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‘XLR8R’ 
Accelerating music & culture 
Best of 2018 Releases


A equipa de colaboradores do magazine online 'XLR8R' (lê-se accelerator) elege os ‘Best of 2018 Releases’, os melhores álbuns e EPs do ano.
De 1993 a 2011, como revista impressa bimestral, e a partir daí online, a 'XLR8R' faz a cobertura da música electrónica e outras subculturas musicais e tecnologia. A publicação, com redacção em Los Angeles e editada por Andrew Smith e Shawn Reynaldo, apresenta ainda críticas, podcasts, televisão online e eventos recomendados.

XLR8R - BEST OF 2018 RELEASES
‘Safe in The Hands of Love’ Yves Tumor (Warp)
‘Hundreds of Days’ Mary Lattimore (Ghostly International) 
‘Persona’ Rival Consoles (Erased Tapes) 
‘NTS Sessions 1-4’ Autechre (Warp) 
’N 4’ Christina Vantzou (Franky) 
‘Stargate Music’ Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program (Leaving) 
‘Debiasing’ Barker (Ostgut Ton) 
‘Double Negative’ Low (Sub Pop) 
‘Am I Using Content Or Is Content Using Me?’ Raime (Different Circles) 
‘Cocoon Crush’ Objekt (PAN) 
‘Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Sides’ Sophie (Transgressive) 
‘Nothing 2 Loose’ DJ Healer (All Possible Worlds) 
‘Somewhere Decent to Live’ Space Afrika (Sferic) 
‘Rebirth’ Farai (Big Dada) 
‘Knock Knock’ DJ Koze (Pampa) 
‘Singularity’ Jon Hopkins (Domino) 
‘Compro’ Skee Mask (Ilian Tape) 
‘World Color’ Gacha Bakradze (Lapsus) 
‘The Fifty Eleven Project’ Kasper Bjorke (Kompakt) 
‘All Melody’ Nils Frahm (Erased Tapes) 
‘Trivial Occupations’ Francis Harris (Scissor and Thread) 
‘Mutant Beat Dance’ Mutant Beat Dance (Rush Hour) 
‘Invisibility’ SIT (Sushitech) 
‘Sonder Somatic’ Bruce (Hessle Audio) 
‘Infinite Moment’ The Field (Kompakt) 
‘Collapse’ Aphex Twin (Warp) 
‘Working Class Woman’ Marie Davidson (Ninja Tune) 
‘La'Brooy Tidal River’ Albrecht (Appolo) 
‘Portrait with Firewood’ Djrum (R&S)