20. Near the Parenthesis – Inertia (Stay Right Here) / Music for the Forest Concourse [n5MD]
19. Northcape – Doesn’t Feel Like a Long Way / Captured from Static [Sun Sea Sky]
18. Del Rey – E Pluribus Unicorn / Immemorial [At a Loss]
17. Oval – Ah! / O [Thrill Jockey]
16. The American Dollar – Age of Wonder / Atlas [Self-released]
15. Dosh – Airlift / Tommy [Anticon]
14. amiina – Ásinn / Puzzle [amiinamusik]
13. Nils Frahm & Anne Müller – 7fingers / 7fingers [Hush]
12. Sophie Hutchings – Portrait of Haller / Becalmed [Preservation]
11. Emeralds – Summerdata / Does It Look Like I’m Here? [Editions Mego]
10. Year of No Light – Persephone I / Ausserwelt [Conspiracy]
9. Mux Mool – Get Better John / Skulltaste [Ghostly International]
8. Max Richter – Infra 5 / Infra [Fat Cat]
7. The Seven Fields of Aphelion – Mountain Mary / Periphery [Graveface]
6. [The] Slowest Runner [In All the World] – Zoë Machete Control / We, Burning Giraffes [Future Recordings]
5. The Octopus Project – Fuguefat / Hexadecagon [Peek-a-Boo]
4. Maserati – Pyramid of the Sun / Pyramid of the Sun [Temporary Residence Ltd.]
3. Slow Six – The Night You Left New York / Tomorrow Becomes You [Western Vinyl]
2. Hammock – Breathturn / Chasing After Shadows . . . Living With the Ghosts [Hammock Music]
1. Ólafur Arnalds – Hægt, kemur ljósið / . . . and they have escaped the weight of darkness. [Erased Tapes]
We are a radio show that plays epic instrumental music.
4 responses so far ↓
1 The Best Instrumental Albums of 2010 // Dec 27, 2010 at 8:05 pm
[...] us. But it is also a snapshot of one fantastic year of experimental, voiceless music. Check out the playlist. [...]
2 Bye 2010. « [the] slowest runner [in all the world] // Dec 28, 2010 at 11:28 am
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3 Tschussie // Dec 29, 2010 at 3:00 am
Please check out the official video for Oval’s “Ah!”
http://www.vimeo.com/14431677
Apologies if this is considered Spam.
4 G. // Jan 3, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Amazing songs. Finding this playlist was akin to hitting jackpot for me. I stumbled upon this webpage while casually looking for suggestions for instrumental songs that came out in 2010 and well, I never expected the songs to be this good. Almost all the albums listed here are worth listening to.
Whoever created this playlist, bravo. You sir/ma’am have an excellent taste in instrumental music.
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