Headphone Commute’s Best of 2009 : Readers’ Selections [part 1]

Feel like you’ve had enough lists? Well, I’ve got one more… After many submissions of individual lists from Headphone Commute readers (see Best of 2009 – Your Votes), I’ve tabulated and aggravated and aggregated your selections into the following ten albums. This list pretty much hits the spot in terms of “best of the best”. Enjoy the following entries, and I’ll be back with just a few more in a bit…

(entries are listed in alphabetical order by artist. links point to album reviews on headphone commute)
Access To Arasaka – Oppidan (Tympanik / Spectraliquid) [REVIEW]
Alva Noto – Xerrox Vol. 2 (Raster-Noton) [REVIEW]
Ben Frost – By The Throat (Bedroom Community) [REVIEW]
Clark – Totems Flare (Warp)
Hecq – Steeltongued (Hymen) [REVIEW]
Lusine – A Certain Distance (Ghostly International) [REVIEW]
Monolake – Silence (Imbalance Computer Music) [REVIEW]
Port-Royal – Dying In Time (n5MD)
Tim Hecker – An Imaginary Country (Kranky) [REVIEW]
Yagya – Rigning (Sending Orbs) [REVIEW]

See more favorite selections on Headphone Commute’s Best of 2009