ILM 2024 Albums Poll Ballots/Stats/Banter/Recriminations Thread

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Tracks and Albums Full Results

first post-woke 77

Moka is it possible to get my ballot ILXmailed back to me?

Hi! I don’t have the ballots. Seandalai has it!

Weighted. Bold placed

Arushi Jain - Delight
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
Merope - Vėjula
NxWorries - Why Lawd?
Naemi - Dust Devil
Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus
Howie Lee - At the Drolma Wesel-Ling Monastery
Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
Lars Bartkuhn - Nomad
Skee Mask - Resort
Djrum - Meaning’s Edge
Jichael Mackson - Wait For It
Charles.A.D - West Pontoon Bridge
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
Jónsi - First Light
Jlin - Akoma
Jamie XX - In Waves
Or:la - Trusting Theta
Autechre - AE_LYON_070524
Ex-Easter Island Head - Norther
1999 WRITE THE FUTURE - hella (˃̣̣̥╭╮˂̣̣̥) ✧ ♡ ‧º·˚
SHXCXCHCXSH - ......t
Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - The Closest Thing to Silence

So many cuts from my list placed this year too. This might be the the most my ballot and tastes have lined up with the results ever.

My mixed ballot, bold placed

Autechre - AE_2022－
Water Damage - In E
Xiu Xiu - 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead

Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja
Joanna Wang - Hotel la Rut
Kim Gordon - The Collective
Underworld - Strawberry Hotel
Goat - Goat
Jichael Mackson - Wait For It
Aphex Twin - Music From The Merch Desk (2016 - 2023)
Monolake - Studio
Jane Weaver - Love in Constant Spectacle
Dos Monos - Dos atomos

weighted. I'm too basic to bother with formatting

Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
Charli XCX - Brat
Tems - Born in the Wild
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
Underworld - Strawberry Hotel
Mount Eerie - Night Palace
Nia Archives - Silence is Loud
Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
Tinashe - Quantum Baby
Soshi Takeda - Secret Communication
Four Tet - Three
3776 - The Birth and Death of the Universe through Mount Fuji
Dlala Thukzin- Finally Famous Too
Kali Uchis - Orquídeas
Caribou - Honey
The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
Pet Shop Boys - Nonetheless
Floating Points - Cascade
Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
Jeff Parker ETA IVTet - The Way Out of Easy
Vince Staples - Dark Times
The Smile - Wall of Eyes
Nap Eyes - The Neon Gate
Bolis Pupul - Letter to Yu

Mixed ballot, bold placed

Weighted:

The Lemon Twigs - A Dream is All We Know
Foxing - s/t
Vampire Weekend - Only God was above us
Itasca - Imitation of War
Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
Gumshoes - Cacophony
The Amazing - Piggies
Jane Weaver - Love in Constant Spectacle
Nourished By Time - Catching Chickens ep
Nilufer Yanya - My Method Actor
High Llamas - Hey Panda

Unweighted:

Kim Gordon - The Collective
Helado Negro - Phasor
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Sisso & Maiko - Singeli ya maajabu
Donato Dozzy - Magda
Julia Holter - Something in the room she moves
English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal disc
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
Dj Anderson do Paraiso - Queridao
Underworld - Strawberry Hotel

thanks runners! always a bit of fun

mixed dnp sole

April 1830 - The Adventures Of Space Pig
Clarissa Connelly - World of Work
Asleep Country - Lux
Joanna Wang - Hotel la Rut
SimCard StyleGAN - ¥€n $ign
Kraanerg - Heart Of A Cherry Pit Sun
VR SEX - Hard Copy
Elucid - Revelator
glass beach - plastic death
Asphalt Savannahs - "STAYING BEHOLDEN TO ETERNAL JAZZ AND BLACKENED SUPERNOVAE OF REVENGE!!!": Circumstantial Evidence Against The Prism Bender's Righteous Struggle
Trust Fund - Has it Been a While?
Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes

Won't - ----->
Kugelschreiber - Cheerleaders
Harry Merry - Away With The Fairies
Biesy - Golem
Fire-Toolz - Breeze
dj cowriiie - rage tape
Ὁπλίτης - Παραμαινομένη
Foxing - Foxing
Sisso & Maiko - Singeli Ya Maajabu
Dos Monos - Dos atomos
ida deerz - idaidaida II
Black Dresses - LAUGHINGFISH
Groddy Sponge - Groddy Sponge Are Proving Goblins Are Real

btw dj cowriiie is keiyaA and the album's amazing so if you like her then what are you waiting for. also s/o to whoever gave harry merry a vote ^_^

I wondered if I should have votes for both "Autechre - Ae_2022 -" and "Autechre - AE_LYON_070526". I guess it didn't really matter. Still, the autechre live shows is what I listened to the most in 2024 by quite a margin.

weighted:

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - Souvenirs
Rosali - Bite Down
Charly Bliss - Forever
High Vis - Guided Tour
Share - Have One
Cola - The Gloss
English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
Huntsmen - The Dry Land
Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene
Ducks Ltd. - Harm's Way
Devenial Verdict - Blessing of Despair
Oxygen Destroyer - Guardian of the Universe
Chat Pile - Cool World
Horse Lords - As It Happened: Horse Lords Live
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More

whut thanks for that keiyaa tip

mixed ballot, bold placed, italics lone voter

Amaro Freitas - Y'Y
cavalier - different type time
Mk.gee - Two Star & the Dream Police
Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
wishy - triple seven
Stacks - Want
dj lycox - guetto star
Being Dead - EELS
Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
Naima Bock - Below a Massive Dark Land
454 - Casts of a Dreamer

ScHoolboy Q - Blue Lips
Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes
Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - The Closest Thing to Silence
Sahbabii - Saheem
tapir! - the pilgrim, their god, and the king of my decrepit mountain
Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
Elucid - Revelator
hana vu - romanticism
upsammy - strange meridians
brijean - macro

weighted

Mui Zyu - Nothing or Something to Die For
Mope Grooves - Box of Dark Roses
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
Bbymutha - Sleep Paralysis
La Luz - News of the Universe
Pa Salieu - Afrikan Alien
Nia Archives - Silence is Loud
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
Charly Bliss - Forever
Bolis Pupul - Letter to Yu
Skee Mask - Resort
Actress - Statik
Etran de L’Aïr - 100% Sahara Guitar
Underworld - Strawberry Hotel
Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
Liv.e - PAST FUTUR.e
Black Dresses - LAUGHINGFISH
ScHoolboy Q - Blue Lips
Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Quiet in a World Full of Noise
Jennifer Castle - Camelot
Various Artists - I Saw the TV Glow
Heems & Lapgan - Lafandar
Kim Gordon - The Collective
John Cale - Poptical Illusion
Alejandro Escovedo - Echo Dancing

Weighted, bold placed, italics sole voter

Broadcast - Spell Blanket (Collected Demos 2006-2009)
Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
Fievel is Glauque - Rong Weicknes
Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
Milan W. - Leave Another Day
Saint Etienne - The Night
Jennifer Castle - Camelot
Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes
Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
Dialect - Atlas of Green
Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
Broadcast - Distant Call (Collected Demos 2000-2006)
Moin - You Never End
Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat
Clarissa Connelly - World of Work
Martha Skye Murphy - Um
Brittany Howard - What Now
Various Artists - Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
Beautify Junkyards - Nova
Clairo - Charm
Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
WILLOW - empathogen
Jane Weaver - Love in Constant Spectacle
Liana Flores - Flower of the Soul

Huge thanks as ever moka and sean, this is always lovely

Hi! I don’t have the ballots. Seandalai has it!

― ✖✖✖ (Moka)

thanks! seandalai, send if possible! no rush!

thanks poll runners, weighted, bold dnp

Underworld - Strawberry Hotel
Priori - This but More
Soshi Takeda - Secret Communication
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
Michel Banabila - Unspeakable Visions
Shinichi Atobe - Discipline
Donato Dozzy - Magda
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
L.B. Dub Corp - Saturn To Home
Midland - Fragments of Us
Seefeel - Everything Squared
Total Blue - Total Blue
Floating Points - Cascade
Various Artists - Virtual Dreams II: Ambient Explorations In the House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999
Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
Four Tet - Three
Bartosz Kruczyński - Dreams & Whispers
Actress - Statik
Patrick Holland - Infra
Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
Ben Gomori - Collapsing Time
Michael A. Muller - Mirror Music

Weighted

Mk.gee - Two Star & the Dream Police
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
Being Dead - EELS
Johnny Blue Skies - Passage du Desir
Kaitlin Butts - Roadrunner!
Charli XCX - Brat
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive
Adeem the Artist - Anniversary
Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
Jasmine Myra - Rising
Skee Mask - Resort
Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
Tyla - Tyla
Loidis - One Day
Kali Uchis - Orquídeas
Mannequin Pussy - I Got Heaven
Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes
Skee Mask - ISSO10
The Lemon Twigs - A Dream is All We Know
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
A.G. Cook - Britpop
Tierra Whack - World Wide Whack

unweighted

Kali Uchis - Orquídeas
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come
Caoilfhionn Rose - Constellation
Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
Dina Ögon - Orion
Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
nourished by time - catching chickens
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Tems - Born in the Wild
The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
Burial - Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above
Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
Karate - Make It Fit

thanks again all around.

Weighted

Brutalismus 3000 - Goodbye Salo EP
Bladee - Cold Visions
d. silvestre - d. silvestre
Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene
Charly Bliss - Forever
DJ Anderson do Paraiso - Paraiso Sombrio
Confidence Man - 3am (La La La)
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
empress of - for your consideration
Heems & Lapgan - Lafandar
DJ K - O Fim!
Claire Rousay - Sentiment
Jane Weaver - Love in Constant Spectacle
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
Yung Lean & Bladee - Psykos
Daisy Rickman - Howl
Molchat Doma - Belaya Polosa
Perfume - Nebula Romance (Part 1)
Soccer Mommy - Evergreen
Lainey Wilson - Whirlwind
Alex Anwandter - Dime Precioso
Kali Malone - All Life Long
Kelly Moran - Moves in the Field
serpentwithfeet - Grip
Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere

Weighted

Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Broadcast - Spell Blanket (Collected Demos 2006-2009)
Charli XCX - Brat
Alepher - Dodges Aim
Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes
Laetitia Sadier - Rooting for Love
Kali Uchis - Orquídeas
KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
Laura Marling - Patterns in Repeat
The High Llamas - Hey Panda
Monolake - Studio
Merope - Vėjula
Bat For Lashes - The Dream of Delphi
Horse Lords - As It Happened: Horse Lords Live
Kendrick Lamar - GNX
Burial - Dreamfear / Boy Sent From Above
Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja
Shinichi Atobe - Discipline
Pye Corner Audio - The Endless Echo
MGMT - Loss of Life
Opeth - The Last Will And Testament
Jlin - Akoma
Aphex Twin - Music From The Merch Desk (2016 - 2023)
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft

Weighted.

Various Artists - Virtual Dreams II: Ambient Explorations In the House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999
Lake Mary & pinyonpine - It's Okay, You Can Open Your Eyes Now
Bonny Light Horseman - Keep Me on Your Mind / See You Free
Four Tet - Three
Jeff Parker ETA IVTet - The Way Out of Easy
Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
Ghost Dubs - Damaged
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead
Harry Gorski-Brown - Durt Dronemaker After Dreamboats
Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
Total Blue - Total Blue
Michel Banabila - Unspeakable Visions
Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
Naima Bock - Below a Massive Dark Land
Yasmin Williams - Acadia
Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Nathan Salsburg & Tyler Trotter - Hear the Children Sing & The Evidence
Jake Xerxes Fussell - When I'm Called
Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - The Closest Thing to Silence
Michael A. Muller - Mirror Music
Myriam Gendron - Mayday
Actress - Statik
Kevin Coleman - Imaginary Conversations

I only voted for 20 things. Forgot to save my ballot so the ordering here, especially in the middle, may be slightly wrong. I was the sole voter for more eaze.

Weighted

3776 - The Birth and Death of the Universe through Mount Fuji
The High Llamas - Hey Panda
Broadcast - Spell Blanket (Collected Demos 2006-2009)
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Quiet In A World of Noise
Xylitol - Anemones
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n’ Sweet
Julia Holter - Something in The Room She Moves
WILLOW - empathogen
Katie Pruitt - Mantras
Kayla Painter - Fractures
more eaze - lacuna and parlor
Melt Banana 3+5
Saint Etienne - The Night
Beautify Junkyards - Nova
Alan Sparhawk - White Roses, My God
Laetitia Sadier - Rooting For Love
Tristwch y Fenywod - s/t
Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chu & Marta Sofia Honer - The Closest Thing To Silence
Pye Corner Audio - The Endless Echo

weighted ballot, bold placed

Mount Eerie - Night Palace
Tashi Wada - What is Not Strange?
Sahbabii - Saheem
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
Trust Fund - Has it Been a While?
LaRussell and P-Lo - Majorly Independent
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - Souvenirs
Los Campesinos! - All Hell
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton - Estrella Por Estrella
Young Nudy - Sli'merre 2
Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution
Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
Nino Paid - Can't Go Back
Kali Malone - All Life Long
454 - Casts of a Dreamer
Jaeychino - Artwork III
Kurious - Majician
Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt
Glorygirl 2950 - Queen of the Land
Xaviersobased - Keep it going xav
J.U.S. - 3rd Shift
Kumio Kurachi - Open Today
Jeff Parker ETA IVTet - The Way Out of Easy

Unweighted ballot, by eventual placement. Didn't nominate anything, as an experiment in narrowing my focus for polling purposes, but apparently still managed a couple of sole votes!

  4   Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee                                 514    17
  8   Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch                           438    12
 14   Total Blue - Total Blue                                     372    14
 22   Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes                           304    11
 23   Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes                           300     9
 31   Still House Plants - If I don't make it, I love u           246     7
 32   Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal                        238     8
 33   Holy Tongue meets Shackleton - The Tumbling Psychic Joy of  232     7
 34   Broadcast - Spell Blanket (Collected Demos 2006-2009)       230     6
 47   Jlin - Akoma                                                192     8
 50   Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution                           178     7
 53   Dina Ögon - Orion                                           172     5
 79   Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin - Ghosted II  135     5
 97   Helado Negro - Phasor                                       121     5
109   Nidia & Valentina - Estradas                                105     6
137   Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus                                 86     3
149   ScHoolboy Q - Blue Lips                                      80     5
150   Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt                                   80     4
188   Heems & Lapgan - Lafandar                                    66     3
197   dj lycox - guetto star                                       62     2
213   Sisso & Maiko - Singeli Ya Maajabu                           55     3
214   Tierra Whack - World Wide Whack                              54     3
301   Harry Merry - Away With The Fairies                          40     2
387   Baby Rose & BadBadNotGood - Slow Burn                        26     1
387   Mach-Hommy - RICHAXXHAITIAN                                  26     1

It was you!

Loads of stuff on there I really love or need to check out

Albums (weighted) dnp sole voter

Shane Parish - Repertoire
Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
Fievel Is Glauque - Rong Weicknes
Moin - You Never End
Sarah Davachi - The Head As Form'd In The Crier's Choir
MOKOTRON - WAEREA
Bill Orcutt - How to Rescue Things
Lightning Bug - No Paradise
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp - Ventre unique
Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
3776 - The Birth and Death of the Universe through Mount Fuji
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
Sarah Hennies - Motor Tapes
Carb On Carb - Take Time
Or:la - Trusting Theta
Holy Tongue meets Shackleton - The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now
Keeley Forsyth - The Hollow
Ducklingmonster - I know......a...way...
Tarta Relena - Ès Pregunta
Kali Malone - All Life Long
Being Dead - EELS
Trust Fund - Has it Been a While?
Martha Skye Murphy - Um
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
Jim Wallis - Discreet Music

Me? Uh oh, what did I do lol? (XP)

Oh, Harry Merry, now I see. LOL. Yeah, that was more pleasantly bonkers than the last Harry Merry I heard.

mixed, bold placed

Fievel is Glauque - Rong Weicknes
Hakushi Hasegawa - Mahōgakkō
Clarissa Connelly - World of Work
Charli XCX - Brat
Martha Skye Murphy - Um
Geordie Greep - The New Sound
Raveena - Where the Butterflies Go In The Rain
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign

Mk.gee - Two Star & The Dream Police
Pa Salieu - Afrikan Alien
Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
Mabe Fratti - Sentir que no sabes
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
Mount Eerie - Night Palace
Julia Holter - Something In The Room She Moves
Glass Beach - Plastic Death
Adrianne Lenker - Bright Future
WILLOW - empathogen
Rema - Heis
Wizkid - Morayo
PAS TASTA - GRAND POP
Fireboy DML - adedamola
Orisaka Yuta - Jumon
Dummy - Free Energy

High Llamas hovering outside the top 77. Another veteran who came out with one of the most unique albums in his career

Mixed - bold did NOT place

3776 - The Birth and Death of the Universe through Mount Fuji
Objections - Optimistic Sizing
Tristwch y Fenywod - Tristwch y Fenywod
Hakushi Hasegawa - Mahōgakkō
Jlin - Akoma
Thank - I Have a Physical Body That Can Be Harmed
Scotch Rolex, Shackleton & Omutaba - The Three Hands of Doom
Phantom Orchard - Hit Parade of Tears
Castle Rat - Into the Realm
Xylitol - Anemones
Cowtown - Fear Of…
Team Mekano - Mekano World Order
Church Chords - elvis, he was Schlager
Being Dead - EELS
Ex-Easter Island Head - Norther

Bolis Pupul - Letter to Yu
Gary Gwadera - Far, far in Chicago. Footberk Suite
Jo Kelly - ᚹ
Kemper Norton - Tall Trees (and other tales)
Meth Math - Chupetones
Nia Archives - Silence is Loud
Nidia & Valentina - Estradas
Pharmakon - Maggot Mass
Saagara - 3
Yetsuby - b_b

7 in the poll (and a couple of other near-misses), not a bad result at all.

MIXED, Bold placed, no sole votes!

Elkka - Prism of Pleasure
Patrick Holland - Infra
Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk
Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope
Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
Bolis Pupul - Letter to Yu
Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
Confidence Man - 3am (La La La)

Charli XCX - Brat
Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown
Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
Charli XCX - Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat
LL Cool J - The Force
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft
Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
salute - True Magic
A.G. Cook - Britpop
Elbow - Audio Vertigo
Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
Jamie XX - In Waves
Justice - Hyperdrama
Saint Etienne - The Night
Underworld - Strawberry Hotel
St. Vincent - All Born Screaming

better late than never: Voter Stats!

if anyone is still looking for their ballots, shout!

Yes please seandalai

Thanks again for an excellent poll!

this was my mixed ballot (bold dnp)

Caoilfhionn Rose - Constellation
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
Kumio Kurachi - Open Today
Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull the Rope
Alex Anwandter - Dime Precioso

Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes
Landless - Lúireach
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
ARTMS - <Dall>
Perfume - Nebula Romance (Part 1)
Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
Angelica Garcia - Gemelo
Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves
Barbara Morgenstern - Im anderen Licht
Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel - The Room
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee
Nuno Beats - Sai Do Coração
Clara La San - Made Mistakes
Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet
Nala Sinephro - Endlessness
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
Bat for Lashes - The Dream of Delphi
Shabaka - Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace
Kali Uchis - Orquídeas
Various Artists - Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996

hmm...why did I vote for Sabrina Carpenter twice?

Hook me up seandalai! I always try to save them, but I was in a rush this year.

Me too lol I cant find mine

omar's weighted ballot

Underworld - Strawberry Hotel
Soshi Takeda - Secret Communication
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
Space Ghost - Dream Tool EP
Skee Mask - ISSO10
Long Island Sound - Hydra
Saint Etienne - The Night
David Murphy - Cuimhne Ghlinn: Explorations in Irish Music for Pedal Steel Guitar
Erika de Casier - Still
musclecars - Sugar Honey Iced Tea!
Sepehr - Genesis Domain
Patrick Holland - Infra
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
Deathbrain - a slice of life
Ka - The Thief Next To Jesus
Oblique Occasions - Solipsism
Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive
E.R.P. - Faded Caprice
Shinichi Atobe - Discipline
Kayla Painter - Fractures
Logic1000 - Mother
ANNE - NECHO23 EP
ANNE & Sera J - Symbiosis II
The Gobs - S/T
Media Puzzle - Strategic Living

I don't think I had noticed that David Murphy album - will check it out

Moka's unweighted ballot

Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer - The Closest Thing to Silence
brijean - macro
Chanel Beads - Your Day Will Come
Charli XCX - Brat
Church Chords - elvis, he was Schlager
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
Fine - Rocky Top Ballads
Goat - Goat
Holy Tongue meets Shackleton - The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now
ILX - Pre-Covers the Tortured Poets Department
Kelly Moran - Moves in the Field
Merope - Vėjula
Michel Banabila - Unspeakable Visions
Mk.gee - Two Star & the Dream Police
Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
nourished by time - catching chickens
Stacks - Want
Spill Gold - Zaza
Tems - Born in the Wild
The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
The Fauns - How Lost
Total Blue - Total Blue
Unessential Oils - s/t
Various Artists - I Saw the TV Glow
Xylitol - Anemones

dog latin's mixed ballot

Rema - Heis
DJ Lag - THE REBELLION
Opeth - The Last Will And Testament
Aphex Twin - Music From The Merch Desk (2016 - 2023)
Jaubi - A Sound Heart

VR SEX - Hard Copy
Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
Total Blue - Total Blue
Ulcerate - Cutting the Throat of God
Xylitol - Anemones
Pa Salieu - Afrikan Alien
Jabu - A Soft and Gatherable Star

Thanks sd, and check out that David Murphy album for sure it’s great.

Ty sd

Shit should have made it a mixed ballot. Could have helped bring some of this into the top 77

Mixed, Bold dnp

Various Artists - Virtual Dreams II: Ambient Explorations In the House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999
Middle Kids - Faith Crisis Pt 1
Tyla - Tyla
Waxahatchee - Tigers Blood
The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
Goat - Goat
Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
Charli XCX - Brat
Total Blue - Total Blue
Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee

Bartosz Kruczyński - Dreams & Whispers
Bullion - Affection
Caribou - Honey
Charli XCX - Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat
Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Quiet in a World Full of Noise
Djrum - Meaning’s Edge
Eris Drew - Raving Disco Breaks Vol. II - Rock The House
Good Looks - Lived Here A While
J.U.S. - 3rd Shift
Kasper Bjørke - Puzzles
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
Nia Archives - Silence is Loud
Nikki Nair - Snake EP
Sault - Acts of Faith
The Fauns - How Lost

High five to Chinaski as fellow Virtual Dreams II #1 voter

Hey Jeff W, you were my closest neighbour this year!

Despite feeling like I've done pretty well the last couple of years, I still managed to be fifth least hivemindy and sixth most lonely.

I wouldn't sweat it too much lol

Have been listening to some of the top 20 today. Shall be keeping opinions to myself

Nah, I enjoy it - if I get too populist I feel like I'm losing my edge ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Nice one groovypanda! Two x#1 should have been enough but glad to see it in the top 100.

weighted

Reymour - NoLand
Stacks - Want
Moin - You Never End
Michel Banabila - Unspeakable Visions
CS + Kreme - The Butterfly Drinks The Tears Of The Tortoise
The Cure - Songs of a Lost World
Ed Rain - Met Him on a Wednesday
HTRK - String of Hearts
Anton Friisgaard - Teratai Åkande
Milan W. - Leave Another Day
Chief Keef - Almighty So 2
John Also Bennett - Music for Save Rooms 2
Belong - Realistic IX
Kaukolampi - BS/BF
Naum Gabo - F.Lux
Truus De Groot - Dopamine Dreams
Princ​€​ss - Princ​€​ss
Ortrotasce - Dispatches from Solitude
Tolouse Low Trax - Fung Day
Merope - Vėjula
Total Blue - Total Blue
Civilistjavel - Brodfoda
Château Flight – La Folie Studio
L.B. Dub Corp - Saturn To Home
Bartosz Kruczyński - Dreams & Whispers

thanks seandalai and moka - great work as usual and much appreciated

had 5 place this year, might be a pb

mixed:

Geotic - The Anchorite
Klara Lewis - Thankful
Water Damage - In E

A Lily - Saru l​-​Qamar
Acasia - Acasia
Baby Pantera - BCM
Bianca Scout - Pattern Damage
DIM - Parachrism
Farewell Phoenix - The Angels In These Fields
Fennesz - Mosaic
Gyeongsu & June - All to None
H.A.N.K. - The Big Melt
Ian Wellman - The Night The Stars Fell
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton - Estrella Por Estrella
Katia Krow - Whispers from the Bloc Obscure
Michel Banabila - Unspeakable Visions
Moon Diagrams - Cemetery Classics
Orkun A. - Archaic
Oval Angle - Figures of Speech
Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution
SabaSaba - Unknown City
Tarta Relena - És pregunta
Tombs of Dagmar - Volume 1 - Urlf
Tomutonttu ja Lehtisalo - Tomutonttu ja Lehtisalo
Total Blue - Total Blue

Weighted. Bold placed:

Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
Donato Dozzy - Magda
Kindsight - No Shame No Fame
Clarissa Connelly - World of Work
Rema - Heis
Jlin - Akoma
Djrum - Meaning’s Edge
Kingtommi - Haven
Angelwings Marmalade - Kill Me In My Man Cave
Seefeel - Everything Squared
Mount Eerie - Night Palace
Charli XCX - Brat
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Drop - Filter Feeders
Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution
Yard Act - Welcome To Utopia
Fax Gang & Parannoul - Scattersun
Fire-Toolz - Breeze
Vægtløs - Aftryk
Astrid Sonne - Great Doubt
Nia Archives - Silence is Loud
Alle - Hvis det er
SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - YOU'LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING
Kogekunst - Man skal da aldrig nogensinde stoppe mens legen er god
Ice Spice - Y2K!

Unweighted

thanks seandalai and moka

Glad to see that Aftab and Fratti polled relatively high.

Arooj Aftab - Night Reign
Asake - Lungu Boy
Bad Moves - Wearing out the Refrains
BASIC - This Is BASIC
English Teacher - This Could Be Texas
Etran de L'Aïr - 100% Sahara Guitar
Helado Negro - Phasor
Kali Uchis - Orquídeas
Kim Gordon - The Collective
LL Cool J - The Force
Mabe Fratti - Sentir Que No Sabes
Mdou Moctar - Funeral for Justice
Meshell Ndegeocello - No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin
Peso Pluma - Exodo
Rema - Heis
Reyna Tropical - Malegria
Rogê - Curryman II
Tems - Born in the Wild
Tidiane Thiam - Africa Yonti
Tierra Whack - World Wide Whack
Tyla - Tyla
Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us
Ekko Astral - Pink Balloons
El Khat - Mute
Dlala Thukzin- Finally Famous Too

weighted and bold placed - thanks again to the team for a great rollout!

Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch
Tyla - Tyla
Confidence Man - 3am (La La La)
Cassandra Jenkins - My Light, My Destroyer
Raveena - Where Do Butterflies Go In The Rain?
Tems - Born in the Wild
Judeline - Bodhiria
Julia-Sophie - forgive too slow
Phoebe Go - Marmalade
Elyanna - WOLEDTO
Ravyn Lenae - Bird's Eye
Nilüfer Yanya - My Method Actor
Clairo - Charm
Elkka - Prism of Pleasure
yaya bey - Ten Fold
Normani - Dopamine
Floating Points - Cascade
Charli XCX - Brat
Alex Anwandter - Dime Precioso
Fabiana Palladino - Fabiana Palladino
empress of - for your consideration
Martha Skye Murphy - Um
Or:la - Trusting Theta
Erika de Casier - Still
Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn - Quiet in a World Full of Noise

Pretty sure this was my ballot (at least it was my top 25, perchance had it adjusted once or twice due to non-noms):

1. Rafael Toral – Spectral Evolution
2. Léo Dupleix – Resonant Trees
3. Dj Salinger – Voyage Voyage Voyage
4. Cecil Taylor Unit - Live At Fat Tuesdays, February 9, 1980
5. Moritz von Oswald - Silencio
6. Milan W. - Leave Another Day
7. Ex-Easter Island Head - Norther
8. Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja
9. Still House Plants - If I Don't Make It, I Love U
10. Neu Troia - Arriskuaren Xarma
11. K. Freund - Trash Can Lamb
12. أحمد [Ahmed] - Giant Beauty
13. Seefeel - Everything Squared / Squared Roots
14. Tyler, The Creator – Chromakopia
15. The Hard Quartet - The Hard Quartet
16. Cowboy Sadness - Selected Jambient Works vol. 1
17. Ellen Arkbro - Sounds While Waiting
18. Fennesz - Mosaic
19. Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - The Way Out of Easy
20. Paysage d'Hiver - Die Berge
21. Windy & Carl - Heavy Early & The Creation of Venus
22. Philip Jeck – rpm
23. The Necks – Bleed
24. Jessica Moss - For UNRWA
25. Gastr Del Sol - We Have Dozens Of Titles

Hey Jeff W, you were my closest neighbour this year!
Despite feeling like I've done pretty well the last couple of years, I still managed to be fifth least hivemindy and sixth most lonely.
― emil.y, Sunday, 9 February 2025

LOL first time since these voter stats began (what, 20 years ago?) that I've EVER been anyone's top neighbour. And I'm also Frank Kogan's closest this year. Moral: never nominate anything.

going through some voter lists and want to cosign on David Murphy - great stuff