Pitchfork's Best Electronic Music of 2023

Yaeji, Aphex Twin, Skrillex, Tirzah, Avalon Emerson, and more: these are the songs and albums that defined the year in electronic music.

Published: December 07, 2023 14:00 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Ends Meet 3Phaz Feb-24-2023, Hard Drum
#2 Orbs Anthony Naples Jun-02-2023, Ambient Techno
#3 Dismantled Into Juice Blawan May-17-2023, UK Bass
#4 Eulo Cramps Call Super Oct-06-2023, Glitch Pop
#5 Jbal Rrsas Deena Abdelwahed Sep-08-2023,
#6 Aromáticas dj +1 Aug-25-2023,
#7 Ansiedade DJ Danifox Apr-26-2023, Batida
#8 PANICO NO SUBMUNDO DJ K Jul-14-2023, Beat bruxaria
#9 Àlááfíà Honour Nov-03-2023, Ambient
#10 Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities James Holden Mar-31-2023, Progressive Electronic
#11 Love Hallucination Jessy Lanza Jul-28-2023, Alternative R&B
#12 Perspective Jlin Sep-29-2023, Footwork
#13 Gentle Confrontation Loraine James Sep-22-2023, IDM
#14 Nekkuja Marina Herlop Oct-27-2023, Avant-Folk
#15 Rosa Rugosa Olof Dreijer Oct-17-2023,
#16 Reclaim Pépe Mar-31-2023, Balearic Beat
#17 Pulse Modulation EP Peverelist Oct-06-2023,
#18 Signs Purelink Sep-15-2023, Ambient Dub
#19 Please Touch Rrose Jun-23-2023, Ambient Techno
#20 Madres Sofia Kourtesis Oct-27-2023, Deep House
#21 Trip9love...??? Tirzah Sep-05-2023, Alternative R&B
#22 Janoob Toumba Jun-02-2023, Hard Drum
#23 With a Hammer Yaeji Apr-07-2023, Glitch Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ends Meet | 3Phaz | Album, Feb-24-2023, Hard Drum |
| #2 | Orbs | Anthony Naples | Album, Jun-02-2023, Ambient Techno |
| #3 | Dismantled Into Juice | Blawan | EP, May-17-2023, UK Bass |
| #4 | Eulo Cramps | Call Super | Album, Oct-06-2023, Glitch Pop |
| #5 | Jbal Rrsas | Deena Abdelwahed | Album, Sep-08-2023,  |
| #6 | Aromáticas | dj +1 | Album, Aug-25-2023,  |
| #7 | Ansiedade | DJ Danifox | Album, Apr-26-2023, Batida |
| #8 | PANICO NO SUBMUNDO | DJ K | Album, Jul-14-2023, Beat bruxaria |
| #9 | Àlááfíà | Honour | Album, Nov-03-2023, Ambient |
| #10 | Imagine This Is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities | James Holden | Album, Mar-31-2023, Progressive Electronic |
| #11 | Love Hallucination | Jessy Lanza | Album, Jul-28-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #12 | Perspective | Jlin | EP, Sep-29-2023, Footwork |
| #13 | Gentle Confrontation | Loraine James | Album, Sep-22-2023, IDM |
| #14 | Nekkuja | Marina Herlop | Album, Oct-27-2023, Avant-Folk |
| #15 | Rosa Rugosa | Olof Dreijer | Single, Oct-17-2023,  |
| #16 | Reclaim | Pépe | Album, Mar-31-2023, Balearic Beat |
| #17 | Pulse Modulation EP | Peverelist | Single, Oct-06-2023,  |
| #18 | Signs | Purelink | Album, Sep-15-2023, Ambient Dub |
| #19 | Please Touch | Rrose | Album, Jun-23-2023, Ambient Techno |
| #20 | Madres | Sofia Kourtesis | Album, Oct-27-2023, Deep House |
| #21 | Trip9love...??? | Tirzah | Album, Sep-05-2023, Alternative R&B |
| #22 | Janoob | Toumba | EP, Jun-02-2023, Hard Drum |
| #23 | With a Hammer | Yaeji | Album, Apr-07-2023, Glitch Pop |