Long List 3/2019

Published: 3rd July 2019
The German Record Critics’ Award presents the third longlist of 2019. The currently 153 jurors have nominated a total of 252 new publications from the last quarter in 32 categories, which are eligible for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 3/2019 will be published on the 14th of August.

Long List

Jury Symphonic and Orchestral Music

  • »Jet Set!« – Symphonies & Arias by Abel, Mozart, Paisiello etc. Otto, Murphy etc. (Pentatone)
  • Bartók: The Wooden Prince, Miraculous Mandarin Suite. Helsinki Philharmonic O, Mälkki (BIS)
  • Bennett: Orchestral Works Vol. 3. Connolly, BBC Scottish Symphony O, Wilson (Chandos)
  • Berlioz: Symphony fantastique, Lélio. Marsoner, Lafont etc., Wiener Symph, Jordan (Solo Musica)
  • Gossec: Symphonies op. IV, Nos. 1-6. Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Gaudenz (cpo)
  • Mahler: Symphony No.1. Les Siècles, Roth (harmonia mundi)
  • Mozart: Symphonies 39, 40 & 41. Le Concerto des Nations, Savall (Alia Vox)
  • Mussorgski, Rimski-Korsakow, Ljadow: Orchestral Works. Gürzenich-O, Kitajenko (Oehms)
  • Tschaikowsky: Symphony No. 6. Berliner Phil, Petrenko (BPh Recordings)
  • Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21. Kremer, City of Birmingham O etc. Gražinytė-Tyla (DG)

Jury Concertos

  • »Longing For Paradise«– Works by Strauss, Goossens etc. Mayer, Bamberger Symph, Hrůša (DG)
  • Brahms: Violin Concerto etc. Yang, Schwabe, DSO Berlin, Wit (Naxos)
  • JS Bach: Violin Concertos etc. Faust, Loeffler, Akademie für Alte Musik, Forck (harmonia mundi)
  • Locatelli, Nante: Le Fil d’Ariane. Marianne Piketty, Le Concerto Idéal (Evidence)
  • Rachmaninoff, Poulenc, Vierne: Organ Concertos. Carpenter, KonzerthausO Berlin, Eschenbach (Sony)
  • Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos. Kantorow, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Kantorow (BIS)
  • Schostakowitsch, Weinberg, Kobekin: Cello Concertos. Kobekina, Berner SymphonieO, Edusei (Claves)

Jury Chamber Music

  • »Quasi Morendo« – Works by Brahms, Pesson, Sciarrino. Bieri, Meta 4 (ECM)
  • »The Yiddish Cabaret« – Works by Korngold, Schulhoff etc.. Baggio, Jerusalem Q (harmonia mundi)
  • JS Bach: Cellosuiten BWV 1007-1012. Gerhardt (Hyperion)
  • Bartók: Intégrale des Quatuors à Cordes. Quatuor Diotima (naïve)
  • Gernsheim: String Quartets Vol. 1. Diogenes Quartett (cpo)
  • Hindemith: Complete Works for Violin and Piano etc. Mints, Kobrin (quartz)
  • Mozart: Trios KV 496, KV 442. Levin, Hahn, Meunier (Le Palais des Degustateurs)
  • Offenbach: Duo for two Cellos op.54,3 etc. Gromes, Riem, Wen-Sinn Yang (Sony)
  • Schulhoff, Haas, Krasa: String Quartets. Quatuor Béla (Klarthe)

Jury Piano Music

  • »Elusive Affinity« – Piano Works by Rihm, Schnittke, Shredin, Kantcheli. Gourari (ECM)
  • JS Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988. Simonian (Avi)
  • CPE Bach, Mozart: Piano Works. Diluka, O de Chambre de Paris, Glassberg (Mirare)
  • Beethoven: Eroica Variations op.35; Sonata op.109; Bagatellen op.126. Glemser (Oehms)
  • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas opp. 109, 110, 111. Osborne (Hyperion)
  • Beethoven: Bagatells opp. 119 & 126; Ligeti: Musica Ricercata. Schuch (Cavi)
  • Chopin: Ballads Nos. 1-4, Polonaises Nos. 6 & 7, Walses, Nocturnes. Gasparian (Evidence)
  • Fauré: Nocturnes. Le Sage (Alpha)
  • Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus. Helmchen (Alpha)
  • Schubert: Sonatas D 958 & D 959; Drei Klavierstücke D 946 etc. Schiff (ECM)
  • Skalkottas: Suites Nos. 2-4, Griechische Suite, The Gnomes etc. Ramou (BIS)

Jury Harpsichord and Organ

  • »Il Harpsichord Transalpino« – Music from the Fitzwilliam Collection. Yates (Chandos)
  • »To Catch A Running Poet« – Works for Harpsichord by Lacroix, Friebel, Kerer etc.. Mijatovic (Neos)
  • »Urlicht« – Organ transcriptions from works by Mahler, Liszt etc. Ohira, Amir-Karayan (Ambiente)
  • JS Bach: Clavier Übung, Dritter Theil. Fischer (MDG)
  • Das Schneeberger Orgel- und Clavierbuch um 1705. Langer (Querstand)
  • Mozart: Symphony KV 543 etc. in Bearbeitung für zwei Cembali, Schäfer, Hollmann (ambitus)
  • Scheidemann: Organ Music (Arp Schnitger Orgel Neuenfelde, Vol. 2). Kespohl (MDG)
  • Szathmáry: Organ Works. Schmeding, Szathmáry, Tzschoppe, Kogert (Cybele)

Jury Opera I

  • Cavalli: Gli Amori d’Apollo e di Dafne. Domínguez, Dahlin etc., Ensemble Elyma, Garrido (Glossa)
  • Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles etc.. Wakim, Boston EMF Ensemble etc., O’Dette, Stubbs (cpo)

Jury Opera II

  • »Björk’s Vespertine. A Pop Album As An Opera«. Ji Yoon, Aki Hashimoto etc., Toogood (Oehms)
  • Chabrier: L’Étoile. D’Oustrac, Mortagne etc. Dutch National Opera, Fournillier, Pelly. DVD (Naxos)
  • Donizetti: L’Ange de Nisida. El-Khouri, Naouri etc., O of the Royal Opera House, Elder (Opera Rara)
  • DonizettI: Il Castello di Kenilworth. Pratt, Remigio etc. Donizetti Opera Festival, Frizza (Dynamic)
  • von Einem: Der Prozess. Laurenz, Schmeckenbecher etc. RSO Wien, HK Gruber (Capriccio)
  • Kálmán: Ein Herbstmanöver. Pfeiffer, Seidler etc., Chor & Phil O Gießen, Hofstetter (Oehms)
  • Rossini: Le Comte Ory. Talbot, Hubeaux etc., Les Éléments, Langrée, Podalydès. DVD (C-Major)
  • Schoeck: Das Schloss Dürande. Gordeladze, Adames etc., Berner SymphonieO, Venzago (Claves)
  • Schoeck: Vom Fischer un syner Fru. Harnisch etc., Musikkollegium Winterthur, Venzago (Claves)
  • Spontini: Olimpie. Gauvin, Aldrich, Vidal, Wagner etc., Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Rhorer (Bru Zane)

Jury Choral Music

  • García Fajer, Dos Santos: Passio Iberica. Barrados etc. Divino Sospiro, Mazzeo (Pan Classics)
  • Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. Winkel. Harmsen etc. Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius (Carus)
  • Charpentier: Histoires Sacrées. Ensemble Correspondances, Daucé (harmonia mundi)
  • Duruflé: Complete Choral Works. Houston Chamber Choir, Simpson, Cowan (Signum)
  • Fauré, Poulenc, Debussy: Choral Works. Ensemble Aedes, Les Siècles, Romano (Aparté)
  • Händel: Messiah. Semenzato, Schachtner, Adam, Stražanac, Collegium 1704, Luks (Accent)
  • Händel: Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate. Landshamer etc., Gaechinger Cantorey, Rademann (Carus)
  • Loewe: Das Sühneopfer des Neuen Bundes. Arcis-Vocalsolisten, L’Arpa Festante, Gropper (Oehms)

Jury Early Music

  • »Regina Bastarda« – Works for Gamba by Bassani, Lasso, Willaert etc. Pandolfo, La Pedrina (Glossa)
  • Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri. Keohane, Bayodi, Mena etc., Ricercar Consort, Pierlot (Mirare)
  • Charpentier: Histoires Sacrées. Ensemble Correspondances (harmonia mundi)
  • Dufay: Secular Chansons. The Orlando Consort (Hyperion)
  • Guignon, Leclair, Guillemain, Mangean: Sonatas for two Violins. Pramsohler, Bernabé (Audax)
  • Schütz: Auferstehungshistorie SWV 50, Motets for Easter. La Petite Bande, Kuijken (Accent)
  • Telemann: Einweihungskantaten für Hamburg und Altona. barockwerk hamburg, Hochmann (cpo)

Jury Lieder and Vocal Recital

  • »Duel. Porpora & Händel In London« – Bridelli, Le Concerto de l’Hostel Dieu, Comte (Arcana)
  • »Eden« – Lieder by Ullmann, Schöneberg, Webern & Schreker. Resch, Schneider (Genuin)
  • »In Furore« – Motets by Händel & Vivaldi. Kristóf, Accademia di Monaco, Tschiedel (Coviello)
  • Meyerbeer: Romances, Lieder, Ballads. Chudak, Hagge, Rohde, Rossmann (Antes Edition)
  • Verdi, Donizetti: Opera Arias. Fabiano, London Philharmonic O, Mazzola (Pentatone)
  • Wagner, Strauss, Opera Arias, Orchestral Lieder. Davidsen, Philharmonia O, Esa-Pekka Salonen (Decca)
  • Schumann: Dichterliebe. Prégardien, Piau, Le Sage (Alpha)
  • Schumann: Liederkreis, Kernerlieder. Goerne, Andsnes (harmonia mundi)

Jury Historical Classical Recordings

  • Great Soloists From The Richard Itter Archive. Oistrach, Haendel, Campoli, Navarra (ICA)
  • Karl Böhm – Dresdner Abschiedskonzert 1979. Ed. Staatskapelle Dresden, Vol. 45 (Profil Hänssler)
  • Edith Peinemann – The SWR Studio Recordings 1952-1965. (SWR Classic)
  • Albert Roussel Edition. Baldwin, Doyen, Gallois, Gedda, Laval, Litton, Stutzmann etc. (Erato)
  • Nathan Milstein – The Complete Deutsche Grammophon Recordings. (DG)
  • Quartetto Italiano: The Complete RIAS Recordings. (Audite)

Jury Contemporary Classical Music

  • »As If« – Works by Pesson, Borowski, Juon, Žuraj, Staud, Rihm. Trio Catch (bastille musique)
  • »To Catch A Running Poet« – Works for Harpsichord by Lacroix, Friebel, Kerer etc. Mijatovic (Neos)
  • »Zwiegespräche« – Works by Holliger & Kurtág. Schüpbach, Wegener, Molinari, Jaccottet (ECM)
  • Henze: Heliogabalus Imperator. Karttunen, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Knussen (Wergo)
  • J.Ullmann: Fremde Zeit Addendum 5; Solo V für Piano. Rickli (Edition RZ)

Jury Film Music

  • »Cinema Morricone – An Intimate Celebration«. Sara Andon, Simone Pedroni (Sony)
  • Pinar Toprak: Captain Marvel. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Hollywood Records)
  • Rocketman. Music from the Motion Picture. Elton John, Taron Egerton, Kit Connor etc. (Virgin)
  • Michael Abels: Us. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. (Backlot)

Jury Spoken Word and Cabaret

  • Wolf Biermann: Barbara. Liebesnovellen und andere Raubtiergeschichten (Hörbuch Hamburg)
  • Wolfgang Borchert: Sämtliche Erzählungen. Florens Schmidt (Buchfunk)
  • Alina Bronsky: Der Zopf meiner Großmutter. Sophie Rois (Roofmusic)
  • Elena Ferrante: Frantumaglia. Mein geschriebenes Leben. Eva Mattes (Der Hörverlag)
  • Jane Gardam: Bell und Harry. Marion Martienzen, Jonas Minthe (Hörbuch Hamburg)
  • Gottfried Keller: Der grüne Heinrich. Frank Arnold, Martin Seifert, Stefan Kaminski etc. (Sinus)
  • Gaston Leroux: Das Phantom der Oper. Matthias Habich, Gerd Wameling etc. (Der Audio Verlag)
  • Clemens J. Setz: Der Trost runder Dinge. Music by Tomasz Edwards (Griot)
  • Gary Shteyngart: Willkommen in Lake Success. Shenja Lacher (Der Hörverlag)
  • Kai Magnus Sting: Tod unter Gurken 2. Annette Frier, Bastian Pastewka etc. (Der Hörverlag)
  • Jürgen Todenhöfer: Die grosse Heuchelei. (Hörbuch Hamburg)
  • Alexander von Humboldt: Der unbekannte Kosmos. Feature by Hans Sarkowicz. (Der Hörverlag)
  • Colson Whitehead: Die Nickel Boys. Torben Kessler (Hörbuch Hamburg)

Jury Rock

  • Andrew Bird: My Finest Work Yet (Concord)
  • JJ Cale: Stay around (Because Music)
  • Drugdealer: Raw Honey (Mexican Summer)
  • Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel (Partisan)
  • Gurr: She Says (Gurr Records)
  • Udo Klopke Band: Make Me An Offer (Acoustic Delite)
  • Ratso: Stubborn Heart (Lucky Number)
  • Josh Ritter: Fever Breaks (Pytheas)
  • She Keeps Bees: Kinship (BB*Island)
  • The National: I Am Easy To Find (4AD)
  • The Waterboys: Where The Action Is – An Entertainment in Sound (Cooking Vinyl)
  • Faye Webster: Atlanta Millionaires Club (Secretly Canadian)

Jury Pop

  • Big Thief: U.F.O.F. (4AD)
  • Loyle Carner: Not Waving, But Drowning (Caroline)
  • Billie Eilish: When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (Interscope)
  • Jayda G: Significant Changes (Ninja Tune)
  • Lafawndah: Ancestor Boy (!K7)
  • Lambchop: This – Is What I Wanted To Tell You (City Slang)
  • Sinkane: Dépaysé (City Slang)
  • Tank And The Bangas: Green Ballon (Verve)
  • The National: I Am Easy To Find (4AD)
  • These New Puritans: Inside The Rose (BMG)
  • Vampire Weekend: Father Of The Bride (Sony)
  • Jamila Woods: Legacy! Legacy! (Jagjaguwar)

Jury Alternative

  • Angela Aux: In Love with the Demons (Trikont)
  • Big Thief: U.F.O.F. (4AD)
  • Death & Vanilla: Are you a Dreamer? (Fire)
  • Fontaines D.C.: Dogrel (Partisan)
  • Lambchop: This – Is What I Wanted To Tell You (City Slang)
  • Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile (RVNG Intl.)
  • Amanda Palmer: There will be no Intermission (Cooking Vinyl)
  • Skinny Pelembe: Dreaming is dead now (Brownswood)
  • Priests: The Seduction of Kansas (Sister Polygon)
  • Goetz Steeger: Am Ende der Parade (Plattenbau)
  • Olden Yolk: Living Theatre (Trouble In Mind)

Jury German language Singer/Songwriter

  • Burges – Gränzer – Schade: Jenseits schillernder Welten (Grenzton)
  • Helmut Debus: Frömde Frünnen (Helmut Debus)
  • GRIPS Theater: Die schönsten Lieder aus 50 Jahren (sauerländer audio)
  • Köster/Hocker: fremde feddere (GMO – The Label)
  • Loosefit: Alles außer Frühling (Timezone)
  • Alex Miksch: nur a Opfe (Preiser)
  • Club der toten Dichter: So und nicht anders. Theodor Fontane neu vertont (Argon)
  • Schorsch Hampel & Dr. Will: hoamwehblues (Focus)
  • Maria Schüritz: Ich, dein Wahnsinn (R.U.M.)
  • Goetz Steeger: Am Ende der Parade (Plattenbau)
  • Lucy van Kuhl: Dazwischen (Sturm & Klang)

Jury Folk and Singer/Songwriter

  • Dobranotch: Merčedes Kolo (CPL Music)
  • Faustus: Cotton Lords – Five Songs of the Lancashire Cotton Famine (Westpark)
  • Hanne Kah: Y (Kosmopolit)
  • Hazmat Modine: Box of breath (Jaro)
  • Las Migas: Cuatro (Satelite K)
  • Vincente Patíz: Alegria (ocean shell)
  • Club der toten Dichter: So und nicht anders. Theodor Fontane neu vertont (Argon)
  • Triakel: Händelser i Nord 2019 (Westpark)
  • Vildá: Vildaluodda / Wildprint (Nordic Notes)

Jury Traditional Ethnic Music

  • Claire Antonini & Renaud García-Fons: Farangi – du Baroque à l’Orient (e-motive)
  • Knoedel: Still – Kaum etwas endet so, wie es anfängt. Christof Dienz etc. (col legno)
  • Tyva Kyzy: Ayalgalar – Melodies (Pan Records)
  • Nostalgique Kongo 1950-1960. Rumbas Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo & Douala etc. (Buda Musique)
  • The Bulgarian Voices – Angelite: Heritage (Jaro)
  • Duo Trenev & Weiß: KlezTango And Beyond (Lotus)

Jury World Music

  • AKA Trio: Joy (bendigedig)
  • Blick Bassy: 1958 (No Format!)
  • Caetano, Moreno, Zeca & Tom Veloso: Ofertório (DBN)
  • Čendeš: Cossack Attack (Môlča)
  • Danças Ocultas: Dentro Desse Mar (Galileo)
  • El Afronte Orquest Típica: Tango Argentino Today (ACT)
  • Angelique Kidjo: Celia (Verve)
  • Kanazoé Orkestra: Tolonso (Buda Musique)
  • Malaka Hostel: Dizko Fatale (Malaka Hostel/Soulfire Artists)
  • Minyo Crusaders: Echoes Of Japan (Mais Um)
  • Ulla Pirttijärvi, Harald Skullerud, Olav Torget: Áššu (Nordic Notes)
  • Salvador Sobral: Paris, Lisboa (Warner)
  • Vildá: Vildaluodda–Wildprint (Nordic Notes)

Jury Jazz I

  • Melissa Aldana: Visions (Motema)
  • Inge Brandenburg: I love Jazz (UniSono)
  • Betty Carter: The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine)
  • Daniel Weltlinger Quartet: Szolnok (DMG)
  • Italian Organ Trio: Oh soul mio (Mochermusic)
  • Greg Reitan: West 60th (Sunnyside)
  • Jörg Seidel: Happy Birthday, Mr. Cole (Swingland)
  • Timeless Allstars: At Onkel Pö’s Carnegie Hall, Hamburg 1982 (Jazzline)

Jury Jazz II

  • »Fred Frith Live At The Stone« – All is Always Now (Intakt)
  • Carlos Bica, Daniel Erdmann, DJ Ilvibe: I Am The Escaped One (Clean Feed)
  • Urs Leimgruber, Jacques Demierre, Barre Phillips, Thomas Lehn: Willisau (Jazzwerkstatt)
  • Christian Lillinger: Open Form For Society (Plaist)
  • Michele Rabia, Gianlucca Petrella, Eivind Aarset: Lost River (ECM)
  • Georg Ruby, Stephan Goldbach, Daniel »D-Flat« Weber: Village Zone (JazzHaus)
  • Aki Takase: Aki Takase Japanic – Thema Prima (Budapest Music Center)
  • Aki Takase: Hokusai: Piano Solo (Intakt)
  • The Art Ensemble Of Chicago: We Are On The Edge – A 50th Anniversary Celebration (PI)
  • The Comet Is Coming: Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery (Impulse)

Jury Blues

  • Ali Neander’s Blues Bang: family reunion (ESC)
  • Marc Amacher: Roadhouse (Jazzhaus)
  • Christone »Kingfish« Ingram: Kingfish (Alligator)
  • Mavis Staples: We Get By (Anti)
  • The BB King Blues Band: The Soul of the King (Ruf)
  • Big Daddy Wilson: Deep In My Soul (Ruf)

Jury R&B, Soul and Hiphop

  • Denzel Curry: Zuu (Loma Vista Recordings)
  • Flying Lotus: Flamagra (Warp)
  • Lee Fields & The Expressions: It Rains Love (Big Crown)
  • Lion Babe: Cosmic Wind (Lion Babe Music)
  • Marvin Gaye: You’re the man (Motown)
  • Seba Kaapstad: Thina (Mello Music)
  • Tristan: The spice of Five (Isolde)
  • Tyler, the Creator: Igor (Columbia)
  • Anderson .Paak: Ventura (Rykodisc)

Jury Recordings for Children and Youth

  • Kirsten Boie: Vom Fuchs, der ein Reh sein wollte. Karl Menrad (Jumbo)
  • Karsten Brensing: Wie Tiere denken und fühlen. Guido Hammesfahr (Silberfisch)
  • D!e Gäng 2 (Oetinger Audio)
  • Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin: Der kleine Moritz und die Durcheinanderwoche (Der Hörverlag)
  • Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 (Der Audio Verlag)
  • Susan Fletcher: Die Reise des weissen Bären. Julian Greis (Goya libre)
  • Erik O. Lindström: Die abenteuerliche Reise des Mats Holmberg. Ursula Illert (Der Audio Verlag)
  • Lois Lowry: Die schreckliche Geschichte der abscheulichen Familie Willoughby (Hörcompany)
  • Katja Ludwig: Das Mauerschweinchen – Noras Geschichte (cbj audio)
  • Sabine Ludwig: Das verflixte Alfa-Bett. Schultütengeschichten. (Oetinger Audio)
  • Fredrik Vahle: Zugabe. Max Mutzke, Heinz Rudolf Kunze, Maren Kroymann etc. (sauerländer audio)
  • Vince & Eric: Reise zu den Sternen – Schlau hoch 2 (Der Hörverlag)

Jury Classical Music on DVD

  • Richter plays Mozart Concertos. Maazel, Barshai, Kondrashin etc. (Parnassus)
  • Beethoven: The Last Piano Sonatas. Paul Badura-Skoda, Festkonzert zum 90. (Gramola)
  • Levinas: La Passion Selon Marc. Une Passion Après Auschwitz. Léger, Kissóczy etc. (Bel Air)
  • Ravel: Daphnis & Chloé, Boléro, La Valse etc.. Lucerne Festival O, Chailly (Accentus)

Jury Popular Music on DVD

  • Der Klang der Stimme. Documentary by Bernard Weber (Mindjazz)
  • Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. – A Film by Steve Loveridge. M.I.A (Rapid Eye Movies)
  • Wann wird es endlich wieder Sommer? A Documentary about the Banda Internationale (Trikont)
  • Mandoki Soulmates: Wings of Freedom (Red Rock Production)

Jury Crossover Productions

  • »mother« – Händel, Telemann: Arias. Arabic Songs. Rial, Orsho, Musica Alta Ripa (DHM)
  • Carlos Bica, Daniel Erdmann, DJ Ilvibe: I Am The Escaped One (Clean Feed)
  • Claus Boesser-Ferrari: In Praise Of Shadows – live (Acoustic Music)
  • d.o.o.r.: Songs From A Darkness. Dirk Raulff, Oona Kastner (Poise)
  • Haydn: String Quartets op.71 – with scottish epilogues. Maxwell Quartet (Linn)
  • Oona Kastner & Willem Schulz: oct. 18, 2:09 a.m. (Poise)
  • Knoedel: Still – Kaum etwas endet so, wie es anfängt. Christof Dienz etc. (col legno)
  • Sean Noonan Pavees Dance: Tan Man’s Hat (Rare Noise)
  • Sokratis Sinopoulos Quartet: Metamodal (ECM)
  • Welf & Eiger: Coastline Paradox (col legno)

Jury Hard and Heavy

  • Amon Amarth: Berserker (Metal Blade)
  • Arch/Matheos: Winter Ethereal (Metal Blade)
  • Grand Magus: Wolf God (Nuclear Blast)
  • Idle Hands: Mana (Eisenwald)
  • Lord Dying: Mysterium Tremendum (eOne)
  • Possessed: Revelations Of Oblivion (Nuclear Blast)
  • Rammstein: Rammstein (Rammstein)
  • Tanith: In Another Time (Metal Blade)
  • Worshipper: Light in the Wire (Tee Pee)

Jury Electronic and Experimental

  • Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Eivind Aarset, Samuel Rohrer: Dark Star Safari (Arjunamusic)
  • Ekiti Sound: Abeg No Vex (Crammed Discs)
  • Flying Lotus: Flamagra (Warp)
  • Fujiya & Miyagi: Flashback (Impossible Objects of Desire)
  • Stefan Goldmann: Tacit Script (Macro)
  • GRAT: Chaosmagic (WAF80Music)
  • Tim Hecker: Anoyo (Kranky)
  • Holly Herndon: Proto (4AD)
  • Lafawndah: Ancestor Boy (!K7)
  • Lambchop: This – Is What I Wanted To Tell You (City Slang)
  • Shlohmo: The End (Friends Of Friends)
  • Von Spar: Under Pressure (Bureau B)
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