Pitchfork's Best Electronic Music of 2021
From SHERELLE’s breakneck breakbeats to Equiknoxx’s surrealistic dancehall, and from aya’s dissociative club fugues to Space Afrika’s mournful ambient, these are the electronic releases that made our year.
Published: December 09, 2021 15:00
Source
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | War Bride | Amazondotcom | Sep-13-2021, UK Bass |
| #2 | Chameleon | Anthony Naples | Sep-03-2021, Downtempo |
| #3 | All Hours | Anz | Oct-15-2021, Breakbeat |
| #4 | outside of your lifetime | Astrid Sonne | Sep-22-2021, Progressive Electronic |
| #5 | im hole | aya | Oct-22-2021, Deconstructed Club |
| #6 | Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction) | Dax Pierson | Feb-26-2021, IDM |
| #7 | Basic Tools Mixtape | Equiknoxx | Aug-06-2021, |
| #8 | Blush | Facta | Apr-02-2021, Electronic |
| #9 | flashes in time | FAUZIA | Feb-05-2021, Hypnagogic Pop |
| #10 | Mirror Guide | Giant Claw | May-14-2021, Progressive Electronic |
| #11 | Full Circle | Kasper Marott | Jan-22-2021, Breakbeat |
| #12 | Reflection | Loraine James | Jun-04-2021, UK Bass |
| #13 | Menneskekollektivet | Lost Girls, Jenny Hval, Håvard Volden | Mar-26-2021, Electronic |
| #14 | Rain's Break | Lucy Gooch | Jun-25-2021, Ambient Pop |
| #15 | How Much Time it is Between You and Me? | Perila | Jun-25-2021, Ambient |
| #16 | Established! | RP Boo | Sep-17-2021, Footwork |
| #17 | Pool | Skee Mask | May-07-2021, IDM |
| #18 | Fresia Magdalena | Sofia Kourtesis | Mar-19-2021, Microhouse |
| #19 | Honest Labour | Space Afrika | Aug-27-2021, Sound Collage |
| #20 | Fire | The Bug | Aug-27-2021, Grime |
| #21 | Vol. 3 | Topdown Dialectic | Oct-08-2021, Dub Techno |
| #22 | Sculpturegardening | Tristan Arp | Oct-15-2021, Ambient |
| #23 | Kamil Manqus | Muqata'a | Feb-05-2021, |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | War Bride | Amazondotcom | EP, Sep-13-2021, UK Bass |
| #2 | Chameleon | Anthony Naples | Album, Sep-03-2021, Downtempo |
| #3 | All Hours | Anz | EP, Oct-15-2021, Breakbeat |
| #4 | outside of your lifetime | Astrid Sonne | Album, Sep-22-2021, Progressive Electronic |
| #5 | im hole | aya | Album, Oct-22-2021, Deconstructed Club |
| #6 | Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction) | Dax Pierson | Album, Feb-26-2021, IDM |
| #7 | Basic Tools Mixtape | Equiknoxx | Album, Aug-06-2021, |
| #8 | Blush | Facta | Album, Apr-02-2021, Electronic |
| #9 | flashes in time | FAUZIA | EP, Feb-05-2021, Hypnagogic Pop |
| #10 | Mirror Guide | Giant Claw | Album, May-14-2021, Progressive Electronic |
| #11 | Full Circle | Kasper Marott | Album, Jan-22-2021, Breakbeat |
| #12 | Reflection | Loraine James | Album, Jun-04-2021, UK Bass |
| #13 | Menneskekollektivet | Lost GirlsJenny HvalHåvard Volden | Album, Mar-26-2021, Electronic |
| #14 | Rain's Break | Lucy Gooch | EP, Jun-25-2021, Ambient Pop |
| #15 | How Much Time it is Between You and Me? | Perila | Album, Jun-25-2021, Ambient |
| #16 | Established! | RP Boo | Album, Sep-17-2021, Footwork |
| #17 | Pool | Skee Mask | Album, May-07-2021, IDM |
| #18 | Fresia Magdalena | Sofia Kourtesis | EP, Mar-19-2021, Microhouse |
| #19 | Honest Labour | Space Afrika | Album, Aug-27-2021, Sound Collage |
| #20 | Fire | The Bug | Album, Aug-27-2021, Grime |
| #21 | Vol. 3 | Topdown Dialectic | Album, Oct-08-2021, Dub Techno |
| #22 | Sculpturegardening | Tristan Arp | Album, Oct-15-2021, Ambient |
| #23 | Kamil Manqus | Muqata'a | Album, Feb-05-2021, |