This year, for the sake of fun and variety, alongside the usual aJazzNoise top ten list, I asked a few compatriots whose taste and artistic endeavours I trust and love to suggest their own ‘best of’ lists for 2016.
Diego Caicedo is a guitarist, composer, and improviser. One half of the Melodies Intemporelles guitar-vocals duo with Ilona Schneider and one third of RCJ (guitar-drums-clarinets). Between them these two projects clearly demonstrate the range of his versatility. For more on Diego, check out his 7 Questions interview in English or Castellano.
This is Diego’s top ten for 2016…
1. Gorguts: Pleiades’ Dust
2. Deathspell Omega: The Synarchy of Molten Bones
3. David Bowie: Blackstar
4. Ulcerate: Shrines Of Paralysis
5. Luis Lopes: Love Song
6. Mary Halvorson & Noël Akchoté: Mary Halvorson & Noël Akchoté
7. Discordian Comunity Ensemble: Contrast/Movement
8. Kevin Hufnagel: Backwards Through The Maze
9. Espinal-Samá-Vázquez: Espinal-Samá-Vázquez
10. Inquisition: Bloodshed Across The Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith
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And as a bonus, bubbling under…
- Dysrhythmia: The Veil Of Control
- Aborted: Retrogore
- RCJ: Adeptus Exemptus
- Rhabdoviridae: Rhabdoviridae
- Vasco Trilla: The Suspended Step
- Memoria uno: Cook For Butch
- Swans: The Glowing Man
- Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool
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