Derrick
dark-rock
My top 15 of 2012
1 SYMMETRY - Themes For An Imaginary Film
2 HOLY OTHER - Held
3 CHROMATICS - Kill For Love
4 FRANK OCEAN - channel ORANGE
5 SILENT SERVANT - Negative Fascination
6 KENDRICK LAMAR - good kid, m.A.A.d city
7 MIGUEL - Kaleidoscope Dream
8 oOooO - Our Love is Hurting Us
9 JESSIE WARE - Devotion
10 HOW TO DRESS WELL - Total Loss
11 YOU BLEW IT - Grow Up, Dude
12 CHRISTIAN COSMOS - Enthronement By God As The First-Born Of The Dead
13 THE CARETAKER - Patience (After Sebald)
14 NITE JEWEL - One Second Of Love
15 FLYING LOTUS - Until The Quiet Comes
My top 15 reissues of 2012
1 ILAIYARAAJA - Fire Star: Synth-Pop & Electro-Funk From Tamil Films 1985-1989
2 GEORGE JACKSON - The Fame Recordings, Vols. 1 & 2
3 VA - Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984
4 ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO - El Acero Del Partido (LP reissue)
5 TIM MAIA - Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul Of Tim Maia
6 WENDY RENE - After Laughter Comes Tears: Complete Stax & Volt Singles + Rarities 1964-1965
7 VA - Street Corner Symphonies: The Complete Story Of Doo-Wop, Vols. 1-10
8 DAN PENN - The Fame Recordings
9 MEDICINE - The Buried Life
10 GENOCIDE ORGAN - 虐殺機関
11 LEE HAZLEWOOD - The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes & Backsides (1968-71)
12 VA - Long Live Boogaloo
13 JOHNNY OTIS - On With the Show: The Johnny Otis Story Vol. 2
14 VA - Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
15 DONNIE & JOE EMERSON - Dreamin' Wild
My favourite artists are: Haus Arafna
My all-time favourite album is: RED HOUSE PAINTERS - Ocean Beach
The first album I ever bought was: He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper by JAZZY JEFF AND THE FRESH PRINCE was the first cassette. First CD was Double Platinum by KISS, and it might have been the first record, too. It's just that good.
On Saturday nights, I throw down to: The Greatest Johnny Otis Show
On Sunday mornings, I recover to: TEN YARD FIGHT - The Only Way
The shows that made me fall in love with/believe all over again in music was: MBV reunion.
My favourite albums so far this year are: See above. Honorable Mentions: ANDY STOTT- Luxury Problems, DARLING FARAH - Body, SPACEGHOSTPURRP - Mysterious Phonk, SORE EYELIDS - S/T, VA - Kosmoloko 2, SUBLIMINAL - Under Pressure, PALLBEARER - Sorrow and Extinction, WILD NOTHING - Nocturne, VESSEL - Order of Noise
The best show I've seen so far this year is: Godflesh in Baltimore.
The band that should come out of retirement is: The Sundays