Selected Records 2012 by Various Artists

After publishing our own best-of lists, we proudly present an essential selection of albums picked by the featured artists. There were different levels of collaboration with them in 2012: some recorded and contributed their exclusive mixes, others gave interviews or both. 41 artists, listed in alphabetical order, here present their most memorable releases of the fruitful 2012. The whole list amounts to over 200 diverse entries ranging from world music to metal, from IDM to post punk. Due to music catalogs or music shops, every artist is referred to some styles, genres. But it’s obvious that they are listening and exploring much more in music. All the presented mixes show that artists usually break the limits of styles they are referred to. Moreover, it is nice to see many essential reissues here as well, what makes us to remember albums from the past influencing the sound of present artists and unfolding in new ways in a different context.

These top 6 records of the year 2012 were selected very differently. Some of them picked albums that they were listening during the last months, some of them mentioned releases they have recently bought, some of them picked by intuition, made it in a strict order or vice versa. It is obvious though, that for the majority of them it was extremely hard to squeeze all the best material into 6 entries. So we can assume, that for each of them thoughtful and careful choices are made and unfortunately many other great pieces of work were not included.

Even though you might have already heard some of the records, there is still plenty of space for new discoveries and obscure gems. Have a great time exploring this elaborate and extensive list.