Pitchfork's Best Electronic Music of 2022

Ambient cumbia, postmodern pow wow, modular improv jams, raptor house—these are the songs and albums that defined the year in electronic music.

Published: December 08, 2022 14:00 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 KicK iii Arca Dec-01-2021, Deconstructed Club
#2 LUZ Axel Boman Apr-15-2022,
#3 Quest for fire Axel Boman Apr-15-2022,
#4 Step by Step EP Alan Braxe, DJ Falcon Jun-24-2022, French House
#6 Only Love From Now On Carmen Villain Feb-25-2022, Ambient
#7 Conduit Coby Sey Sep-09-2022, Experimental Hip Hop
#8 Cherry Daphni Oct-07-2022, Deep House
#9 En Átomos Volando Ezmeralda Mar-25-2022, Ambient
#10 Someone Close Floating Points Nov-09-2022, Microhouse
#11 Plonk Huerco S. Feb-25-2022, IDM
#12 I Love You Jennifer B Jockstrap Sep-09-2022, Art Pop
#13 Niineta Joe Rainey May-20-2022, Post-Industrial
#14 Desire Path Lila Tirando a Violeta Apr-08-2022, Latin Electronic
#15 Pripyat Marina Herlop May-20-2022, Glitch Pop
#16 Xtasis Nick León Aug-12-2022,
#17 Renormalization Support Group Nikki Nair Sep-23-2022, Electro
#18 Heaven Come Crashing Rachika Nayar Aug-26-2022, Progressive Electronic
#19 Sons Of Sam Prekop, John McEntire Jul-22-2022, Ambient Techno
#20 Holotropica Sofie Birch May-27-2022, Ambient
#21 Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This? The Soft Pink Truth Oct-21-2022, Deep House
#22 DJ-Kicks: Theo Parrish Theo Parrish Oct-28-2022,
#23 Icons Two Shell Jun-30-2022, UK Bass
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | KicK iii | Arca | Album, Dec-01-2021, Deconstructed Club |
| #2 | LUZ | Axel Boman | Album, Apr-15-2022,  |
| #3 | Quest for fire | Axel Boman | Album, Apr-15-2022,  |
| #4 | Step by Step EP | Alan BraxeDJ Falcon | EP, Jun-24-2022, French House |
| #6 | Only Love From Now On | Carmen Villain | Album, Feb-25-2022, Ambient |
| #7 | Conduit | Coby Sey | Album, Sep-09-2022, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #8 | Cherry | Daphni | Album, Oct-07-2022, Deep House |
| #9 | En Átomos Volando | Ezmeralda | EP, Mar-25-2022, Ambient |
| #10 | Someone Close | Floating Points | EP, Nov-09-2022, Microhouse |
| #11 | Plonk | Huerco S. | Album, Feb-25-2022, IDM |
| #12 | I Love You Jennifer B | Jockstrap | Album, Sep-09-2022, Art Pop |
| #13 | Niineta | Joe Rainey | Album, May-20-2022, Post-Industrial |
| #14 | Desire Path | Lila Tirando a Violeta | Album, Apr-08-2022, Latin Electronic |
| #15 | Pripyat | Marina Herlop | Album, May-20-2022, Glitch Pop |
| #16 | Xtasis | Nick León | EP, Aug-12-2022,  |
| #17 | Renormalization Support Group | Nikki Nair | EP, Sep-23-2022, Electro |
| #18 | Heaven Come Crashing | Rachika Nayar | Album, Aug-26-2022, Progressive Electronic |
| #19 | Sons Of | Sam PrekopJohn McEntire | Album, Jul-22-2022, Ambient Techno |
| #20 | Holotropica | Sofie Birch | Album, May-27-2022, Ambient |
| #21 | Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This? | The Soft Pink Truth | Album, Oct-21-2022, Deep House |
| #22 | DJ-Kicks: Theo Parrish | Theo Parrish | Album, Oct-28-2022,  |
| #23 | Icons | Two Shell | EP, Jun-30-2022, UK Bass |