MeggaMusic : Best Albums of 2005
In alphabetical order, not in order of preference.
- 30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie
Virgin / Immortal | Alt-Rock - 35007 - Phase V
Burning World / Stickman Records | Space/Kraut/Heavy-Rock
- Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Anthem of the Space
Nod and Smile / Ektro | Psy-Rock/Jam - Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno - Just Another Band From The Cosmic Inferno
Important - Acropod - Tales Beyond The Unknown
Klik | New Age; Deep House; Chillout - Ad Dios - The Endless Knot
Theta Wellness Music | New Age - African Head Charge - Vision Of A Psychedelic Africa
Beat | Tribal-Dub; Psychedelia; AOTYC - A-Kara - Deep Magic
Otium | Chillout; Ambisonic - Alien Nature - Distant Calling
SynGate | Berlin School - Alien Nature - Extractions
Syngate | Berlin School - All India Radio - Permanent Evolutions
Inevitable Records | Eclectic; Chillout; AOTYC; Free-NYP - Alpha & Omega - Trample The Eagle And The Dragon And The Bear
A&O Records | Dub - Alpha Wave Movement - Beyond Silence
Harmonic Resonance | Electronic - American Analog Set - Set Free
Morr Music | Indie - Angel Tears - Angel Tears Vol. 4: Vision
LoveCat Music | World; Balearic; Ethnochill - Amir Baghiri - Exosphere
Silentes / Bluebox | Ambi-Tribal-Trance; Ambient - Amon Tobin - (The 5.1 Soundtrack To Tom Clancy's) Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Ninja Tune - Amorphous Androgynous - Alice In Ultraland
Harvest | Psychedelia; Chillout - Animal Collective - Feels
Fat Cat | Psy-Pop; Indie/Folk-Rock; New Weird America - Anoushka Shankar - Rise
Angel | World Music - Anuvida & Nik Tyndall - Reiki Essence
New Earth | New Age; Relaxation - Apocalyptica - Apocalyptica
Vertigo / Universal | Symphonic Metal; Cellos! - ARC (Ian Boddy & Mark Shreeve) - Arcturus
DiN | Berlin School - Archetribe - Waterworks
Stretta | World; Ambi-Tribal; Excellent - Ashok Prema & Rob Jenkins - Matter
AD Music | New Age; Berlin School - Astrogator - The Darkness Between
Astrogator | Berlin School; Electronic - Authist & Dub One! - Dub Illusions
iD.Eology | Dub
- Bahramji & Maneesh De Moor - Call Of The Mystic
Blue Flame | World Music; Ambi-Cultural; Marvellous - Baïkonour - For the Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos
Melodic Records | Psy/Kraut-Rock - Belbury Poly - The Willows
Ghost Box | Hauntology; Avantgarde; Far Off Things - Bibio - Fi
Mush | Folk; Neofolk; Ambi/Avant-Folk - Binar (Andy Pickford & Paul Nagle) - Project Poltergeist
Bogus Focus | Berlin School - Black Mountain - Black Mountain
Jagjaguwar | Retro-Psychedelic/Stoner-Rock - Blue Lily Commission - Eastern Evening
AmbientLive | Ethnotronic; D&B/Dubnotic; Ambi-Cultural-Tribal-Trance - Bluetech - Sines and Singularities
Aleph Zero | Electronic - Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Warp | Indietronica; Chillout; Ambi-Post-Rock/IDM - Boreal Taiga - Qoldai'yek
Polar Magnet Music | Electronic; Chillout; Euphoric - Boxer Rebellion - Exits
Mercury | Indie-Rock - Brendan Pollard - Expansion
Acoustic Wave | Berlin School - Broadcast - Tender Buttons
Warp | Indietronic; Leftfield/Krautrock; Dream-Pop - Bush Chemists - Raw Raw Dub
ROIR | Dub
- Capsula - Synthesis of Reality
Ajana | Electronic; Psydub; Psychill - Caribou - The Milk Of Human Kindness
Leaf | Leftfield; Psy/Indie/Kraut/Folk-Rock - Castanets - First Light's Freeze
Asthmatic Kitty | Indie; Psychedelia; Neofolk - Cell - Live at Glade Festival 2005
Sofa Manifesto | Electronic - Cell - Phonic Peace
Indica | Ethnotronic; Ethnochill; Ambi-Cultural-Tribal-Trance - Chad VanGaalen - Infiniheart
Sub Pop | Indie/Folk-Rock; Neil Young school; Echo Train - Chief Mart's - Peter Erdnuss / Niz Niz
Shark Tea | Psy-Folk/Blues/Rock - Chris Coco - Heavy Mellow
Distinct'ive | Balearic; Chillout; Ambient; Coco from Coco Steel & Lovebomb - Circa Survive - Juturna
Equal Vision | Alt-Rock - Circulus - The Lick On The Tip Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent
Rise Above | Folk-Rock; My Body Is Made Of Sunlight - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Wichita / CYHSY | Indie-Rock - Climbing Trees And Waterfalls - Climbing Trees And Waterfalls
Unknown; was wrongly attributed to Nodens Ictus - CocoRosie - Noah's Ark
Touch And Go | Leftfield; Indie/Freak-Folk - Cocteau Twins - Lullabies To Violaine: Singles And Extended Plays 1982-1996
4AD - Cog - The New Normal
Difrnt Music | Alt-Rock; Nu-Metal - Coldcut - Sound Mirrors (Originals, Remixes & Instrumentals)
Ninja Tune - Coldplay - X & Y
Parlophone - Colour Haze - Colour Haze
Elektrohasch Schallplatten | Stoner Rock - Constantines - Tournament Of Hearts
Sub Pop | Indie-Rock - Cosmic Hoffmann - Electric Trick
Heart and Mind | Berlin School - Craig Padilla & Skip Murphy - Planetary Elements Vol. 2
Space For Music | Electronic; Berlin School; Trance; Ambient - Create - From Earth To Mars
Groove Unlimited | Berlin School
- Damon & Naomi - The Earth Is Blue
20|20|20 | Indie-Folk/Pop - Darshan Ambient - re:Karma [Re-mastered]
Lotuspike | New Age; Ambi-Jazz; Chillout; Ambient; Exquisite - David Wright - Returning Tides Vol. 1
AD Music | New Age - Dead Meadow - Feathers
Matador | Indie/Stoner-Rock; Shoegaze - Deaf Center - Pale Ravine
Miasmah | Neoclassical; Ambient - Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Barsuk / Atlantic | Indie-Pop/Rock - Deep-Dive-Corp. - Freestyle Floating
In-D | Deep-House; NeoFunk; Lounge; Chillout - Deerhoof - The Runners Four
Kill Rock Stars / ATP | Indie; Avantgarde; Neo/Freak-Folk - dEUS - Pocket Revolution
V2 / Universal | Rock - Diatonis - Highway 1
Diatonis 5.1 | Ambient; Space - Djam Karet - Recollection Harvest
Cuneiform | Prog-Rock - Dom F. Scab - Crosswords
Margen | Berlin School - Donna Regina - Slow Killer
Karaoke Kalk | Indie/Dream/Chill-Pop - Dredg - Catch Without Arms
Interscope | Alt-Rock - Dungen - Dungen [1999-2001]
Subliminal Sounds | Psychedelic Rock
- Earth - HEX; Or Printing In The Infernal Method
Southern Lord | Post-Doom; Guitar-Drone; Experimental - Eastern Sun - In Emptiness
Ball Of Waxx | Electronic; Trip-Hop; Downtempo; Psychill - Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful
MM3 Records | Prog Rock - Editors - The Back Room
Kitchenware / PIAS | Indie; Post-Punk; AOTYC - Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World
V2 | Indie - Electric Magma - Snail The Wah
Around Ahead Music | Stoner Rock - Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees
Temporary Residence Ltd. | Ambient-Post-Rock; Guitar-Drone - Enduser - Comparing Paths
Mirex / Very Friendly | Jungle; Drum & Bass - Engineers - Engineers
Echo | Indie/Dream-Pop; Chill/Shoe-gaze; Wonderful - Entheogenic - Dialogue Of The Speakers
Chillcode | Ethnotronic; Dubnotica; Psychill; Ambi-Tribal-Trance - Eraldo Bernocchi & Harold Budd - Music For 'Fragments From The Inside'
Sub Rosa | Ambi-Jazz; Dubnotica; Trip-Hop; Chillout - Erik Seifert - A Trip To Nebula Cluster
SynGate | Berlin School; New Age; Ambient - Espers - The Weed Tree
Locust Music | Folk; Psy/Freak-Folk; Hippy/Folk-Rock
- Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
Island / Mercury | Alt-Rock; Emo; US-Punk-Pop - Feathers - Feathers
Feathers Family | Folk-Rock - F/i - Blanga
Lexicon Devil | Space Rock - First Band From Outer Space - We're Only In It For The Spacerock
Transubstans | Space-Rock - Flavor Crystals - On Plastic
mpls ltd | Shoegaze - Flotation Toy Warning - Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck
Pointy / Misra | Indie/Psy-Pop - Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
Universal / RCA / Roswell Records - Free System Projekt - Moyland
Quantum | Berlin School - Fursaxa - Lepidoptera
ATP Recordings | Neofolk; Ethereal; New Weird America; Freak-Folk; AOTYC
- Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors - Still Chillin'
Raven | Tribal; Ambi-Tribal-Trance - Gang Gang Dance - God's Money
The Social Registry | Tribal; Avantgarde/Freaky - Ganja Beats - Paradise & Tranquillity
Organic | Dub; Ambient Dub; Psydub - Gaudi & Testa - 1105: Continuum
em:t | Electronica; Ambient-Tribal-Dub; Abstract - Gert Emmens - When Darkness Falls Upon The Earth
Groove Unlimited | Berlin School - Gert Emmens & Ruud Heij - Blind Watchers Of A Vanishing Night
Emmens Heij | Berlin School - Giant Drag - Hearts And Unicorns
Interscope / Kickball | Alt/Indie-Rock; Kevin Is Gay - God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
Revive Records | Post-Rock - Goldfrapp - Supernature
Mute | Electroclash; Synthpop; SGATT - Gorillaz - Demon Days
Parlophone - Gravenhurst - Fires In Distant Buildings
Warp | Indie-Rock - Green Empathy - >Terratronica<
Lemongrass Music | Nu-Jazz; Deep-House; Ambi-Breaks; Lounge/Chillout; Hmmm - Grey Area - And Then The Clouds
Waveform | Electronic; Ambient Dub; Chillout - Gris Gris - For The Season
Birdman | US-Indie/Garage/Psy-Rock - Grizzly Bear - Horn of Plenty + Remixes
Kanine / Rumraket | Lo-Fi; Folk-Rock; Crossover - Gulan - Sphere
Gulanmusic Studio | Ambient; Space - Guy Sweens - Gaya Of Wisdom
Medwyn Goodall Music | New Age; World
- Hammock - Kenotic
Hammock Music | Post-Rock - Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV
Necessary Records | Indie-Rock - Hawkwind - Take Me To Your Leader
Hawkwind Records | Space Rock - Hidria Spacefolk - Live Eleven AM
NEARfest | Psychedelic Rock; Rave on! - Hood - Outside Closer
Domino | Indie/Psy/Folk-Rock - Hooverphonic - No More Sweet Music
Columbia / Sony BMG | Trip-Pop
- Ian Neal - All In The Golden Afternoon...
Middle Management | Prog Rock - Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself
Megaphonic / RCA Victor | Alt/Dream-Pop - Indra - The Call of Shiva Vol.1 & Vol.2
Perfect Music | Berlin School - International Peoples Gang - 0006: Action Painting
em:t | Electronic; Leftfield; Chillout; Ambient - Ishvara (Ishq) - Magik Square Of The Sun
Virtual | Ambient
- Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit
Maverick | Alt-Rock; Emo; Punk-Pop; Mixed Tape - Jah Wobble - Car Ad Music
30 Hertz | Wobble World Music - Jah Wobble - Mu
Trojan / Sanctuary | Wobble-Dub; Future-Jazz - James Bernard - Inner Peace ['95-'96']
James Bernard Music | Electronic; Ambient - James Blackshaw - Sunshrine
Digitalis | Folk; Fingerstyle guitar; Awesome - Javi Cánovas - Impasse
Synth Music Direct | Berlin School - Jeff Pearce - Lingering Light
Jeff Pearce Music | Ambi-Guitar - Jen Gloeckner - Miles Away
One Little Indian | Psy-Folk/Jazz/Blues; Chillout; Crossover; Marvellous - Jim Kirkwood - Corvis Christi
Dark Age Music | Berlin School - Jim Kirkwood - Foxhalt Edge
Dark Age Music | Berlin School - Jim Kirkwood - One Amongst The Fallen
Dark Age Music | Berlin School - Jim Kirkwood - Talismans and Charms
Dark Age Music | Berlin School - John Foxx - Cathedral Oceans III
Metamatic | Neoclassical; New Age; Chorale; Ethereal; Ambient - John Frusciante - Curtains
Record Collection | RHCP-Guitarist; Lo-Fi; Classic/Folk-Rock - John Lakveet - Proportions
Groove Unlimited | Berlin School - Jon Hassell - Maarifa Street: Magic Realism 2
NYEN / Label Bleu | Neo-Jazz; Fourth World; Exquisite - Judy Dyble - Enchanted Garden
Talking Elephant | Feat. Swordfish/Astralasia; Simon House; Peter Pracownik; Paul Chousmer
- Kaipa - Mindrevolutions
InsideOutMusic | Prog Rock - Kashmir - No Balance Palace
Columbia | Danish; Indie-Rock - Kate Bush - Aerial
EMI - Kaya Project - Elixir
Interchill | World Folk; Ambi-Tribal; Global Chill; AOTYC - Keith Fullerton Whitman - Multiples
Kranky | Minimalist; Experimental; Electroacoustic; Ambient - Ken Martin - Psychic Beacons
Space For Music | Berlin School - Kick Bong - A Cup Of Tea?
Ultra Vista | Deep House/Trance; Electronica; Ambient Dub; Psychill - Kill Memory Crash - American Automatic
Ghostly International | Industrial; EBM - Kiln - Thermals
Ghostly International / Infraction | Ambient - Kiln - Twinewheel [Lost-Sides and Dusty-Gems 1994-2005]
Division Sound | Post-Rock - Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat - If The Sky Falls, We Shall Catch Larks
(K-RAA-K)³ | Avant/Psy/Folk/Space-Rock; Sighing Seething Soothing - Klaus Schulze - Moonlake
Synthetic Symphony | Berlin School; Techtronic; Trance - Klaus Schulze - Vanity Of Sounds
Rainhorse / Revisited | Berlin School - Klaus Wiese - KW
Umbra | Ambient - Klute - No One's Listening Anymore (2xCD)
Commercial Suicide / Breakbeat Science
- Ladytron - Witching Hour
Island / Universal / Rykodisc | Indie-Rock; New Wave; Synthpop - Lali Puna - I Thought I Was Over That
Morr Music | Leftfield; Indietronic - Lamp Of The Universe - Heru
Barl Fire Recordings | Psychedelia - Lau Nau - Kuutarha
Locust Music | Folk; Nordic; Experimental; Neo/Freak-Folk - Laura Veirs - Year Of Meteors
Nonesuch | Indie-Pop - LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Capitol | Indie/Post-Punk; Leftfield; Crossover - Lemon Jelly - '64-'95
XL Recordings | Leftfield; Big Beat - Liars - Drum's Not Dead
Mute | Alternative/Leftfield; Tribal; Tripnotic; AOTYC - Llewellyn - Journey To Our Dreams
New World Music - Llewellyn - Reiki Gold
Paradise Music | New Age; Relaxation - Low - The Great Destroyer
Sub Pop | Indie-Rock; Slowcore; Lo-Fi; Marvellous
- M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us
Gooom | Indie/Post-Rock; Synthpop; Shoegaze; Don't Save Us From the Flames - Mac of BIOnighT - Black Light
SynGate | Berlin School - Machine Love - Machinations
DreamSpy Net Works | NeoFunk/Soul; Space-Hop; Groovy Chillout/Lounge - Machine Love - Supermarket Vamps
DreamSpy Net Works | Groove; Space-Hop; Chillout - Makyo - Swara Mandala
Dakini | World Music; Ambi-Cultural-Tribal-Trance - Manual - Azure Vista
Darla / Static Caravan | Post-Rock; Shoegaze - Manuel Göttsching - Die Mulde
MG.ART | Krautrock; New Age - Marconi Union - Distance
Hannibal / All Saints | Post-Rock; Illbient; IDM; Deep-House; Ambient - Mark Seelig - Disciple
Projekt | New Age World; Devotional; Ambi-Tribal - Mary Timony - Ex Hex
Lookout! Records | Indie-Rock - Masha Qrella - Unsolved Remained
Morr Music | Indietronic; Lo-Fi; Indie-Pop - Mathias Grassow & Guests - Dronament
Practising Nature | Ambi-Tribal - Meat Beat Manifesto - At The Center
Thirsty Ear - めめ (Meme) – ちとてとち (Chitotetochi)
Poet Portraits, Japan | World; Neofolk; Freak-Folk - Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
Evil Office / Sony / Columbia | Danish; Alt/Indie/Art-Rock - Miasma & The Carousel Of Headless Horses - Perils
Web Of Mimicry / Rise Above | Prog Rock... - Micah P. Hinson - The Baby And The Satellite (Reissue/Re-recorded, orig. 2000)
Sketchbook - Mice Parade - Bem-Vinda Vontade
FatCat / Bubble Core | Leftfield; Post-Indie-Rock - Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
ATO | Alternative/Indie; Marvellous; I Hear The Bells - Mind-Flux (Fanger & Kersten) - Destination Space
Innovative Communication - Mirror System - MirrorSystem
A-Wave | Electronic; Steve Hillage & Miquette Giraudy - Modulator ESP - Time Clouds Distant Memory
Modulator ESP; Soundclick | Berlin School - Mogwai - Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003
PIAS | Post-Rock - Mono & World's End Girlfriend - Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain
Temporary Residence Ltd. - My Morning Jacket - Z
ATO | Indie/Folk/Southern/Soft-Rock; It Beats 4U; Gideon
- Nemesis - Xtempora
Retroduction | Berlin School - Neuroticfish - Gelb
Dancing Ferret / Strange Ways | Darkwave; Industrial; Synthpop - Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Nothing / Interscope - Noodreem - One Love
Sangita Sounds | Psychill; Ambient Dub - Nosound - Sol29
Nosound | Prog/Art-Rock - Numina - Eye of the Nautilus
Hypnos | Ambient; Space
- Oceansize - Everyone Into Position
Beggars Banquet | Alt-Rock; Post-Hardcore; Grunge; Shoegaze - Odd Nosdam - Burner
Anticon | Electronic; Leftfield; Trip-Hop; Abstract/Experimental - O-Head - Steps Across The Cortex
Centaur Discs | Psytrance; Psychill; Psybient - Ole Lukkøye - Kumaneira
AnTrop | World; Tribal; Ambi-Tribal-Trance; Psy-Industrial - Oneida - The Wedding
Jagjaguwar | Alternative; Indie-Rock; Neofolk; Shoegaze - Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Roadrunner | Prog-Metal; Folk-Rock/Neofolk
- Paradise Lost - Paradise Lost
GUN / BMG / Dark Element | Gothic Metal - Paramore - All We Know Is Falling
Fueled By Ramen | Alt-Rock; Emo - Paul Ellis - Silent Conversations
Groove Unlimited | Berlin School - Pendulum - Hold Your Colour
Breakbeat Kaos | Drum & Bass; UK Dancehall - Pete Namlook & New Composers - Russian Spring
Fax | Electronic; Ambient - Peter Ulrich - Enter the Mysterium
City Canyons | World; Tribal; Folk; Ethereal - Pitch Black - Ape to Angel
Dubmission | Electronic; Dubnotic; Freefall - Pocketful - Sparkling
Musea | Swedish-Indie-Pop - Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Lava / Gates of Dawn | Prog Rock - Port-Royal - Flares
Resonant | Post-Rock; Chillgaze; IDM; Ambient - Pre-Med - Medication Time
Hawkwind Records | Space Rock - Project Pitchfork - Kaskade
Metropolis / Candyland | Industrial; The Present - Psychic Ills - Dins
The Social Registry | Psychedelic Rock; Shoegaze - Puff Dragon - Sazanami
Dakini | Ethnotronic; Ethnochill; Ambi-Dubnotica - Pyramid Peak - Caveland
Pyramid Peak | Berlin School
- Quantum Fantay - Agapanthusterra
Herzberg Verlag | Prog/Psych/Space-Rock; Ozricky - Quasimoto - The Further Adventures: Instrumentals
Stones Throw | Trip-Hop-ish; Madlib - Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
Interscope | Alt-Rock
- Raccoo-oo-oon - Is Night People
Night People / Release The Bats | Psychedelic; Avantgarde - Radio Massacre International - Emissaries
Cuneiform | Berlin School - Rainbow Serpent - The 8th Nerve
Manikin | Berlin School - Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn
Neurot | Post-Rock - Richard Bone - Saiyuji
Quirkworks Laboratory | New Age; Ambi-Tribal - Richard Youngs - The Naïve Shaman
Jagjaguwar | Folk-Rock; Psy/Neo-Folk - Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
InsideOut Music | Prog Rock - Robert Rich & Ian Boddy - Lithosphere
DiN | Electronica; Ambient - Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Mysterious Skin OST
Commotion / Rykodisc | Soundtrack; Ambient - Rodriguez (Sixto Rodriguez) - Sugarman: The Best Of
PT Music | Classic/Folk-Rock - Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
Sub Pop | Indie-Rock - Ron Boots - Fanta Magic
Groove Unlimited | Berlin School - Röyksopp - The Understanding
Wall of Sound / Astralwerks / Virgin | Synthpop; Only This Moment - Run_Return - Metro North
n5MD | Post-Rock; IDM; Crossover
- Secede - Tryshasla
Sending Orbs | Mostly: Chillout; Ambi-Nu-Jazz; Ambient... - Secret Saucer - Element 115
Dead Earnest | Space Rock - Serena-Maneesh - Serena-Maneesh
Honeymilk / Playloud | Norwegian Indie; Shoegaze - Shaman's Dream Project by Craig Kohland & Rara Avis - Kerala Dream
Sounds True - Shipping News - Flies the Fields
Quarterstick | Indie-Rock - Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost
Twisted | Psy-trance/chill/dub/gloop - Shriekback - Cormorant
Malicious Damage | Alternative/Leftfield; Crossover - Shugo Tokumaru - L.S.T.
Compare Notes, Japan | Indie-J-Pop; Neo/Freak-Folk - Sigur Rós - Takk
EMI | Nordic-Post-Rock - Silvercord - Symphony of Sighs
Earth Mantra | Ambient - Silvercord feat. Michelle Nickerson - I Can't Breathe (single)
Dreamland / Reverbnation ▶ - Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
Drag City | Folk-Rock; New Weird America - Skalpel - Konfusion
Ninja Tune | Future-Jazz - Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Sub Pop | All-Fem-Alt/Heavy-Rock; Post Riot Grrrl - Smadj - Smadj Presents S.O.S
Doublemoon | Tribal Trance; Mostly: World Fusion - Solace - Balance
Eventide | World Music; Tribal; Belly Dance - Solar Fields - Extended
Ultimae | Electronic - Solar Fields - Leaving Home
Ultimae | Electronic - Soulfly - Dark Ages
Roadrunner | Thrash Metal; US Hardcore; Rage; Crossover - Space Debris - Kraut Lok
Breitklang | Prog/Classic/Instrumental-Rock - Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Matador / Merge | Indie-Rock - Spyra - Meditationen
Manikin | Berlin School - Squazoid - License To Chill
Squazoid / Bandcamp | Psychill - ST 37 - Future Memories
Four/Four | Space Rock - Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
Matador | Indie; Ex Pavement & Silver Jews - Stereolab - Oscillons From The Anti-Sun
Too Pure | Indietronic; Space-Age/Avant-Pop - Steve Roach - New Life Dreaming
Timeroom Editions | New Age; Ambi-Tribal; Ambient - Steve Roach & Byron Metcalf - The Shaman's Heart
Dr. BAM's Music - SubtractiveLAD - Giving Up The Ghost
n5MD | IDM - Sufjan Stevens - Illinois / Come On Feel The Illinoise!
Asthmatic Kitty / Sounds Familyre - Sula Bassana - The Night
Sulatron / Pancromatic | Krautrock; Space-Rock - S.U.N. Project - Wicked
Yellow Sunshine Explosion | Psy-Trance-Rock - Sun Dial - Other Way In
Third Eye | Psychedelic Rock - Suns Of Arqa - Hallucinasia
Arka Sound | World; Ethnochill; Ambi-Tribal-Dubnotica; Exquisite; AOTYC - Syndromeda - Metaphysical Experiences
Neu Harmony | Berlin School - System Of A Down - Hypnotize
American Recordings / Sony / Columbia | Alternative
- Takla Makan - Farewell To Mount Fuji
Synth Music Direct | Berlin School - Talking Heads - Rare 12" Mixes
Talking Heads Records - Tangerine Dream - Rocking Mars: Live 1999
TDI Music - Tangerine Dream - Vault 4: Live Brighton/Cleveland 1986
Bootmoon - Tangram - Move and Still
Tangram | Berlin School; Electronic - Tara Putra - Groom Mountains
Aleph Zero / Spiritual Beings | Psychedelic; Manali Mission - Tarwater - The Needle Was Travelling
Morr Music | Leftfield; New Wave; Post-Krautrock - The Birthday Massacre - Violet
Repo / Metropolis | Industrial; Gothic; Synthwave; Hmmm - The Black Dog - Silenced
Dust Science | Ambi-Techno/Electronica - The Decemberists - Picaresque
Kill Rock Stars / Rough Trade | Indie/Folk-Rock; 16 Military Wives - The Future Kings of England - The Future Kings of England
Backwater | Prog/Art Rock - The Kings Of Frog Island - The Kings Of Frog Island
Elektrohasch Schallplatten | Classic/Stoner Rock - The Lovetones - Meditations
Yep! Records | Psychedelia; Psy-Pop - The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Universal | Alt/Prog/Art/Psy/Blues-Rock! - The National - Alligator
Beggars Banquet | Indie - The Occasion - Cannery Hours
Say Hey | Psychedelic Rock - The Octopus Project - One Ten Hundred Thousand Million
Peek-A-Boo | Leftfield; Psy-Fuzz; Glitch; Indietronic - The Omega Syndicate - Phonosphere
Neu Harmony | Berlin School - The Omega Syndicate - Sequences, Chords & Leeds
The Omega Syndicate - The Pineapple Thief - 10 Stories Down
Cyclops | Prog/Post-Rock - The Psychic Paramount - Gamelan Into The Mink Supernatural
No Quarter | Psy/Prog/Noise-Rock - The Residents - Animal Lover
Mute | Alternative/Avantgarde - The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - A Present From The Past
Telegram | Indie/Psy/Folk-Rock - The Spacious Mind - Pickin' Berries 'N Playin' Blues
Goddamn I'm A Countryman - The Spacious Mind - Rotvälta
Goddamn I'm A Countryman | Space/Psy/Kraut-Rock - Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra - Horses In The Sky
Constellation | Post/Folk/Avant-Rock - Thessalonians - Solaristics
Noh Poetry | Ambi-Cultural-Tribal-Dub/Trance; Avant-Tripnotica - Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
Eighteenth Street Lounge Music | Dub; Trip-Hop; Latin/Future-Jazz; Chillout - Third I Vision - Somewhere There's Music
Avex Trax | Dancehall; Lounge; Trip-Hop; NeoSoul; Chillout - This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain
Magic Bullet | Post-Rock - Thom Brennan - Vista Vol. 1, 2 & 3
Soundclick | Ambient - Thought Guild - Continuum
Harmonic Resonance | Electronic; Neoclassical; Ambient; Berlin/Vangelis-School - Toe - The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety
Catune, Japan | Post/Math-Rock - Traumklang - Touches
SynGate | Berlin School - Tripswitch - Circuit Breaker
Liquid Sound Design | Electronic; Psychill; Ambient Dub; Crossover - Tunng - Mother's Daughter And Other Songs
Static Caravan | Neofolk
- Ulver - Blood Inside
Jester | Art Rock; Avantgarde - Unitopia - More Than A Dream
Unicorn | Prog Rock
- (val) Liam - Early Reflections
Dewtones | Chillout; Ambi-Guitar; Ambient - Various - Albedo
Ultimae | Electronic; CBL, Between Interval, Solar Fields, Ishq, Hol Baumann, Aes Dana - Various - Awakenings 2005
AmbientLive | Berlin School; Electronic; Trance; Kosmische; Psybient - Various - Bor Land Can Take You Anywhere You Want
Bor Land | Alt/Indie/Post-Rock; Indietronic; Eclectic - Various - Buddha-Bar VII [compiled by Ravin & David Visan]
George V Records - Various - Chillogram
Peak Records | Electronic; Psychill; Dub; Ambi-Tribal; Ambient - Various - Dreaming Didgeridoo
Music Mosaic - Various - Earth Octave Lounge Vol. 2
Interchill | Psychill; Deep-House; Dubchill; Chillout - Various - Fahrenheit Project Part Five
Ultimae | Electronic; Chilltech; Psychill - Various - Fragile Life
Cosmicleaf | Psychill; Ethnotronic - Various - Invisible Pyramid: Elegy Box (6xCD)
Last Visible Dog | Psychedelia; Multi-Genre - Various - Left Coast Liquid Vol. 1
Native State | Electronic; Shulman, Bluetech, Desert Dwellers, Adham Shaikh - The Garden! - Various - Lotus: An East Meets West Chillout Experience
Avalon - Various - Grilled à la Spinefarm
Metal Hammer - Various - Mountain High 2
Candyflip | Psychill; Cell, Kick Bong, Max Maxwell, Aes Dana, Solar Fields - Various - Multiple Organisms: Compiled by Earthling
Solstice Music International / Nice Dreams Music - Various - Nova Natura
Cosmicleaf | Psychill; Terra Nine, Zero Cult, Side Liner, D. Batistatos, Omegahertz, Cydelix - Various - Portal Of Perceptions
Celestial Dragon | Psychill; Ishq, Makyo, Adham Shaikh, Aes Dana, Cell, Androcell - Various - Red, Green, Blue & Other Summer Feelings
Sutemos | Post-Rock; Indietronic; Shoegaze; Eclectic - Various - Roots Of Dub Funk 5: Power Of The Dub
Tanty - Various - Soul Vibration #001
Liquid | Psy/Digital-Dub; Dubnotic; Slackbaba, Manasseh, Gaudi & Tripswitch, Graham Wood, Greg Hunter - Various - Spaceships Of The Imagination Vol. 2 / Music From the World of Ayahuasca
TIP | 2xCD; Goa, Ethno-Trance; Ambi-Tribal; Psychill; Globient; Select-tracks-only - Various - The Best Classics ...Ever! (4xCD)
Pomaton EMI - Various - The Hammer Vault of Horror DVD
Metal Hammer - Various - The Missing Peace By Shalom
Times Music | Ethnochill; Son Kite, Karsh Kale, Ott, Shulman, MIDIval PunditZ; AOTYC - Various / King Tubby / Prince Jammy - Run It Red
Blood & Fire | Dub - Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született
Planet Mu | Jungle-Breakbeat-Neoclassical-Crossover - VoLt - Through The Rings
Groove Unlimited | Berlin School
- Waterjuice - Melbaphonics
Vaporvent | Psychill; Techno-Crossover - White Hills - They've Got Blood Like We've Got Blood
Fuck Off & Di | Space Rock - Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Sub Pop | Indie-Rock - Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Modular / Interscope | Hard Rock - :wumpscut: - Evoke: BKM Etah 34
Beton Kopf Media | Industrial
- Yawning Man - Rock Formations
Alone Records | Post/Surf/Folk/Desert-Rock - Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss
Burnt Toast | Post-Rock - Yonderboi - Splendid Isolation
Mole Listening Pearls | New Wave; Trip-Hop; Avant-Pop; Indie/Funky-Crossover
- Zeropage - Ambient Pills / Ambient India
Zeropage / Bandcamp | Chillout - Zoë Johnston - Happenstances
Shiva Records | Folk/Pop - Zoë Keating - One Cello x 16: Natoma
ZoeKeating.com | Neoclassical - Zone Six - Live Wired
Nasoni | Psychedelic Rock
Another very big year for music, over 350 entries,
and a strong contender to 1994's crown...
and a strong contender to 1994's crown...
Legend
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Label | Genres; Styles; Comments
Label | Genres; Styles; Comments
= AOTYC (Album Of The Year Contender)
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