PopMatters' 15 Best Experimental Albums of 2020

2020 was a year for the history books.

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# 1

NEGRO by Pink Siifu

Album • Apr 29 / 2020 Sound Collage Industrial

# 2

Magic Oneohtrix Point Never by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Progressive Electronic Neo-Psychedelia

# 3

Desire by Desire Marea

Album • Jan 10 / 2020 Deconstructed Club Art Pop Glitch Pop

# 4

BRAT by NNAMDÏ

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Art Pop Alternative R&B Experimental Hip Hop

# 5

Fountain by Lyra Pramuk

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Ambient A cappella

# 6

ORCORARA 2010 by Elysia Crampton

Album • May 01 / 2020 Progressive Electronic Modern Classical Ambient

# 7

KiCk i by Arca

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Deconstructed Club

# 8

Schwarz by Patricia Taxxon

Album • Jun 30 / 2020 Electronic

# 9

Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin by Eartheater

Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Avant-Folk Chamber Folk

# 10

Circuit City by Moor Mother

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Jazz Poetry Free Jazz

# 11

Elephant by Loke Rahbek + Frederik Valentin

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Ambient Electroacoustic

# 12

Palimpsest by Lauren Bousfield

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Glitch Glitch Pop

# 13

7G by A. G. Cook

Album • Aug 12 / 2020 Electronic

# 14

Stateless by Tashi Dorji

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Free Improvisation

# 15

Bolsonaro Obaluaê by DJ Cactuar

Album • Jan 10 / 2020 Progressive Electronic

# 16

Rosa by Patricia Taxxon

Album • Jun 29 / 2020 Progressive Electronic

# 17

Gelb by Patricia Taxxon

Album • Jun 28 / 2020 Electro House Electronic Dance Music