Dit was 2016 voor Anthony Brynaert

door Anthony Brynaert

De hele maand december geven we carte blanche aan onze schrijvers om terug te blikken op hun afgelopen jaar. Vandaag aan de beurt: Anthony Brynaert – student muziekmanagement, kenner van vooruitstrevende muziek en bovenal schrijver van interessante proza en plonsjes op deze site.

Check zeker onze album top 52, 75 favoriete nummers van 2016 en alle andere jaaroverzichten. De komende dagen en weken volgt er nog meer eindejaarscoverage.

beste albums

1. Jenny Hval – Blood Bitch
2. Frank Ocean – Blonde
3. Arca – Entrañas
4. Ash Koosha – I AKA I
5. Solange – A Seat at the Table
6. Dedekind Cut – $uccessor
7. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
8. J.G. Biberkopf – Ecologies II: Ecosystems of Excess
9. Babyfather – “BBF” Hosted by DJ Escrow
10. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
11. Skepta – Konnichiwa
12. Kuedo – Slow Knife
13. Danny Brown – Atrocity Exhibition
14. Elysia Crampton – Demon City
15. Katie Dey – Flood Network

beste ep’s

Abra – Princess
Charli XCX – Vroom Vroom
Lorenzo Senni – Persona
Lexxi – 5tarbo1
Kablam – Furosia
SKY H1 – Motion
Amnesia Scanner – AS
MssingNo – Fones
Dinamarca – Holy
Hazel English – Never Going Home

beste nummers

1. Amnesia Scanner – AS Crust
2. Tinashe – Ride of Your Life
3. Solange – Cranes in the Sky
4. Frank Ocean – White Ferrari
5. Oklou – Haku
6. Danny Brown – When it Rain
7. WWWINGS – Last Song
8. Chairlift – Crying in Public
9. Lauren Auder – These Broken Limbs Again into One Body
10. Dinamarca – Holy
11. Rihanna – Kiss it Better
12. Dedekind Cut – ℐntegra
13. Rae Sremmurd – Black Beatles
14. Jenny Hval – Conceptual Romance
15. Total Freedom – Down actions, low key childish though TF
16. Radiohead – Daydreaming
17. Angel-Ho x Chino Amobi – Ring the Ambience
18. Charli XCX – Secret
19. ISLAND – Lights Go By
20. Beyoncé – Formation
21. SKY H1 – Air
22. Kanye West – Real Friends
23. Füete Billete – Una Changa (ft. Yung Beef)
24. Jenn Champion – No One
25. So Sorry – 3am
26. et aliae – Sober (ft. DAWN)
27. Babyfather – Deep
28. Novgrod – Misericorde
29. Toxe & Mechatok – Still Life
30. The Weeknd – Starboy
31. MssingNo – Dead
32. Wench – Sick
33. Dawn Richard – Not Above That
34. The xx – On Hold
35. Ohal – Cancelled Faces
36. Whitney – No Woman
37. Zomby – Sweetz (ft. Burial)
38. Yumi Zouma – Barricade (Matter of Fact)
39. Bon Iver – 1 0 d e a t h b r e a s t
40. Cadet Kelly – Throttle You
41. J.G. Biberkopf – From Inifinity to Here
42. Moses Sumney – Lonely World
43. Julian Winding – The Demon Dance
44. Japanese Breakfast – Everybody Wants to Love You
45. A.G. Cook – Superstar
46. Slipknot – Psychosocial (Toxe edit)
47. Malik – Alive
48. 5tarboi – Red Eyez
49. Croatian Amor – Love Means Taking Action
50. Julianna Barwick – Same

beste optredens

Andy Stott / Botanique
Ash Koosha & Goat / Bozar Night
Wilco / AB
Elysia Crampton / Vooruit
Mobilegirl / Beursschouwburg (Heartbroken)
SKY H1 / Warandepark (Feeërieën) – Codes label night
BEA1991 / 019 (Different Class Subbacultcha!)
SOPHIE & Sigur Ros & Zora Jones & Bicep & Lotic / Dour
CHVRCHES / Pukkelpop
PJ Harvey & Savages / Rock Werchter
Amnesia Scanner & Factory Floor & Roly Porter + MFO & Mica Levi + Stargaze present Under The Skin / Rewire (Den Haag)
Fis / STUK (Artefact)
Aïsha Devi / Vooruit
Visionist / AB (BRDCST)