Artist album. It may just be one of the toughest things that an electronic musician can attempt—given that many of the subgenres we love are built around the 12-inch. That said, you can't help think that things are healthy all around if the one thing that the five albums that head up RA's Top 20 albums list have in common is that they don't have anything in common at all.

Sure, that's an annual cliché, but in 2008 it seems more apt than ever: Unrepentant techno, ambient excursions, live disco, hip-hop and a soul-house hybrid all took top honors this year and—looking over the scorecard—they were head-and-shoulders above even the rest of our top 20. With RA writers listing more than 250 full-lengths that they found worthy of your attention in 2008, we're not sure what that means exactly. All we do know is that these are our 20 favourite.

20. Scuba - A Mutual Antipathy [Hotflush Recordings]

"Scuba's relocation to Berlin has been an important one. No, he hasn't started making minimal, but the textures of Berlin—and the influence of Detroit—are all over these songs. Antipathy is a stunningly successful combination of London dubstep beats and subs with the floating textures of early '90s and contemporary techno, all pitched just right for home listening."
-- Jacob Burns

19. Claro Intelecto - Metanarrative [Modern Love]

"Pounding, floor-friendly and sharply produced, Intelecto's Warehouse Sessions delved into the darker sides of techno and electro, but Metanarrative is something different again. Where Sessions was functional, Metanarrative is emotional, although, in typical Intelecto style, distilled from an extensive array of influences—electro, IDM, Detroit techno, dub techno."
-- Janet Leyton-Grant

18. Kenny Larkin - Keys, Strings, Tambourines [Planet E]

"Throughout Keys, Strings, Tambourines, Larkin peppers his elegant tech house rhythms with jazzy keyboard fills, strings, tambourines and oddball synth blurts, making for an especially tuneful listen that doesn't skimp on the ass-shaking. Fans of Larkin's classic works will not be disappointed here, nor will those discovering his music for the first time."
-- Todd Hutlock

17. Dave Aju - Open Wide [Circus Company]

"Dave Aju's conceptual precision on Open Wide is admirable—'all tracks written and produced...using only his mouth as a sound source.' But the album works because, while its concept is ultimately subservient to the overall composition, you can't imagine these tracks in quite the same manner without the particular tenor of Aju's mouth-noise."
-- Jon Dale

16. Quiet Village - Silent Movie [!K7]

Quiet Village caused a bit of commotion amongst the disco beards with their long awaited full-length. Was it an album of edits? Or just a sample-based record? However you classify the material, there's no escaping Silent Movie's ability to transport your mind to the most tropical climes imaginable. If that isn't Balearic, then I don't know what is.
-- Richard Carnes

15. Ricardo Villalobos - Vasco [Perlon]

"The Spanish translation of Basque, Vasco refers to a people whose language bears absolutely no resemblance to its neighbors. Fittingly, Vasco is an album that lies in contrast with all that surrounds it. After the stark musings of Fabric 36, Villalobos is now crafting lengthy, enigmatic pieces that either vastly redefine 'house' or defy categorization altogether."
-- Will Lynch

14. Minilogue - Animals [Cocoon Recordings]

"Animals is firmly progressive in form and length, recalling both drum & bass and '70s progressive rock at its most overblown. Yet their revisionism is subtle, keeping to a linear rhythmic template with frequently wonky analogue flourishes, familiar from 'Elephant's Parade.' If earlier tracks hinted at a trademark sound, here it becomes a firmly established one."
-- Joshua Meggitt

13. Ezekiel Honig - Surfaces of a Broken March Band [Anticipate Recordings]

"Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band is a symphony transmitted from the bottom of the sea. Cold and murky, it's warmed by sudden currents and shifts of sediment from the ocean bed, kicking up brief flickers of light and sound that you notice whether or not you catch the disturbances that created them. There hasn't been a better 'ambient' album this year."
-- Derek Miller

12. Deadbeat - Roots & Wires [Wagon Repair]

"Roots and Wire succeeds because the different intensities and beat structures of each track offer an ebb and flow, bound together by a dub reggae spirit. More importantly perhaps, Monteith's refusal to aim for moody, vacuous postures aids in letting the whole thing breathe. In fact, being so good, the only complaint you'll have is that isn't a little bit longer."
-- Chris Mann

11. Prosumer & Murat Tepeli - Serenity [Ostgut Ton]

"It's no light thing to say that Serenity is a perfect partner for a musico-romantic involvement with Larry Heard's classic productions as Mr. Fingers. And it's no mean feat that the duo have managed to produce a collection of tracks and songs that not only echo but amplify and renew the passion that they draw their form and voice from."
-- Peter Chambers

10. Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place [Desolat]

"Besides the floor-fit swagger of 'Tight Laces,' Dunham Place trades pressing for peaceful, focusing on the momentary smear of all its parts over their sum. If there's an album from this year that's kissing-cousins with Dice's, not as much in sound but in the weight it places on attention to minutiae, it's Move D and Benjamin Brunn's Songs from the Beehive."
-- Derek Miller

09. Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us? [Hello? Repeat]

"Why Can't We Be Like Us is like the unexpected fulfilment of a promise: unexpected because none of Bruno Pronsato's EPs so far had hinted at anything this good; and a fulfilment in the sense that he has spared nothing with this work—there is nothing missing, lacking, insufficient. All you other wannabes, you're on notice: the bar has just been raised."
-- Peter Chambers

08. Portishead - Third [Mercury]

"Third is so dense yet humanely touching, so diverse yet consistent, so remote yet profound, so vaguely cold yet keenly warm it goes beyond any generic conventions and expectations. Portishead doesn't do musical genre: it only does music. Nothing more, and nothing less. How often can you say that about any contemporary producers or so-called artists?"
-- Stéphane Girard

07. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too [Smalltown Supersound]

"Even for cosmic, with its inherent tendency for hubris, Lindstrøm's ambition is dizzying. The three tracks on Where You Go clock in at 28:58, 10:11, and 15:58, allowing him to 'develop different themes and let them evolve.' But despite appearances, Lindstrøm doesn't stray too far from his comfort zone of melody-based music. And as it turns out, that's a good thing."
-- Daniel Bates

06. Lee Jones - Electronic Frank [Aus Music]

"What's surprising about Electronic Frank is how low-key it is: There are few obvious peaks. But hidden beneath the veil of subtlety, these tracks conceal a wealth of charms, new textures that unfold with every listen. Like the red-striped zebra on the cover, the album's songs are delicate confections, wonderfully crafted and hard to dislike."
-- Robin Wilks

05. The Mole - As High as the Sky [Wagon Repair]

"On first listen, one thing that's apparent is that The Mole bloody loves his live disco beats. Whether they're shuffling, skippy, looped up or just plain rolling, the sound of live drums is plastered over this record from start to finish, which makes it all the more shocking that As High as the Sky flows beautifully from track to track, each segue as measured and natural as the last."
-- Richard Carnes

04. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA Records]

"Rarely has an American dance music LP been so in touch with its oft-forgotten house and underground disco past while sounding so current. The admiration for genre luminaries Frankie Knuckles, Kevin Saunderson or even Morgan Geist is no mere redundancy, though: You can hear real and brilliant bedroom craftsmanship all over these ten cuts."
-- Stéphane Girard

03. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp Records]

"The cover of Flying Lotus's Los Angeles will remind most viewers of Massive Attack's Mezzanine. The image perfectly captures the complicated, compelling and otherworldly sound contained within. Steven Ellison's second full-length comes together from all directions at once, a beautiful mess of contradictions, sacred thoughts and visual sounds."
-- Chris Mann

02. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville Records]

"David Moufang's work as Move D is geometric. Benjamin Brunn's sound signature, meanwhile, is closer to fluid mechanics. Together these two approaches harmonise wonderfully, with Moufang's structures providing solid shapes for Brunn's melodic whirlpools and rhythmic glidings to unwind through: D builds the beehive, Brunn makes the honey."
-- Peter Chambers

01. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
"Shedding is an album that harkens back to its influences for the sake of progress rather than nostalgia. Over the course of these eleven tracks, Shed paints a stark landscape, glistening with steely hues of early techno and forming something sleek, jagged and as he puts it, 'full of energy and vigor.' Much like Berghain/Panorama Bar and its illustrious cast of resident DJs, Shed perpetuates the visceral excitement of old school rave by ceaselessly presenting the listener with something cryptic, physical and modern."
-- Will Lynch

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Top Fives

Bernardo Arrospide
01. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
02. Clark - Turning Dragons [Warp]
03. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]
04. 2562 - Aerial [Tectonic]
05. Thomas Brinkmann - When Horses Die [Max Ernst]

Daniel Bates
01. Portishead - Third [Mercury]
02. Glass Candy - Beatbox [Italians Do It Better]
03. Kelley Polar - I Need You to Hold on While the Sky Is Falling [Environ]
04. Scuba - A Mutual Antipathy [Hot Flush]
05. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]

Andy Battaglia
01. M83 - Saturdays=Youth [Mute]
02. Los Updates - First If You Please [Cadenza]
03. Theo Parrish - Sound Sculptures Volume 1 [Sound Signature]
04. Heartthrob - Dear Painter, Paint Me [Minus]
05. Ricardo Villalobos - Vasco [Perlon]

David Berkley
01. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
02. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
03. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
04. Michna - Magic Monday [Ghostly International]
05. Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior [Tempa]

Per Bojsen-Moller
01. Headhunter - Nomad [Tempa]
02. Deadbeat - Roots and Wire [Wagon Repair]
03. Claro Intelecto - Metanarrative [Modern Love]
04. Kenny Larkin - Keys, Strings & Tambourines
[Planet E]
05. The Mole - As High as the Sky [Wagon Repair]

Clovis Bouhier
01. Dinky - May Be Later [Vakant]
02. The Mole - As High as the Sky [Wagon Repair]
03. Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place [Desolat]
04. Lee Jones - Electronic Frank [Aus Music]
05. Heartthrob - Dear Painter, Paint Me [M_Nus]

Richard Brophy
01. Kenny Larkin - Keys, Strings & Tambourines
[Planet E]
02. Petar Dundov - Escapements [Music Man]
03. Osborne - Osborne [Spectral]
04. James T Cotton - Like No One [Spectral]
05. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]

Todd L. Burns
01. Prosumer & Murat Tepeli - Serenity [Ostgut Ton]
02. Petar Dundov - Escapements [Music Man]
03. The Diaphanoids - Astral Weekends [Tirk]
04. Nôze - Songs on the Rocks [Get Physical Music]
05. Kelley Polar - I Need You to Hold on While the Sky Is Falling [Environ]

Richard Carnes
01. Bjorn Torske - Feil Knapp [Smalltown Supersound]
02. The Mole - As High As The Sky [Wagon Repair]
03. 2562 - Aerial [Tectonic]
04. Theo Parrish - Sound Sculptures Vol. 1 [Sound Signature]
05. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]

Philipp Cerfontaine
01. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]
02. Melchior Productions - No Disco Future [Perlon]
03. Claro Intelecto - Metanarrative [Modern Love]
04. Infadels - Universe in Reverse [Wall of Sound]
05. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark [EMI]

Peter Chambers
01. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
02. DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues [Mule]
03. Lee Jones - Electronic Frank [Aus]
04. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
05. Ricardo Villalobos - Vasco [Perlon]

Richard Chinn
01. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
02. Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us [Hello? Repeat]
03. Jacaszek - Treny [Miasmah]
04. Beck - Modern Guilt [Interscope]
05. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]

Paul Clement
01. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]
02. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
03. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
04. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
05. Lee Jones - Electric Frank [Aus]

Thomas Cox
01. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War) [Motown]
02. Theo Parrish - Sound Sculptures Vol. 1 [Sound Signature]
03. Andy Ash - no title [Stilove4music]
04. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
05. Rick Wade - The Good the Bad and the Deep [Yore]

Jon Dale
01. Lee Jones - Electronic Frank [Aus]
02. snd - 4, 5, 6 [snd]
03. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
04. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
05. Ricardo Villalobos - Vasco [Perlon]

Nate Deyoung
01. Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us? [Hello?Repeat]
02. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
03. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too [Smalltown Supersound]
04. Osborne - Osborne [Spectral Sound]
05. Francesco Tristano - Auricle/Bio/On [Infine Music]

Cameron Eeles
01. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
02. DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues [Mule]
03. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
04. Ezekiel Honig - Pieces of a Broken Marching Band [Anticipate]
05. Machinefabriek - Dauw [Dekorder]

Stéphane Girard
01. Portishead - Third Capitol]
02. Sébastien Tellier - Sexuality [Lucky Number]
03. Midnight Juggernauts - Dystopia [Institubes]
04. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]
05. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles [Last Gang]

Jozif Goodwin
01. Mike Monday - Songs Without Words [Om]
02. Crazy P - Stop Space Return [20:20 Vision]
03. Kenny Larkin - Keys, Strings & Tambourines
[Planet E]
04. Sasha – Invol2ver [Global Underground]

Chris Hobson
01. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
02. Ø - Oleva [Sähkö Recordings]
03. Bvdub - Return to Tonglu [Quietus]
04. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
05. Kangding Ray - Automne Fold [Raster Noton]

Peter Holley
01. Paul Woolford - The Truth [20:20]
02. Guy J - Esperanza [Bedrock]
03. Portishead - Third [Mercury]
04. Anja Schneider - Beyond the Valley [Mobilee]
05. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles [Last Gang]

Todd Hutlock
01. Francesco Tristano - Auricle/Bio/On [Infine]
02. Deadbeat - Roots and Wire [Wagon Repair]
03. Minilogue - Animals [Cocoon]
04. The Mole - As High As The Sky [Wagon Repair]
05. Marcin Czubala - Chronicles of Never [Mobilee]

Finn Johannsen
01. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
02. Zerocrop - Painkiller [Zerocrop.com]
03. Prosumer + Murat Tepeli - Serenity [Ostgut ton]
04. Francesco Tristano - Auricle bio / On [Infiné]
05. Osborne - Osborne [Spectral Sound]

Eike Kühl
01. Deadbeat - Roots & Wire [Wagon Repair]
02. Cyne - Starship Utopia [Mooncircle]
03. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
04. Beat Pharmacy - Wikkid Times [Deep Space Media]
05. 2562 - Aerial [Tectonic]

Matt Langler
01. Lee Jones - Electronic Frank [Aus]
02. Toby Tobias - Space Shuffle [Rekids]
03. Peret Mako - The Devil's in the Detail [Future Classic]
04. Gaiser - Blank Fade [Minus]
05. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]

Will Lynch
01. Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us? [Hello? Repeat]
02. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
03. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
04. Ricardo Villalobos - Vasco [Perlon]
05. DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues [Mule Electronic]

Chris Mann
01. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
02. Thomas Brinkmann - When Horses Die [Max Ernst]
03. Francesco Tristano - Auricle/Bio/On [Infiné]
04. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing [ATP]
05. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]

Michaelangelo Matos
01. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]
02. Portishead - Third [Mercury]
03. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
04. Dave Aju - Open Wide [Circus Company]
05. Tape - Luminarium [Hapna]

Joshua Meggitt
01. Minilogue - Animals [Cocoon]
02. The Mole - As High as the Sky [Wagon Repair]
03. Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us? [Hello? Repeat]
04. Dinky - May Be Later [Vakant]
05. Ricardo Villalobos - Vasco [Perlon]

Lawrence Millar
01. Roland Appel - Talk to Your Angel [Sonar Kollektiv]
02. Grace Jones - Hurricane [WOS]
03. MGMT - MGMT [Columbia]
04. Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior [Tempa]
05. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]

Derek Miller
01. Lee Jones - Electronic Frank [Aus]
02. The Mole - As High as the Sky [Wagon Repair]
03. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
04. Minilogue - Animals [Cocoon]
05. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]

Dimitri Nasrallah
01. The Mole - As High As the Sky [Wagon Repair]
02. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too [Smalltown Supersound]
03. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
04. Dave Aju - Open Wide [Circus Company]
05. Deepchord - Vantage Isle [Echospace]

Grego O'Halloran
01. Paul Kalkbrenner - Berlin Calling OST [Bpitch Control]
02. Motorcitysoul - Technique [Simple]
03. Booka Shade - The Sun and The Neon Light [Get Physical Music]
04. Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place [Desolat]
05. Dinky - May Be Later [Vakant]

Siana Petro
01. Nôze - Songs on the Rocks [Get Physical Music]
02. Minilogue - Animals [Cocoon Recordings]
03. Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place [Desolat]
04. Marc Ashken - Have You Seen My Dancing Shoes [Leftroom Records]
05. Lee Jones - Electronic Frank [Aus]

Daniel Petry
01. Morgan Geist - Double Night Time [Environ]

William Rauscher
01. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
02. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna [The Social Registry]
03. Portishead - Third [Mercury]
04. Quiet Village - Silent Movie [K7]
05. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too [Smalltown Supersound]

Elly Rifkin
01. Bruno Pronsato - Why Can't We Be Like Us? [Hello? Repeat]
02. Mathias Tanzmann - Restless [Moon Harbour Recordings]
03. Mark Henning - Jupiter Jive [Soma Records]
04. Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place [Desolat]
05. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]

Carl Ritger
01. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
02. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
03. The Sight Below - Glider [Ghostly]
04. Claro Intelecto - Metanarrative [Modern Love]
05. Deadbeat - Roots & Wires [Wagon Repair]

Piero Ruzzene
01. TV On The Radio - Dear Science [Interscope]
02. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]
03. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
04. M83 - Saturdays = Youth [Mute]
05. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]

Nick Sabine
01. The Mole - As High as the Sky [Wagon Repair]
02. Rogue Audio - Haphazard [Global Underground]
03. Lee Jones - Electronic Frank [Aus]
04. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
05. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]

Greg Sawyer
01. Sebastien Tellier - Sexuality [Lucky Number]
02. Toby Tobias - Space Shuffle [Rekids]
03. Portishead - Third [Mercury]
04. Booka Shade - The Sun & the Neon Light [Get Physical]
05. Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place [Desolat]

Björn Schaeffner
01. Kenny Larkin - Keys, Strings & Tambourines [Planet E]
02. Grace Jones - Hurricane [WOS]
03. Dave Aju - Open Wide [Circus Company]
04. The Mole - As High as the Sky [Wagon Repair]
05. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]

Colin Shields
01. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
02. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
03. The Fun Years, Baby - It's Cold Inside [Barge]
04. The Mathew Herbert Big Band - There's Me and There's You [!K7]
05. Toby Tobias - Space Shuffle [Rekids]

Philip Sherburne
01. Lucky Dragons - Dream Island Laughing Language [Marriage/Upset the Rhythm/Mistletoe]
02. Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - NYC [Domino]
03. Juana Molina - Un Dia [Domino]
04. Ricardo Villalobos - Vasco [Perlon]
05. Thomas Brinkmann - When Horses Die [Max Ernst]

Lee Smith
01. Ezekiel Honig - Surfaces of a Broken Marching Band [Anticipate]
02. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing [ATP Recordings]
03. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
04. Sten - The Essence [Dial]
05. Mrs Jynx - The Standoffish Cat [Planet Mu]

Dave Stenton
01. Prosumer & Murat Tepeli - Serenity [Ostgut Ton]
02. Dave Aju - Open Wide [Circus Company]
03. Autechre - Quaristice [Warp]
04. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes Bella Union]
05. The Matthew Herbert Big Band - There's Me And There's You Accidental]

Samuel Strang
01. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
02. SND - 4, 5, 6 [SND]
03. The Bug - London Zoo [Ninja Tune]
04. Move D & Benjamin Brunn - Songs from the Beehive [Smallville]
05. Scuba - A Mutal Antipathy [Hot Flush]

Mark Strauss
01. Sascha Funke - Mango [Bpitch Control]
02. The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me [Domino]
03. Sigur Ros - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust [EMI]
04. Brazilian Girls - New York City [Verve]
05. Milosh - III [!K7]

Christopher Thomarios
01. One Day As A Lion - Self-Titled [Anti-]
02. Portishead - Third [Mercury]
03. Nôze - Songs on the Rocks [Get Physical Music]
04. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
05. Sten - The Essence [Dial]

Karl Tryggvason
01. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
02. Dave Aju - Open Wide [Circus Company]
03. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles [Warp]
04. dBridge - The Gemini Principle [Exit Records]
05. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]

Derek Walmsley
01. Autechre - Quaristice [Warp]
02. snd - 4, 5, 6 [snd]
03. Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair [DFA]
04. Alva Noto – Unitxt [Raster-Noton]
05. Kasai Allstars - In The 7th Moon… [Crammed]

Robin Wilks
01. Luomo - Convivial [Huume]
02. Dinky - May Be Later [Vakant]
03. Shed - Shedding the Past [Ostgut Ton]
04. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too [Smalltown Supersound]
05. Alex Moulton - Exodus [Expansion Team]

Jacob Wright
01. Nôze - Songs on the Rocks [Get Physical Music]

Sean-Michael Yoder
01. The Orb - The Dream [Six Degrees]
02. I'm Not a Gun - Mirror [Palette]
03. Catz N' Dogz - Stars Of Zoo [Mothership]
04. Copyright - Voices & Visions [Defected]
05. Butch - Papillon [Great Stuff]

Editor's note: Each contributor submitted up to 20 albums in their poll, with each ballot being weighted according to the number of albums rated. For space reasons, we have only published each writer's top five picks.