Jakob - Semaphore

So, welcome in a Happy New Year! I should probably bring a summary to my music discoveries in 2009 now, but I won't, at least for a while. To tell the truth, I barely listened to anything released this year, except maybe strongly recommended 'Carboniferous' by Zu. Yet, this post is still a kind of 'best of' (ugly wording, heh). 3... 2... 1... GO!

The Silent Ballet elected Tim Hecker's new album as it's No.1. Actually, this was a year of individual artists on TSB, and quite a dominant period for ambient-oriented soundscapes. For me, the disappointment was lack of French Teen Idol's new release in top 50 LP list, especially since it was praised by their staff (8.5 points out of 10). Be reminded: 'El Siete Es La Luz' rocks really hard, just as previous releases of Andrea di Carlo.

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On a side note: TSB prepared a list of top 50 artist of the decade. There are only ten slots left for the giants, so I expect the following: Grails, Tim Hecker, Do Make Say Think, Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Rós, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stars of the Lid, 65daysofstatic and... I don't know who else?

Everyone else picks 'Merriweather Post Pavillion' as the ultimate winner. Fortunately, Animal Collective made their way into Last.fm rankings, among many ugly pop bands. They were not able to surpass awful singer, whose name I won't mention, because it's not worth of it. But: they are popular and weird enough to attract more people into really alternative music. BTW, I don't like the album at all; I just favourited 'My Girls' as a single.

Fine. Time for my top tune. It's 'Semaphore' by Jakob. Nuff said:

Artist: Jakob
Album: Cale: Drew (2003)
Track: Semaphore
Track Number: 3
Track Length: 6:10
Labels: Midium Records (NZL)