According to my music library, I ingested 4021 new tracks in 2023. As of this moment, these are my Top 10 albums.
NOTES
•List is alphabetical. Picking 10 is tough enough. (most listened to: Night Beats / Rajan)
•Best shows: LCD Soundsystem (big, Red Rocks); Surprise Chef (small, Marquis) Novalima (free, Levitt); Kiltro (local, Summit)
•Best album rediscovered this year: Sweet Jones by 9 Lazy 9 (2003, Ninja Tune)
•Honorable mention: Acid Arab / Trois, C’mon Tigre / Habitat, Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood / Jarak Qaribak, Fabiano do Nascimento / Mundo Solo, The Gaslamp Killer Meets the Heliocentrics, Hidden Orchestra / To Dream Is to Forget, Kiltro / Underbelly, Marta Ziakowska & Tricky / When It’s Going Wrong, Mary Lattimore / Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, Mioclono / Cluster I, Robohands / Palms, Sinego / Alterego
| Artist | Album | Label | |
| 1 | Charif Megarbane | Marzipan | Habibi Funk |
| 2 | Eje Eje | Five Seasons | Batov |
| 3 | El Buho | Strata |
Wonderwheel Recordings
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| 4 | Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru | Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru | Mississippi |
| 5 | Ghost Train Orchestra & Kronos Quartet | Songs and Symphoniques: The Music of Moondog |
Cantaloupe Music
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| 6 | Lucas Santtana | O Paraiso | No Format! |
| 7 | Night Beats | Rajan | Suicide Squeeze |
| 8 | Opez | Social Limbo | Agogo |
| 9 | schroothoop | MACADAM | Sdban |
| 10 | Session Victim | Low Key, Low Pressure |
Night Time Stories
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