EOY 2016 - The Quietus (UK)

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ONE: Årabrot - The Gospel
TWO: Solange - A Seat At The Table
THREE: Innercity Ensemble - III
FOUR: Jessy Lanza - Oh No No No
FIVE: Shirley Collins - Lodestar
SIX: Fat White Family - Songs For Our Mothers
SEVEN: David Bowie - Blackstar
EIGHT: Ian William Craig - Centres
NINE: D∆WN - Redemption
TEN: Jenny Hval - blood bitch

ELEVEN: Frank Ocean - Blonde
TWELVE: Laura Cannell - Simultaneous Flight Movement
THIRTEEN: Matmos - Ultimate Care II
FOURTEEN: Klara Lewis - Too
FIFTEEN: Skepta - Konnichiwa
SIXTEEN: The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time
SEVENTEEN: Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä
EIGHTEEN: Shackleton - Devotional Songs
NINETEEN: Peder Mannerfelt - Controlling Body
TWENTY: Marissa Nadler - Strangers
TWENTY ONE: Sote - Hardcore Sounds From Tehran
TWENTY TWO: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree
TWENTY THREE: Katie Gately - Color
TWENTY FOUR: Sex Swing - Sex Swing
TWENTY FIVE: Brian Eno - The Ship
TWENTY SIX: King - We Are King
TWENTY SEVEN: GNOD - Mirror
TWENTY EIGHT: Wolfgang Buttress & Bees - Be One
TWENTY NINE: Jute Gyte - Perdurance
THIRTY: Huerco S - For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)

THIRTY ONE: Blood Orange - Freetown Sound
THIRTY TWO: The Stargazer’s Assistant - Remoteness Of Light
THIRTY THREE: A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
THIRTY FOUR: Julianna Barwick - Will
THIRTY FIVE: Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
THIRTY SIX: Suede - Night Thoughts
THIRTY SEVEN: Jambinai - A Hermitage
THIRTY EIGHT: Convextion - 2845
THIRTY NINE: Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
FORTY: Kemper Norton - Toll

FORTY ONE: Puce Mary - The Spiral
FORTY TWO: Black Merlin - Hipnotik Tradisi
FORTY THREE: Daniel Patrick Quinn - I, Sun
FORTY FOUR: Lord Tang - Butterflies
FORTY FIVE: Underworld - Barbara Barbara, We Face A Shining Future
FORTY SIX: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - Sunergy
FORTY SEVEN: Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - We Be All Africans
FORTY EIGHT: Equiknoxx - Bird Sound Power
FORTY NINE: Anna Meredith - Varmints
FIFTY: Factory Floor - 25 25

FIFTY ONE: Tim Hecker - Love Streams
FIFTY TWO: Bully Fae - Defy A Thing To Be
FIFTY THREE: Beyoncé - Lemonade
FIFTY FOUR: Kano - Made In The Manor
FIFTY FIVE: Bruxa Maria - Human Condition
FIFTY SIX: Grumbling Fur - Furfour
FIFTY SEVEN: Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker
FIFTY EIGHT: Skee Mask - Shred
FIFTY NINE: Oren Ambarchi - Hubris
SIXTY: The Comet Is Coming - Channel The Spirits

SIXTY ONE: Babyfather - BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow
SIXTY TWO: The Body - No One Deserves Happiness
SIXTY THREE: G.H. - Housebound Demigod
SIXTY FOUR: Darren Hayman - Thankful Villages Vol. 1
SIXTY FIVE: Laniakea - A Pot Of Powdered Nettles

SIXTY SIX: Waclaw Zimpel - Lines
SIXTY SEVEN: Roly Porter - Third Law
SIXTY EIGHT: Chance The Rapper - Colouring Book
SIXTY NINE: Atlantikwall - Atlantikwall
SEVENTY: SHXCXCHCXSH - SsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSsSs

SEVENTY ONE: Marie Davidson - Adieux Au Dancefloor
SEVENTY TWO: Pattern Man - Pattern Man
SEVENTY THREE: Julien Marchal - II
SEVENTY FOUR: Billy Bao - The Lagos Sessions
SEVENTY FIVE: Gyda Valtysdottir - Epicycle
SEVENTY SIX: Noura Mint Seymali - Arbina
SEVENTY SEVEN: Mica Levi & Oliver Coates - Remain Calm
SEVENTY EIGHT: Hen Ogledd - Bronze
SEVENTY NINE: Kassem Mosse - Disclosure
EIGHTY: Kristoffer Lo - The Black Meat
EIGHTY ONE: Hannah Peel - Awake But Always Dreaming
EIGHTY TWO: Sam Shalabi - Isis And Osiris
EIGHTY THREE: Pangaea - In Drum Play
EIGHTY FOUR: Ghold - Pyr
EIGHTY FIVE: FIS - From Patterns To Details
EIGHTY SIX: Carla Dal Forno - You Know What It's Like
EIGHTY SEVEN: Swans - Glowing Man
EIGHTY EIGHT: Bon Iver - 22, A Million
EIGHTY NINE: Omar-S - The Best
NINETY: Knifeworld - Bottled Out Of Eden
NINETY ONE: Gnaw Their Tongues - Hymns For The Broken, Swollen And Silent
NINETY TWO: John Cale - M:Fans
NINETY THREE: The Invisible - Patience
NINETY FOUR: Wire - Nocturnal Koreans
NINETY FIVE: Jackie Lynn - Jackie Lynn
NINETY SIX: The Dwarfs Of East Agouza - Bes
NINETY SEVEN: Cat’s Eyes - Treasure House
NINETY EIGHT: Ahrkh Wagner - Ahrkh Wagner
NINETY NINE: Melt Yourself Down - Last Evenings On Earth
ONE HUNDRED: Stein Urheim - Strandebarm

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For the final of our year-end lists, we round up the best tracks of 2016 with a Baker's Dozen selected by John Doran, Luke Turner, Karl Smith and Christian Eede, as well as lists from our contributors


The Quietus Baker's Dozen Of 2016 (in alphabetical order)


The Body & Full Of Hell - 'The Butcher'

Brian Eno - 'Fickle Sun (III) I'm Set Free'

The Bug & Riko Dan - 'Iceman'

Cakes Da Killa ft. Peaches - 'Up Out My Face'

Frank Ocean - 'White Ferrari'

GAIKA - 'GKZ'

Gnod & Anthony Child - 'Behind The Lids (Parts 1 & 2)'

Jessy Lanza - 'It Means I Love You'

Julianna Barwick - 'Nebula'

Kanye West - 'Ultralight Beam'

Pearson Sound - 'XLB'

Sleaford Mods - 'TCR'

Solange - 'Cranes In The Sky'



The Quietus Contributors' Tracks Of 2016


Jeremy Allen

David Bowie - 'Girl Loves Me'
Acid Arab - 'Buzq Blues'
Justice - 'Chorus'
Leonard Cohen - 'You Want It Darker'
El Perro Del Mar - 'Breadandbutter'


Joe Banks (in no order)

Melanie De Biasio - ‘Blackened Cities'
Blown Out - ‘New Cruiser’
David Bowie - ‘Blackstar’
Cavern Of Anti-Matter - ‘Hi-Hats Bring The Hiss’
Douglas Dare - ‘Doublethink’
Exploded View - ‘Lost Illusions’
Gong - ‘Kapital’
JuJu - ‘Samael’
Ryley Walker - ‘Funny Thing She Said’
Woods - ‘Sun City Creeps’


Tristan Bath

Aphex Twin - 'CIRKLON3 [Колхозная mix]'
Sex Swing - 'A Natural Satellite'
Mikael Seifu - 'How To Save A Life (Vector Of Eternity)'
Danny Paul Grody - 'On Leaving'
Jay Glass Dubs - 'Late Dub'
Shirley Collins - 'Awake Awake/The Split Ash Tree/May Carol/Southover'
David Bowie - 'Lazarus'
The Comet Is Coming - 'Journey Through The Asteroid Belt'
Jessy Lanza - 'I Talk BB'
Bat For Lashes - 'Sunday Love'


Joseph Burnett

Frank Ocean - 'Nikes'
Kuedo - 'In Your Sleep'
Burial - 'Young Death'
Yves Tumor - 'The Feeling When You Walk Away'
Asiq Nargile - 'Yert Yeri'


Joe Clay

Spectres - 'Sea Of Trees (Andy Bell Remix)'
Not Waving - '24'
Kiiara - 'Feels (Jai Wolf Remix)'
The KVB - 'White Walls'
Four Tet - 'Evening Side (Oneohtrix Point Never Edit)'
Danny Brown - 'Tell Me What I Don't Know'
Nadia Rose - 'Skwod'
Christine & The Queens - 'Tilted'
Burma Camp - 'Even This River'
Steve Mason - 'Hardly Go Through'


Sophie Coletta

Shackleton - 'Father, You Have Left Me'
Schwefelgelb - 'Bis Zum Nächsten Tag (Phase Fatale Remix)'
Croatian Amor - 'An Angel Gets His Wings Clipped'
Asda - 'Lungs Full And Heavy'
In The Mouth Of The Wolf - 'Need Of Angels'
JASSS - 'Mother'
Leatherette - 'Cruiser'
Dedekind Cut - 'Descend From Now'
Puce Mary - 'The Night Is A Trap II'
Powell - 'Do You Rotate?'


Russell Cuzner

Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto - 'The Revenant Theme (Alva Noto Remodel)'
Jay Glass Dubs - 'Compound Dub'
Fovea Hex - 'The Golden Sun Rises Upon The World Again'
Kevin Drumm - 'Irradiate'
Council Estate Electronics - 'Urals'
Simon Fisher Turner - 'Guerrilla 11'
Carla dal Forno - 'What You Gonna Do Now'
Thomas Brinkmann - 'Untitled'
Skullflower - 'Centripetal Spiral Dance (Widdershins)'
Ewa Justka - 'This Is The Last Song Of This Album'


Christian Eede

Kanye West - 'Ultralight Beam'
Solange - 'Cranes In The Sky'
Jessy Lanza - 'It Means I Love You'
Pearson Sound - 'XLB'
Avalon Emerson - 'The Frontier'
Bruce - 'I'm Alright Mate'
HELM - 'Olympic Mess (Beatrice Dillon Remix)'
Kanye West - 'Real Friends'
Ondo Fudd - 'Blue Dot'
Bruce - 'Summers Gotta End Sometime'


Matt Evans

Cult Of Luna & Julie Christmas - 'The Wreck Of SS Needle'
Meshuggah - 'Clockworks'
Babymetal - 'Tales Of The Destinies'
Oathbreaker - '10.56/Second Son of R'
Gae Su Akyol - Fantastikir Bahti Yariminm
Kaada/Patton - 'Red Rainbow'
Jamala - '1944'
Oranssi Pazuzu - 'Vasemman Käden Hierarkia
Colin Stetson - 'Sorrow'
The Dwarfs Of East Agouza - 'Where’s Turbo'


Charlie Frame

Rae Sremmurd - 'Black Beatles'
Radiohead - 'Daydreaming'
Olatunji - 'Oh Yay'
Young Thug - 'Wyclef Jean'
Wet - 'You're the Best'
Paul Simon - 'Cool Papa Bell'
Autechre - C16 Deep Tread'
A Pass ft. Lilian Mbabazi - 'Memories'
Fay-Ann Lyons - 'Hands In The Air'
Lil Yachty - 'King Of The Teens'


John Freeman

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 'Jesus Alone'
Hannah Peel - 'Conversations'
Tacocat - 'I Hate The Weekend'
Weaves - 'Tick'
Field Music - 'Disappointed'
MONEY - 'Suicide Song'
The Magnetic North - 'Little Jerusalem'
Richmond Fontaine - 'Let’s Hit One More Place'
Pumarosa - 'Priestess'
Tanya Tagaq - 'Rape Me'


Ben Graham (in no order)

Map 71 - 'Tough Blondes'
David Bowie - 'I Can’t Give Everything Away'
Nick Hudson - 'I’m Not Looking For Love'
Silver Apples - 'Nothing Matters'
Bloom - 'Shout'
Shirley Collins - 'Death And The Lady'
The Early Years - 'Nocturne'
Iggy Pop - 'Gardenia'
Deutsche Ashram - 'Little Matter'
Wolf People - 'Night Witch'


Josh Gray

Melanie De Biaso - 'Blackened Cities'
Gogo Penguin - 'Protest'
A Tribe Called Red - 'R.E.D.'
The Cinematic Orchestra - 'To Believe'
All Them Witches - 'Charles William'
Our Mother - 'Age Of Empirez'
The Anchoress - 'Long Year'
DJ Shadow ft. Run The Jewels - 'Nobody Speak'
Frank Ocean - 'Seigfried'
Snow Ghosts - 'Vetiver'


Philip Harrison (in no order)

Danny Brown - 'Pneumonia'
The Lavender Flu - 'Lay In The Sun'
Frank Ocean - 'Nikes'
A Tribe Called Quest - 'We The People
Blood Sport - 'Reflective Orange'
Super Furry Animals - 'Bing Bong'
Melt Yourself Down - 'Body Parts'
Sex Swing - 'Night Time Worker'
Fat White Family - 'Tinfoil Deathstar'
Leonard Cohen - 'You Want It Darker'


Kate Hennessy

friendships - 'The Roof'
The Drones - 'Taman Shud'
NO ZU - 'Ui Yia Uia'
Mere Women - 'Numb'
Rainbow Chan - 'Work'
Lost Animal - 'Do The Jerk'
Jarrow - '$$Spoilers$$'
Simona Castricum - 'Nights Don't Breathe'
Ela Stiles - 'Molten Metal'
Bone - 'Neighbour'


Tara Joshi (in no order)

Solange - 'Cranes In The Sky'
Fat White Family - 'Hits Hits Hits'
Kanye West - 'Fade'
Frank Ocean - 'Nikes'
David Bowie - 'Lazarus'
Angel Olsen - 'Shut Up Kiss Me'
Drake - 'One Dance'
Julia Jacklin - 'Pool Party'
Kano - 'A Roadman's Hymn'
Anohni - 'Drone Bomb Me'


Filip Kalinowski's Polish Picks

PRO8L3M - 777moneymaker
Lotto - 'Rope'
Lautbild - 'Remarkable Jaw Apparatus'
Żywizna - 'Zakukała Kukawecka'
Michał Wolski - 'Mer Baltique'
Sarmacja - 'Sztuka Oczekiwania'
Wacław Zimpel - 'Tak, Picture'
Das Komplex - 'City'
Olgierd Dokalski - Nie Zapomnisz Mnie
TRYP - 'Nagie Serce'


Dustin Krcatovich

Battle Trance - 'Blade Of Love II'
Clipping. - 'Wriggle'
Mega Bog - '192014'
Horse Lords - 'Truthers'
Spelling - 'Run To The Devil'
Fred Thomas - 'Echolocation'
Umberto - 'Drifters'
Willis Earl Beal - 'Window Of Memory'
Open Mike Eagle/Paul White - 'Smiling (Quirky Race Doc)'
Catherine Christer Hennix/ Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage - 'Blues Alif Lam Mim In The Mode Of Rag Infinity / Rag Cosmosis'


Julian Marszalek

David Bowie - 'Lazarus'
Iggy Pop - 'Sunday'
Super Furry Animals - 'Bing Bong'
Cavern Of Anti-Matter - 'Tardis Cymbals'
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 'I Need You'
Underworld - 'Low Burn'
The Lucid Dream - 'Epitaph'
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind - 'Til It's All Gone'
Shit Robot - 'Ten Miles High'
Ultimate Painting - 'Bills'


David McKenna's Rockfort Picks

Ta-Ha - 'I Deserve It'
Léonore Boulanger - 'Toquade'
La Nòviarlt - 'Tu M'as Encore Crevé Un Cheval/Revoir La Mer'
Electric Electric - 'Obs 7'
Perrine En Morceaux - 'Anguish'
Débruit ft. Gaye Su Akyol - 'Kaçiyorum'
PoulainJars - Au Fil Du Temps Sous La Neige'
Delphine Dora - 'Le Mystère Demeure'
Heimat - 'Weider Ja!'


J.R. Moores

David Bowie - 'Lazarus'
Jenny Hval - 'Conceptual Romance'
CCR Headcleaner - 'Curl Or Pearl'
Arbor Labor Union - 'Mr Birdsong'
Kandodo/McBain - 'Blowed Out'
Oozing Wound - 'Everything Sucks, And My Life Is A Lie'
Big Business - 'Send Help'
Terminal Cheesecake - 'Poultice'
Fat White Family - 'Satisfied'
Bruxa Maria - 'New Dawn Dawning'


Maria Perevedentseva

Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald - 'Riod (Version)'
Steve Hauschildt - 'Horizon Of Appearances'
Monolake - 'LogC (VLSI Version)'
In Aeternam Vale - 'B'
Basic House & Metrist - 'Speed V1'
The Caretaker - ‘We Don’t Have Many Days’
Biosphere - ‘Aura In The Kitchen With The Candlesticks’
E.R.P. - ‘Ancient Light’
Delroy Edwards - ‘10th Ave’
Driftmachine - 'Ambler'


Pete Redrup

David Bowie - 'Blackstar'
David Bowie - 'Lazarus'
Grumbling Fur Time Machine Orchestra - 'Music For Mark Titchner’s Rose'
Melanie De Biasio - 'Blackened Cities'
Laniakea - 'The Contagious Magick Of The Superabundance
Urthona - 'Reppu'
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 'Girl In Amber'
Swans - 'The Glowing Man'
Grumbling Fur - 'Golden Simon'
Sleaford Mods - 'TCR'


Chris Roberts

David Bowie - 'Lazarus'
Iggy Pop - 'Gardenia'
Leonard Cohen - 'You Want It Darker'
Dexys - 'You Wear It Well'
Iamthemorning - 'Chalk And Coal'
Ed Harcourt - 'Occupational Hazard'
Pretenders - 'Alone'
ABC - Singer Not The Song'
Philip Kane - 'Flowers & Ledges'
Fiona Brice - 'St Petersburg'


Barnaby Smith

Cass McCombs - 'I'm A Shoe'
Yeasayer - 'Prophecy Gun’
Steve Gunn - 'Nature Driver'
How To Dress Well - 'Lost Youth / Lost You'
Field Music - 'Disappointed'
Yorkston / Thorne / Khan - 'Sufi Song'
Xenia Rubinos - 'Lonely Lover'
Homeboy Sandman - 'Talking (Bleep)'
Katie Dey - 'Fear O The Light'
David Bowie - ‘Blackstar'


Chloe Spencer

Frank Ocean - 'Seigfried'
Trim - 'Man Like Me'
Kamaiya - 'How Does It Feel?'
Bon Iver - '8 (Circle)'
Kano - 'This Is England'
Kanye West - 'Ultralight Beam'
Lung Dart - 'Healthy Functional Tissue'
Rihanna - 'Needed Me'
Vince Staples - 'War Ready'
Solange - 'Don't Touch My Hair'


Aug Stone

Beyoncé - 'All Night'
Oren Ambarchi - 'Hubris Part 3'
Postiljonen - 'Are You Thinking Of Me?'
TeenCanteen - 'Friends'
School Of Seven Bells - 'Ablaze'
Mick Harvey ft. Xanthe Waite - 'Don't Say A Word (Ne Dis Rien)'
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - 'Rings Of Saturn'
Whitney - 'Dave's Song'
Yeasayer - 'Silly Me'
Kate Jackson - 'Metropolis'


John Thorp

Mitski - 'Happy'
Bruce - 'The Trouble With Wilderness'
Jessy Lanza - 'It Means I Love You'
Carla dal Forno - 'What You Gonna Do Now?'
Karen Gwyer - 'Prophase Metaphase Anaphase Telophase'
Angel Olsen - 'Those Were The Days'
Kanye West - '30 Hours'
Scott Seskind - 'I Remember'
Omar S - 'Heard Chew Single'
Pearson Sound - 'XLB'


Ian Wade

Christine & The Queens - 'Tilted'
Låpsley - 'Operator (DJ Koze Remix)'
Metronomy - 'Old Skool'
Field Music - 'Disappointed'
Massive Attack - 'The Spoils'
Radiohead - 'Burn The Witch'
Pet Shop Boys - 'The Pop Kids'
The Avalanches - 'Subways'
Smerz - 'Because'
The Chemical Brothers - 'C-h-e-m-i-c-a-l'


Wyndham Wallace

Brian Eno - 'Fickle (III) I’m Set Free'
Arborist - 'Dark Stream'
Kutiman - 'Dangerous'
William Tyler - 'Highway Anxiety'
Underworld - 'I Exhale'


Kez Whelan

The Body - ‘Two Snakes’
Urfaust - ‘Meditatum II’
Oathbreaker - ‘Second Son Of R.’
Jenny Hval - ‘Period Piece’
Dälek - ‘Masked Laughter (Nothing’s Left)’
Dystopian Future Movies - ‘NYD’
Ghold - ‘Despert Thrang’
Zeal And Ardor - ‘Blood In The River’
Earl Sweatshirt - ‘Balance’
Primitive Man - ‘Servant’


Tony Wilson

Autechre - 'Latentcall'
Demdike Stare - 'Animal Space'
Convextion - 'Saline Moon'
Equinknoxx - 'Timebird'
Yally - 'Burnt'


Anna Wood

Beyoncé - 'Formation'
The Moonlandingz - 'Vessels'
Christine & The Queens - 'iT'
Fat White Family - 'Hits Hits Hits'
Rihanna - 'Desperado'
The Julie Ruin - 'I'm Done'


Mollie Zhang

Katie Gately - 'Lift'
Solange - 'Cranes In The Sky'
Anna Meredith - 'Nautilus'
Julianna Barwick - 'See, Know'
Childish Gambino - 'Me And Your Mama'