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)