XLR8R's Best Releases of 2017

We run through our top albums and EPs of the year.

Published: December 13, 2017 23:17 Source

# 2

The Centre Cannot Hold by Ben Frost

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Post-Industrial Electronic

# 3

Poly-Ana by Brainwaltzera

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 IDM

# 4

The English Beach by Broken English Club

Album • Aug 18 / 2017 Electro-Industrial

# 5

Yek by Burnt Friedman + Mohammad Reza Mortazavi

EP • Nov 03 / 2017 Electroacoustic Dub Techno Tribal Ambient

# 6

Arpo by Call Super

Album • Nov 10 / 2017 IDM

# 7

Zwischenwelt by DB1

Album • Jun 02 / 2017 Minimal Drum and Bass Ambient Techno Dub Techno

# 8

Modern Species by DJ Sports

Album • Oct 27 / 2017 Ambient House Deep House

# 9

Cellular Automata by Dopplereffekt

Album • Apr 07 / 2017 Progressive Electronic

# 10

Colón Man by Equiknoxx

Album • Nov 24 / 2017 Dancehall Juke

# 11

New Energy by Four Tet

Album • Sep 29 / 2017 Microhouse Ambient House

# 13

'17 by Gajek

Album • Nov 03 / 2017 Glitch Progressive Electronic

# 14

Lazybones by Gene On Earth

EP • Apr 14 / 2023

# 15

Crescente by Grand River

EP • Oct 16 / 2017 Ambient Techno Minimal Techno

# 16

Negative Space by Homemade Weapons

Album • Dec 02 / 2016 Drum and Bass

# 17

Songs for Knotty by Ishmael Ensemble

EP • Feb 03 / 2017

# 18

Black Origami by Jlin

Album • May 19 / 2017 Footwork IDM

# 19

The Kid by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Album • Oct 06 / 2017 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia Progressive Electronic Ambient Pop

# 20

Kelly Lee Owens by Kelly Lee Owens

Album • Mar 24 / 2017 Ambient Pop Tech House

# 21

Mnestic Pressure by Lee Gamble

Album • Sep 15 / 2017 IDM Techno

# 22

Metro Area (15th Anniversary Edition) by Metro Area

Album • Oct 22 / 2002 Nu-Disco Electro-Disco

# 24

Love What Survives by Mount Kimbie

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 Indietronica Krautrock

# 25

Pessimist by Pessimist

Album • Aug 25 / 2017 Minimal Drum and Bass

# 26

Anguilla Electrica by Porter Ricks

Album • Jun 30 / 2017 Dub Techno Minimal Techno

# 27

The Lost Art of Getting Down by Powerdance

Album • Jul 07 / 2017

# 28

1992 Deluxe by Princess Nokia

Album • Sep 08 / 2017 East Coast Hip Hop Trap

# 29

Ambient Black Magic by Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement

Album • Oct 13 / 2017 Ambient Dub

# 33

The Album by SW

Album • Jul 14 / 2017 Ambient Techno Downtempo

# 34

The Night Land by Talaboman

Album • Mar 03 / 2017 Deep House Balearic Beat

# 35

Drunk by Thundercat

Album • Feb 24 / 2017 Neo-Soul Psychedelic Soul

# 36

東方不敗 by Tzusing

Album • Feb 28 / 2017 Industrial Techno

# 37

Nordic Flora Series, Pt. 3: Gore-Tex City by Varg²

Album • Mar 27 / 2017 Minimal Techno Post-Industrial

# 39

Yaeji by Yaeji

EP • Mar 31 / 2017 Deep House Ambient House

# 40

Compound by Yair Elazar Glotman

Album • Jun 10 / 2017 Chamber Jazz

# 41

The Brane 001 by Youandewan

EP • Mar 01 / 2019 Deep House