Welcome to our selection of our favourite albums of 2024. As you might expect, it is the discovery of new, exciting records that makes life rewarding at Phonica, as we open boxes from labels and distributors to find mind-blowing music from all over the world. Albums are a little easier to choose for a year best-of than singles & tracks, as there is some consensus as to what constitutes a 'good' album There was far more agreement here than in other categories. Here you will find staff favourites, bestsellers and those records we just couldn't get enough of, both in appetite and physically, no doubt, due to small vinyl runs of some of these great releases......so, sadly, some of them are no longer available.
Sitting at the top of our the year's albums (and RA's too!) is Loidis's 'One Day' - a pseudonym of Huerco S - it's a stunning album of minimal dub techno that slowly shows its charm on repeated listens - one for both the dancefloor and for listening at home.
Nala Sinephro’s sophomore album, titled Endlessness, expands her scope from the inward journey of Space 1.8 into widescreen orchestral ambient jazz compositions - a stunning listening experience.
Midland finally gets to release his album 'Fragments of Us' - we are a little biased here as Midland put out his first 12inch on Phonica back in 2010 - and the long-awaited release showcases both his mastery of the dancefloor with a more introspective edge.
Reliable, solid names in the electronic scene such as Four Tet, Floating Points, Caribou and Jamie XX gave us strong albums this year and feature highly in our chart but there are lots of lesser-known gems such as Astrid Sonne's stunning 'Great Doubt', otherworldly soundscapes from Alexander Melzak, Ezra Feinberg's beautiful 'Soft Power' or Fergus Jones aka Perko with his surprising and stunning debut.
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