Below are the best 10 records that I have listened during 2012. These may not be the 2012 releases as can be seen from my posts already.
1) Isang Yun - Selected Works For Clarinet - Compositions Of Isang Yun 1
2) Olivier Messiaen - Catalogue D'Oiseaux
3) Thelonious Monk - Riverside Classics
4) Woody Guthrie - Library Of Congress Recordings
5) Metallica - Live In The 80s
6) St Germain - Tourist
7) Oriental Wind - Chila-Chila
8) Leadbelly - Good Night Irene
9) Alva Noto - Unitxt
10) Various - Musique Persane
Looking back to 2012, my main listening habits did not alter too much with the main genres as Contemporary Classical and Experimental Electronic. World music had a surge due to me delving deeper into the origins of music. Electro, Techno, House, Dub and their variations seem to have decreased somewhat along the way, but now thinking about it, I am missing them also. Jazz stayed more or less the same level as well as Blues. I might have increased Free Jazz and Improvisation a little.
In terms of record labels, Editions Mego is by far the leader of the pack. Then comes Decca due to it's wide range of releases starting from Classical to Blues. Philips and EMI (Including Angel & HMV) were also very much in the high levels. Arion, Ocora and Le Chant Du Monde also entered the scene due to World music. Wergo has gone down from it's position from last year since there are not many titles left for me to buy and listen. Also Columbia and Riverside got lower returns. Sonet entered to my catalogue for the first time this year through Oriental Wind and Okay Temiz releases.
I wish everyone a year full of music, health, prosperity, peace and love.
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