most listened to music in 2011 :
- andrew chalk -
violin by night - faraway press - lp
- taylor deupree & marcus fischer -
in a place of such graceful shapes - 12k - cd + 7"
- lawrence english -
the peregrine - experimedia - lp
- fennesz -
seven stars - touch - 10"
- fire! with jim o'rourke -
unreleased? - rune grammofon - lp
- tim hecker -
ravedeath, 1972 - kranky - lp
- ingenting kollektiva -
fragments of night - oiseaux invisibles - lp
- stephan mathieu -
a static place - 12k - cd
- nils petter molvaer -
baboon moon - columbia - cd
- the necks -
mindset - rer megacorp - cd
- mickey newbury -
looks like rain - drag city - lp reissue
- mickey newbury -
frisco mabel joy - drag city - lp reissue
- mickey newbury -
heaven help the child - drag city - lp reissue
- mickey newbury -
better days - drag city - lp
- ohayo (andreas söderström, johan berthling, per eklund) -
"the state we are in" - häpna - cd
- nils økland & sigbjørn apeland -
lysøen - hommage à ole bull - ecm - cd
- popul vuh -
werner herzog soundtracks - spv - cd boxset reissue
- radiohead -
the king of limbs - ticker tape ltd/xl recordings - lp
- john surman -
flashpoint: ndr jazz workshop - april '69 - cuneiform records - cd + dvd
- david sylvian -
died in the wool | manafon variations - samadhisound - cd
- talk talk -
laughing stock - ba da bing - lp reissue
- mark hollis -
mark hollis - ba da bing - lp reissue
- tindersticks -
claire denis film scores 1996-2009 - constellation - 5 lps
- chris watson -
el tren fantasma - touch cd + lp
books :
- morton feldman -
vertical thoughts: morton feldman and the visual arts - irish museum of modern art
- richard serra -
richard serra drawing: a retrospective - the menil collection
- rob young -
electric eden: unearthing britain's visionary music - faber & faber
movies / dvd / bluray :
- tomas alfredson -
tinker, tailor, soldier, spy- terrence malick -
the tree of life- steve mcqueen -
shame- béla tarr & ágnes hranitzky -
the turin horse- krzysztof kieślowski -
three colors - criterion
- sidney lumet -
12 angry men - criterion (esp. the supplement : john bailey discusses boris kaufman)
- roman polanski -
cul-de-sac - criterion
- ken loach -
kes - criterion
(a condensed list of the many albums we enjoyed this year. which are usually posted
here)
