XLR8R's Best Releases of 2018



Published: December 19, 2018 23:48 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Tidal River Albrecht La'Brooy Feb-02-2018, Ambient House
#2 Collapse EP Aphex Twin Sep-14-2018, IDM
#3 NTS Sessions 1-4 Autechre Apr-26-2018, IDM
#4 Debiasing Barker Jun-01-2018, Minimal Techno
#5 Sonder Somatic Bruce Oct-26-2018, UK Bass
#6 No. 4 Christina Vantzou Apr-06-2018,
#7 Nothing 2 Loose DJ Healer Apr-01-2018, Ambient House
#8 Knock Knock DJ Koze May-04-2018, House
#9 Portrait With Firewood Djrum Aug-17-2018, UK Bass
#10 Rebirth Farai Nov-30-2018, Minimal Synth
#11 Trivial Occupations Francis Harris Oct-19-2018, Ambient
#12 Word Color Gacha Bakradze Apr-13-2018, Ambient House
#13 Singularity Jon Hopkins May-04-2018, Tech House
#14 The Fifty Eleven Project Kasper Bjørke Oct-19-2018, Post-Minimalism
#15 Double Negative Low Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop
#16 Working Class Woman Marie Davidson Oct-05-2018, Minimal Synth
#17 Hundreds of Days Mary Lattimore May-18-2018, Ambient
#18 Mutant Beat Dance Mutant Beat Dance Jan-01-2018, Minimal Wave
#19 All Melody Nils Frahm Jan-26-2018, Post-Minimalism
#20 Cocoon Crush Objekt Nov-09-2018, IDM
#21 Am I Using Content or Is Content Using Me? Raime Jun-22-2018, Weightless
#22 Stargate Music Ras G, Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program Apr-20-2018, Experimental Hip Hop
#23 Persona Rival Consoles Apr-13-2018, Microhouse
#24 Invisibility Sit Aug-28-2020,
#25 Compro Skee Mask May-15-2018, Breakbeat
#26 OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES SOPHIE Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass
#27 Somewhere Decent to Live Space Afrika Mar-08-2018, Ambient Dub
#28 Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 5 The Caretaker Sep-20-2018, Sound Collage
#29 Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 4 The Caretaker Apr-05-2018, Sound Collage
#30 Infinite Moment The Field Sep-21-2018, Minimal Techno
#31 15 Years of The Bunker Various Artists Feb-01-2018, Techno
#32 In Death's Dream Kingdom Various Artists Jan-26-2018, Electronic
#34 Selva Oscura William Basinski, Lawrence English Oct-12-2018, Ambient
#35 Safe in the Hands of Love Yves Tumor Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tidal River | Albrecht La'Brooy | Album, Feb-02-2018, Ambient House |
| #2 | Collapse EP | Aphex Twin | EP, Sep-14-2018, IDM |
| #3 | NTS Sessions 1-4 | Autechre | Album, Apr-26-2018, IDM |
| #4 | Debiasing | Barker | EP, Jun-01-2018, Minimal Techno |
| #5 | Sonder Somatic | Bruce | Album, Oct-26-2018, UK Bass |
| #6 | No. 4 | Christina Vantzou | Album, Apr-06-2018,  |
| #7 | Nothing 2 Loose | DJ Healer | Album, Apr-01-2018, Ambient House |
| #8 | Knock Knock | DJ Koze | Album, May-04-2018, House |
| #9 | Portrait With Firewood | Djrum | Album, Aug-17-2018, UK Bass |
| #10 | Rebirth | Farai | Album, Nov-30-2018, Minimal Synth |
| #11 | Trivial Occupations | Francis Harris | Album, Oct-19-2018, Ambient |
| #12 | Word Color | Gacha Bakradze | Album, Apr-13-2018, Ambient House |
| #13 | Singularity | Jon Hopkins | Album, May-04-2018, Tech House |
| #14 | The Fifty Eleven Project | Kasper Bjørke | Album, Oct-19-2018, Post-Minimalism |
| #15 | Double Negative | Low | Album, Sep-14-2018, Ambient Pop |
| #16 | Working Class Woman | Marie Davidson | Album, Oct-05-2018, Minimal Synth |
| #17 | Hundreds of Days | Mary Lattimore | Album, May-18-2018, Ambient |
| #18 | Mutant Beat Dance | Mutant Beat Dance | Album, Jan-01-2018, Minimal Wave |
| #19 | All Melody | Nils Frahm | Album, Jan-26-2018, Post-Minimalism |
| #20 | Cocoon Crush | Objekt | Album, Nov-09-2018, IDM |
| #21 | Am I Using Content or Is Content Using Me? | Raime | EP, Jun-22-2018, Weightless |
| #22 | Stargate Music | Ras GRas G & The Afrikan Space Program | Album, Apr-20-2018, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #23 | Persona | Rival Consoles | Album, Apr-13-2018, Microhouse |
| #24 | Invisibility | Sit | Album, Aug-28-2020,  |
| #25 | Compro | Skee Mask | Album, May-15-2018, Breakbeat |
| #26 | OIL OF EVERY PEARL'S UN-INSIDES | SOPHIE | Album, Jun-15-2018, Bubblegum Bass |
| #27 | Somewhere Decent to Live | Space Afrika | Album, Mar-08-2018, Ambient Dub |
| #28 | Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 5 | The Caretaker | Album, Sep-20-2018, Sound Collage |
| #29 | Everywhere at the End of Time: Stage 4 | The Caretaker | Album, Apr-05-2018, Sound Collage |
| #30 | Infinite Moment | The Field | Album, Sep-21-2018, Minimal Techno |
| #31 | 15 Years of The Bunker | Various Artists | Album, Feb-01-2018, Techno |
| #32 | In Death's Dream Kingdom | Various Artists | Album, Jan-26-2018, Electronic |
| #34 | Selva Oscura | William BasinskiLawrence English | Album, Oct-12-2018, Ambient |
| #35 | Safe in the Hands of Love | Yves Tumor | Album, Sep-07-2018, Neo-Psychedelia |