It's nearly 17.30, the sun is down and I am drinking my personal 'beverage of the year', a white chocolate mocha. I started my new year's resolutions by re-reading last year's notes and I realized that the goals I had set, have been achieved more or less, through the precious company of very good music. 2016 was a morbid year for art (by general consensus) and it seems contextually obvious that the soundtrack of 2016 has already been written by all the musicians that are no longer with us. At the same time, we were also sad to learn that Tympanik Audio, a label that supported musicians that focus on experimental, IDM music, has been shut down due to financial difficulties. Nevertheless, throughout this year new bands have been introduced through the release of remarkable albums (i.e Hypnopazuzu, Boy Harsher, Higher Authorities) and older favourite bands have released music of rare quality (i.e. Ataraxia, The Cult, Skunk Anansie, Suede, PJ Harvey). We equally liked whole albums as well as individual songs from other albums. We have been privileged to be in the audience in unforgettable gigs in London within this year, so much so that we strongly doubt that 2017 can 'beat' that. We will wave goodbye to 2016 with pleasure while acknowledging all the things that went right during 2016 (and they were few, but oh so important!).
Have a great 2017! This was the soundtrack of Blauerosen in 2016!
- Hypnopazuzu- Album:Create Christ, Sailor Boy
- Ataraxia-Album: Deep Blue Firmament
- The Cult-Album:Hidden City
- Alex Smoke- Album:Love Over Will
- Årabrot-Album:The Gospel
- Suede-Album: Night Thoughts
- Bleib Modern-Album:Vale of Tears
- Boy Harsher-Album:Yr Body Is Nothing
- Higher Authorities-Album: Neptune
- The KVB-Album:Of Desire
- New Model Army-Album: Winter
- PJ Harvey-Album: The Hope Six Demolition Project
- Wall of Death-Album: Loveland
- Sonic Area-Album: Eyes in The Sky
- Orphx-Album: Pitch Black Mirror
- Sivert Hoyem-Album:Lioness
- HAPAX-Album: Cave
- Restive Plaggona-Album: Non Serviam
- Calling All Astronauts-Album:Anti social media
- Ah-Cama Sotz-Album: Exorcise:Murder Themes III
- Individual songs from albums
- Tindersticks-Album: The Waiting Room. Songs: 'How He Entered', 'Hey Lucinda', 'We Are Dreamers'
- Skunk Anansie-Album: Anarchytecture. Songs: 'Victim', 'We Are The Flames'
- Mani Deum-EP:The Light Inside. Song: 'The Light Inside'
- Black Nail Cabaret-Album:Dichromat. Songs: 'Sister Sister', We Like to Suffer'
- Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio-Album:[Vision Libertine] The Hangman's Triad. Songs: 'Eschatos and Hedone (The Killing of Ataraxia)',,The Misanthropic Polygamist (How Gods Dream),Vision Libertine (The Magnificence of Nihilism)
- Mystery Jets-Album:Curve of The Earth. Songs: 'Taken By The Tide', Blood Red Balloon'
- Sex Swing-Debut album:Sex Swing. Song: 'Nighttime Worker'
- Plague Vendor-Album:Bloodsweat. Songs: 'Anchor to Ankles', 'Jezebel'
- Sleeping Pillow-Album:The Past Is Already Here. Song: 'That Girl'
- Regressverbot-Album:Music for ordinary life machines. Songs: 'Kids of December', 'homage to Miltos Sahtouris'
- Näo-Album:Duel. Song: 'No Up'
- Lingouf-Album:Quatuor Solitaire. Songs: 'Sans Voix', 'Coeur au core'
- Phasenmensch-Album:Heteronomie [Optimierte Gegenwart: The Remixes]. Songs: 'Sommerregen (Deconstrucitivision Remix)', 'Optimierte Gegenwart (Worms Of The Earth remix)'
- Tabor Radosti-Album:Egregor. Songs: 'Svoboda', 'Svetlonos'
- ANOHNI-Album:Hopelessness Songs: 'Obama', 'Hopelessness', 'Crisis'
- Esben& The Witch-Album:Older Terrors. Song: 'Making The Heart of A Serpent'
Blaue Rosen 
