Cokiyu

My favourite recording of 2007:
Shugo Tokumaru's Exit because it is like a picture book.

Part Timer

My playlist for 2007:
Part Timer has been;

listening to:-
Tunng's "Good Arrows"
Underlapper's "Red Spring"
Helios' "Ayers"
Susanna's "sonata mix dwarf cosmos"
Then Dof, Need More Sources, Aaron Martin, Cokiyu, King Creosote, Serafina Steer and has been wishing for more new stuff from The Books,
Lali Puna and Plaid.
 
reading:-
Richard Dawkins "the god delusion"
Daniel Dennett "breaking the spell"
Lewis Wolpert "malignant sadness"
Katrina S. Firlik "another day in the frontal lobe"
Paul Feyerabend "farewell to reason" (again)
and every issue of "free inquiry", "skeptical inquirer"
and "scientific american MIND"
 
watching on tv:-
"house", "house", "house" and has been wishing for more "house"
(godamn you striking writers!)
 
watching at the movies:-
"year of the dog", "this is england", "knocked up", "superbad"
and too many shit movies to list (unfortunately)

Dale Berning

my favourite things this year: sometimes new, sometimes old...

Vladimir Horowitz - The Celebrated Scarlatti Recordings
Simon Jeffes - Piano Music
Foals - Hummer, Big Big Love, Mathletics, Balloon...
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry, with Dave Chappelle,
Mos Def, the Roots, Kanye West, the Fugees...)
Hairspray (Adam Shankman)
16 Blocks (Richard Donner with Mos Def)
Cat Power - You Are Free, The Greatest, Speaking For Trees
Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy with Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton,
George Clooney)
Mind Games (Yuasa Masaaki, music by Yamamoto Seichi)
Brazil - Coffee
Maboroshi no Hikari (Koreeda Hirokazu)
Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers, Quality Control
Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
Lords of Dogtown (Catherine Hardwicke)
Back to the Future - all three
Beverly Hills Cop - all three
Garden State (Zach Braff with Natalie Portman)
Closer (Mike Nichols with Natalie Portman)
Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch)
Def Poetry on HBO
Patten - There Were Horizons
Sam Prekop - Who's Your New Professor
Nanao Tabito - Hikigatari Monogatari
Yano Akiko - Super Folk Song
Lee Paterson
Jaylib
Arvo Pärt - Te Deum
Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn)
Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly
Gao Xingjiang - Soul Mountain
Miranda July - No One Belongs Here More Than You
Raymond Scott - Manhattan Research Inc.

Bexar Bexar (western vinyl)

here are a few things i've enjoyed lately:

MUSIC:
Balmorhea - s/t
Mom - Lite Brite
Battles - Mirrored
Adam Pacione - From Stills to Motion
Francisco Lopez - Lopez Island
Machinefabriek - Marijn
Tinariwen - Aman Iman
Otomo Yoshihide - The Prisoner
Oren Ambarchi - The Pendulum's Embrace
The Voyager Golden Record
Vladislav Delay - Whistleblower

FILM: Brewster McCloud

BOOK: Love Without - Jerry Stahl

The Boats (moteer)

top hits of 2007

Devo - Watch us work it
Thee More Shallows - Book of bad breaks
Julia Kent - Delay
Múm - Go go smear the posion ivy
Efterklang - Parades
Need more Sources - Sheds
Supreme Vagabond Craftsman - Just you me and the baby
Serge Gainsbourg - Manon 70
aus - Curveland
Mike Taylor - Remembered
El Fog - Reverberate Slowly
Cokiyu - Mirror Flake
Denzel and Huhn - Paraport
Pandatone - Happy Together
Part timer - Blue

Bracken (anticon)

As for favourite things of 2007....um.......

The Tuss "Rushup Edge" (Rephlex)
The Declining Winter "The Future Sound of Hip Hop" (Misplaced Music)
Odd Nosdam "Level Live Wires" (Anticon)
The Dead C "Future Artists" (Ba Da Bing)
Eluvium "Indecipherable Texts" (Sensory Projects)
LV feat Errol Bellot and Dandelion "Globetrotting" (Hyper Dub)
Sonic Youth "Sonic Youth" (re-issue with live LP)

Fedaden (nacopajaz)

Meredith Monk " woman at the door " from the lp "mercy" 2002
Linda Bjalla " forest at night " (self release) 2007
Claude Debussy " menuet " by pablo casals 1928
Henryk Górecki " symphony N°3 "
Pierre Henry " la reine verte " 1964
aus "lang " 2006
Bitstream " domestic economy " 2005
Hannu " worms in my piano " 2006
Harold Budd and Brian eno " the pearl " 1984
William Basinsky " the disintegration loops " 2002-2003
Monolake " momentum " 2003
Brian Eno " music for airports " 1978
Charles Mingus " blues and roots " 1959
Joy division " unknown pleasures " 1979
Midair condo " shopping for images " 2005
Einsturzende Neubauten "haus der luege" 1989

i can go on and on ..but i'll stop here because these are the ones that i would take on a desert island..

F.S.Blumm (morr music)

some inspiring music in 2007 was:

Do, Bibio, Taunus, Likk, Mirah, Jason Molina, Obsvik & Jannings,
Dirty Projectors, it's a musical and many more

Glim (karate joe)

here are some of my last year's favourites
(random order - just out of my head (:

the books - thought for food, the lemon of pink, lost and safe
pamelia kurstin - thinking out loud
arvo pärt - especially: für alina; also: spiegel im spiegel ....
gustav mahler - (parts of 2.3.+5. sinf.)
brian eno - the ambient work, also his collaborations with bowie - heroes/low/lodger (all time favourites!)
trapist - ballroom
low - especially: songs for a dead pilot/the curtain hits the cast/secret name
vic chesnutt - north star deserter
carla bozulich - evangelista
steve reich - music for 18 musicians
john fahey - the yellow princess
smog - favourite again: red apple falls + the doctor came at dawn
palace - lost blues and other songs
sonic youth - nearly everything - favourite at the moment: the song "new york city ghosts and flowers"
pendler - you come to me
set fire to flames - telegraphs in negative/mouths (?)
sammy davis jr. - mr. bojangles
serge gainsbourg - histoire de melody nelson
birkin/gainsbourg - jane b.
erik satie - 3 gymnopédies
romy schneider/philippe sarde - la chanson d..hélène
the beatles - a day in a life
roy orbison - in dreams
neu - neu! / neu75
david thomas - surf's up / 18 monkeys on a dead man's chest
david cunningham - water
liars - drum's not dead
lou reed - berlin / street hassle
pascal comelade - détail monochrome
michaela melian - baden baden
neil young - harvest

Hélio P. Camacho (own records)

playlist2007

Hulk (osaka)

my favourite things to listen to lately:

Isnaj Dui
Grouper
The Gunwale
Hills are mountains
Lam Saravane Music for the Khen
CORSICAN PAINTBRUSH - Lichens And Moss
ROBERT HORTON - Broken Mask 2000-2004
Ars Nova - Muzyka dawna na Wawelu

Lori Scacco (eastern developments)

Here I've listed my Top 7 of 2007.
In no particular order:

"Control"
This was by far my favorite new film of the year. Exquisitely shot
with a subtle and simple narrative arc, to me it's a perfect manifestation
of the poetic minimalism and emotional depth of Joy Division's music.
It is gorgeous and heartbreaking.

"I Am Under No Disguise" - School of Seven Bells
I love the melodies and vocal textures on this track. Claudia Deheza
has a voice that makes me want to cry, and when she and her sister
Alley sing together the result is really magical.

"In Rainbows" - Radiohead
I think all the hype and praise of this record is well-deserved.
I can't stop listening to it.

"The Poles" - Ann Stephenson
This is a brilliant long-form poem that is soon to be published,
and it speaks for itself.
Excerpts can be found here: http://www.coconutpoetry.org/stephenson1.htm

"Kes"
I can't believe I had never seen this film before this year.
It's a naturalist portrait of an alienated schoolboy in working-class
England, released in 1970 and directed by Ken Loach. Its stunning tone
gives it a dreamy quality that takes it beyond the usual realm of
British social realism.

"23" - Blonde Redhead
I have loved everything that Blonde Redhead has done since the
beginning, but the songs on this record in particular have a sense of
optimism to them that is refreshing to hear out of these guys
(and lady).

Pylon - Live @ the Mercury Lounge, NYC
The return of Pylon is one of the best things to happen in music this year.
Live they sound as fresh and pure as I'm sure they did in 1979.
Vanessa Briscoe-Hay is one of the most original voices in rock & roll
and on stage she radiates such joyous energy. So much of the music
that's happening today can be traced directly back to Pylon,
and we should all bow down to them in praise!

mondii (spekk/plop)

Mono Fontana "Cribas" (intoxicate records)

Patten (kaleidoscope)

BEST OF 2007
In no particular order, a far from comprehensive list of music-related things that struck me/stuck with me throughout this past year.

Kraftwerk - 'Ralf & Florian'
Temperatures live at the Pool Bar & their LP 'YMIR' on Heat Retention Records
Arthur Russell - 'First Thought, Best Thought'
Loup live at the Utrophia Project space
Sonic Youth performing Daydream Nation at the Roundhouse
Lucky Dragons & High Places 7" picture discs on cAFF/FLICK
Panda Bear - 'Person Pitch'
Corsano/Flowers Duo 7"
The song 'Our Discussion' from Nina Nastasia & Jim White's 'You follow me' album
The Focus Group - 'We Are All Pan's People'
Jonny Trunk's 'OST' show on Resonance FM
Foals live at Field Day Festival
Luftkluster/Luftfluks LP on Oscillatone
playing patten songs live with my friends;
from the intense early 07 rehearsal schedule to the loveliness
of the Frankfurt show & everything inbetween
Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan - 'Pullhair Rubeye' (forwards)
Jacques Brel's song 'Le Plat Pays'
little glimpses of what's to come from Heather Society
Iggy & The Stooges live on a beach in Miami in December
Cocteau Twins - 'Heaven or Las Vegas'
Roj's beautiful & as yet unreleased songs
Selda - 'Selda' reissued on Finders Keepers
The Good, The Bad & The Queen - 'The Good, The Bad & The Queen'
Youtube clip of Jaco Pastorius playing 'Portrait of Tracy'
Sculpture live at The Amersham Arms
J Dilla - 'Donuts' & the Stereolab-sampling Jaylib song 'The Message'
Alas, Alak, Alaska!
Clark - 'Body Riddle'
Angus Maclise - 'Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda'
Raymond Scott - 'Manhattan Research Inc.

Shuta Hasunuma (western vinyl, progressive form)

2007年、僕の制作や生活に刺激や影響を与えてくれたものを10個
選ばせて頂きました。( 順不同 )
今回はこのような機会を頂いて、ありがとうございました。
flauに感謝です。2008年も宜しくお願いします。

1, Oren Ambarchi LIVE at Super deluxe
2, A-TRAK Stronger Remi
3, Brainz By Headz
4, SideTrack / Too Much Pressure
5, Kings & Queen by Arnaud Desplechin
6, 東京画 at TWS shibuya
7, Shellac / Excellent Italian Greyhound (Touch and Go Records)
8, Bumps / Bumps (Stones Throw Records)
9, Silent Dialogue
10, Rashim / Suns,Shadows (MOSZ)

Squares On Both Sides (hausmusik)

igloo – ships that pass in the night
akira kosemura & haruka nakamura – azure
bill callahan – sycamore
soy un caballo - robin
caribou – niobe
takeo toyama – hello nancy
pj harvey - silence
alexendre tharaud / j.s. bach – bwv 596
electronic bell sound on maidan nezalezhnosti in kiev

Yasuhiko Fukuzono (flau)

playlist 2007:

Nancy Elizabeth - How Can I Stop?
Florencia Ruiz - Tiemblo
Radicalfashion - Ballet
Tenniscoats - Oetsu to Kanki No Nanoriuta
Laura Veirs - Drink Deep
PoPoyans - demo
Need More Sources - Rain
El Fog - Own Freaquency, Own Time
Misato Kinoshita - Boy meets Girl
Beatbeat Whisper - Play Me Time

best album 2007 at ondefixe
favorite list for 2007 at music related