Top 50 electronic music albums of 2022: Gabe Gurnsey, Jared Wilson, Noda & Wolfers

     

The top 50 countdown continues. And yes, I plug my interview with Gabe Gurnsey. Proper show-off, me.

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Gabe Gurnsey: Diablo (Phantasy Sound)

Gabe’s having fun again. When I interviewed him for Electronic Sound a few months ago, he got excited about claps. He just loves his gear. And how that gear throbs and wobbles on this brilliant collection of pumping workouts. It’s massively eighties: just listen to those toms. Central, however, is the voice and vibes of Tilly Morris, whose passionless narration makes everything as cool as head. Clap emoji.

Jared Wilson: From A Different Time (Altered Sense)

This Detroit producer dishes out delicious acid bangers. Seriously. These are tasty acid sausages. Pop some sauce on, gobble them all up. Tip them out of the jar, straight down your gullet. Look under your pillow. It’s a sausage! Added to the irresistible acid is a pleasingly loose approach to percussion, weaving us through IDM and old-school breaks territory. Banging.

Noda & Wolfers: Tascam Space Season (L.I.E.S.)

The Wolfers half of this collaboration is Legowelt, an instant mark of quality. But perhaps key to this album is the presence of Mystica Tribe’s Taka Noda, whose dub credentials elevates Tascam Space Season into something special. These laidback electronic instrumentals echo and delay like nothing else, the bass embedding the whole thing with Orb-ish roots.

This is part of a series of the Best Electronic Music Albums of 2022. Read it all here.