Music Tracking 2022

These are 2022 releases that I've taken note of, listed alphabetically by artist, with VA comps at the bottom. My grades, where available, are in brackets at the end of the line (stars in B+ range). Lines in blue indicate that I have a physical copy (albeit sometimes just a promo CDR); in green are records that I graded based on a Rhapsody stream or other such source. Most records have release dates and a brief generic note.

Unheard records are prioritized 0-3 (graded records are 4-5). The priotization is based subjectively on personal interests, reviews I've noticed, reviewers I particularly respect, what I know about the artists, etc. Roughly speaking: 0 is something I have no reason to consider (default page omits 0); 1 has been noted as having some cred somewhere; 2 is something I have some specific reason to search out; 3 is something I'll listen to ASAP.

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  • A-Trak: 10 Seconds: Volume 1 (Fool's Gold -EP) [03-30] - electronic [***]
  • A-Trak: 10 Seconds: Volume 2 (Fool's Gold -EP) [06-22] - electronic [***]
  • Abadir: Mutate () [07-22] - hard drum
  • Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul: Topical Dancer (Deewee/Because Music) [03-04] - tech house [A-]
  • Oren Ambarchi: Shebang (Drag City) [09-30] - jazz [***]
  • Arca: Kick III (XL) [12-02] - electronic [B]
  • Nia Archives: Forbidden Feelingz (Hijinxx -EP) [03-10] - jungle [**]
  • ASC: Original Soundtrack (A Strangely Isolated Place) - ambient
  • Felicia Atkinson: Image Language (Shelter Press) [06-24] - ambient
  • Shinichi Atobe: Love of Plastic (DDS) [01-13] - deep house
  • Attlas: Carry It With You () [03-11] - ambient techno
  • Auntie Flo & Sarathy Korwar: Shruti Dances (Make Music) [06-17] - electroacoustic [**]
  • Authentically Plastic: Raw Space (Hakuna Kulala) [08-26] - industrial techno [**]
  • Daniel Avery: Ultra Truth (Phantasy Sound) [11-04] - downtempo [**]
  • Caterina Barbieri: Spirit Exit (Light-Years) [07-08] - electronics [**]
  • Wiliam Basinski & Janek Schaefer: . . . On Reflection (Temporary Residence) [04-29] - ambient
  • Bedouin/DakhaBrakha: The Bedouin Reworks of DakhaBrakha (Human by Default -EP) [03-30] - house [**]
  • BFTT: Redefines (Tobago Tracks) [05-05] - IDM
  • Bibio: Bib10 (Warp) [10-21] - electropop [*]
  • Sofie Birch: Holotropica (Intercourse) [05-27] - ambient
  • Sofie Birch & Antonina Nowacka: Languoria (Mondog) [10-07] - ambient
  • Bitchin Bajas: Bajascillators (Drag City) [09-02] - electronic [**]
  • The Black Dog: Brutal Minimalism EP (Dust Science -EP) [01-28] - darkwave [***]
  • The Black Dog: Concrete Reasoning EP (Dust Science -EP) [03-02] - darkwave [*]
  • Black Rave Culture: Black Rave Culture Vol 2 () [06-03] - ghettotech
  • Blood Incantation: Timesave Zero (Century Media) [02-25] - space abient
  • Bodysync: Radio Active (self-released) [04-15] - electronic [B]
  • Axel Boman: Luz (Studio Barnhus) [04-15] - deep house [**]
  • Axel Boman: Quest for Fire (Studio Barnhus) [04-15] - deep house [**]
  • Bonobo: Fragments (Ninja Tune) [01-14] - downtempo [*]
  • Surya Botofasina: Everyone's Children (Spiritmuse) [11-04] - ambient [*]
  • Brainwaltzera: Itsame () [04-01] - IDM
  • Burial: Antidawn EP (Hyperdub -EP) [01-06] - electronic [B-]
  • Burial: Streetlands (Hyperdub -EP) [10-21] - electronic [B]
  • Cafe Kaput: Maritime: Themes & Textures (Clay Pipe Music) [03-11] - ambient
  • Call Super: Swallow Me (Can You Feel the Sun -EP) [10-05] - electronic [**]
  • CB: A Drillers Perspective 2 () [07-08] - UK drill
  • Central: Up and Down () [09-30] - tech house
  • Central: Softness () [08-12] - house
  • Kerri Chandler: Spaces and Places () [09-26] - house
  • Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer: Recordings From the Aland Islands (International Anthem) [03-11] - ambient [A-]
  • Chrisman: Makila (Hakuna Kulala) -
  • Laura Cocks: Field Anatomies (Carrier) [02-22] - electroacoustic
  • Max Cooper: Unspoken Words (Mesh) [03-25] - techno [***]
  • Dale Cornish: Traditional Music of South London (The Death of Rave) [10-21] - electronic
  • Carl Cox: Electronic Generations () -
  • CRRDR: Damnbow (self-released) - electronic
  • Daphni: Cherry (Jiaolong) [10-07] - deep house [***]
  • Sarah Davachi: Two Sisters (Late Music) [09-09] - ambient [*]
  • Debit: The Long Count (Modern Love) [02-18] - dark ambient
  • Decius: Vol 1 (The Leaf Label) [11-04] - acid house
  • DeepChord: Functional Designs () [09-30] - ambient techno
  • Vladislav Delay: Isoviha (Planet Mu) [07-15] - electronica [B]
  • Marcel Dettmann: Fear of Programming () [11-25] - techno
  • James Devane: Beauty Is Useless (Umeboshi) [09-16] - electronic [*]
  • DJ 809: EightOh! (self-released -EP) [01-22] - electronica [*]
  • DJ 809: Unexpected (self-released -EP) [02-25] - electronica [B]
  • DJ Q: Est 2003 () [09-23] - 2-step
  • DJ Python: Club Sentimientos Vol 2 (Incienso -EP) [01-21] - ambient house
  • DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ: Bewitched! () [08-30] - house
  • DJ Travella: Mr Mixondo (Nyege Nyege Tapes) [04-01] - electronic [*]
  • Dopplereffekt: Neurotelepathy (Leisure System) [04-14] - electronic [***]
  • Joel Eel: Love Infinity (Perpetual Care) [05-12] - IDM
  • Coco Em: Kilumi (InFine) [04-21] - electronic [*]
  • Roger Eno: The Turning Year (Deutsche Grammophon) [04-22] - ambient
  • Eros: A Southern Code () [09-01] - electronic
  • Ezmeralda: En Atomos Volando () [03-25] - ambient
  • Fennec: A Couple of Good Days () [03-11] - deep house
  • Floating Points: Someone Close () [11-09] - electronic
  • Wolfgang Flur: Magazine 1 (Cherry Red) [03-04] - Krautrok [***]
  • Fort Romeau: Beings of Light (Ghostly International) [02-11] - deep house
  • Nils Frahm: Old Friends New Friends (Leiter -21) [2021-12-03] - ambient
  • Nils Frahm: Music for Animals (Leiter) [09-23] -
  • Fred Again: Actual Life (January 1-September 9 2022) (Atlantic) [10-28] - UK garage [*]
  • Fujiya & Miyagi: Slight Variations (Impossible Objects of Desire) [09-30] - alt dance
  • Gas: Der Lange Marsch (Kompakt -21) [2021-12-03] - electronic [*]
  • Sam Gellaitry: VF Vol II () [09-23] - indietronica
  • Nico Georis: Desert Mirror EP (Leaving -EP) - ambient
  • Gi Gi: Sunchoke () [08-03] - ambient dub
  • Gold Panda: The Work (City Slang) [11-11] - ambient
  • Calvin Harris: Funk Wav Bounces Vol 2 (Columbia) [08-05] - electronic [***]
  • Honey Dijon: Black Girl Magic (Classic) [11-18] - house [***]
  • Hudson Mohawke: Cry Sugar (Warp) [08-12] - future bass [*]
  • Ifsonever: Ifsonever (Jazz & Milk) [10-28] - electronic [***]
  • Iiteration: Forgiven (Dream Catalog) [12-22] - ambient
  • Ryoji Ikeda: Ultratronics (Noton) [12-02] - electronica [*]
  • Invt: La Chamba (Invt) -
  • Eiko Ishibashi: For McCoy () [01-22] - ambient
  • Loraine James: Building Something Beautiful for Me (Phantom Limb) [10-07] - ambient [A-]
  • K-Trap: The Last Whip II () [09-30] - UK drill
  • ERR: stream no grade: Noah Kahan: Stick Season
  • Kittin + the Hacker: Third Album (Nobody's Bizzness) [03-25] - electronic [***]
  • KMRU & Aho Ssan: Limen (Subtext) [04-29] - electronic [*]
  • Kode9: Escapology (Hyperdub) [07-15] - IDM
  • Kornel Kovacs: Hotel Koko () [10-21] - UK garage
  • Kramer: Music for Films Edited by Moths (Joyful Noise) [08-26] - ambient
  • Kuedo: Infinite Window (Brainfeeder) [07-29] - electronic
  • Anysia Kym: Soliloquy (self-released -EP) [04-07] - electronica [*]
  • Nick Leon: Xtasis () [07-29] - Latin electronic
  • Leroy: Dariacore 2: Enter Here, Hell to the Left (self-released -21) [2021-09-08] - glitch pop [**]
  • Leroy [C0ncernn]: Dariacore 3 . . . At Least I Think That's What It's Called? (self-released) [05-23] - glitch pop [***]
  • Lil Silva: Yesterday Is Heavy (Nowhere) [07-15] - alt r&b [*]
  • Lila Tirando A Violeta: Desire Path () [04-08] - neoperreo
  • Arroyo Low: 2020 (Bodan Kuma) - ambient
  • Lyzza: Mosquito (Big Dada) - electronic
  • Malaa: Don Malaa () [09-30] - tech house
  • Malibu: Palaces of Pity () [11-18] - ambient
  • Mall Grab: What I Breathe (Looking for Trouble) [08-05] - EDM
  • Kali Malone: Living Torch (Portraits GRM) [07-08] - electronic [B]
  • Matmos: Regards/Uklony dla Boguslaw Schaeffer (Thrill Jockey) [05-20] - electronica [*]
  • Elias Merino & Daniel Del Rio: Structures for Wave Field Synthesis (Superpang) [01-01] - electroacoustic
  • Ela Minus & DJ Python: [Heart] () [09-16] - electronic
  • Mdou Moctar: Afrique Refait (A Remix Album) () -
  • Moby: Reprise/Remixes (Deutsche Grammophon) [05-20] - electronic
  • Moderat: More D4ta (Monkeytown) [05-13] - downtempo [**]
  • Abul Mogard: In a Few Places Along the River () [02-01] - ambient
  • Mondo Grosso: Big World (ASAB) [02-09] - deep house
  • Franc Moody: Into the Ether () [09-02] - nu-disco
  • Jamal Moss: Thanks 4 the Tracks U Lost (Modern Love) [04-27] - outsider house [***]
  • Mount Kimbie: MK 35: Die Cuts/City Planning (Warp) [11-04] - techno
  • Mr Fingers: Around the Sun Pt 1 (Alleviated) [05-16] - house [**]
  • μ-Ziq: Goodbye (Planet Mu -EP) [04-01] - electronic
  • μ-Ziq: Magic Pony Ride (Planet Mu) [06-10] - electronic
  • Nikki Nair: Renormalization Support Group () [09-09] - electronic
  • Rachika Nayar: Heaven Come Crashing (NNA Tapes) [08-16] - electronic [**]
  • Nikolaienko: Nostalgia Por Mesozoica (Muscut) [04-01] - tribal ambient
  • Carlos Nino & Friends: Extra Presence (International Anthem) [07-22] - [*]
  • Jerome Noetinger & Lasse Marhaug: Top (Erstwhile) [02-22] - EAI
  • Odesza: The Last Goodbye (Foreign Family/Ninja Tune) [07-22] - progressive house [**]
  • Emeka Ogboh: 6°30'33.372"N 3°22'0.66"E () [07-29] - ambient dub
  • OKZharp: Outside the Ride (Hyperdub -EP) [08-05] - footwork
  • Omar-S: Can't Change (FXHE) [04-22] - funky house
  • Osheyack: Intimate Publics (Svbkvlt) [06-08] - deconstructed club
  • Pan-American: The Patience Fader (Kranky) [02-18] - ambient
  • Pantha Du Prince: Garden Gaia (Modern) [ 08-26] - electronic
  • Theo Parrish: DJ-Kicks: Detroit Forward () [10-28] - electronica
  • Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra: The Unfolding (Real World) [04-01] - ambient
  • Perel: Jesus Was an Alien () [05-13] - EBM
  • Photay With Carlos Nino: An Offering (International Anthem) [10-14] - electronic [B]
  • PinkPantheress: To Hell With It (Remixes) (Parlophone) [01-28] - atmospheric drum & bass
  • PinkPantheress: Take Me Home (Warner Music -EP) [12-16] - drum & bass [*]
  • Piri & Tommy: Froge.mp3 (Polydor) [10-21] - electronic [A-]
  • Plaid: Feorm Falorx (Warp) [11-11] - electronic [**]
  • Romeo Poirier: Living Room (Faitiche) [10-07] - ambient
  • Pye Corner Audio: Let's Emerge! (Sonic Cathedral) [07-15] - electronic [**]
  • Real Lies: Lad Ash (Unreal) [04-22] - electronic
  • Rival Consoles: Overflow (Erased Tapes -21) [2021-12-03] - IDM
  • Rival Consoles: Now Is (Erased Tapes) - ambient
  • rRoxymore: Perpetual Now () - electronica
  • Jana Rush: Dark Humor (Planet Mu -EP) [03-25] - footwork
  • Huerco S: Plonk (Incienso) [02-25] - ambient techno [*]
  • Safa: Ibtihalat (UIQ) [04-29] - IDM
  • Sarah Ruth and Monte Espina: Cuatro Estaciones (Full Spectrum) [10-07] - ambient
  • Sault: Air (Forever Living Originals) [04-13] - [B]
  • Scalping: Void (Houndstooth) [04-29] - techno [**]
  • Schacke: Apocalyptic Decadence () [07-15] - industrial techno
  • ShaSimone: Simma Down () [09-16] - UK drill
  • Ben Shemie: Desiderata (Joyful Noise) [07-15] - electronic
  • Maya Shenfeld: In Free Fall (Thrill Jockey) [01-28] - ambient [*]
  • Yasuaki Shimizu: Kiren (Palto Flats) [02-25] - electronic
  • Siete Catorce: Cruda (Subreal) [04-26] -
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Let's Turn It Into Sound (Ghostly International) [08-26] - neo-psychedelia [*]
  • Steffi: The Red Hunter () [10-24] - techno
  • SUSS: SUSS (Northern Spy) - ambient
  • Harvey Sutherland: Boy (House Anxiety) [04-29] - nu-disco
  • Swedish House Mafia: Paradise Again (Republic/SSA) [04-15] - house [**]
  • Tangerine Dream: Raum (Kscope) [02-25] - prog electronic
  • Soichi Terada: Asakusa Light () [01-07] - deep house
  • Roza Terenzi & D Tiffany: Edge of Innocence () [ 05-19] - techno
  • Test Card: Patterns () [02-18] - indietronica