2008 S.A. Friends Top Tens

Loren Chasse
Here seems to be the music that's most put my ear in its clutch this past year...
Nagisa Ni Te...Yosuga
Milton Nascimento...Lo Borges
Terry Riley...the Last Camel in Paris
Blackout Beach...skin of evil
Andrew Chalk .....time of hayfield
Tim and Eric...Awesome Record
Laraaji....Cascade
Maureeny Wishfull...The Maureeny Wishfull Album
Steve Roden...a slow moving boat
Arthur Russell...Wild Combination documentary (and its songs!)
Autistic Daughters..uneasy flowers
Grouper...Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill
Peter Hammill...Fool's Mate
Klimek...Dedications
M83...Saturdays=Youth
and as always: Camberwell Now....All's Well


Glenn Donaldson
late 2008 obsessive playlist
1. grouper dragging a dead deer up a hill
2. christian death only theater of pain
3. christian death catastrophe ballet
4. JFA my movie 7"
5. giorgio moroder from here to eternity
6. burial hex initiations
7. cocteau twins garlands
8. eyeless in gaza photographs as memories
9. blessure grave unreleased mp3's
10. brave new world s/t 7"
11. the clientele it's art dad
12. killing joke nervous system 7"
13. blackout beach skin of evil


Nick Forte
Monopoly Child Star Searchers- "Gitchii Manitu (12 Step Retrance Program For Troubled Dream Warriors)"
Monopoly Child Star Searchers- "Infant Spirituality Rates Coconut Percent"
Leviathan- "Massive Conspiracy Against All Life"
John Wiese- "Dramatic Accessories"
Graham Lambkin/Jason Lescalleet- "The Breadwinner"
Ancestors- "I"
Chris Corsano- "The Young Cricketer"
Jason Crumer- "Ottoman Black"
Philip Jeck- "Suite. Live in Liverpool"
Deep Listening Band- "Then & Now, Now and Then"


Stefan Neville
Fuigo-Fuigo
Privacy-Mercy
Kraus-Red Green & Blue 1998-2003
Jon The Dog-Live at Enban cdr
Leighton Craig-11 Easy Pieces
Planxty-Cold Blow & The Rainy Night
The Shadow Ring-The Lighthouse
Russian Tsarlag/Blueshift-split rare youth LP
Sunstabbed-doubtful sounds 7"
Henry Flynt & the Insurrections-I Dont Wanna
Michael Hurley-Armchair Boogie
Jos Steen-Electricity
the bug feat. warrior queen-poison dart
bonzo dog band-cornology
armpit-tron


David Sutton
Graham Lambkin/Jason Lescalleet- The breadwinner (erstwile)
pac man (Bone tooth Horn)
karina esp/ circle brothers/ drekka 10 inch lathe (morc tapes)


Chris Berry
Leighton Craig - 11 Easy Pieces (Room 40)
Destroyer - Trouble in Dreams (Merge)
Eat Skull - Sick to Death (Siltbreeze)
James Ferraro - Marble Surf (New Age)
Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Type)
Jeremy Jay - A Place Where We Could Go (K)
Tommy Jay - Tall Tales of Trauma (Columbus Discount)
King Darves - The Sun Splits For... The Blind Swimmer (DeStijl)
Nagisa Ni te - Yosuga (Jagjaguwar)
Pigeons - Virgin Spectacle (Black Dirt)
Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me (Audika)
Sic Alps - U.S. EZ (Siltbreeze)
D Charles Speer & The Helix - After Hours (Black Dirt)
Teenage Panzerkorps - Games for Slaves (Siltbreeze)
Vizusa - Vizusa (Seres)