Mosaique’s best of 2008

Anja Lechner & Dino Saluzzi – Ojos Negros (ECM) Johnny Greenwood –There will be blood (and the film, too!!) Marcus Schmickler presenting “Altars of Science” in Cologne Stockhausen audio-installation “Stimmung” in a water-reservoir at Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt Stephan Mathieu‘s “Radioland” (Live and Cd) Cindy Sherman‘s exhibition at Louisiana, Denmark Wolfgang Tillmann‘s exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin …

Lawrence English’s Top 10 Everyday 2008

Finally making it to South Africa and South America…all in one year…god, I love the amazon! More sounds from Gas, what a legacy that project maintains. Dethklok, their album and series one more than series two…. Brandon LaBelle’s Mono concert using just voice, but so utterly engaging! Scott Walker…I’m gutted I missed his concert in …

Durán Vázquez’s best of 2008

In the worst side: Mr. Obama, the great swindle of our time (I am sorry but I have to say it) The progress of warlike capitalism (once again) In the best side: the Goya prizes for “La Soledad” by Jaime Rosales, one of the great and most special film directors starting of Larraskito netlabel, nice …

Cruz’s 2008 highlights

Once again the difficult task of trying to summarize an entire year in a few events. I could start stating that if I don’t remember it it’s because it was not so great, but things are a bit more complex than that. Most of the time the recollection of a distant event is strongly attached …

Paulo Raposo’s best of 2008

Éliane Radigue, L’île re-sonante (CD released by Shiin); Alfredo Costa Monteiro, live performance; Radialx 2008, Lisbon: radia wild bunch fun and exchange, amazing radio shows and workshops; Architecture and acoustic space of the national pantheon in lisbon in the project “book of hours” conceived with João Silva and using glass sounds moving and diffused through …

Pedro Tudela’s best of 2008

Kangding Ray: “Automne Fold“, Ø: “Oleva“, Machinefabriek + Stephen Vitiello: “Box Music“, Terry Riley: “The Last Camel in Paris, Théâtre Edouard VII, Paris, 10 November 1978“, Thomas Brinkmann: “When Horses Die“, Ryoji Ikeda: “See You At Regis Debray“, COH Plays Cosey. “Gruppen” by Karlheinz Stockhausen, performed by the Orquesta Nacional de Espana, directed by Arturo …

Cem Güney’s best of 2008

Mus*****c, Cronica 032, Unlimited Release; @c, Up, Down, Charm, Strange, Top, Bottom; The Beautiful Schizophonic, Musicamorosa; Ran Slavin, The Wayward Regional Transmissions; Janek Schaefer, Alone at Last; Annette Krebs & Toshimaru Nakamura, Siyu; Cronicaster 025, Aki Onda, Gert-Jan Prins, @c; @c, 48 EDE; Battiti Radio Show, Rai-Radio3; The Works of Kanta Horio.

Miguel Carvalhais’ best of 2008

Ø’s Oleva; Crónica’s Unlimited releases; Pure’s Ification; Terry Riley’s The Last Camel in Paris; Ryoji Ikeda’s See You At Regis Debray; Florian Hecker’s Hecker, Höller, Tracks; Le Weekend with Raymond MacDonald; Gilles Aubry’s Berlin Backyards; CoH + Cosey Fanni Tutti’s CoH Plays Cosey; Bill Wells’ The Loathsome Reel book and concert; Peter Rehberg’s Work For …

The Beautiful Schizophonic’s best of 2008

albums: Górecki, symphony no. 3 (cd elektra nonesuch); Felicia Atkinson with Sylvain Chauveau, roman anglais (cd o rosa records); Jacaszek, treny (cd miasmah); Jasper TX, black sleep (cd miasmah); Celer discourses of the withered (cd infraction records); Khale, sleepworks (cd own records); The Abbasi Brothers, something like nostalgia (cd dynamophone); Jordi Savall, invocation à la …