TranscendNoise

This introduction starts with my yearly apology for not writing more on this piece of shit of a blog. Every part of life takes its pound of flesh and I spent a lot of time on useless projects, which could have been used to write a great many reviews for great albums and tracks that didn´t even get the attention or recognition on other outlets. Maybe someday, I´ll get around and do this full time. But I´ve beend writing a lot, will finish a degree soon and might get down to bringing out more content in 2017. For all things, check out my articles over here and my visit on a German student radio, talking about some of my favorite tracks and my own biography through music. Enjoy this list, I sure do.    101. Nagamatzu – Melancholy Oxide ( Above This Noise ) Nagamatzu was a duo shortly active in the  1980´s and this years Above This Noise compiled some of their scattered material on a great compilation. "Melancholy Oxide", much like the other songs, captures ...

Lastly, I want to make it short and sweet when talking some great EPs that came out in 2014 . Only one sentence for each release. Unofficially I would have to take Drake into account for all his released tracks, but just take it as noted now. 10. Auburn Lull – Hiber The return of Auburn Lull and the return of the truest form of celestial contemplation. ( Full Review Here ). 09. Oneohtrix Point Never – Commissions I Can´t say that Oneo goes mental on this one, he always is and pushes things further and further on Commissions – Meet Your Creator. 08. Majid Jordan – A Place Like This For all the fast moving, slow dancing love-birds, Majid Jordan soundtrack your heart. Majid Jordan "Her" Official Video from Jamie Webster on Vimeo . 07. Iliketrains – The Christmas Tree EP (Remaster/Reissue) Grand reissue of a heart breaking instrumental epic created by the beatniks of ...

49. GoldLink – When I Die (The God Complex) With one eye laughing and one eye soaked in blood GoldLink closes his mixtape The God Complex . The feeling of loss is overwhelming and might be the most strangely introspective and still braggadocios track I´ve heard. 48. Endless Melancholy – You Are The Moonlight (Fragile) What a name for a band and what gripping music they deliver. In every sense there is melancholy in their music and this track. It evokes the mindful gaze, the jaded yawn and the slow death of ideas once defining your whole existence.  Fragile by Endless Melancholy 47. Majid Jordan – U (A Place Like This) The other Drake persona Majid Jordan pursuing the lane he went in "Hold On We´re Going Home". U is a slow dance and somehow lets me think of Craig David, only up-to-date and better. The duo nail the tightly knit instrumental as much as they do their introspective vocal work. 46. Mick Jenkins – Shipwrecked (The Water[s]) Mick Je...