The Green Dolphin's Poll #16 (2007)
(01) Toms Ceïmillers (Latvia)
BANDS
- Porcupine Tree
- Rush
- Genesis
- Opeth
- Blackfield
- Adrian Belew
- John Zorn
- Explosions In The Sky
- Do Make Say Think
- Dream Theater
ALBUMS
- Rush - "Snakes & Arrows"
- Porcupine Tree - "Fear of a Blank Planet"
- Porcupine Tree - "Nil Recurring"
- Explosions In The Sky - "All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone"
- Gavin Harrison & 05Ric - "Drop"
- Battles - "Mirrored"
- Do Make Say Think - "You You're A History In Rust"
- Jordan Rudess - "The Road Home"
- Marillion - "Somewhere Else"
- Anekdoten - "A Time Of Day"
(02) Andy French (USA)
BANDS
- Wooden Shjips
- Boris
- Liars
- Orion Rigel Dommisse
- Panda Bear
- Yeasayer
- Voice of the Seven Woods
- Meneguar/ Woods (Jeremy Earl/ Christian DeRoek)
- Raccoo-oo-oon
- James Toth/ Wooden Wand
ALBUMS
- Orion Rigel Dommisse - "What I Want From You Is Sweet"
- Yeasayer - "All Hour Cymbals"
- Voice Of The Seven Woods - "Voice Of The Seven Woods"
- Raccoo-oo-oon - "Behold Secret Kingdom"
- Liars - "Liars"
- Tenniscoats - "Tan Tan Therapy"
- Boris w/ Michio Kurihara - "Rainbow"
- Panda Bear - "Person Pitch"
- Citay - "Little Kingdom"
- Battles - "Mirrored"
(03) Harry de Vries (The Netherlands)
BANDS
- Dream Theater
- Blackfield
- Porcupine Tree
- Fish
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- Areknames
- Oceansize
- Black Mountain
- Big Big Train
- Wicked Minds
ALBUMS
- Dream Theater - "Systematic Chaos"
- Blackfield - "Blackfield II"
- Porcupine Tree - "Fear of a Blank Planet"
- Ritual - "The Hemulic Voluntary Band"
- Oceansize - "Frames"
- Gazpacho - "Night"
- Fish - "Communion" 2CD Live
- Oblivion Sun - "Oblivion Sun"
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - "In Glorious Times"
- Wicked Minds - "Live at Burg Herzberg Festival"
(04) Weasel Walter (USA)
BANDS
- The Flying Luttenbachers
- Weasel Walter
- Mick Barr/Ocrilim
- Zs
- Marnie Stern
- Burmese
- Deerhoof
- Peter Evans Quartet
- XBXRX
- The Germs
ALBUMS
- The Flying Luttenbachers - "Incarceration By Abstraction"
- Zs - "Arms"
- Weasel Walter - "Firestorm"
- Marnie Stern - "In Advance of A Broken Arm"
- The Peter Evans Quartet
- Behold...The Arctopus - "Skullgrid"
- Mayhem - "Ordo Ad Chao"
- Miles Davis - "The Complete On The Corner Sessions"
- Masayuki Takayanagi - "The Complete "La Grima""
- Healing Force - "The Songs of Albert Ayler"
(05) Sean Butze (USA)
BANDS
- ULVER
- Grayceon
- The Ocean
- Neurosis
- Caspian
- Irepress
- Rosetta
- Alcest
- Wolves in the Throne Room
- Baroness
ALBUMS
- ULVER - "Shadows of the Sun"
- Grayceon - "Grayceon"
- The Ocean - "Precambrian"
- Neurosis - "Given to the Rising"
- Caspian - "The Four Trees"
- Irepress - "Samus Octology"
- Rosetta - "Wake/Lift"
- Alcest - "Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde"
- Wolves in the Throne Room - "Two Hunters"
- Baroness - "Red Album"
(06) SM (USA)
BANDS
- Beware of safety
- Caspian
- Signal hill
- Heliphino
- Stars of the lid
- Pirate ship quintet
- North (az)
- Joy wants eternity
- Giants
- Thinkstandard
ALBUMS
- Thinkstandard - "the gavel's third try"
- Beware of safety - "it is curtains"
- Caspian - "the four trees"
- Signal hill - "s/t"
- Heliphino - "make it what you want"
- Pirate ship quintet - "s/t"
- Stars of the lid - "and the refinement of the decline"
- North - "ruins"
- Joy wants eterniy - "you who pretend to sleep"
- Giants - "they, the undeserving"
(07) Brian John Mitchell (USA)
BANDS
- Origami Arktika
- Low
- Electric Bird Noise
- PJ Harvey
- mwvm
- Clang Quartet
- Promute
- Rivulets
- Plumerai
- Douglas Ferguson
ALBUMS
- Low - "Drums & Guns"
- PJ Harvey - "White Chalk"
- Origami Arktika - "Trollebotn"
- Plumerai - "Home Again"
- mwvm - "rotations"
- Electric Bird Noise - "fragile hearts...fragile minds"
- Aarktica - "matchless years"
- Remora - "songs i sing"
- Miss Massive Snowflake - "The Queen's Headache"
- Jesu - "Conqueror"
(08) Dez Innocent (Scotland)
BANDS
- Burial
- Stars Of The Lid
- Murcof
- Fennesz
- Underworld
- National
- Pan Sonic
- Supersilent
- BJ Nilsen
- Shining (Norway)
ALBUMS
- Burial - "Untrue"
- Stars Of the Lid - "And their Refinement Of The Decline"
- Murcof - "Cosmos"
- BJ Nilsen - "The Short Night"
- Supersilent - "8"
- Shining - "Grindstone"
- Port-Royal - "Afriad To Dance"
- Do Make Say Think - "You You're A History In Rust"
- Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
- Pan Sonic - "Cathodephase"
(09) Dustin Wall (USA)
BANDS
- The Mars Volta
- Radiohead
- Between The Buried And Me
- Planet X
- Opeth
- Meshuggah
- California Guitar Trio
- Dream Theater
- Pelican
- Black Mountain
ALBUMS
- Planet X - "Quantum"
- Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
- Between The Buried And Me - "Colors"
- Dream Theater - "Systematic Chaos"
- Opeth - "The Roundhouse Tapes"
- Pelican - "City Of Echoes"
- Omar Rodriguez Lopez - "Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo"
- Fripp & Eno - "Beyond Even (1992-2006)"
- Genesis - "Live Over Europe 2007"
- Zappa - "The Dub Room Special"
(10) Jos Interzona (Italy)
BANDS
- Christina Kubisch
- Eliane Radigue
- Peter Brötzmann
- Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra
- Fovea Hex
- Talibam!
- Steinbrüchel
- Marc Behrens
- John Butcher
- Asher
ALBUMS
- Powerhouse Sound - "Oslo-Chicago (((Breaks)))"
- Yui Onodera - "Suisei"
- Steve Peters - "Three Rooms"
- Hans Appelqvist - "Sifantin Och Mörkret"
- Alva Noto - "Xerrox Vol.1"
- Stefano Pilia - "Action Silence Prayers"
- A Taste Of Ra - "Morning Of My Life"
- Tony Malaby - "Tamarindo"
- Stephen Gauci's Basso Continuo - "Nididhyasana"
- Christopher Willits - "Plants And Hearts"
(11) Igor Sidorenko (Ukraine)
BANDS
- Oceansize
- Grayceon
- The Watch
- Olia & Monster
- Battles
- Far Corner
- The Gourishankar
- Apple Pie
- Beardfish
- Amaran's Plight
ALBUMS
- Oceansize - "Frames"
- Grayceon - "Grayceon"
- The Pirate Ship Quintet - "s/t"
- Johnnytwentythree - "JXXIII"
- Silence Kit - "The Great Red Spot"
- Anekdoten - "A Time of Day"
- The Morningside - "The Wind, The Trees and The Shadows of the Past"
- Everything is made in China - "4"
- The Pax Cecilia - "Blessed are the Bonds"
- The Gourishankar - "2nd Hands"
(12) Cesar Lanzarini (Brazil)
BANDS
- Big Big Train
- Holding Pattern
- Interpose
- Knight Area
- Oceansize
- OMNI
- Phideaux
- Pulsar
- The Gourishankar
- The Third Ending
ALBUMS
- Big Big Train - "The Difference Machine"
- Holding Pattern - "Breaking The Silence"
- Interpose - "Indifferent"
- Knight Area - "Under A New Sign"
- Oceansize - "Frames"
- Omni - "Sólo fue un Sueño"
- Phideaux - "Doomsday Afternoon"
- Pulsar - "Memory Ashes"
- The Gourishankar - "2nd Hands"
- The Third Ending - "Same"
(13) J.R. Williams (USA)
BANDS
- Alog
- Arve Henriksen
- Growing
- Supersilent
- Murcof
- Steinbrüchel
- Black Dice
- Shining (Norway)
- Oren Ambarchi
- Kammerflimmer Kollektief
ALBUMS
- Alog - "Amateur" (Rune Grammofon)
- Growing - "Vision Swim" (Troubleman Unlimited)
- Christmas Decorations - "Communal Rust" (Community Library)
- Arve Henriksen - "Strjon" (Rune Grammofon)
- Steinbrüchel - "Basis" (Room40)
- Murcof - "Cosmos" (Leaf)
- Oren Ambarchi - "In the Pendulum's Embrace" (Touch)
- Shining - "Grindstone" (Rune Grammofon)
- Supersilent - "8" (Rune Grammofon)
- Black Dice - "Load Blown" (Paw Tracks)
(14) Charlie Rauh (USA)
BANDS
- Fred Frith/Evelyn Glennie
- Derek Bailey
- Radiohead
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- Carla Bozulich
- Sigur Ros
- Bill Frisell
- Bjork
- Death Ambient
- Carla Kihlstedt
ALBUMS
- Fred Frith/Evelyn Glennie - "The Sugar Factory"
- Derek Bailey - "Standards"
- Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
- Bjork - "Volta"
- Sigur Ros - "Hvarf/Heim"
- The Innocence Mission - "We Walked In Song"
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - "In Glorious Times"
- The Book of Knots - "Traineater"
- Death Ambient - "Drunken Forrest"
- Floratone - "Floratone"
(15) Stephen V Funk (USA)
BANDS
- Meg Baird
- Rhys Chatham
- Björk
- Marissa Nadler
- Cornelius
- Devendra Banhart
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy
- James Blackshaw
- The Bad Plus
- Tierney Sutton Band
ALBUMS
- Meg Baird - "Dear Companion" [Drag City]
- Rhys Chatham - "A Crimson Grail" [Table of the Elements]
- The Trees Community - "The Christ Tree" [Hand/Eye]
- Art Of Field Recording - "Volume I" [Dust-To-Digital]
- Miles Davis - "The Complete "On The Corner" Sessions" [Sony]
- Marissa Nadler - "Songs III -- Bird On The Water" [Peacefrog]
- Gonzales - "Solo Piano" [Sunnyside]
- Cornelius - "Sensuous" [Warner Japan]
- James Blackshaw - "The Cloud of Unknowing" [Tompkin Square]
- Björk - "Volta" [Warner Bros.]
(16) Igor (aka raigor) Gorely (Russia)
BANDS
- Anekdoten
- Far Corner
- Grails
- The Pax Cecilia
- Ahleuchatistas
- Caspian
- Destroyalldreamers
- Mooch
- Cue
- Vespero
ALBUMS
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - "In Glorious Times"
- Anekdoten - "A Time Of Day"
- Beware Of Safety - "It Is Curtains"
- The Pax Cecilia - "Blessed Are The Bonds"
- Maserati - "Inventions For the New Season"
- Ebu Gogo - "Chase Scenes 1- 14"
- Yndi Halda - "Enjoy Eternal Bliss"
- Joy Wants Eternity - "You Who Pretend To Sleep"
- Cecilia::Eyes - "Mountain Tops Are Sometimes Closer To The Moon"
- Actual Music Quartet RSM - "s/t"
(17) Richard Poulin (Canada)
BANDS
- Far Corner
- Alec Redfearn & The Eyesores
- Radio Massacre International
- The Vocokesh
- Upsilon Acrux
- Canvas Solaris
- Jonas Hellborg
- Heartscore
- Projeto B
- Hiromi Uehara
ALBUMS
- Far Corner - "Endangered"
- Alec Redfearn - "The Blind Spot"
- Radio Massacre International - "Rain Falls in Grey"
- The Vocokesh - "...All This and Hieronymus Bosch"
- Upsilon Acrux - "Galapagos Momentum"
- Canvas Solaris - "Cortical Tectonics"
- Jonas Hellborg - "Art Metal"
- Many Directions - "Heartscore"
- Projeto B - "A Noite"
- Hiromi Uehara - "Time Control"
(18) Joseph Stevenson (USA)
BANDS
- THE WATCH
- DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND
- WINTERPILLS
- COHEED AND CAMBRIA
- MAGIC PIE
- ROGER JOSEPH MANNING JR.
- SYMPHONY X
- PORCUPINE TREE
- BLACKFIELD
- LITTLE ATLAS
ALBUMS
- Devin Townsend Presents - "Ziltoid The Omniscient"
- The Watch - "PRIMITIVE"
- Winterpills - "THE LIGHT DIVIDES - Winterpills"
- Coheed and Cambria - "NO WORLD FOR TOMORROW"
- Magic Pie - "CIRCUS OF LIFE"
- Aqualung - "MEMORY MAN"
- Lez Zeppelin - "LEZ ZEPPELIN"
- Marillion - "SOMEWHERE ELSE"
- Frank Zappa - "THE DUB ROOM SPECIAL"
- Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - "LAND OF PURE IMAGINATION"
(19) Jozef Moors (Belgium)
BANDS
- Bee & flower
- The silver mt. zion memorial orchestra & tra-la-la band
- iLiKETRAiNS
- Neurosis
- Secret Chiefs 3
- Ulver
- Red Sparowes
- Shining (Sweden)
- Slint
- Motek
ALBUMS
- iLiKETRAiNS - "Elegies to lessons learnt"
- A whisper in the noise - "Dry land"
- Ulver - "Shadows of the sun"
- Shining - "V - Halmstad"
- Bergraven - "Dödsvisioner"
- Neurosis - "Given to the rising"
- Hooverphonic - "The president of the LSD golf club"
- Explosions in the sky - "All of a sudden I miss everyone"
- Bee & flower - "Last sight of land"
- God is an astronaut - "Far from refuge"
(20) Mr. Thistle (USA)
BANDS
- Sunset Rubdown
- The Fun Years
- Grouper
- Pumice
- Yellow Swans
- Raccoo-oo-oon
- Shugo Tokumaru
- Radicalfashion
- Aa (Big A Little a)
- Bon Iver
ALBUMS
- Sunset Rubdown - "Random Spirit Lover"
- The Fun Years - "Life-Sized Pschoses"
- Grouper - "Cover the Windows and the Walls"
- Pumice - "Pebbles"
- Gavin Bryars/Philip Jeck/Alter Ego - "The Sinking of the Titanic"
- Shugo Tokumaru - "Exit"
- Radicalfashion - "Odori"
- Aa (Big A Little a) - "GAame"
- Yellow Swans - "At All Ends / Descension" EP
- Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago"
(21) Hopewood (UK)
BANDS
- Union Station Massacre
- World's End Girlfriend
- !!!
- Mono
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- Battles
- Dinosaur Jr
- NWA
- Notorious B.I.G.
- Public Enemy
ALBUMS
- Last Days of April - "May as well Live"
- Alphabeat - "s/t"
- Flatlands - "s/t"
- The Conservatives - "The John Major Years"
- The Good Life
- 65daysofstatic
- Jimmy Eat World
- Kayne West
- Less Than Jake
- Madness
(22) Jordan Volz (USA)
BANDS
- Stars of the Lid
- Battles
- Grails
- Vladislav Delay
- Caspian
- Six Parts Seven
- 65daysofstatic
- The Field
- Burial
- Justice
ALBUMS
- Giuseppe Ielasi - "August"
- Tulsa Drone - "Songs From a Mean Season"
- Vladislav Delay - "Whistleblower"
- Opitope - "Hau"
- Grails - "Burning Off Impurities"
- Stars of the Lid - "And Their Refinement of the Decline"
- Willits/Sakamoto - "Ocean Fire"
- Six Parts Seven - "Casually Smashed to Pieces"
- The World on Higher Downs - "Land Patterns"
- Caspian - "The Four Trees"
(23) Luís Artur (Portugal)
BANDS
- Almuadem
- Porcupine Tree
- Ulver
- Battles
- Grayceon
- Senogul
- Radiohead
- Rush
- Fish
- Riverside
ALBUMS
- Almuadem - "Nimrodel"
- Porcupine Tree - "Fear Of A Blank Planet"
- Ulver - "Shadows Of The Sun"
- Battles - "Mirrored"
- Grayceon - "Grayceon"
- Senogul - "Senogul"
- Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
- Rush - "Snakes & Arrows"
- Fish - "13th Star"
- Riverside - "Rapid Eye Movement"
(24) Sergio Piccirilli (Argentina)
BANDS
- Nels Cline Singers
- Sylvie Courvoisier
- The Claudia Quintet
- Mostly Other People do the Killing
- Ornette Coleman
- Steven Bernstein
- Satoko Fujii
- Reptet
- Kneebody
- Vijay Iyer
ALBUMS
- Sylvie Courvoisier - "Lonelyville"
- Tyshawn Sorey - "That/Not"
- Mostly Other People do the Killing - "Shamokin!!!"
- The Claudia Quintet - "For"
- Nels Cline Singers - "Drawn Breath"
- Exploding Star Ochestra - "We are all from somewhere else"
- Tin Hat - "The Sad Machinery of Spring"
- Sussana - "Sonata mix dwarf Cosmos"
- Fantastic Merlins - "Look around"
- Kneebody - "Low electrical Worker"
(25) Ansis Markauss (Latvia)
BANDS
- dream theater
- blotted science
- symphony x
- redemption
- dominici
- rush
- ayreon
- megadeth
- porcupine tree
- the flower kings
ALBUMS
- blotted science - "the machinations of dementia"
- jordan rudess - "the road home"
- dream theater - "systematic chaos"
- symphony x - "paradise lost"
- redemption - "the origins of ruin"
- dominici - "o3 a trilogy part 2"
- russell allen & jorn lande - "the revenge"
- al di meola - "diabolic inventions and seduction for solo guitar vol.1"
- rush - "snakes & arrows"
- ayreon - "01011001"
(26) Hector Diaz (Chile)
BANDS
- John Zorn
- Poor Genetic Material
- Claudia Stern
- Robert Fripp
- John McLaughlin
- Fred Frith
- Tim Bownes
- Anthony Braxton
- David Torn
- John Surman
ALBUMS
- John Zorn - "Six Litanies for Heliogabalus"
- Pooor Genetic Material - "In out of Focus"
- Claudia Stern
- Robert Fripp - "At The End Of Times"
- John McLaughlin - "Official Pirate"
- Fripp & Eno - "Beyond Even"
- David Torn - "Prezens"
- King Crimson - "Great Deceiver Vol 2"
- John Abercrombie - "The New Quartet"
- John Surman - "The Spaces Between"
(27) Valentin Carette (France)
BANDS
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- Cosa Brava
- Ceramic Dog
- Robert Fripp
- Secret chiefs 3
- Albert Marcoeur
- Fred Frith
- Muse
- Mike Patton
- J.S Bach [PLEASE CHANGE!]
ALBUMS
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - "In Glorious Times"
- Robert Fripp - "At The End Of Time"
- Secret chiefs 3 - "Path Of Most Resistance"
- Book Of Knots - "Traineater"
- Circle - "Tower"
- King Crimson - "The power to believe" [PLEASE CHANGE!] album from 2003
- Woven Hand - "Mosaic" [PLEASE CHANGE!] album from 2006
- Ceramic Dog - "Live in Tourcoing" Didn't find this album...
- Robert Wyatt - "Comicopera"
- Muse - "Haarp" [PLEASE CHANGE!] realeased on March 17th, 2008
(28) Paul Lai (USA)
BANDS
- Nels Cline
- Ocrilim
- Flying Luttenbachers
- the Locust
- Zs
- Ahleuchatistas
- Behold the Arctopus
- Clipse
- Harmonia
- Wilco
ALBUMS
- Coltrane - "One Down One Up"
- Harmonia - "Live 74"
- Ocrilim - "annwn"
- Flying Luttenbachers - "Incarceration by Abstraction"
- Nels Cline Singers - "Draw Breath"
- Jesu - "Conquerer"
- Wilco - "Sky Blue Sky"
- The Locust - "Plague Sounds Scapes"
- The Ahleuchatistas - "Even in the Midst"
- Ghostface Killah - "Big Doe Rehab"
(29) Alan Holmes (Wales)
BANDS
- S/T
- Van Der Graaf Generator
- Einstürzende Neubauten
- Faust
- Circle
- Sunseastar
- Throbbing Gristle
- Iancu Dumitrescu
- Acid Mothers Temple
- Shellac
ALBUMS
- Einstürzende Neubauten - "Alles Wieder Offen"
- Nixon & Jarvis - "Untilted"
- S/T - "Stadtlandwurst"
- Sunseastar - "Fjæland"
- Threshold Houseboys Choir - "Form Grows Rampant"
- Pharaoh Overlord - "Live in Suomi Finland"
- Throbbing Gristle - "The Endless Not"
- Shellac - "Excellent Italian Greyhound"
- Boris & Michio Kurihara - "Rainbow"
- Faust - "Disconnected"
(30) Kaneda (England)
BANDS
- Mono
- Explosions in the Sky
- This Will Destroy You
- Stray Borders
- Yndi Halda
- Vessels
- These Monsters
- God is an Astronaut
- Capguns
- Sigur Ros
ALBUMS
- Explosions In The Sky - "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone"
- Clint Mansell and Mogwai - "The Fountain OST"
- Do Make Say Think - "You, You’re A History In Rust"
- 65daysofstatic - "The Destruction of Small Ideas"
- Yndi Halda - "Enjoy Eternal Bliss"
- Sigur Ros - "Hvarf/Heim"
- Eluvium - "Copia"
- These Monsters - "These Monsters"
- Arctica - "Selected Sessions"
- Stray Borders - "Deletive Expleted"
(31) Atzi (Scotland)
BANDS
- A silver mount zion
- Do make say think
- mono
- Toe
- Eunoia
- The books
- Steve reich
- Rachel's
- The swords
- Lipsync for a lullaby
(32) sleepmakeswaves (Australia)
BANDS
- 65daysofstatic
- Ulver
- Caspian
- Battles
- Porcupine Tree
- Ne Obliviscaris
- The Pirate Ship Quintet
- Jesu
- Rosetta
- Meniscus
ALBUMS
- 65daysofstatic - "The Destruction of Small Ideas"
- Ulver - "Shadows of The Sun"
- Caspian - "The Four Trees"
- Battles - "Mirrored"
- Porcupine Tree - "Fear of a Blank Planet"
- Ne Obliviscaris - "The Aurora Veil" EP
- The Pirate Ship Quintet - "The Pirate Ship Quintet" EP
- Jesu - "Conqueror"
- Rosetta - "Wake/Lift"
- Meniscus - "Absence of I" EP
(33) Inrivers (x)
BANDS
- Panda Bear
- Youthmovies
- Beirut
- Animal Collective
- Band Of Horses
- Radiohead
- Land Of Talk
- Wintersleep
- Kong
- Jonquil
ALBUMS
- Beirut - "The Flying Club Cup"
- Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
- Panda Bear - "Person Pitch"
- Wintersleep - "Welcome To The Night Sky"
- Kong - "Snake Magnet"
- Charlottefield - "What Are Friends For"
- Animal Collective - "Strawberry Jam"
- Band Of Horses - "Cease To Begin"
- Battles - "Mirrored"
- Lightspeed Champion - "Falling Off The Lavender Bridge"
(34) Jay (USA)
BANDS
- Porcupine Tree
- Opeth
- Sieges Even
- Ulver
- Devin Townsend
- Strapping Young Lad
- Ayreon
- Meshuggah
- Coheed and Cambria
- Heir To Madness
ALBUMS
- Porcupine Tree - "Fear of a Blank Planet" (2007)
- Opeth - "Ghost Reveries" (2005)
- Devin Townsend Presents - "Ziltoid The Omniscient" (2007)
- Sieges Even - "Paramount" (2007)
- Karnivool - "Themata" (2007)
- Katatonia - "The Great Cold Distance" (2006)
- Ayreon - "01011001" (2008)
- Coheed & Cambria - "No World for Tomorrow"
- Strapping Young Lad - "The New Black" (2006)
- Heir To Madness - "The Citadel"
(35) Vukasin Djelic (Serbia)
BANDS
- Nels Cline
- Dengue Fever
- Thomas Belhom
- Fred Frith
- Reverbaphone
- Sonic Youth
- James Blackshaw
- NLF3
- Mike Watt
- Human Bell
ALBUMS
- Nels Cline - "Draw Breath"
- James Blackshaw - "The Cloud Of Unknowing"
- The Lickets - "Journey In Caldecott"
- The Oscillation - "Out Of Phase"
- Grails - "Burning Off Impurities"
- Thurston Moore - "Trees Outside The Academy"
- Maserati - "Inventions For The New Season"
- Silver Daggers - "New High And Ord"
- Thomas Belhom - "Cheval Oblique"
- Holy Fuck - "Holy Fuck"
(36) Yuri Chernenok (Latvia)
BANDS
- King Crimson
- Van Der Graaf Generator
- Genesis
- Yes
- Acid MOthers Temple
- Mono
- Sigur Ros
- Mars Volta
- John Zorn's Masada
- Throbbing Gristle
ALBUMS
- Timeless Pulse - "Quintet" (Mutable Music)
- Rhys Chatham - "The Crimson Grail" (Table Of The Elements)
- Robert Wyatt - "Comicopera" (Domino)
- Hugh Hopper - "Numero D'Vol" (Moonjune)
- Scott Walker - "And Who Shall Go To The Ball? And What Shall Go To The Ball?" (4AD)
- David Sylvian - "When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima" (SamadhiSound)
- Mono - "Gone" (Temporary Residence Limited)
- Sigur Ros - "hvarf-heim" (Krunk)
- Van der Graaf Generator - "Real Time" Live (Fie!)
- Psychic TV/PTV3 - "Hell Is Invisible...Heaven Is Her/e" (Cargo Records/Sweet Nothing)
(37) nadaesnada (Spain)
BANDS
- Moonchild/John Zorn
- Explosions in the Sky
- Battles
- Radiohead
- Muzak
- Death Unit
- Lisabö
- Fridge
- Earth
- Scott Walker
ALBUMS
- Moonchild - "Six Litanies for Heliogabalus"
- Explosions in the Sky - "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone"
- Shellac - "Excelent Italian Greyhound"
- Battles - "Mirrored"
- Muzak - "Emulsió"
- Om - "Pilgrimage"
- Tomahawk - "Anonymous"
- Lisabö - "Ezlekuak"
- Hurtmold - "Hurtmold"
- Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
(38) Nive Nielsen (Greenland)
BANDS
- colin stetson
- port o' brian
- hotsprings
- hrsta
- jana hunter
- bon iver
- beach house
- serafina steer
- black mountain
- wooden shjips
ALBUMS
- sniveling shits - "I can't come" (reissue)
- vic chesnutt - "north start deserter"
- bon iver - "for emma"
- chrome - "alien soundtracks" (reissue)
- clutchy hopkins - "walking backwards"
- under satan's sun - "demo"
- bobb tremble - "harvest of dreams" (reissue)
- wizard prison - "II"
- yeasayer - "all hour cymbals"
- jacob golden - "revenge songs"
(39) Clay Masters (USA)
BANDS
- Grinderman
- Sir Richard Bishop
- Six Organs of Admittance
- Do Make Say Think
- Marnie Stern
- Book of Knots
- HELLA
- Ghost
- The Show is the Rainbow
- Rocky Votolato
ALBUMS
- Grinderman - "s/t"
- Sir Richard Bishop - "While My Guitar Violently Bleeds"
- Do Make Say Think - "You, You're a History in Rust"
- Six Organs of Admittance - "Shelter From the Ash"
- Andrew Bird - "Armchair Apocrypha"
- Thurston Moore - "Trees Outside the Academy"
- Josh Ritter - "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter"
- Rocky Votolato - "The Brag and Cuss"
- Mark Knopfler - "Kill To Get Crimson"
- Bjork - "Volta"
(40) Yuri Lugovskoy (Ukraine)
BANDS
- The Shape Of Broad Minds
- Sightings
- Telepathe
- Inca Ore & Lemon Bear
- Excepter
- Madlib
- Burial
- Shackleton
- Wiley
- Dirty Projectors
ALBUMS
- The Shape Of Broad Minds - "Craft Of The Lost Art"
- Sightings - "Through The Panama"
- Telepathe - "Sinister Militia"
- Inca Ore & Lemon Bear - "A Drawing With Shadows The Light Is Coming From The Sun"
- Excepter - "Debt Dept"
- Madlib - "Beat Konducta In India" (Vol. 3-4)
- Burial - "Untrue"
- Shackleton - "Soundboy Punishments"
- Wiley - "Playtime Is Over"
- Dirty Projectors - "Rise Above"
(41) Oscar Gonzalez (Mexico)
BANDS
- johnny greenwood
- robert fripp
- explosions in the sky
- do make say think
- stars of the lid
- sigur ros
- battles
- caspian
- eluvium
- porcupine tree
ALBUMS
- Johnny Greenwood - "there will be blood" (soundtrack)
- Robert fripp - "at the end of time"
- Explosions In The Sky - "All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone"
- Do Make Say Think - "You, You're a History in Rust"
- stars of the lid - "and their refinement.."
- sigur ros - "Hvarf/Heim"
- battles - "mirrored"
- caspian - "four trees"
- eluvium - "copia"
- Porcupine Tree - "fear of a blank planet"
(42) Chris Mann (England)
BANDS
- Three Strings OMG
- Portishead
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- Sparks
- Bjork
- Amy Winehouse
- The Machine
- Penguin Cafe Orchestra
- Mystery Jets
- Radiohead
ALBUMS
- Three Strings OMG - "Next to New X Gate / Haunted by Spirals"
- Nick cave and the bad seeds - "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!"! (2008)
- Portishead - "Third" (2008)
- Sparks - "Exotic Creatures Of The Deep" (2008)
- Radiohead - "In rainbows" (2007)
- Amy Winehouse - "back to black" (2006)
- The Machine - best of (????)
- Bjork - "Volta (2007)
- Mystery jets - (Zootime, 2007 or "Twenty One", 2008)
- Penguin Cafe Orchestra ??????
(43) Grandpire (USA)
BANDS
- upsilon acrux
- bad dudes
- xbxrx
- aids wolf
- ruins alone
- marnie stern
- animal collective
- panda bear
- little women
- extra life
ALBUMS
- upsilon acrux - "galapagos momentum"
- bad dudes - "eat drugs"
- xbxrx - "wars"
- marnie stern - "in advance of the broken arm"
- animal collective - "strawberry jam"
- panda bear - "person pitch"
- little women - "s/t" ep
- extra life - "s/t" lp
- flying luttenbachers - "incarceration by abstraction"
- deerhoof - "freind opportunity"
(44) Gary Guru (USA)
BANDS
- Grinderman
- Magik Markers
- Gang Gang Dance
- Sir Richard Bishop
- Folk Spectre
- Inca Ore
- Fursaxa
- Eat Skull
- Fern Knight
- Carbonas
ALBUMS
- Grinderman - "same"
- Magik Markers - "Relax in a Panic Free Atmosphere"
- Gang Gang Dance - "Rawar"
- Sir Richard Bishop - "Polytheistic Fragments"
- Folk Spectre - "Blackest Medicine"
- Inca Ore - "Birthday of Bless You"
- Fursaxa - "Alone the the Dark Wood"
- Rilo Kiley - "Under the Blacklight"
- Fern Knight - "Music For Witches & Alchemists"
- 500MG - "Apocatastisis"
(45) Henry Wessman (USA)
BANDS
- WITT
- Upsilon Acrux
- Sleeping People
- Joshua Redman
- Brian Blade
- Dave Holland Quartet
- Battles
- The Locust
- Cosmologic
- Pinback
(46) Jesse Kranzler (USA)
BANDS
- Witt
- Sleeping People
- Maps and Atlases
- Between the Buried and Me
- Battles
- Japandi
- Don Caballero
- Hella
- Horse the Band
- Tera Melos
ALBUMS
- Pinback - "Autumn of the Seraphs"
- Maps and Atlases - "Trees, Swallows, Houses"
- Battles - "Mirrored"
- Between the Buried and Me - "Colors"
- Sleeping People - "Growing"
- Born of Osiris - "The New Reign"
- Tomahawk - "Anonymous"
- Tera Melos/By the End of Tonight - "Complex Full of Phantoms"
- Dirty Projectors - "Rise Above"
- Japandi - "The Great Dinosaur Mystery"
(47) Dima T. Pilot (Russia)
BANDS
- Hammock
- Stars Of The Lid
- Steven R. Smith
- Ulaan Khol
- Tim Hecker
- Actual Music Quartet RSM
- Loren Connors
- Rameses III
- July Skies
- Kawabata Makoto
ALBUMS
- Steven R. Smith - "Owl"
- Ulaan Khol - "I"
- Hammock - "Maybe they will sing..."
- Stars Of The Lid - "And Their Refinement of the Decline"
- July Skies - "The weather clock"
- Actual Music Quartet RSM - "s/t"
- Rameses III - "basilica"
- Tim Hecker - "harmony in ultraviolet"
- Necks - "townsville"
- Yellow6 - "when the leaves fall like snow"
(48) Terry Short (UK)
BANDS
- WITT
- Upsilon Acrux
- Genghis Tron
- Daughters
- The Locust
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Between The Buried And Me
- Battles
- Yip Yip
- Holy Molar
ALBUMS
- Upsilon Acrux - "Galapagos Momentum"
- Genghis Tron - "Dead Mountain Mouth"
- The Dillinger Escape Plan - "Ire Works"
- Genghis Tron - "Board Up The House"
- Yip Yip - "Pro Twelve Thinker"
- Holy Molar - "Cavity Search"
- The Locust - "New Erections"
- Moving Units - "Dangerous Dreams"
- Some Girls - "Release The Bats"
- Daughters - "Canada Songs"
(49) Evan Backer (USA)
BANDS
- Witt
- sleeping people
- oregon
- battles
- dirty projectors
- tomahawk
- pinback
- dengue fever
- deerhoof
- los lonely boys
ALBUMS
- sleeping people - "growing"
- pinback - "autumn of the seraphs"
- tomahawk - "anonymous"
- battles - "mirrored"
- dirty projectors - "rise above"
- dj pot o' gold - "ragz 2 bitches"
- peeping tom - "peeping tom"
- the greyboy allstars - "what happened to television"
- bjork - "volta"
- radiohead - "in rainbows"
(50) Gardrat Nicolas (France)
BANDS
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- Secret Chiefs 3
- Faun Fables
- Miasma & The Carousel Of Headless Horses
- Eyvind Kang
- TeTsuo
- Fred Frith
- John Zorn
- A Silver Mt. Zion
- AsvA
(51) Marco Cardellicchio (Italy)
BANDS
- Guy Fawkes
- Mars Volta
- Galahad
- THC
- Anekdoten
- Ada Nuki
- Solquest
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- Ulver
- Radiohead
(52) Michal Hoppe (Poland)
BANDS
- Johnnytwentythree
- The Ascent of Everest
- Followed by Ghosts
- Aerial
- The Pirate Ship Quintet
- Beware of Safety
- Carta
- Motek
- Nyia
- Welwitschia
ALBUMS
- Johnnytwentythree - "JXXIII"
- Explosions in the Sky - "All of a sudden I miss everyone"
- Aerial - "Sentinel"
- Stars Of The Lid - "And Their Refinement Of The Decline"
- Beware of Safety - "It is Curtains"
- Carta - "The Glass Bottom Boat"
- Nyia - "More than you expect"
- Neurosis - "Given to the Rising"
- Caspian - "The Four Trees"
- Beirut - "The Flying Club Cup"
(53) Chris Polley (USA)
BANDS
- The field
- six parts seven
- eluvium
- akira kosemura
- the american dollar
- god is an astronaut
- 65daysofstatic
- explosions in the sky
- stars of the lid
- maserati
ALBUMS
- the field - "from here we go sublime"
- six parts seven - "casually smashed to pieces"
- eluvium - "copia"
- akira kosemura + haruka nakamura - "afterglow"
- the american dollar - "the technicolour sleep"
- god is an astronaut - "far from refuge"
- 65daysofstatic - "the destruction of small ideas"
- explosions in the sky - "all of a sudden i miss everyone"
- stars of the lid - "and their refinement of the decline"
- maserati - "inventions for the new season"
(54) Wayne J. Tirone (USA)
BANDS
- Promise and the Monster
- The Balustrade Ensemble
- Vacuole Eyes
- Valet
- Cloudland Canyon
- Spectre Folk
- Teeth Mountain
- Flavor Crystals
- The Lickets
- Beach House
ALBUMS
- Promise and the Monster - "Transparent Knives"
- The Balustrade Ensemble, - "Capsules"
- Six Organs of Admittance - "Shelter from the Ash"
- Caribou - "Andorra"
- Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter - "Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul"
- Animal Collective - "Strawberry Jam"
- The Lickets - "Journey In Caldecott"
- Wooden Shjips - "Wooden Shjips"
- Thurston Moore - "Trees Outside the Academy"
- Blonde Redhead - "23"
(55) Janez Golic (Slovenia)
BANDS
- Vic Chessnut
- Animal Collective
- Low
- Menomena
- The Twilight Sad
- Robert Wyatt
- Einstuerzende Neubauten
- Akron/Family
- Battles
- Explosions In The Sky
ALBUMS
- Vic Chessnut - "North Star Deserter" (Constellation)
- Animal Collective - "Strawberry Jam" (Domino)
- Low - "Drums & Guns" (SubPop)
- Menomena - "Friend and Foe" (City Slang)
- The Twilight Sad - "14 Autumns & 15 Winters" (FatCat)
- Robert Wyatt - "Comicopera" (Domino)
- Einstuerzende Neubauten - "Alles Wieder Offen" (Potomak)
- Akron/Family - "Love Is Simple" (Young God)
- Battles - "Mirrored" (Warp)
- Explosions In The Sky - "All Of The Sudden..." (Bella Union)
(56) Frédéric Delage (France)
BANDS
- Porcupine Tree
- Tori Amos
- Van der Graaf Generator
- Oceansize
- Radiohead
- Phideaux
- Blackfield
- Robert Wyatt
- Lazuli
- Genesis
ALBUMS
- Tori Amos - "American doll posse"
- Porcupine Tree - "Fear of the blank planet"
- Oceansize - "Frames"
- Radiohead - "In rainbows"
- Lazuli - "En avant doute"
- Phideaux - "Doomsday afternoon"
- Robert Wyatt - "Comicopera"
- Blackfield - "II"
- Van der Graaf Generator - "Real time"
- Genesis - "Live over Europe"
(57) Black Sheep Mountain (France)
BANDS
- Dillinger Escape Plan
- Ez3kiel
- Riverside
- Type O Negative
- Devin Townsend
- Pelican
- Radiohead
- Porcupine Tree
- Sybreed
- Marillion
ALBUMS
- Dillinger Escape Plan - "Ire works"
- Ez3kiel - "Naphtaline"
- Riverside - "Rapid eye movement"
- Type O Negative - "Dead again"
- Devin Townsend - "Ziltoid the omniscient"
- Pelican - "City of echoes"
- Radiohead - "In rainbows"
- Porcupine Tree - "Fear of a blank planet"
- Sybreed - "Antares"
- Marillion - "Somewhere Else"
(58) Jânis Þilde (Latvia)
BANDS
- Battles
- LCD Soundsystem
- Band Of Horses
- !!!
- Klaxons
- Fleet Foxes
- Vampire Weekend
- Chromeo
- Sigur Ros
- Radiohead
ALBUMS
- LCD Soundsystem - "Sound Of Silver"
- M.I.A. - "Kala"
- Burial - "Untrue"
- Battles - "Mirrored"
- Chromeo - "Fancy Footwork"
- Band Of Horses - "Cease To Begin"
- Pantha Du Prince - "This Bliss"
- Panda Bear - "Person Pitch"
- Simian Mobile Disco - "Attack Decay Sustain Release"
- Klaxons - "Myths of the Near Future"
(59) Edmunds Pumpurs (Latvia)
BANDS
- King Crimson
- Sigur Ros
- Anekdoten
- Explosions in the Sky
- The Flower Kings
- Upsilon Acrux
- Circa
- A Whisper in the Noise
- Galahad
- Gazpacho
ALBUMS
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - "In Glorious Times"
- Porcupine Tree - "Fear of a Blank Planet"
- Sigur Ros - "Hvarf/Heim"
- Explosions in the sky - "All Of The Sudden I Miss Everyone"
- Anekdoten - "A Time of Day"
- Volcano The Bear - "Amidst The Noise And Twigs"
- Circa - "Circa"
- Upsilon Acrux - "Galapagos Momentum"
- Six Organs Of Admittance - "Shelter From The Ash"
- Voice Of The Seven Woods - "Same" (twisted nerve)
(60) Nikos Ohbtt (Greece)
BANDS
- do make say think
- this will destroy you
- caspian
- beirut
- red sparowes
- spiritualized
- port-royal
- dirty granny tales
- sigur ros
- fridge
ALBUMS
- Do Make Say Think - "You, You're a History in Rust"
- Port Royal - "Afraid To Dance"
- Piano Magic - "Part Monster"
- Beirut - "The Flying Club Cup"
- Caspian - "The Four Trees"
- Explosions In The Sky - "All of a sudden i miss everyone"
- Fridge - "The sun"
- Thee Emvelope Nine - "Melt Canal"
- Pauline Nilson - "For other shores"
- Eluvium - "Copia"
(61) Aigars Èervinskis (Latvia)
BANDS
- Dream Theater
- Porcupine Tree
- Quidam
- Anekdoten
- Alex Skolnick Trio
- Sigur Ros
- Rush
- Genesis
- Blackfield
- Asia
ALBUMS
- Dream Theater - "Systematic Chaos"
- Porcupine Tree - "Fear of a Blank Planet"
- Quidam - "Alone Together"
- Anekdoten - "A Time of Day"
- Alex Skolnick Trio - "Last Day in Paradise"
- Rush - "Snakes and Arrows"
- Blackfield - "Blackfield II"
- Fish - "13th Star"
- Big Big Train - "The Difference Machine"
- Explosions in the Sky - "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone"
(62) Stian Nordby (Norway)
BANDS
- ulrich schnauss
- porcupine tree
- jesu
- explosions in the sky
- bjork
- grails
- the angelic process
- film school
- airiel
- stars of the lid
ALBUMS
- ulrich schnauss - "goodbye"
- explosions in the sky - "all of a sudden i miss everyone"
- jesu - "conqueror"
- porcupine tree - "fear of a blank planet"
- airiel - "the battle of sealand"
- bjork - "volta"
- grails - "burning of impurities"
- film school - "hideout"
- the angelic process - "souls with sand"
- stars of the lid - "and their refinement of the decline"
(63) Sébastien Fillion (France)
BANDS
- THORK
- Tori Amos
- Värttinä
- Hiromi Uehara
- Alphex Twin
- Magma
- Mike Oldfield
- Galahad
- Genesis
- Theodor Bastard
ALBUMS
- THORK - "NULA JEDAN"
- TORI AMOS - "AMERICAN DOLL POSSE"
- Hiromi Uehara - "BEYOND STANDARD"
- LOREENA MCKENNITT - "NIGHTS FROM THE ALHAMBRA"
- BJORK - "VOLTA"
- GENESIS - "LIVE OVER EUROPE"
- OPETH - "THE ROUNDHOUSE TAPES"
- RADIOHEAD - "IN RAINBOWS"
- ROBIN VASSY - "BON VOYAGE"
- MORGLBL TRIO - "GROTESK"
(64) Toms Circenis (Latvia)
BANDS
- Blackfield
- Big Big Train
- Porcupine Tree
- Fragile with Steve Howe
- Fish
- From The Sky
- Jordan Rudess
- Do Make Say Think
- Anekdoten
- Jakob
ALBUMS
- Big Big Train - "The Difference Machine"
- Blackfield - "Blackfield II"
- The Bird Ensemble - "Migration"
- Porcupine Tree - "Fear Of A Blank Planet"
- Gavin Harrison & 05Ric - "Drop"
- Anekdoten - "A Time of Day"
- Dominici - "O3 A Trilogy Part 2"
- Efterklang - "Parades"
- Fish - "13th Star"
- Do Make Say Think - "You, You're A History In Rust"
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