Albums Of The Year, 2022

byVel Ilic
December 8, 2022

After another tumultuous year and a cavalcade of great music, choosing our 50 favourite albums of 2022 hasn’t been easy.

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Vel Ilic

New Order: Expert Knob-Twiddlers

byNeil Mason

Collecting a dazzling array of New Order production jobs stretching back to the 80s, the scope and scale of Manchester’s finest when behind a mixing desk is laid bare on the ‘New Order Presents Be Music’ compilation

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4 minute read

Black Sites: Danger Danger, High Voltage!

byFat Roland

Hamburg’s formidable Black Sites – Helena Hauff and Kris Jakob – finally unleash their first full-length offering, an electrifying collision of machine precision and pulsating EBM

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8 minute read

Sculpture: Graphic Content

byBen Willmott

Their live show is something else. you won’t forget it in a hurry. Squalling electronics and psychedelic visuals are key weapons in their armoury. Meet East London duo Sculpture

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10 minute read

William Orbit: True Colours

byJeremy Allen

Songwriter, musician and all-round chart supremo of four decades, William Orbit has clearly lost neither his producerly nouse, nor his knack for a good story. His new album, ‘The Painter’, is a wistful, hypnotic and thoroughly immersive voyage into sound

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