So, after a healthy batch of great records profiled in seven longlist posts, it's time for the fantastic stuff. My Top 20 was revealed on the 12th annual countdown show on UMFM, but if you didn't catch that on NYE, here's the skinny.
20 Tiff The Gift - It Gets Greater Later [Don't Sleep Records]
19 Library Tapes - Escapism [Independent]
18 Wadada Leo Smith - America's National Parks [Cuneiform]
17 Dori Freeman - Dori Freeman [Free Dirt Records]
16 Bill Laurance - Aftersun [GroundUP]
15 Jamila Woods - HEAVN [Closed Sessions]
14 Klô Pelgag - l'Etoile thoracique [Independent]
13 Kadhja Bonet - The Visitor [Fat Possum]
12 Black Mountain - IV [Dine Alone/Jagjaguwar]
11 Shabaka and the Ancestors - Wisdom of the Elders [Brownswood Recordings]
10 Josef Leimberg - Astral Progressions [World Galaxy/Alpha Pup]
09 BADBADNOTGOOD - IV [Innovative Leisure]
08 Anderson. Paak - Malibu [Steel Wool]
07 HINDS - Leave Me Alone [Mom + Pop]
06 Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book [Independent]
05 Kaytranada - 99.9% [XL Recordings]
04 Margaret Glaspy - Emotions and Math [ATO Records]
03 Aidan Knight - Each Other [Fulltime Habit]
02 David Bowie - Blackstar [RCA]
01 A Tribe Called Red - We Are The Halluci Nation [Radicalized Records]
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Bill Laurance - "Madeleine"
Skinny Puppy member Bill Laurance has been stretching his legs on recent solo releases (among them Swift, my #20 of 2015) and on Aftersun he breaks in to a run. Strong likelihood it ends up higher on the Top 20.
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