2021 Albums Poll: Thread of States and Balloons

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my ballot (bold DNP):

Mia Doi Todd - Music Life
Wild Up - Julius Eastman Vol.1: Femenine
Dina Ögon - Dina Ögon
Dawn Richard - Second Line
Wau Wau Collectif - Yaral Sa Doom
Altın Gün - Yol

Octo Octa - She's Calling EP
Elephant9 - Arrival of the New Elders
Grouper - Shade
Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet
Sufjan Stevens - Convocations
Marissa Nadler - Instead of Dreaming
Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future
Hannah Peel - Fir Wave
Róisín Murphy - Crooked Machine
Sarah Neufeld - Detritus
Reuben Vaun Smith - Sounds from the Workshop
Fuzzy Lights - Burials
Fabiano Do Nascimento - Ykytu
Ilya Santana - The Retrowave Album
Arthur Russell - 24->24 Music: Live at the Kitchen
Bill Callahan & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Blind Date Party
Vijay Iyer Trio - Uneasy
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective- Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế
Cleo Sol - Mother

'full results' is the album voter stats and 'voter stats' is the track voter stats

oops, let's try this again

Full results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tiDEghNhl-SS1wrdh54lFHFiA4YHosMzNmaElkU1aFU/edit?usp=sharing
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can a mod fix the original post?

CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
Cleo Sol - Mother
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
dltzk - Frailty
Yuta Orisaka - State of Mind
Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Squid - Bright Green Field
Poppy - EAT (NXT Soundtrack)
Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul
Rochelle Jordan - Play With the Changes
TRESOR - Motion
Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
Porter Robinson - Nurture
Low - HEY WHAT
Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet
Tinashe - 333
Grouper - Shade
Illuminati Hotties - Let Me Do One More
Koreless - Agor
Fred again.. - Actual Life 2 (February 2 - October 15 2021)
Lil Ugly Mane - Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern

low really got nearly twice the points aftab did, not even close, wow

Thumbscrew - Never Is Enough
Jessica Ackerley and Daniel Carter- Friendship
Ieva Jokubaviciute - Northscapes
Ad Nauseam - Imperative Imperceptible Impulse
Douglas Cuomo - Seven Limbs
Fluisteraars - Gegrepen Door de Geest der Zielsontluiking
Emily Shaw - In the Night
Julia den Boer - Kermès
John Zorn/Bill Frisell/Julian Lage/Gyan Riley - Teresa de Ávila
Adam Cicchillitti and Steve Cowan - Intimate Impressions Intimes
Daniel Ramjattam - Inspirations: New Music for Solo Guitar
Sarah Davachi - Antiphonals
Bilal Nasser - Where the Orange Groves Grow
Avataar - Worldview
Jeff Stadelman - Signaling
Victory Over The Sun - Nowherer
Malady - Ainavihantaa
L'Rain - Fatigue
Duo Gelland/113 Composers Collective - Resistance/Resonance
William Beauvais - Improsessions
Jim O'Rourke - Steamroom 53
Chants - Poly Pointillism
Clara Iannotta – Moult
Nick McCabe - We are are we.
Vijay Iyer Trio - Uneasy

I was 77th most hivemindy! Hi top neighbour Raymond.

Wasn't expecting four votes btw - thanks!

Aw, I was the only Thumbscrew voter.

Lol, also true for three of the remaining albums from my top 5. (Carter/Ackerley got two votes - table?)

7 of my votes placed, i think all from my top ten, which is interesting. I’ll confirm when i share my ballot tomorrow

My weighted ballot, bold DNP

Wau Wau Collectif- Yaral Sa Doom
Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
Olivia Rodrigo - Sour
Dry Cleaning - New Long Leg
Men I Trust - Untourable Album
Ola Kvernberg - Steamdome 2: The Hypogean
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
Soccer96 - Dopamine
Kit Sebastian - Melodi
Portal - Avow
Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime

@seandalai I can't seem to find my ballot? no email record that I can see

84 Rosali - No Medium

This was my #1. Pleasantly surprised to see it placed this high.

Weighted ballot

L'Rain - Fatigue
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective- Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Reverend Dollars - PVNKHAVS
Jane Inc. - Number One
The Steoples - Wide Through the Eyes of No One
Dawn Richard - Second Line
Absolutely Free - Aftertouch
Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime
Victory Over The Sun - Nowherer
Mainliner - Dual Myths
Tropical Fuck Storm - Deep States
Camera - Prosthuman
Neptunian Maximalism - Solar Drone Ceremony
Altin Gun - Yol
Anika - Change
Armand Hammer & the Alchemist - Haram
The Armed - Ultrapop
Yoo Doo Right - Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose
Taras Bulba - Sometimes the Night
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
Ola Kvernberg - Steamdome 2: The Hypogean
Birds of Maya- Valdez
SACOYANS - Gasoline Rainbow
Dust Mountain - Hymns for Wilderness

Non ranked, * placed

*Cleo Sol - Mother
*Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2
Doss - 4 New Hit Songs
*Erika de Casier - Sensational
*Eris Drew - Quivering in Time
Eliane Radigue - Occam Ocean 3
*HTRK - Rhinestones
Lady Blackbird - Black Acid Soul
FFT - Disturb Roqe
Fred again.. - Actual Life (April 14-December 17, 2020)
*Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra ‎– Promises
JPEGMAFIA - LP!
*Koreless - Agor
*Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
Martinou - Rift
*Men I Trust - Untourable Album
Moritz von Oswald Trio - Dissent
*Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
Pino Palladino & Blake Mills - Notes With Attachments
remi wolf - Juno
*Tirzah - Colourgrade
*Wau Wau Collectif- Yaral Sa Doom
VHOOR - Baile
VHOOR - Ritmo
Various Artists - Ritmo Fantasia: Balearic Spanish Synth-Pop, Boogie And House (1982-1992)

12/20 ain’t bad… think this is the first time half of my ballot places. I did vote for albums that I knew had a chance in here.

Need to listen to the LOW album I guess. Always liked them but I didn’t have the right set of mind to digest that sort of heavy vibe this year. The Tirzah album ended up being a favorite through stockholm syndrome because I loved the previous one too much not to give it a chance.

Surprised at the absence of Live from Blackalachia!

CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
Half Waif - Mythopoetics
Dying Wish - Fragments of a Bitter Memory
Willow - Lately I Feel Everything
Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
Youth Novel - Youth Novel
Circuit des Yeux - -io
The Anchoress - The Art of Losing
Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future
H.E.R. - Back of My Mind
The Joy Formidable - Into the Blue
Nite Jewel- No Sun
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
Mariah the Scientist - Ry Ry World
Lia Ices - Family Album
Tirzah - Colourgrade
Sarah Neufeld - Detritus
Ada Lea - one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden
King Woman - Celestial Blues
Aly & AJ - a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet gets you out and then into the sun
Lily Konigsberg - Lily We Need to Talk Now
Portrayal of Guilt - We Are Always Alone
London Grammar - Californian Soil
Red Fang - Arrows
Manchester Orchestra - Million Masks of God

A lot of them placed, but let's be honest, they should have all placed !

Tinashe - 333
Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
Marina Sena - De Primeira
Kabza de Small, DJ Maphorisa & Tresor - Rumble in the Jungle
Ill Considered - Liminal Space
Maria Arnal i Marcel Bagés - Clamor
Arlo Parks - Collapsed in Sunbeams
Little Simz - Sometimes I might be Introvert
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Cleo Sol - Mother
Jaubi - Nafs at Peace
Darkside - Spiral
Sault - NINE
Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki
Duda Beat - Te amo lá fora
Yola - Stand for Myself
Eris Drew - Quivering in Time
Erika de Casier - Sensational
Billie Eillish - Happier than Ever
Sofia Kourtesis - Fresia Magdalena EP
Low - HEY WHAT
Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future
Armand Hammer & the Alchemist – Haram
Linn da Quebrada – Trava Línguas
Koreless – Agor
Magdalena Bay – Mercurial World

and it appears I don't know how to count and Magdalena Bay was my #26 - 0 points :P

I wonder if people did not realize Nicolás Jaar had an album

Weighted, bold placed:

Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
Low - HEY WHAT
Turnstile - Glow On
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Illusory Walls
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises
Aeon Station - Observatory
Really From - Really From
New Pagans - The Seed, the Vessel, the Roots and All
Dawn Richard - Second Line
Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki
Closer - Within One Stem
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Tomu DJ - Feminista
Armand Hammer & the Alchemist - Haram
Koreless - Agor
Tinashe - 333
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
Goat Girl - On All Fours
Marissa Nadler - The Path of the Clouds
L'Rain - Fatigue
Pom Pom Squad - Death of a Cheerleader
Piroshka - Love Drips and Gathers
Hoavi - Invariant
GAS - Der lange Marsch
Jayda G - DJ-Kicks

dnp sole vote

Lil Ugly Mane - Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern
Victory Over The Sun - Nowherer
Of Montreal - I Feel Safe With You, Trash
Prolaps - Ultra Cycle Pt. 1: Vernal Birth
Black Midi - Cavalcade
Black Dresses - Forever in Your Heart
Dos Monos - Larderello
Susumu Hirasawa - Beacon
The Armed - Ultrapop
Fange - PantocratorPapangu - Holoceno
Patricia Taxxon - Crocus
Jute Gyte - Mitrealität
Fire-Toolz - Eternal Home
Mystras - Empires Vanquished And Dismantled
death's dynamic shroud - Faith in Persona
Springtime - Springtime
Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki
Ruins of Beverast - The Thule Grimoires
BACKxWASH - I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES
Kayo Dot - Moss Grew On The Swords And Plowshares Alike
Genghis Tron - Dream Weapon
Maragda - MaragdaUstad Saami - East Pakistan Sky
Dizayga - room on fire

for your consideration: https://votsband.bandcamp.com/album/nowherer

obviously there's a couple of formatting errors there for anyone who might think that PantocratorPapangu and MaragdaUstad are actual things (maybe they should be)

mixed (order was kind of random but i gave more points to things more likely to place)

파란노을 (Parannoul) - To See the Next Part of the Dream
yu su - yellow river blue
Insides - Soft Bonds
John Beltran - Aesthete
Nite Jewel- No Sun
Suzanne Kraft - About You
Tristan Arp - Sculpturegardening
HTRK - Rhinestones
Gianni Brezzo - Traditional Heart
Loraine James - Reflection

Circuit des Yeux - -io
Facta - Blush
Hugh Small & Brian Allen Simon - The Side I Never See
Lauer - Answers 2 Trouble
Leif - 9 Airs
Lucy Gooch - Rain's Break
Maarja Nuut - Hinged
Midori Hirano - Soniscope
Moin - Moot!
Priori - Your Own Power
Sky H1 - Azure
Soichi Terada - Asakusa Light
The Notwist - Vertigo Days
Tirzah - Colourgrade
Tomaga - Intimate Immensity

Weighted, bold DNP, * sole voter:

Low - HEY WHAT
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
L'Rain - Fatigue
Erika de Casier - Sensational
Rochelle Jordan - Play with the Changes
Insides - Soft Bonds
Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
Tara Clerkin Trio - In Spring
Grouper - Shade
Ben LaMar Gay - Open Arms to Open Us
The Weather Station - Ignorance
*Mega Bog - Life, and Another
HTRK - Rhinestones
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
Cleo Sol - Mother
*Sylvie Courvoisier & Mary Halvorson - Searching for the Disappeared Hour
Beautify Junkyards - Cosmorama
Wild Up - Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine
CFCF - Memoryland
Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow
*Linda Fredriksson - Juniper
LoneLady - Former Things
Andrew Wasylyk - Balgay Hill: Morning in Magnolia
Angel Bat Dawid - Hush Harbor Mixtape Vol. 1: Doxology
Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying to Tell You

The Rochelle album has taken over my life since voting and would prob top this list today. I sort of forgot about Tinashe but luckily others did not! (and also Jeff Parker but it wouldn't have helped him anyway)

Main 'discoveries' from the poll: descension, Howie Lee (like everyone else), Rắn Cạp (ditto)

Weighted, bold DNP, * sole voter:

*Andy Bell Meets Pye Corner Audio Uptown - The Indica Gallery EP (Sonic Cathedral)
Low - HEY WHAT (Sub Pop)
*ToiToiToi - Vaganten (Ghost Box)
*A Certain Ratio - EPC (Mute)
Remi Wolf - Juno (EMI / Island)
*Melodien - Monad (Polytechnic Youth)
Altin Gün - Yol (Glitterbeat)
*D. Rothon - Memories of Earth (Clay Pipe)
Pino Palladino and Blake Mills - Notes With Attachments (New Deal / Impulse!)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Candy Racer (KRK LAB)
*The Landscape Pavilion - Introducing Music You Can Watch (Prisma Sonora)
*Everyday Dust - Black Water / Black Water: The Lost Cues (Castles in Space)
*Penfriend - Exotic Monsters (My Big Sister)
*The Home Current - The Coyote Kiss (Lonely Mountain)
Xylitol - Inside a Stone of Cream there is a Language (Woodford Halse)
*The Electric Pentacle - Modular Kosmische EP (Bandcamp)
*Gemma Cullingford - Let Me Speak (Outré Disque)
*The Heartwood Institute - Witchcraft Murders (Library Of The Occult)
Erika de Casier - Sensational (4AD)
*Ffion - Unfurling (Third Kind Records)
*Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra - Stylophonika (Spun Out Of Control)
Aly & AJ - a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet gets you out and then into the sun (self released)
*BUNKR - Graveyard Orbit (VLSI)
Gazelle Twin & NYX - Deep England (NYX Collective)
*Various - You Can Never Leave (Front & Follow)

3 in the 77, a further 3 in the 78-100 zone. Hi to my fellow Xylitol voter.

Yo yo yo, that was me. I got a bit of a sneak peek of that album so I forgot what it was really called, was glad to see you nominated it so I didn't have to go search, lol.

'full results' is the album voter stats and 'voter stats' is the track voter stats

This should be fixed now.

Thanks as always to the poll runners

Mixed, bold dnp

yu su - yellow river blue
pauline anna strom - angel tears in sunlight
MLO - Oumuamua
Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
Priori - Your Own Power
Tinashe - 333
Joaquin Joe Claussell - Raw Tones
Koreless - Agor
Space Ghost - Dance Planet
Bicep - Isles
KMRU - Logue
CFCF - Memoryland
Facta - Blush
Qrion - I Hope It Lasts Forever
John Beltran - Aesthete
Joy Orbison - still slipping, vol 1
Howie Lee - Birdy Island
Various Artists - Planet Love Vol. 1: Early Transmissions 1991-95
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
Shawn Rudiman - Flow State
Men I Trust - Untourable Album
Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul
Steve Moore- Analog Sensitivity
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Invisible Cities
John Tejada- Year of the living dead

Technopolis, I am sorry I did not vote for Courvoisier/Halvorson! I only heard it recently and am listening to it all the time. The Thumbscrew album I put at #1 is a Halvorson-led project you might like if you didn't hear it.

Sund4r: will seek this out! I mainly came to Halvorson via something you wrote on here about Artlessly Falling last year so the credit is yours really

Weighted, bold placed:

Black Dresses - Forever in Your Heart
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Illusory Walls
Susumu Hirasawa - Beacon
The Armed - Ultrapop
Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki
Lil Ugly Mane - Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern
Low - HEY WHAT
Dos Monos - Larderello
underscores - fishmonger
death's dynamic shroud - Faith in Persona
Home Is Where - I Became Birds
Prolaps - Ultra Cycle Pt. 1: Vernal Birth
MARINA - Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land
dltzk - Frailty
Danny L Harle - Harlecore
파란노을 (Parannoul) - To See the Next Part of the Dream
GFOTY - FEMMEDORM
Fange - Pantocrator
Victory Over The Sun - Nowherer
Ceephax Acid Crew - Box Steady
Saidan - Jigoku: Spiralling Chasms of the Blackest Hell
Of Montreal - I Feel Safe With You, Trash
dltzk - Teen Week
leroy - dariacore
Jute Gyte - Mitrealität

Ah I remember the optimism early in the week when imago insisted that my top 8 would place

Two of the others came close!

That is true. Ah, if only I could have put Black Dresses higher than #1. It really is their best album, which is saying something.

agreed

my mixed ballot, bold placed, italics lone vote. in my post earlier, i was def looking at the tracks spreadsheet, oops.

Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2
Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses
Mach-Hommy - Pray for Haiti
Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul
Men I Trust - Untourable Album
Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
Cleo Sol - Mother
Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning
Rauw Alejandro - VICE VERSA
Maria Arnal i Marcel Bagés - Clamor
Kabza de Small, DJ Maphorisa & Tresor - Rumble in the Jungle
Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble - NOW

Ka - A Martyr's Reward
Duke Deuce - Duke Nukem
Sons of Kemet - Black to the Future
Rochelle Jordan - Play With the Changes
Key Glock - Yellow Tape 2
Bruiser Wolf - Dope Game $tupid
Quickly, Quickly - The Long & Short Of It
Spellling - The Turning Wheel
EST Gee - Bigger Than Life Or Death
Boldy James & The Alchemist - Bo Jackson
Really From - Really From
G Herbo - 25

Mixed ballot. Bold did not place.

Blectum From Blechdom - Deep Bone
Dax Pierson - Nerve Bumps (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction)
Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki
YAY MARIA - OYEZ
L'Rain - Fatigue
The Organizing Committee - The Day Computers Became Obsolete
Phew - New Decade
Bredbeddle - Steps On The Turning Year
Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective- Ngủ Ngày Ngay Ngày Tận Thế
Loraine James - Reflection

AJA - Slug
aya - im hole
Birthday Ass - Head of the Household
Chants - Poly Pointillism
Cucina Povera - Seesteyttää
Grey Frequency - Paranormal
Haiku Salut - The Hill, The Light, The Ghost
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Candy Racer
Lexagon - Feminine Care
Melinda Bronstein - In Reverse
Morceaux de Machines - Saison Gonzo
MXLX - NEBULA RASA
Sophie Cooper - Goodbye Gemini
Xeno & Oaklander - Vi/deo
Xylitol - Inside a Stone of Cream there is a Language

Despite feeling pretty happy with how many of my votes got in the top 77, I still managed to be in the top 10 of lonely voters. My closest neighbour was nxd - yo nxd!

mixed, dnp

Spellling - The Turning Wheel
Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses
CFCF - Memoryland
Saint Etienne - I’ve Been Trying to Tell You
Erika De Casier - Sensational
Dawn Richard - Second Line
Amapiano Now
Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2
Parris - Soaked in Indigo Moonlight
La Luz - La Luz

ABBA - Voyage
Anz - All Hours
Black Dresses - Forever in Your Heart
Jayda G - DJ Kicks
Joan Armatrading - Consequences
Lightning Bug - A Color of the Sky
Loraine James - Reflection
Low - Hey What
Men I Trust - Untourable Album
The Chills - Scatterbrain
The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Uncommon Weather

er, inp rather

yo emil.y
voted for your top two too, great shouts

Weighted. Bold placed.

Low - HEY WHAT
Koreless - Agor
arusha jain - Under the Lilac Sky
Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood
Altin Gün - Yol
DJ Manny - Signals in My Head
Nite Jewel - No Sun
36 - Weaponized Serenity
Mint Julep - In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep
Sofia Kourtesis - Fresia Magdalena
Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
Marisa Anderson & William Tyler - Lost Futures
Skee Mask - Pool
Illuvia - Iridescence of Clouds
Loraine James - Reflection
CFCF - Memoryland
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
Darkside - Spiral
Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!
Wanton Witch - Wanton Witch
Helm - Axis
NP - Lattices
Lone - Always Inside Your Head

Weighted, bold placed

Various Artists ‎ - Heisei No Oto- Japanese Left-Field Pop From The CD Age, 1989-1996

lol

Weighted, bold placed:

Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
Low - HEY WHAT
Faye Webster - I know I'm Funny Haha
Kareem Ali - Quantum Blackness
Rochelle Jordan - Play With the Changes
Emeka Ogboh - Beyond the Yellow Haze
lucy dacus- home video
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
kitten - personal hotspots
Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raise the Roof
Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul
Wild Up - Julius Eastman Vol.1: Femenine
Erika de Casier - Sensational
Ishmael Ensemble - Visions of Light
Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
Dawn Richard - Second Line
Tinashe - 333
Snail Mail - Valentine
Monogem - Gardenia
DJ Manny - Signals In My Head
TRESOR - Motion

weighted; bold placed:

Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel- 'Oumuamua
Vijay Iyer Trio - Uneasy
Birds of Maya- Valdez
Sarah Davachi - Antiphonals
Biosphere- Angel's Flight
Steve Moore- Analog Sensitivity
Pulse Emitter- Voids
Andrew Pekler & Giuseppe Ielasi – Palimpsests
Mong Tong – Orientations
Plankton Wat- Future Times
Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo- Deep Fried Grandeur
William Parker - Mayan Space Station
Ben Bertrand – Dokkaebi
Marc Barreca- The Empty Bridge
Bitchin Bajas- Switched On Ra
Fabiano Do Nascimento - Ykytu
Flow Trio & Joe McPhee- Winter Garden
Can - Live in Stuttgart 1975
Endless Boogie - Admonitions
Steve Gunn- Other You
Roy Montgomery- Island of Lost Souls
Vapour Theories- Celestial Scuzz
Rob Frye- Exoplanet
Daniel Bachman- Axacan
Stein Urheim & Jørgen Træen – Krympende Klode

this gianni brezzo record is incredible

ha ikr! song off that that stole my heart is the second to last track, 'the end of'

That whole label is good by the way and well worth a follow - Into The Light, are based in Athen: https://into-the-light.bandcamp.com/

The Santilli record they put out ('Surface') is also lovely and quite similar to the Gianni Brezzo. I really like the Bartosz Kruczynski & Pulses album too, but that's more of a synth album

Wow, cool, technopolis. Good to know I don't just post into the void.:)

Cool ballot, octobeard.

Thanks to the pollrunners! Mixed ballot

YL Hooi – Untitled
Various Artists - I Stumble And Then I Fall
bassæ – Untitled
Ulla - Limitless Frame
Tara Clerkin Trio - In Spring
Dean Blunt - Black Metal 2
Princess Diana Of Wales - Princess Diana Of Wales
Merope – Salas
Pendant - To All Sides They Will Stretch Out Their Hands

Christos Chondropoulos - Athenian Primitivism
Cucina Povera – Seesteyttää
CZN - Luxury Variations
Eris Drew - Quivering in Time
Joy Orbison - still slipping, vol 1
Sault – Nine
Shackleton - Departing Like Rivers
Various Artists ‎- Heisei No Oto: Japanese Left-Field Pop From The CD Age, 1989-1996
Various Artists - La Ola Interior: Spanish Ambient & Acid Exoticism 1983-1990

Many thanks to those involved with running the poll again this year.

I entered a mixed ballot and the bolded albums didn't place:

Rochelle Jordan - Play With the Changes
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
Agnes - Magic Still Exists
Monogem - Gardenia
Ngaiire - 3
Cleo Sol - Mother
Laura Mvula - Pink Noise
Joy Crookes - Skin
Tinashe - 333
Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
The Weather Station - Ignorance
Princesa Alba - besitos, cuídate
Myra - Bokser & Ballerina
Maple Glider - To Enjoy Is The Only Thing
CHVRCHES - Screen Violence

Art School Girlfriend- Is It Light Where You Are
Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
Dawn Richard - Second Line
Erika de Casier - Sensational
Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
L'Impératrice - Tako Tsubo
L'Rain - Fatigue
Mariah the Scientist - Ry Ry World
Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul
pinkpantheress - To Hell With It

MIXED

Low - HEY WHAT
Lost Horizons - In Quiet Moments
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever
L'Rain - Fatigue
Leon Vynehall - Rare, Forever

Dawn Richard - Second Line
Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou
Jane Weaver - Flock
Joy Orbison - still slipping, vol 1
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Cleo Sol - Mother
Nicholas Godin - Concrete and Glass
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
Nite Jewel- No Sun
Mogwai - As The Love Continues
Moritz von Oswald Trio - Dissent
Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul
UNKLE - Rōnin I
Hannah Peel - Fir Wave
John Grant - Boy From Michigan
Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
Octo Octa - She's Calling EP
Danny L Harle - Harlecore
Roísín Murphy- Crooked Machine

Weighted, bold placed.

Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
Carly Pearce - 29: Written In Stone
Adele - 30
Isaiah Rashad - The House Is Burning
The Staves - Good Woman
Adam Sanders - What If I'm Right
Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?
Aly & AJ - a touch of the beat gets you up on your feet gets you out and then into the sun
Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks Of God
TORRES - Thirstier
Dawn Richard - Second Line
Halsey - If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
Doja Cat - Planet Her
Foxing - Draw Down The Moon
Mustafa - When Smoke Rises
The Maine - XOXO: From Love & Anxiety In Real Time
PinKPantheress - to hell with it
CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR
Pale Waves - Who Am I?
Hayley Williams - FLOWERS FOR VASES / descansos
Ashley Monroe - Rosegold
Jazmine Sullivan - Heaux Tales
Tinashe - 333
Ngaiire - 3

Mixed, Bold DNP, Italics Lone voter

Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God
Cleo Sol - Mother
Mr Twin Sister - Al Mundo Azul
Tems - If Orange Was A Place
Anz - All Hours EP
Loscil - Clara
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra ‎– Promises
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
[/i]Lou Hayter - Private Sunshine[/i]
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Duran Duran - Future Past
UNKLE - Rōnin I

Bicep - Isles
Goat Girl - On All Fours
Hannah Peel - Fir Wave
Various Artists ‎- Heisei No Oto: Japanese Left-Field Pop From The CD Age, 1989-1996
Koreless - Agor
Various Artists - Planet Love Vol. 1: Early Transmissions 1991-95
Roísín Murphy- Crooked Machine
Saint Etienne - I've Been Trying To Tell You
Sault - Nine
Tirzah - Colourgrade
Blank Gloss - Melt
Various Artists - 10 Years of Acid Test

my ballot with the placement, no matter how low!

CHVRCHES - Screen Violence (7)
Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince (2)
Tinashe - 333 (10)
Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST (42)
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8 (14)
Jaubi - Nafs at Peace (183)
CFCF - Memoryland (28)
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra ‎ - Promises (3)
Kero Kero Bonito - Civilisation (220)
Mach-Hommy - Pray for Haiti (61)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Candy Racer (99)
Nite Jewel - No Sun (51)
Westside Gunn - Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B (242)
Injury Reserve - By the Time I Get to Phoenix (211)
Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (17)
Sault - Nine (17)
Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (6)
JPEGMAFIA - LP! (191)
Mdou Moctar - Afrique Victime (15)
Sofia Kourtesis - Fresia Magdalena EP (81)
Soccer96 - Dopamine (219)
Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses (50)
Amyl & the Sniffers - Comfort to Me (646)
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - The Makin' Magick II Album (227)

Mixed, Bold DNP, ^Nominated & Placed, *Sole Voter

^Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra ‎– Promises
Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall - Marfa Tapes
Illuminati Hotties - Let Me Do One More
Dawn Richard - Second Line

*Allison Russell - Outside Child
DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ - The Makin' Magick II Album
*Eric Church - Heart & Soul
Flock of Dimes - Head of Roses
Genesis Owusu - Smiling With No Teeth
Indigo de Souza - Any Shape You Take
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
James McMurtry - The Horses and the Hounds
Julian Baker - Little Oblivions
Low - HEY WHAT
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
Sofia Kourtesis - Fresia Magdalena EP
St. Vincent - Daddy's Home
Sun-El Musician - African Electronic Dance Music
The Weather Station - Ignorance
Tinashe - 333
Turnstile - Glow On
Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood

Just missed my ballot:

Tirzah - Colourgrade
Iceage - Seek Shelter
Torres - Thirstier
Serpentwithfeet - DEACON
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Carnage

My ballot. *=sole voter

Rosali - No Medium
Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
The Murlocs - Bittersweet Demons
*Ducks Ltd. - Modern Fiction
*Temperance - Diamanti
*Asphyxiate - Altar of Decomposed
*Worm - Foreverglade
*Bill MacKay & Nathan Bowles - Keys
*Snet - Mokvani V Okovech
Lingua Ingnota - SINNER GET READY

my full list of 2021 albums + blurbs: https://voodoochili.tumblr.com/post/672641404920561664/my-favorite-albums-of-2021

only heisei no oto made it!

Electric Party - Play
Ssiege - Meteora
The Zenmenn - Enter the Zenmenn
Froid Dub - An Iceberg Cruising the Jamaican Coastline
Various Artists - And Felt Like...
Michal Turtle & Suso Saiz - Static Journeys
Michel Banabila - Echo Transformations
Various Artists and Tomislav Simović - Visitors From The Galaxy Revisited (Original Soundtrack Remixed)
YNV - Golden Hour Ritual
December - Debut
Martinou - Rift
Prins Emanuel - Vhassal
Various Artists ‎- Heisei No Oto: Japanese Left-Field Pop From The CD Age, 1989-1996
Steve Summers - Generation Loss
MLO - Oumuamua
Gilb'r - On danse comme des fous
downstairs J - basement, etc…
kacey musgraves- star-crossed
Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham
nueen - Circular Sequence
Pavel Milyakov & Yana Pavlova - Blue
RXK Nephew - Slitherman Activated
Various Artists - Planet Love Vol. 1: Early Transmissions 1991-95
Triigroup - Interest In Music
Benedek - Mr Goods

That MLO album was one of my favourites of the year (think I nominated it) but then completely forgot to put it on my ballot 🙈

Bold DNP

Deafheaven - Infinite Granite
Grouper - Shade
Low - HEY WHAT
Magdalena Bay - Mercurial World
Wild Up - Julius Eastman Vol.1: Femenine
Lamp Of Murmuur - Submission And Slavery
BUMMER - Dead Horse
Really From - Really From
The Armed - Ultrapop
Nala Sinephro - Space 1.8
Portal - Hagbulbia
Youth Novel - Youth Novel
Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince
Senyawa - Alkisah
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
Krallice - Demonic Wealth
Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Alister Fawnwoda, Suzanne Ciani, Greg Leisz - Milan
Lingua Ingnota - SINNER GET READY
CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
Victory Over The Sun - Nowherer
Rhododendron - Protozoan Battle Hymns
The HIRS Collective - THE THIRD 100 SONGS
Richard Dawson & Circle - Henki

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises
Jana Rush - Painful Enlightenment
The Armed - Ultrapop
Iceage - Seek Shelter
Low - HEY WHAT
BackRoad Gee - Reporting Live (From the Back of the Roads)
Emeka Ogboh - Beyond the Yellow Haze
Teni - WONDALAND
Anna Webber - Idiom
Black Dice - Mod Prog Sic
Danny L Harle - Harlecore
pinkpantheress - To Hell With It
Arca - Kick ii
LLNN - Unmaker
Moor Mother - Black Encyclopedia of the Air
DJ Manny - Signals In My Head
Lantlôs - Wildhund
Caroline Shaw & So Percussion - Let The Soil Play It's Simple Part
SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE - ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH
Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
Loraine James - Reflection
Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet
Uden Ord - Eventyr
Serpentwithfeet - Deacon
Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST

I was the sole voter for Iceage. Didn't see that one coming...