The Green Dolphin's Poll #18 (2009)
(01) Vlad Reinfeldt (Estonia)
    BANDS
  1. Devin Townsend
  2. Dream Theater
  3. Umphrey’s McGee
  4. Ozric Tentacles
  5. Diablo Swing Orchestra
  6. IQ
  7. Pantokraator
  8. Imogen Heap
  9. Ohmphrey
  10. Saga
    ALBUMS
  1. Imogen Heap - "Ellips"
  2. Dirk Mont Campbell - "Music From a Walden Garden"
  3. Lyle Workman - "Harmonic Crusader"
  4. Steve Morse Band - "Outstanding in Their Field"
  5. OSI - "Blood"
  6. Transatlantic - "The Whirlwind"
  7. Pantokraator - "Tormidesööjad"
  8. IQ - "Frequency"
  9. Miriodor - "Avanti!"
  10. Derek Sherinian - "Molecular Heinosity"
(02) Jordan Volz (USA)
    BANDS
  1. Tim Hecker
  2. Clint Mansell
  3. Lawrence English
  4. Fuck Buttons
  5. Tortoise
  6. Gifts from Enola
  7. Fever Fay
  8. The Field
  9. Brock Van Wey/Bvdub
  10. Sunn O)))
    ALBUMS
  1. Christopher Tignor - "Core Memory Unwound"
  2. Alexander Turnquist - "As the Twilight Crane Dreams in Full Color"
  3. Clint Mansell - "Moon"
  4. The Necks - "Silver Water"
  5. Blueneck - "The Fallen Host"
  6. Ben Frost - "By the Throat"
  7. Fjordne - "The Setting Sun"
  8. Aufgang - "Aufgang"
  9. Tu M' - "Monochrome"
  10. From Monument to Masses - "On Little Known Frequencies"
(03) Nive Nielsen (Greenland)
    BANDS
  1. elfin saddle
  2. shearwater
  3. mount eerie / julie doiron
  4. clues
  5. hrsta
  6. evangelista
  7. mountainhood
  8. jerusalem in my heart
  9. gigi french
  10. grass widow
    ALBUMS
  1. kreng - "l'autopsie..."
  2. erik enocksson - "with its dark rail..."
  3. zelienople - "give it up"
  4. amen dunes - "dia"
  5. snake flower 2 - "renegade daydream"
  6. timber timbre - "timber timbre"
  7. michael o'she - "michael o'shea"
  8. Oh No - "dr. no's ethiopium"
  9. rainbow arabia - "kabukimono"
  10. haruko - "wild geese"
(04) Sergio Piccirilli (Argentina)
    BANDS
  1. JOHN HOLLENBECK
  2. DARCY JAMES ARGUE
  3. THE GODFORGOTTENS
  4. THE NELS CLINE SINGERS
  5. WADADA LEO SMITH
  6. THE THING
  7. VANDERMARK 5
  8. MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING
  9. ANTHONY BRAXTON
  10. THE CLAUDIA QUINTET
    ALBUMS
  1. JOHN HOLLENBECK LARGE ENSEMBLE - "ETERNAL INTERLUDE"
  2. DARCY JAMES ARGUE' SECRET SOCIETY - "INFERNAL MACHINES"
  3. STEVE LEHMAN - "TRAVAIL, TRANSFORMATION, AND FLOW"
  4. THE GODFORGOTTENS - "NEVER FORGOTTEN, ALWAYS REMEMBERED"
  5. WADADA LEO SMITH - "SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS"
  6. ANTHONY BRAXTON - "CREATIVE ORCHESTRA (BOLZANO) 2007"
  7. VANDERMARK 5 - "ANNULAR GIFT"
  8. ALEX CLINE - "CONTINUATION"
  9. THE THING - "BAG IT!"
  10. DARIUS JONES - "MAN'ISH BOY (A RAW & BEAUTIFUL THING)"
(05) Uìis Bçrziòð (USA)
    BANDS
  1. Animals As Leaders
  2. Orange Tulip Conspiracy
  3. Paucity
  4. Cloudkicker
  5. Panzerballett
  6. Adrian Belew
  7. Ulver
  8. Hanne Hukkelberg
  9. Constants
  10. LITE
    ALBUMS
  1. Animals As Leaders - "S/T"
  2. Orange Tulip Conspiracy - "S/T"
  3. Paucity - "Deer Bird Bear Ship"
  4. From Monument to Masses - "On Little Known Frequencies"
  5. Adrian Belew - "e"
  6. Tyondai Braxton - "Central Market"
  7. Jon Hopkins - "Insides"
  8. Etienne Jaumet - "Night Music"
  9. 1980 - "S/T"
  10. Cougar - "Patriot"
(06) Thomas Fivian (Switzerland)
    BANDS
  1. Extra Life (USA)
  2. Motorpsycho (NOR)
  3. The Flaming Lips (USA)
  4. Extra Golden (USA)
  5. Die Goldenen Zitronen (GER)
  6. SunO))) (USA)
  7. Sonic Youth (USA)
  8. Nat Baldwin (USA)
  9. Nomo (USA)
  10. TV Buddahs (ISR)
    ALBUMS
  1. Die Goldenen Zitronen - "Die Entstehung Der Nacht"
  2. The Flaming Lips - "Embryonic"
  3. Antony & The Johnsons - "The Crying Light"
  4. Motorpsycho - "Child Of The Future"
  5. Jochen Distelmeyer - "Heavy"
  6. Extra Golden - "Thank you very quickly"
  7. Sonic Youth - "The Eternal"
  8. Rhododendron - "Discolor"
  9. TV Buddahs - "TV Buddahs"
  10. Sophie Hunger - "Monday's Ghost"
(07) Steve Funk (USA)
    ALBUMS
  1. Lhasa de Sela - "Lhasa"
  2. Oscar Peterson - "Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951" [box set]
  3. Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions - "Through The Devil Softly"
  4. Andrew Bird - "Noble Beast"
  5. Animal Collective - "Merriweather Post Pavilion"
  6. Various Aritsts - "Wayfaring Strangers: Lonesome Heroes"
  7. Bjork - "Voltaic"
  8. Theo Bleckmann & Kneebody - "Twelve Songs by Charles Ives"
  9. Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - "Between My Head and the Sky"
  10. Frank Sinatra - "New York" [box set]
(08) Assaf Vestin (USA/Israel/France)
    BANDS
  1. Osada Vida
  2. Wobbler
  3. Phideaux
  4. Deluge Grander
  5. Gästa Berlings Saga
  6. L'oeil Du Sourd
  7. Present
  8. miRthkon
  9. Kalisia
  10. Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra
    ALBUMS
  1. Wobbler - "Afterglow"
  2. Cheer Accident - "Fear Draws Misfortune"
  3. Phideaux - "Number Seven"
  4. Deluge Grander - "The Form Of The Good"
  5. Osada Vida - "Uninvited Dreams"
  6. L'oeil Du Sourd - "Un?"
  7. Present - "barbaro (Ma non tropo)"
  8. Gösta Berlings Saga - "Detta har hänt"
  9. Between The Buried And Me - "The Great Misdirect"
  10. Fun Machine - "Sonnenhuhn"
(09) Cezary Morga (Poland)
    BANDS
  1. Bigelf
  2. Animations
  3. Riverside
  4. Transatlantic
  5. Steve Morse
  6. Unexpect
  7. Dream Theater
  8. Roswell Six
  9. Animals as Leaders
  10. Osada Vida
    ALBUMS
  1. Animations - "Reset Your Soul"
  2. Riverside - "Anno Domini High Definition"
  3. Transatlantic - "The Whirlwind"
  4. Diablo Swing Orchestra - "Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious"
  5. Steve Morse - "Out Standing in Their Field"
  6. Dream Theater - "Black Clouds & Silver Linings"
  7. Roswell Six - "Terra Incognita: Beyond the Horizon"
  8. Animals As Leaders - "Animals as Leaders"
  9. Osada Vida - "Uninvited Dreams"
  10. SBB - "Iron Curtain"
(10) Colleen Kinsella (USA)
    BANDS
  1. Uke of Spaces Corners County
  2. Inspector 22
  3. ID M Theftable
  4. Brother Oak
  5. Ancestral Diet
  6. Visitations
  7. Garm
  8. Caethua
  9. Thunderbw (Adinah Barrett of Bat Shelter)
  10. Tom K (of tarpigH)
    ALBUMS
  1. Uke of Spaces County - "Flowers in the Night" (Corleone)
  2. Inspector 22 - "Hey Man, I Understand" (Odessa)
  3. Uke of Phillips(Spaces Corners) - "Peppermint Birdhouse Tea Shanty Shack" (Mississippi Recs/Domino Sound)
  4. Ancestral Diet - "V.I.T.R.I.O.L." (ThiRD Word/Saxwand)
  5. Rosa de Sangue - "Lula Cortez" (reissue)
  6. Brother Oak - "Psychic Sun Shine"
  7. Caethua - "The Long Afternoon of Earth" (Preservation)
  8. Kuupuu - "Lumen Tähden" (Time-Lag)
  9. Woods Family Creeps - "Woods Family Creeps" (Time-Lag)
  10. Ilyas Ahmed - "The Vertigo Of Dawn "(Time-Lag)
(11) Clayton Masters (USA)
    BANDS
  1. Vic Chesnutt
  2. David Bazan
  3. Ramblin' Jack Elliott
  4. M. Ward
  5. Justin Townes Earle
  6. Dave Rawlings Machine
  7. Yo La Tengo
  8. Loudon Wainwright III
  9. A.A. Bondy
  10. Ember Schrag
    ALBUMS
  1. David Bazan - "Curse Your Branches"
  2. M. Ward - "Hold Time"
  3. Justin Townes Earle - "Midnight at the Movies"
  4. Yo La Tengo - "Popular Songs"
  5. Bill Frisell - "Disfarmer"
  6. Monsters of Folk - "Monsters of Folk"
  7. Mason Jennings - "Blood of Man"
  8. Dave Rawlings Machine - "A Friend of a Friend"
  9. The Flamings Lips - "Embryonic"
  10. Do Make Say Think - "Other Truths"
(12) David Winsnes (Sweden)
    BANDS
  1. The Antlers
  2. Oceansize
  3. Jeniferever
  4. EF
  5. My Bloody Valentine
  6. Erik Enocksson
  7. MONO
  8. Delorean
  9. Cymbals Eat Guitars
  10. The Radio Dept.
    ALBUMS
  1. The Antlers - "Hospice"
  2. Delorean - "Ayrton Senna"
  3. Jeniferever - "Spring Tides"
  4. MONO - "Hymn to the Immortal Wind"
  5. Sonjagon - "Arches"
  6. Telefon Tel Aviv - "Immolate Yourself"
  7. Oceansize - "Home & Minor"
  8. Erik Enocksson - "Man Tänker Sitt"
  9. Cymbals Eat Guitars - "Why There Are Mountains"
  10. Immanu El - "Moen"
(13) Ian Fairholm (UK)
    BANDS
  1. Daniel Carlson
  2. Unlearn
  3. Goblin
  4. Phideaux
  5. Deluge Grander
  6. Artizan Quarter
  7. Thoby Loth
  8. Thumpermonkey Lives!
  9. Chance: Risiko
  10. Antique Seeking Nuns
    ALBUMS
  1. Daniel Carlson - "Aviary Jackson"
  2. Unlearn - "Places"
  3. Phideaux - "Number 7"
  4. Deluge Grander - "The Form Of The Good"
  5. Artizan Quarter - "Bleak"
  6. Thoby Loth - "Lägereldarnas Tid"
  7. Thumpermonkey Lives! - "We Bake Our Bread Beneath Her Holy Fire"
  8. Chance: Risiko - "Sleep Talking"
  9. Antique Seeking Nuns - "Careful! It's Tepid!"
  10. The Future Kings Of England - "The Viewing Point"
(14) Valentin Ilie (Romania)
    BANDS
  1. Collapse Under The Empire
  2. God Is An Astronaut
  3. Rosetta
  4. Isis
  5. Cult Of Luna
  6. Motek
  7. Pelican
  8. Dresda
  9. 1099
  10. This Will Destroy You
    ALBUMS
  1. Clint Mansell - "Moon OST"
  2. Collapse Under The Empire - "Find A Place To Be Safe"
  3. Pelican - "What We All Come To Need"
  4. Isis - "Wavering Radiant"
  5. From Monument To Masses - "On Little Known Frequencies"
  6. 1099 - "Any Day Now"
  7. Semiosis - "Pictural"
  8. Extinction Algorithm - "Extinction Algorithm"
  9. Minsk - "With Echoes In The Movement Of Stone"
  10. Hail Infinity - "The Gyroscope"
(15) Wayne J. Tirone (USA)
    BANDS
  1. Brightblack Morning Light
  2. Headdress
  3. Sleepy Sun
  4. Prince Rama
  5. Pyramids
  6. Grouper
  7. Black Moth Super Rainbow
  8. Larkin Grimm
  9. Shogun Kunitoki
  10. Burnkit2600
    ALBUMS
  1. Espers - "III"
  2. Hush Arbors - "Hush Arbors"
  3. Yo La Tengo - "Popular Songs"
  4. Shogun Kunitoki - "Vinonaamakasio"
  5. Tara Jane O'Neil - "A Ways Away"
  6. Psychic Ills - "Mirror Eye"
  7. Six Organs of Admittance - "Luminous Night"
  8. Sonic Youth - "The Eternal"
  9. Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Eating Us"
  10. MV & EE with the Golden Road - "Drone Trailer"
(16) Jake Kobrin (USA)
    BANDS
  1. Opeth
  2. Ulver
  3. Devin Townsend
  4. Agalloch
  5. Katatonia
  6. Mono
  7. Sunn O)))
  8. Amesoeurs
  9. Mastodon
  10. Porcupine Tree
    ALBUMS
  1. Mumford & Sons - "Sigh No More"
  2. Mono - "Hymn To The Immortal Wind"
  3. maudlin of the Well - "Part the Second"
  4. The Decemberists - "The Hazards Of Love"
  5. Katatonia - "Night is the New Day"
  6. Mastodon - "Crack the Skye"
  7. Amesoeurs - "Amesoeurs"
  8. Les Discrets/Alcest - Split
  9. Siena Root - "Different Realities"
  10. Sunn O))) - "Monoliths & Dimensions"
(17) Alan Holmes (UK)
    BANDS
  1. The Wild Swans
  2. Klaus Kinski
  3. Cate le Bon
  4. Annalogue
  5. S/T
  6. Van Der Graaf Generator
  7. Lustmord
  8. Sunn O)))
  9. Faust
  10. The Grand Erector
    ALBUMS
  1. Cate Le Bon - "Me Oh My"
  2. Sunn O))) - "Monoliths and Dimensions"
  3. S/T - "Gorp"
  4. Lustmord - "Other Dub"
  5. Oneida - "Rated O"
  6. White - "White"
  7. Peter Hammill - "Thin Air"
  8. Broadcast and the Focus Group - "Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age"
  9. Annalogue - "Brocken Spectre"
  10. Necro Deathmort - "This Beat Is Necrotronic"
(18) De Meester koEn (Belgium)
    BANDS
  1. animal collective
  2. mount eerie
  3. the horrors
  4. british sea power
  5. grizzly bear
  6. savoy grand
  7. mumford & sons
  8. bombay bicycle club
  9. the low anthem
  10. andrew bird
    ALBUMS
  1. the low anthem - "oh my god, charlie darwin"
  2. animal collective - "merriweather post pavilion"
  3. mount eerie - "wind’s poem"
  4. ryuichi sakamoto - "out of noise"
  5. great lake swimmers - "lost channels"
  6. grizzly bear - "veckatimest"
  7. british sea power - "man of aran"
  8. world's end girlfriend - "o.s.t."
  9. max richter - "henry may long"
  10. various - "dark was the night"
(19) Andres Pablo Valle (Argentina)
    BANDS
  1. Transatlantic
  2. Big Big Train
  3. Steve Hackett
  4. Porcupine Tree
  5. Eureka
  6. IQ
  7. Rick Wakeman
  8. Phideaux
  9. Muse
  10. The Decemberists
    ALBUMS
  1. TRANSATLANTIC - "The Whirlwind"
  2. STEVE HACKETT - "Out of the Tunnel's Mouth"
  3. IQ - "Frequency"
  4. BIG BIG TRAIN - "The Underfall Yard"
  5. RICK WAKEMAN & GORDON GILTRAP - "From Brush and Stone"
  6. RICK WAKEMAN Six Wives of Henry VII - "Live at Hampton Court Palace"
  7. PHIDEAUX - "Number Seven"
  8. EUREKA - "Shakleton's Voyage"
  9. MUSE - "The Resistance"
  10. PORCUPINE TREE - "The Incident"
(20) Stefano Fasti (Italy)
    BANDS
  1. Archive
  2. David Byrne (tour 2009)
  3. NoSound
  4. Ludovico Einaudi
  5. Efterklang
  6. Dave Matthews Band
  7. Tortoise
  8. The Twilight Sad
  9. Antony & The Johnsons
  10. Piano Magic
    ALBUMS
  1. Archive - "Controlling Crowds" (Warner) UK
  2. NoSound - "A Sense Of Loss" (KScope) Italy
  3. Gazpacho - "Tick Tock" (WiV) Norway
  4. Piano Magic - "Ovations" (Make Mine Music) UK
  5. Ludovico Einaudi - "Nightbook" (Decca) Italy
  6. Crippled Black Phoenix - "Night Raider"/"The Resurrectionists" (Invada Records) UK
  7. The Flaming Lips - "Embryonic" (Warner) U.S.A.
  8. Giardini di Miro - "Il Fuoco" (Unhip Records) Italy
  9. Porcupine Tree - "The Incident" (Roadrunner) U.K.
  10. Doves - "Kingdom Of Rust" (EMI) UK
(21) Darius Gerulis (Lithuania)
    BANDS
  1. Mogwai
  2. The Appleseed Cast
  3. Oceansize
  4. Sigur Rós
  5. MONO
  6. Red Sparowes
  7. Explosions in the Sky
  8. The Ascent of Everest
  9. This Will Destroy You
  10. té
    ALBUMS
  1. MONO - "Hymn to the Immortal Wind"
  2. The Appleseed Cast - "Sagarmatha"
  3. Redjetson - "Other Arms"
  4. Oceansize - "Home & Minor" EP
  5. Vessels - "White Fields and Open Devices"
  6. Blueneck - "The Fallen Host"
  7. dredg - "The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion"
  8. The Calm Blue Sea - "Siegfried: An Original Score"
  9. Jónsi & Alex - "Riceboy Sleeps"
  10. Do Make Say Think - "The Other Truths"
(22) Alex Garcia Guerrero (Mexico)
    BANDS
  1. Steve Hackett
  2. 5Bridges
  3. Nemo
  4. Cheer Accident
  5. Latte e Miele
  6. Mono
  7. Satellite
  8. Miriodor
  9. Sigur Ros
  10. Moongarden
    ALBUMS
  1. Steve Hackett - "Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth" (Wolfwork’s Records)
  2. 5Bridges - "The Thomas Tracks" (5Bridges)
  3. Nemo - "Barbares" (Quadrifonic)
  4. Cheer-Accident - "Fear Draws Misfortune" (Cuneiform)
  5. Latte e Miele - "Marco Polo: Sogni e Viaggi" (Aeroestella)
  6. Mono - "Hymn To The Immortal Wind" (Temporary Residence Limited)
  7. Satellite - "Nostalgia" (Metalmind Productions)
  8. Miriodor - "Avanti!" (Cuneiform)
  9. Wobbler - "Afterglow" (Pancromatic Blue Country)
  10. Moongarden - "A Vulgar Display of Prog" (Distilleria Music Factory)
(23) Yuri Chernenok (Latvia)
    BANDS
  1. Gong
  2. Univers Zero
  3. Faust
  4. Present
  5. Mono
  6. Mogwai
  7. Sigur Ros
  8. SILVER MT ZION
  9. Mars Volta
  10. Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
    ALBUMS
  1. Mono - "Hymn To The Immortal Wind" (Temporary Residence)
  2. Gong - "2032" (G-Wave)
  3. Faust - "C'est Com...Com...Complique" (Bureau-B)
  4. Present - "Barbaro (Ma Non Tropo)" (Ad Hoc)
  5. Jónsi & Alex - "Riceboy Sleeps" (Beggars Xl/EMI)
  6. Do Make Say Think - "Other Truths" (Constellation)
  7. The Mars Volta - "Octahedron" (Mercury)
  8. Upsilon Acrux - "Radian Futura" (Cuneiform)
  9. Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - "Lord Of The Underground: Vishnu And The Magic Elixir" (Alien 8)
  10. Astra - "The Weirding" (Rise Above)
(24) Bennett Koss (USA)
    BANDS
  1. City Weezle
  2. Horrible
  3. Edmund Welles
  4. Darth Vegas
  5. Dr. Zoltan Obelisk
  6. Hesus Attor
  7. The Grimpths
  8. Igorrr
  9. Enac Enac
  10. Tking Dkeys
(25) Mohammed Kamel (Egypt)
    BANDS
  1. Porcupine Tree
  2. The Dear Hunter
  3. Maudlin of the Well
  4. The Appleseed Cast
  5. Blueneck
  6. Tim Hecker
  7. Zu
  8. Clint Mansell
  9. The Antlers
  10. Mastodon
    ALBUMS
  1. Porcupine Tree - "The Incident"
  2. Blueneck - "The Fallen Host"
  3. The Appleseed Cast - "Sagarmatha"
  4. The Dear Hunter - "Life and Death"
  5. Zu - "Carboniferous"
  6. Ben Frost - "By the Throat"
  7. Tim Hecker - "An Imaginary Country"
  8. Maudlin of the Well - "Part the Second"
  9. eaststrikewest - "Wolvves"
  10. The Dead Sea - "The Dead Sea"
(26) Thomas Klarmann (Germany)
    BANDS
  1. Big Big Train
  2. IZZ
  3. D.F.A.
  4. Elephant9
  5. Peter Hammill
  6. Van der Graaf Generator
  7. The Tangent
  8. Transatlantic
  9. Beardfish
  10. Gargamel
    ALBUMS
  1. Big Big Train - "The underfall jard"
  2. D.F.A. - "4th"
  3. IZZ - "The Darkened Room"
  4. Beardfish - "Destined solitaire"
  5. Elephant9 - "first"
  6. Brighteye Brison - "Believers and Deceivers"
  7. The Tangent - "Down and out in London and paris"
  8. Magma - "Ehmet re"
  9. Martigan - "Vision"
  10. Peter Hammill - "Thin air"
(27) Hector Diaz (Chile)
    BANDS
  1. Fred Frith
  2. John Zorn
  3. Mike Patton + Zu Quartet
  4. Stick Men
  5. Henry Cow
  6. Five Peace Band
  7. Robert Fripp
  8. Anthony Braxton
  9. Peter Gabriel
  10. John Abercrombie Organ Trio
    ALBUMS
  1. John Zorn - "Femina"
  2. Henry Cow - "The Road: Volumes 1-5" (40th Anniversary Box Set)
  3. Stick Men
  4. Five Peace Band Live
  5. David Sylvian - "Manafon"
  6. John Zorn - "Film works XXIII: El General"
  7. John Zorn - "O'o"
  8. John Zorn - "Alhambra Love Songs"
  9. Zu - "Carboniferous"
  10. The Tangent - "Down And Out in Paris And London"

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