I’m high and I’m happy and I’m free
I got my whole heart
Laid out right in front of me
- Devendra Banhart , Seahorse

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“Almost Elegant No.4c – 2007”

02. Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling Into Place
In Rainbows (2007)
03. Andrew Bird – Imitosis (Four Tet remix)
(Remix floating on the net, 2007)
04. Sixtoo - Jackals and Vipers in Envy of Man Part 9
Jackals And Vipers In Envy Of Man (2007)
05. Iron & Wine – Peace Beneath the City
The Shepherd’s Dog (Sub Pop, 2007)
06. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Nobody’s Baby
100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone, 2007)
07. Johnny Osbourne with Bunny Brown – Love Makes The World Go Round
Summer Records Anthology 1974-88 (Light In The Attic Records, 2007)
08. Photek - Ni Ten Ichi Ryu (TeeBee Remix)
Form & Function Vol 2 (Sanctuary Trojan Us, 2007)
09. Dalek - Corrupt (knuckle up)
Abandoned Language (Ipecac Recordings, 2007)
10. Maserati – Synchronicity IV
Inventions For The New Season (Temporary Residence, 2007)
11. Castanets – And the Swimming
In The Vines (Asthmatic Kitty, 2007)
12. Two Gallants – Despite What You’ve Been Told
Two Gallants (Saddle Creek, 2007)

Moka has done her list. So what is 2007? I can’t really say. Unlike last year when I was sure what 2006 sound will be remembered for, 2007 has certain melancholic quality to it, sort of uncertain angst out of freedom where each blogs exert independent sounds. So I put that idea into the list along with little sounds and experiments I tried this year. (minimalist/sparse, small room listening, DnB within other genres, postrock) And of course MdM standart (downtempo, psychedelia, folks, folktronica). There are a lot more sound in the list. But overall the basic sound doesn’t seem to change much for this series.

Maybe I should leave this list with scariest modern quote of them all and use that for 2008:

“Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth.” -Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1943)

see also: No.2b, No.3a-2006, Moka’s top 12 albums 2007.
image: only alice , ilmungo