Here we are, ending one of the toughest years of my life – a year nonetheless filled with incredible music. It always bears repeating: every year is great for music as long as you’re open minded, especially if you’ve got a good circle of friends out there exploring and listening too. I’d like to thank all those friends for filling my life with achingly beautiful music every day, helping me through some of the roughest times I’ve ever known.
I was actually thinking of abandoning the annual list because of everything else going on, but I was convinced by a few friends that it’s worth setting aside the time to share, even if I can’t devote as much as I have in prior years. So, here we are. I’ve got fifty four albums that really lit up 2022 for me, gave me life, kept me going. You’ll find out why there’s an odd number on the final page.
I know I missed a bunch of great stuff, so let me know in the comments or on twitter @funkentechno. I’ll never catch up but it’s fun to try. Here we go, in the order I heard them:
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Soshi Takeda – Same Place, Another Time
Constellation Tatsu
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Shinichi Atobe – Love of Plastic
DDS
Listen and buy on Boomkat.
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N Chambers – Mirage Colony
Soft Profile
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Francis Harris – Thresholds
Scissor & Thread
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Whettman Chelmets – Joan
Flaming Pines
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Mourning [A] BLKstar – Celestial Bodies
Self released
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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X.Y.R. – Vision Quest
Good Morning Tapes
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Violet – Transparências
Quântica
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Euglossine – Some Kind of Forever
Sound As Language
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Claire Rousay – everything perfect is already here
Shelter Press
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Fennec – a couple of good days
Self released
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Sophie Birch – Holotropica
interCourse
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Alex Ho – Move Through It
Music From Memory
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Salamanda – ashbalkum
Human Pitch
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Jamal Moss – Thanks 4 the Tracks U Lost
Modern Love
Listen streaming anywhere and buy on Boomkat.
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Le Petit – Le Petit
Mage Circe Musica
Listen on Soundcloud or streaming anywhere and buy on Discogs I guess, the LP is sold out unfortunately.
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Mr. Fingers – Around the Sun pt.1
Alleviated Records
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Corben – Sun Variants
Hotham Sound
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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M. Takara & Carla Boregas – Linha D’Água
Bokeh Versions
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
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Akusmi – Fleeting Future
Tonal Union
Listen and buy on Bandcamp.
Optimistic Underground 
Awesome!!!! So.great to.get these.lists!
Hang in there man, it’s always darkest before the dawn!
szore on head-fi
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thanks Steven!! hope you find some gems to keep here!
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muito obrigado pela lista!!!
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Great list as always – new shackleton didn’t click on me at first spin, would’ve loved to hear some of your thoughts on that record. Will give it another go. Would also recommend Priori’s RED project – he put out quite a nice IDM album this year . cheers!
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I’m sorry the year’s been a tough one, but all the more grateful for you publishing your EOY list because I love it unreservedly and genuinely have looked forward to it coming out for a number of years now. I’ve discovered so many new artists because of you. Thank you!
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