We asked amazing artists from various countries about TOP 5 in 2017!!!
Check out the wonderful works of 2017 that they chose!!
(alphabetical order)
Andy Swan(khost/iroha)
https://khostband.bandcamp.com/
https://iroha.bandcamp.com/
Q1.
What was the best music piece for you this year?
Planning For Burial - Below the House
Steckdose - Last Train to Centrala
Collosloth - Heathen Needles
Q2.
What was the best thing about Work of art such as movies, books, TV shows/Documentary,etc, you saw this year?
Detectorists
The Polybius Conspiracy
Q3.
What was the most impressive experience you experienced this year?
The proudest was my daughter's 16th birthday - where did the time go!
The final Black Sabbath show in Birmingham
Q4.
How was this year for you?
Very busy! Governance was released and work began on the follow up.
Q5.
What’s your new year’s resolutions?
Try to exercise more!
Dr Das (Asian Dub Foundation)
https://drdas.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/dubnoizsound/
Q1.
What was the best music piece for you this year?
My favourite music of the year was:
1. "Book Of Rhythm" by Orion 70
2. "Session 1" by Black Box Theory
3. "Minimal Nation" by Robert Hood.
4. "Dark Magus" by Miles Davis
5. "Get Up With It" by Miles Davis
Q2.
What was the best thing about Work of art such as movies, books, TV shows/Documentary,etc, you saw this year?
most important and informative documentary of the year was "What The Health." It brought about a big change in my life, together with the following incident.
Q3.
What was the most impressive experience you experienced this year?
I met some cows in Switzerland while doing an ADF tour. The venue was next to a farm. About 7 or 8 cows came to the fence to meet me. It was a moment of silence and deep communication. Basically, their message was "you don't need to eat us to be happy." A few weeks later, after watching "What The Health" I woke up one day and stopped eating all meat, eggs and dairy and became Vegan.
Q4.
How was this year for you?
A year of experimentation and change. Apart from the usual touring with ADF, in my solo Dr Das work, I stopped playing bass and became totally electronic. I played some shows in the UK and France like this, with just laptop and controllers and really enjoyed it.
https://soundcloud.com/dr-das/resurgence-by-dark-million-alien-radio-edit
I also started a different project - an album of abstract noise - no beats, no bass, to release next year.
https://soundcloud.com/churulian/diss-cuss
Q5.
What’s your new year’s resolutions?
I don't ever have new year's resolutions, because for me the 'new year' represents nothing but the change in a number. Until it represents a change in human mentality, it means nothing to me. Instead of resolutions, I will just continue to do the new things I already started this year.
https://fffmusic.bandcamp.com/
Q1.
What was the best music piece for you this year?
Albums:
- Kunst - Kunst [KUNST002]
-Rolando Simmons - World Building (LoveLove)
-Leo Anibaldi - Muta ( LII001)
-B12 - Electro-Soma II (Warp Records - WARP LP9X)
-Thundercat - Drunk (Brainfeeder - BF064)
- Brainwaltzera -Poly-Ana (Film - FILMLP003)
-Integrity - Howling, For The Nightmare Shall Consume (Relapse Records - RR7359)
https://www.discogs.com/Integrity-Howling-For-The-Nightmare-Shall-Consume/release/10529722
-Jad Fair & Kramer - The History Of Crying (Shimmy 500 - SHIMMY-500.1)
- The Other People Place - Lifestyles Of The Laptop Café (Warp Records - WARPLP90R)
- The Mover - Selected Classics (Remastered 2017) (Boidae - BOIDAE 002 )
Ep's
-Desto - Immortality EP (Signal Life - SGNLF#09)
https://www.discogs.com/Desto-Immortality-EP/release/9929505
-Trigger Happy - Untitled (Trigger Happy Records PLUMP001)
https://www.discogs.com/Trigger-Happy-Untitled/release/9758671
-Christoph De Babalon - Grim Zenith EP (V I S - VIS005)
https://www.discogs.com/Christoph-De-Babalon-Grim-Zenith-EP/release/10047199
- Peter Darker - Choose Your Destiny (7th Storey Projects - 7TH 12012)
https://www.discogs.com/Peter-Darker-Choose-Your-Destiny/release/9732953
-Minimum Syndicat - Sword Swallower (AcidCore Records - ACE003)
https://www.discogs.com/Minimum-Syndicat-Baxter/release/10346253
-Coco Bryce - Love Fools (Myor Massiv - LUV 01)
https://www.discogs.com/Coco-Bryce-Love-Fools/release/9792363
-FX / Worldwide Epidemic - Demonic Epidemic (Myor Massiv - DEEP 01)
https://www.discogs.com/FX-2-Worldwide-Epidemic-Demonic-Epidemic/release/10409185
-Various - Slow Blasters EP (Alphacut Records - ACR 3008)
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Slow-Blasters-EP/release/11120483
-Tim Reaper - Give Me More / My Reality (Amenology - AMEN001)
https://www.discogs.com/Tim-Reaper-Give-Me-More-My-Reality/master/1276449
-Pants & Socks - Rave New World
- J-Zbel, Low Jack, U-202 - Rends L'argent (BFDM015)
Q2.
What was the best thing about Work of art such as movies, books, TV shows/Documentary,etc, you saw this year?
- A life in waves (documentary)
- 2023: A trilogy by the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (book)
- Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton (documentary)
-T.J. Miller - Meticulously Ridiculous (stand up)
- GLOW (tv show)
-WTF with Marc Maron: episodes ,Mark Mothersbaugh, Kim Deal, Jason Mantzoukas. (podcast)
- Big mouth (animation)
-Master of None Season 2 (tv show)
- Beyond Yacht Rock (podcast)
- The Big Sick (movie)
Q3.
What was the most impressive experience you experienced this year?
The birth of my son.
Q4.
How was this year for you?
Chaotic but great!
A bunch of awesome gigs, met a lot of lovely people. Released quite a lot of records.
Q5.
What’s your new year’s resolutions?
Sleep more (hopefully), meditate more and make more music!
Gore Tech
http://www.gore-tech.net/
https://soundcloud.com/goretech
Q1.
What was the best music piece for you this year?
Aaron Spectre - Replicate and Survive - (EXE Project)
Logos - Glass (Boylen Devil's Remix) - (Different Circles)
Ghost In The Machine - The Holy Grill (Perc Trax)
Pessimist - Bloom =Rust In Peace (Blackest Ever Black)
Cult of the Black Noise - Edge Runner
Q2.
What was the best thing about Work of art such as movies, books, TV shows/Documentary,etc, you saw this year?
I've been to the cinema more this year than I have in many years leading up to 2017, as for films, well Ghost in the Shell blew me away, I almost cried in the cinema because they did it so much justice to the original and I think it held true to Masamune Shirow's original manga works,
Following this Blade Runner again an incredibly powerful squeal to an already incredible film. I also read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline which will be being turned into a film out next year as well. I was happy to see the new Alien film as this franchise is another one of my all time favourites. I should also mention Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan was a novel I managed to drink through this year, hard-boiled cyberpunk dystopian-noir just in time for it's new re-imagining as a Netflix series next year, Great year for cyberpunk in the mainstream.
Q3.
What was the most impressive experience you experienced this year?
Probably the ability to host two massive EXE Label Nights here in my own city Manchester England. Hosting Ghost In The Machine, JK Flesh, Aaron Spectre, Imaginary Forces and Lucio De Rimanez along with an incredible show of local support from the EXE Family over the space of two events was a dream come true for ourselves.
Q4.
How was this year for you?
busy!
with the work we've done with EXE Project, I've also had a number of big graphic design projects I've separated out my design work into two camps now, completing digital graphic design work under my design project Machine™ and focusing more with a number of illustration projects as Throne.
and any time I have spare I've been adding to the next Gore Tech EP hopefully have some more news on this soon. and to top this all off I've joined a live band getting my itch of doom and desert rock out of my system with some great people here in Manchester.
Q5.
What’s your new year’s resolutions?
Take more time to escape into the wilderness of the Peak District National Park. It's why I live here in the cold, dark north of England after-all :)
Stazma The Junglechrist
http://stazmathejunglechrist.com/
Q1.
What was the best music piece for you this year?
Dj Skull Vomit – Deadly Observation EP
Ruby My Dear – Basic
Unsane – Sterilize
Surachai – Asymmetry Codex / Temple of the Weakening Sun
John Frum – A Stirring In The Noos
Pryapisme - Diabolicus Felinae Pandemonium
2Methyl – Etched
Guavid - Wathorn Wieib EP
Vytear – Kingstrip 1
Clark – Death Peak
Q2.
What was the best thing about Work of art such as movies, books, TV shows/Documentary,etc, you saw this year?
Blade Runner 2049
Twin Peaks : The Return
Game of Thrones Season 7
Soundbreaking documentary
Q3.
What was the most impressive experience you experienced this year?
I guess seeing Unsane live for the first time, they realy kicked the teeth out of my head, I couldn't move my head the day after cause of too much headbanging.
Q4.
How was this year for you?
Quite good ! It was my « birthday » compilation year as I did tracks for the 10 years of Kaometry, 10 years of Jigsore and collaborated with DJ Akira on the 15 years of Prspct compilation. I did some new music for my side project Repeat Eater (https://repeat-eater.bandcamp.com/) coming for the very end of the 2017. We also started a video channel about synthesizers with a friend of mine, it is called Wired Brain (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh4pymrTUC_vAvkKp6ofzVA) and we do test new gear by making sounds with them as well doing more Eurorack oriented content for geeks like us.
Q5.
What’s your new year’s resolutions?
Starting, and hopefully finish the first ever Stazma full length album !!!!
