle)

FaltyDL: Straight & Arrow (Four Tet remix) (Ninja Tune)

King Britt: Fhloston Paradigm EP (Hyperdub)

fLako: Eclosure EP (Five Easy Pieces)

Funkineven & Fatima: Phone Line EP (Eglo)

Jesse Futerman: Fuse The Witches EP (Just Like Music)

Roses Gabor: Stars (Girls Music)

Gang Colours: Fancy Restaurant (remixes) (Brownswood)

GB (Gifted & Blessed): The Abstract Eye (Eglo)

Harmonic 313: Lion (Warp)

Josi Horikawa: Wandering EP (First Word)

Howse: Lay Hollow EP (Tri Angle)

The Hundred In The Hands: Keep It Low (remixes) (Warp)

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Fire (Mr. Scruff remix) (Choice Cuts)

The Invisible: Wings (Floating Points remix) (Ninja Tune)

The Invisible: Generational (Theo Parrish remix) (Ninja Tune)

JamesZoo: Guanyin Psittacines (Kindred Spirits)

Elmore Judd & Bullion: Petrol Laughs EP (Honest Jon’s)

Kwes.: Meantime EP (Warp)

Lianne La Havas: Forget EP (Warner)

Lapalux: When You’re Gone EP / Some Other Time EP (Brainfeeder)

Lehterette: Featurette (Ninja Tune)

Locked Groove: Rooted EP (Hotflush)

Lone: Crystal Caverns 1991 (R&S)

Lorn:  Weigh Me Down (remixes) (Ninja Tune)

Maseratay: Never Let You Go EP (Ninja Tune)

Zara McFarlane: More Than Mine/Lions Of Chiaroscuro (Brownswood)

Mo Kolours:  EP2:Banana Wine (One-Handed Music)

Mo Kolours: Brave/Dredd Music (One –Handed Music)

Moody: What Do You Feel? EP (KDJ)

Moodymann: Picture This EP (Scion A/V)

Kassem Mosse: Staat Aus Glass EP (Soul Jazz)

Mr. Scruff: Be The Music/Nervous Energy (Ninja Tune)

Om Unit: Aeolian EP (Civil Music)

Onra:  Deep In The Night EP (Fool’s Gold)

oOoOO: Our Love Is Hurting Us EP (Tri Angle)

Pixelord: Supaplex EP (Civil Music)

Pomrad: Vlotjes EP (OhWee)

Raffertie: Mass Appeal EP (Ninja Tune)

Robot Koch: Cosmic Waves (Project:Mooncircle)

Daniel Rossen: Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP (Warp)

School Is Cool: Warpaint (PIAS)

Shokazulu: Pie/OO (2000Black)

Shortcircles: Remember Me EP (Plug Research)

Slugabed: SEX (remixes) (Ninja Tune)

Slugabed: Mountains Came Out Of The Sky (remixes) (Ninja Tune)

Switch & Andrea Martin: I Still Love You (Dubsided)

Teengirl Fantasy: Motif (+ Actress remix) (R&S)

Tenseï: Two (Plug Research)

TNGHT: TNGHT EP (Warp)

Trimbal: Confidence Boost/Saying (Harmonix) (R&S)

Untold: Change In A Dynamic Environment EPs 1-3 (Hemlock)

Uphigh Collective:  What?! EP (Tangram)

Yppah: Film Burn (Kwes. remix)  (Ninja Tune)

Morgan Zarate: Broken Heart Collector (Hyperdub)

Zebra Katz: Imma Read (Mad Decent)

2012 in music - full list!

So here it is: the full list of albums that caught my ear in 2012. Lots of Ninja Tune and Warp releases in there, but hey, I'm a collector of both. 2012 was a great year as you can see. Feel free to comment :-)

2econd Class Citizen: The Small Minority (Equinox)

Actress: R.I.P. (Honest Jon’s)

Alt-J: An Awesome Wave (Infectious Music)

BADBADNOTGOOD: BBNG2 (bandcamp)

Balthazar: Rats (PIAS)

Blockhead: Interludes After Midnight (Ninja Tune)

Jesse Boykins III & MeLo-X: Zulu Guru (Ninja Tune)

Neneh Cherry & The Thing: The Cherry Thing (Smalltown Supersound)

Chromatics: Kill for Love (Italians Do It Better)

Clark: Iradelphic (Warp)

Cooly G: Playin Me (Hyperdub)

Daphni: Jiaolong (Jiaolong)

Demdike Stare: Elemental (Modern Love)

DJ Food: The Search Engine (Ninja Tune)

DJ Format: Statement Of Intent (Project Blue Book)

DJ Vadim: Don’t Be Scared (BBE)

Django Django: Django Django (Because Music)

Jimmy Edgar: Majenta (Hot Flush)

Brian Eno:  Lux (Warp)

Fink: Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet (Ninja Tune)

Flying Lotus: Until The Quiet Comes (Warp)

The Greg Foat Group: Girl & Robot with Flowers (Jazzman)

Four Tet: Pink (Tekst)

Leo Gandelman: Vip Vop (Far Out)

Gang Coulours: The Keychain Collection (Brownswood)

The Gaslamp Killer: Breakthrough (Brainfeeder)

GonjaSufi: M.U.Z.Z.L.E. (Warp)

Grasscut: Unearth (Ninja Tune)

Gravenhurst: The Ghost In Daylight (Warp)

Grizzly Bear: Shields (Warp)

Laurel Halo: Quarantine (Hyperdub)

Matthew Halsall: Fletcher Moss Park (Gondwana)

Hello Skinny: Hello Skinny (Slowfoot)

The Herbaliser: There Were Seven (Department H)

Here We Go Magic: A Different Ship (Secretly Canadian)

Hiatus Kaiyote: Tawk Tomahawk (bandcamp)

Hidden Orchestra: Archipelago (Tru Thoughts)

Hint: Daily Intake (Tru Thoughts)

Holy Other:  Held (Tri Angle)

How To Dress Well: Total Loss (Weird World)

The Hundred In The Hands: Red Light (Warp)

IG Culture: (The Many Districts of) Soulful Shanghai (Kindred Spirits)

The Invisible: Rispah (Ninja Tune)

Ital: Hive Mind (Planet µ)

Jeremiah Jae: Raw Money Raps (Brainfeeder)

Joey Bada$$: 1999 (mixtape)

Jonti: Sine & Moon (Stones Throw)

Kid Koala: 12 Bit Blues (Ninja Tune)

Kindness: World, You Need A Change Of Mind (Female Energy)

Michael Kiwanuka: Home Again (Polydor)

Kerkko Koskinen Orchestra: Trains & Letters (Ricky-Tick)

Jessica Lauren Four: Jessica Lauren Four (Freestyle)

Mordy Laye & The Group Modula: The Mystery of… (Audio Montage)

Legowelt:  The Paranormal Soul (Clone Jack For Daze)

Leila: U&I (Warp)

Light Asylum: Light Asylum (Mexican Summer)

Lone: Galaxy Garden (R&S)

Lorn: Ask The Dust (Ninja Tune)

Lukid: Lonely At The Top (Werk Discs/Ninja Tune)

Mala: Mala In Cuba (Brownswood)

Menagerie: They Shall Inherit (Tru Thoughts)

Mohn: Mohn (Kompakt)

Georgia Anne Muldrow:  Seeds (SomeOthaShip)

Meshell Ndegeocello: Pour Une Âme Souveraine (Naïve)

Nostalgia77 & The Monster: The Taxidermist (Tru Thoughts)

Frank Ocean: Channel Orange (Def Jam)

Offshore: Bake Haus (Big Dada)

Part-Time Heroes: Lightfalls (WahWah45s)

Peaking Lights: Lucifer / Lucifer In Dub (Weird World)

Portico Quartet: Portico Quartet (Real World)

Quantic & Alice Russell with The Combo Barbaro: Look Around The Corner (Tru Thoughts)

Rocket Juice & The Moon: Rocket Juice & The Moon (Honest Jons)

The Rongetz Foundation: Brooklyn Butterfly Session (Heavenly Sweetness)

Scuba: Personality (Hotflush)

Shaolin Afronauts: Quest Undrer Capricorn (Freestyle)

Shed:  The Killer (50 Weapons)

Slugabed: Time Team (Ninja Tune)

Sy Smith: Fast & Curious (Psyko)

Sonnymoon: Sonnymoon (Plug Research)

The Souljazz Orchestra: Solidarity (Strut)

South Of The Border: Introducing (Conjunto)

Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society (Heads Up)

Speech Debelle: Freedom Of Speech (Big Dada)

Squarepusher: Ufabulum (Warp)

Andy Stott: Luxury Problems (Modern Love)

The Sure Co.: 5ive (Jazz Re:freshed)

Tatham, Mensa, Lord & Ranks: Tatham, Mensa, Lord & Ranks (2000Black)

Jime Tenor & Kabukabu: The Mystery of Aether (Kindred Spirits)

TheeSatisfaction: Awe Naturale (Sub Pop)

Two Fingers: Stunt Rhythms (Big Dada)

Visioneers (Marc Mac): Hipology (BBE)

Weedy: Retrospect Suite (Project:Mooncircle)

Wiley: Evolve Or Be Extinct (Big Dada)

Wishmountain: Tesco (Accidental)

The xx: Coexist (Young Turks)

Young Magic: Melt (Carpark)

Yppah: Eighty One (Ninja Tune)

Remixes

Battles: Dross Glop (Warp)

Björk: Bastards (One Little Indian)

Bonobo: Black Sands Remixed (Ninja Tune)

Reissue/Repress

Azymuth: Light As A Feather (Far Out)

D’Angelo: Voodoo (MCR)

J Dilla: Dillatroit (Mahogani)

Michael Jackson: Bad 25 (Sony Legacy)

Lego Feet: Lego Feet (Skam)

Paperclip People: The Secret Tapes Of Doctor Eich (Planet E)

The Pharcyde: Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (Delicious Vinyl)

Plug (aka Luke Vibert): Back On Time (Ninja Tune)

Amon Tobin: Box Set (Ninja Tune)

Tortoise: Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Thrill Jockey)

Plus ALL the fantastic releases on Universal Sound/Soul Jazz: Elis Regian, Tamba Trio, Baden Powell, Eddie Russ,…

Compilations

Best of Perception & Today Records (by DJ Spinna) (BBE)

Brownswood Bubblers 8 & 9 (Brownswood)

Metal Dance: Industrial/Post Punk/EBM Classics & Rarities 1980-88 (by Trevor Jackson) (Strut)

Music Minus Music presented by Andy Votel (Fat City)

Personal Space: Electric Soul 1974-1984 (Chocolate Industries)

Project:Mooncircle 10th Anniversary (Project:Mooncircle)

Solid Psyche (by DJ Food) (Ninja Tune)

This Ain’t Chicago: The Underground Sound of UK House & Acid 1987-1991 (Strut)

Universal Magnetic (by LefTo) (101 Aparel)

Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York City 1976-1996 (Soul Jazz)

Worldwide Family vol. 2 (by Kutmah) (Brownswood)

2012 in music

Although this list is far from complete (no singles, no digital releases for obvious reasons) it does give an overview of what I "consumed" in 2012 - and a very good year it was! Roughly sorted by genre here, a complete list will follow shortly.