Beste Albums 2005

De Afgrond vroeg muzikanten, popjournalisten, platenverkopers, labelmedewerkers en andere muziekliefhebbers om een lijstje met hun favoriete tien albums van 2005. Met dank aan alle inzenders. Harry Prenger 8 januari 2006

 

RENE VAN BAAR (Clear Spot International)
1 Militia – Everything Is One
2 Merzbow – Sha Mo 3000
3 Espers – The Weed Tree
4 Coil – The Ape Of Naples
5 Novy Svet & O Paradis – Destello De Estrellas En La Fente
6 Kemialliset Ystavat – Kellari Juniversumi
7 Der Blutharsch – When Did Wonderland End?
8 Caroliner Rainbow – Transcontinental Pinecoen Collector
9 Sturmovik – Schwarzer Tau
10 Various – Radio Pyongyang

 

 

BOB BERT (Int’l Shades/BB Gun Magazine www.bbgun.org)
1 Int'l Shades - Hash Wednesday
I will take this opportunity to plug my own band who (along with Mark C, Tim Foljahn and Dorien Garry) released this excellent lp and cd of melodic space pop that so far has been ignored by the press. Check it out.

2 Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
I love this record, completely unique and to think Antony came out of the Pyramid's (avenue A) Drag scene. Also my favorite cover photo of Candy Darling.

3 The Dirtbombs - If You Don't Already Have A Look
52 songs of pure rock and roll sou.l

4 Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks
They finally nailed it on tape. Complete Gypsy punk dub fun from start to finish.

5 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Someone please tell Nick that Johnny Thunders didn't write Chinese Rocks. However their best in a while.

6 Einsturzende Neubauten - Perpetuum Mobile
German kings of percussion and groundbreaking do it again.

7 Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth
First vocal Eno lp since Before And After Science, well worth the wait.

8 Foetus – Love
JGT continues to pave the way with new sound, even belting out some french.

9 Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
I'll probably get some shit for this one, but the songs are all really groovy.

10 Sleater-Kinney - In The Woods
Usually SK's yelping gets under my skin as it is supposed to I guess, but with the help of Upstate NY's Dave Fridmann, the ladies added some space to their rock and make their best record since All Hands On the Bad One

11 Comet Gain - City Fallen Leaves
The coolest sounding indie rock band ever, maybe.

 

 

JAAP BOOTS (VPRO)
1 LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
2 Eels - Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
3 Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock ‘n’ Roll
4 At The Close Of Everyday - De Geluiden Van Weleer (Liedboek voor de Mensen)
5 Beck - Guero
6 The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
7 Coparck - Few Chances Come Once In A Lifetime
8 John Legend - Get Lifted
9 Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
10 Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better

 

 

PETER BRUYN (Haarlems Dagblad/Revolver/Utrechts Nieuwsblad)
1 Antony and the Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
2 Angels of Light & Akron/Family – Akron Family & Angels of Light
3 Gravenhurst – Fires In Distant Buildings
4 Tunng – Mother’s Daughter And Other Songs
5 The Hellacopters – Rock & Roll Is Dead
6 Jackie Leven – Elegy For Johnny Cash
7 Paavoharju – Yhä Hämärää
8 Common – Be
9 At the Close Of Everyday – De Geluiden Van Weleer
10 Fm3 – Buddha Machine

 

 

GEERT DRIESSEN (Sounds, Venlo www.sounds-venlo.nl)
1 Fat Freddys Drop - Based On A True Story
2 Arcade Fire - Funeral
3 Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
4 Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche A Bamako
5 White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
6 Laura Cantrell - Humming By The Flowered Vine
7 Shukar Collective - Urban Gipsy
8 Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation - Mighty Rearranger
9 The Broken Family Band - Welcome Home Loser
10 Tunng - This Is

 

 

LARRY HARDY (In The Red Records www.intheredrecords.com)
Frames - Black Forest and Police 1000 7"
King Khan & BBQ Show - King Khan & BBQ Show
Tokyo Electron - Tokyo Electron
The Time Flys - Fly
Gris Gris - For The Season
Demons Claws - Demons Claws
Haunted George - Panther Howl, Alive & Kicking & Big Pile O' Meat
Reigning Sound - Home For Orphans & Live At Maxwells
Karate Party - Karate Party
The Rebel - Kit, Prawns & The Rocket Breaks Down

 

 

TONY HERRINGTON (The Wire)
1 Various - Invisible Pyramid: Elegy Box
2 Various - By The Fruits You Shall Know The Roots
3 Skullflower - Orange Canyon Mind
4 Minexio VIII - Vida Psiquica De Los Caracoles
5 Burning Star Core - The Very Heart Of The World
6 Grey Daturas/Yellow Swans - Copper/Silver
7 Keijo & The Free Players - Between Us
8 Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Wedlock
9 My Cat Is An Alien - Plutonian Flames
10 Wolf Eyes/Dead Machines/Dilloway/Hair Police/Guam River/Graveyards/
    Birth Refusal/Falling Lights/Spykes - everything!

 

 

HANS HOEKDIJK (Clear Spot International)
1 Maldoror - L‘arbre Cimetiere
2 Nil - Nil Novo Sub Sole
3 Ska Cubano - Ay Caramba!
4 Brendan Pollard - Expansion
5 Cracow Klezmer Band - Plays John Zorn-Satorium Under The Sign Of The Hourglass
6 Magic Pie - Motions Of Desire
7 Arc - Arcturus
8 Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret
9 Kate Bush - Aerial
10 Airsculpture - Tranceatlantic

 

 

RENE VAN KAAM (Platenblad)
1 The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
2 Supergrass - Road To Rouen
3 Espers - The Weed Tree
4 Lucinda Williams – Live @ The Fillmore
5 Marissa Nadler - The Saga Of Mayflower May
6 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
7 Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
8 Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
9 Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
10 Babyshambles - Down In Albion

 

 

DAVID KEENAN (Taurpis Tula/www.volcanictongue.com/The Wire)
1 Mouthus – Slow Globes
2 Prurient – Black Vase
3 Grouper – Way Their Crept
4 Hisato Higuchi – 2004 11 2005 4
5 MV/EE & The Bummer Road – We Offer You Guru
6 Owl Sounds – Owl Sounds With Arrington DeDionyso
7 Skullflower – Orange Canyon Mind
8 Can’t – New Secret
9 Double Leopards – A Hole Is True
10 Teotihuacan – Teotihuacan
11 Julie Mittens – AJ LM Recorded June 20 2005

 

 

HANS VAN DER LINDEN (www.kindamuzik.net)
1 Animal Collective - Feels
2 Sunn O))) - Black One
3 Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Horses In The Sky
4 Sunburned Hand Of The Man - No Magic Man
5 Excepter - Throne
6 Oneida - The Wedding
7 Xiu Xiu - La Forêt
8 Flaherty Corsano Duo - Last Eyes
9 The Psychic Paramount - Gamelan Into The Mink Supernatural
10 Double Leopards - Out Of One, Through One And To One

 

 

TIMO VAN LUIJK (Af Ursin)
Af Ursin - Aura Legato
Andrew Chalk/Daisuke & Naoko Suzuki - Senshu
Asra - Souvenir à Asra
August Born (Ben Chasny/Hiroyuki Usui) - August Born
Charalambides - Live/Dead
Raymond Dijkstra - Affentheater
Rudolph Eb.er/Mama Bär - Il Portable Delle Indipendenti
In Camera - In Camera
Seishokki - 1975-1977
Robert Wyatt and Friends - Theatre Royal Drury Lane

 

 

JOHN MOLONEY (Sunburned Hand Of The Man)
1 Uncle Jim- Uncle Jim’s Superstars Of Greenwich Meantime
2 Lungfish - Feral Hymns
3 Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney – Superwolf
4 Prurient - The Black Vase
5 Six Organs Of Admittance - School Of The Flower
6 Excepter – Throne
7 Jack Rose - Kensington Blues
8 Nath Family – Sounds Of The Indian Snake Charmer
9 Burning Star Core - Mes Soldats Stupides ‘96 – ’04
10 Ilk – Canticle

 

 

THURSTON MOORE (Sonic Youth)
1 Charalambides - Live/Dead
2 Can’t - 7"
3 Leslie Keffer - Devastates
4 Family Underground - Slingshot Feud Vol. 2
5 Eyes and Arms of Smoke - Moonburn
6 Fricara Pacchu - Waydom
7 Taurpis Tula - Steel Rods Bruise Butterflies
8 x.0.4 - All Alien Part One
9 Religious Knives - In Bed
10 Wayne Rogers - Blues-Ul Alb

 

 

ANNIBALE PICICCI (Dense Promotion www.dense.de)
1 Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Született
2 Dälek - Absence
3 Next Life - Electric Violence
4 Cobra Killer & Kapajkos - Das Mandolinenorchester
5 Pastacas - Tsaca Tsap
6 Ryoji Ikeda - Dataplex
7 Miwon - Pale Glitter
8 Column One - Dream Time (1994-2004)
9 Sensational - Speaks For Itself
10 Pit er Pat - Shakey

 

 

EMANUELE PINOTTI (Qbico Records www.webalice.it/qbico1)
Maniac Dreams – Maniac Dreams
Mike Cooper - Rayon Hula
Loosers - Slugs
Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Wedlock
Charalambides - Our Bed Is Green
Wooden Wand & the Vanishing Voice - Buck Dharma
The Sb – The Sb
Steve Reid - Spirit Walk
Es - Sateenkaarisuudelma
Lichens - Lichens

 

 

THEO PLOEG (OOR/Haarlems Dagblad/cut.up.media/fade out magazine)
1 Justus Köhncke - Doppelleben
2 LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
3 Caro - The Return of Caro
4 Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock And Roll
5 Isolée - We Are Monster
6 Atomic Hooligan - You Are Here
7 Akron/Family - Akron/Family
8 Jan Jelinek - Kosmischer Pitch
9 Andi Teichmann - Fades
10 Amusement Parks On Fire - Amusement Parks On Fire

 

 

HARRY PRENGER (De Afgrond/Platenblad)
1 Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
2 dEUS - Pocket Revolution
3 Calexico – The Book And The Canal
4 Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
5 Brian Eno – Another Day On Earth
6 Om - Variations On A Theme
7 LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
8 The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
9 The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang
10 The Modey Lemon - The Curious City

 

 

PAUL RONDAGS (Zoom Records, Maastricht)
1 Six Organs Of Admittance - School Of Flower
2 Gravenhurst - Fires In Distant Buildings
3 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
4 Jazzanova - Blue Note Trip “Looking Back”
5 Deus - Pocket Revolution
6 Sam Prekop - Who's Your New Professor
7 Tarwater - The Needle Was Travelling
8 Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
9 Lcd Soundsystem - Lcd Soundsystem
10 Paul Mc Cartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard

 

 

ROMY RUARES (Evil Bitch Records www.evilbitch666.com)
Vic du Monte's Idiot Prayer - Prey For The City
Throw Rag - 13 ft. And Rising
The Immortal Lee County Killers 3 - These Bones Will Rise To Love You Again
The Hellacopters - Rock & Roll Is Dead
High On Fire - Blessed Black Wings
Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata - Vic du Monte's Persona Non Grata
The Specimens - The Quick And The Deaf
Digger & The Pussycats - Watch Yr Back
The Bamboo Kids - This Ain't No Revolution
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain

 

 

SWIE TIO (BarLife/Lowlands/Revolver)
1 Fat Freddys Drop - Based On A True Story
2 Coldplay - X&Y
3 Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche À Bamako
4 Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
5 various - Bossa N' Stones
6 Spinvis - Dagen Van Gras Dagen Van Stro
7 Jem - Finally Woken
8 Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
9 Sons And Daughters - The Repulsion Box
10 The Briefs - Steal Yer Heart

 

 

HENK VAESSEN
1 Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
2 dEUS - Pocket Revolution
3 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
4 The Arcade Fire - Funeral
5 LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
6 Arizona Amp & Alternator - Arizona Amp & Alternator
7 Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
8 Tex, Don & Charlie - All Is Forgiven
9 Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
10 Andrew Bird – Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs

 

 

MATT VALENTINE (The Tower Recordings)
1 Glands Of External Secretion/
My Cat Is An Alien - From The Earth To The Spheres Vol. 6
2 Drona Parva - Salvia Door
3 Spectre Folk – Spectre Folk
4 Jeremy Pisani & Conrad Capistran - Black Sand Archives Vol. 1 Six Full Length Radio
Shows
5 J Mascis - Sing & Chant For Amma
6 Josephine Foster - Hazel Eyes, I Will Lead You
7 Valley Of The Ashes - Valley Of The Ashes
8 Dredd Foole - A Long, Losing Battle With Eloquence And Intimance
9 Caveira – A’frica
10 Sunburned Hand Of The Man – Complexion

 

 

KOEN VANDENHOUDT (Kunstencentrum Belgie, Hasselt www.kunstencentrumbelgie.com)
The Goslings - Between The Dead
Guam River - Tape Systems For Empty Skies
Dove Yellow Swans - Live During War Crimes
Magik Markers - I Trust My Guitar Etc...
Various - By The Fruits You Shall Know The Roots
Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice - L'un Marquer Contre La Moissonneuse
The Polka Dot Sunflower Bed Orchestra - Mini Hollywood
White Rock - Tarpit
Tar Pet - The Artist Revealed Is Taralie Dawn
The Foole's Method - Live At The Montague Bookmill April 2 2004

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