Monday, January 3, 2005

:::: FILMS OF 2004 ::::


Yet another excuse to make a list of amazing art!

HERE ARE MY TOP FILMS OF 2004 IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

Andrey Zvyagintsev "The Return" (russia)
Wong Kar-Wai "2046" (china)
Guy Maddin "Saddest Music in the World" (canada)
Michael Haneke "Time of the Wolf" (france)
Park Chan-Wook "Old Boy" (korea)
Lars Von Trier/Jorgen Leth "Five Obstructions" (denmark)
Michel Gondry "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (usa) - I actually really enjoyed it!
Tsai Ming Liang "Goodbye Dragon Inn" (taiwan)
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang "Last Life in the Universe" (thailand)
Hayao Miyazaki "Howls Moving Castle" (japan)

:::: ALBUMS OF 2004 ::::


That time of the year again! Lists are such a joy to make and share.

HERE ARE MY TOP 15 ALBUMS OF 2004 IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.

William Basinski "Variations : movements in chrome primitive" CD (die stadt)
Arve Henriksen  "Chiaroscuro"  CD  (rune grammofon)
Deathprod  "Morals & Dogma"  CD  (rune grammofon)
Tape  "Operette"   CD  (cubic japan)
Tim Hecker   "Mirages"     CD    (alien8)
Fennesz     "Venice"      (touch)
Morton Feldman   "Triadic Memories"   DVD-A  (mode)
Panasonic    "Kesto"     CD    (blast first/mute)
Murcof     "Utopia"    CD/12"   (leaf)
Iannis Xenakis    "Edition RZ Collection"   CD  (ed. rz)
Coil      "ANS"        CD DVD   (thresholdhouse)
Ricardo Villalobos    "The Au Harem D' Archimedes"  CD/LP  (perlon)
V/A "Money Will Ruin Everything" CD Book (rune grammofon)
Frank Bretschnieder    "Looping I-IV"    CD   (12k)
Porn Sword Tobaco "PST" CD/LP (citycentre offices)

There were a buncha 12"s that were amazing too, here some of them are;

Clouddead "Dead Dogs Two"   12"   (mush)
Donacha Costello  "Blue"   12"  (minimise)
Shadow Huntaz "Vampire" 12" (skam)
Boom Bip    "Back and Forth"   12"   (lex)
Funckarma   "Smizm"     12"   (dub)
Akufen/R.Hawtin  "Forcept Variations 1"  12"  (minus)
Robag Wruhme   "Wuzzelbud KK"   12"  (musik krause)
Apparat   "Duplex Remixes"  12"   (shitkatapult)
DJ Koze   "Speicher 11"    12"   (kompakt)