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!
ALBUMS
- 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 Høyem– 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
- Plague Vendor– Album: ‘Bloodsweat’, songs: Anchor to Ankles, Jezebel
- Marissa Nadler– Album: Strangers, songs: Drivers of The Dust, Nothing Feels The Same
- Barry Adamson– Album: Know Where To Run, song: Up In The Air
- Mick Harvey– Album: ‘Delirium Tremens’, songs: I envisage,The convict song, The Decadence, Boomerang
- Covenant– Album: ‘The Blinding Dark’, songs: Dies Irae, Sound Mirrors, Summon Your Spirit, A Rider On A White Horse
- Ecstasphere & Aphexia– Album: ‘Klangporträts III‘ song: Reformation
- ROTHKO– Album: ‘A Young Fist Curled Around A Cinder For A Wager’, songs: I’ll Be Gone Before You Leave, Fabled Women Transitory Disturbances, The Boat Must Sail On
- Little Green Cars– Album: Ephemera, song: The Song They Play Every Night
- Esben &The Witch– Album: Older Terrors, song: Making The Heart Of A Serpent
- Alex Izenberg– Album: ‘Harlequin‘, songs: A Bird Came Down, Waltz Of The Roots
- ANOHNI- Album: ‘Hopelessness‘, songs: Obama, Hopelessness, Crisis
- Tabor Radosti– Album: ‘Egregor’, songs: Svoboda, Svetlonos
- Sex Swing– Album: ‘Sex Swing’, song: Nighttime Worker
- Sleepin Pillow– Album: ‘The Past Is Already Here‘, song: That Girl
- Regressverbot– Album: ‘Music For Ordinary Life Machines‘, songs: Kids of December, Homage to Miltos Sachtouris
- Selofan– Album: ‘In The Darkness‘, songs: Snakes, Lass Mich Loss
- ???? 55– Album: ‘???? 55‘, song: ????? ?????
- 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)
- Tanz Ohne Musik– Album: ‘Infinity‘, songs: Silence Is Golden, In Your Eyes
- Bat For Lashes– Album: ‘The Bride‘, songs: In God’s House, Sunday Love
- Mummrah– Album: ‘The Tragedy Called Human‘, songs: ?????????? ??? ??????????, ??? ????? ???
Blaue Rosen 