There were so many great records released this year, in fact too many to make a definitve and exhaustive list, but here are a few favorites from the Tape Op family. Consider it a tasting menu and have a great holiday! Click link to listen!
Larry Crane
- Neko Case - Hell-On
- Greg Laswell - Next Time
- Happy Rhodes - Ectotrophia
- Brian Eno - Music for Installations
- The Beatles - White Album 50th Anniversary Edition
John Baccigaluppi
- Adrianne Lenker - Abysskiss
- Cat Power - Wanderer
- Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo
- Moby - Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
- Nils Frahm - All Melody
- Thom Yorke - Suspiria Soundtrack
- Kamasi Washington - Heaven and Earth
Geoff Stanfield
- Low - Double Negative
- Masayoshi Fujita - Stories
- Jon Hassell - Listening to Pictures
- John Coltrane - Both Directions at Once
- Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
- Leikeli47 - Acyrlic
- And from John and Larry's list I wore out Nils Frahm's All Melody, Khruangbin's Con Todo El Mundo, Neko Case's Hell-On, and Eno's Music for Installations.
Andy Hong
- José James - Lean On Me
- Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army
- Nrthrn - Every Creator and Destroyer
- Covet - Effloresce
- This Will Destroy You - New Others Pt.1 / New Others Pt.2
Anthony Sarti
- Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
- Billie Eilish - You Should See Me In A Crown
- Destroy Boys - Make Room
- Gorillaz - Tranz
- The Prodigy - No Tourists
- Grimes - We Appreciate Power
Marsha Vdovin
- Kronos Quartet/Laura Anderson - Landfall
- Tune-Yards - I can feel you creep into my private life
- Marian Hill - Unusual
- Libella - The Apostle of Beauty
- Remain in Light - Angelique Kidjo