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Records of the Year 2011

1. James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual
2. Rustie - Glass Swords
3. Eliane Radigue - Transamorem - Transmortem
4. Hype Williams - One Motion
5. The Beach Boys - The SMiLE Sessions
6. Michael Chapman - The Resurrection And Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock
7. DJ Rashad - Just A Taste
8. Laurel Halo - Hour Logic
9. Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu
10. John Wall & Alex Rogers - Work 2006-2011

11. Keiji Haino / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi - In a Flash Everything Comes Together As One There Is No Need For A Subject
12. Sun Araw - Ancient Romans
13. Bill Orcutt - How TheThing Sings
14. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
15. Peaking Lights - 936
16. Corrupted - Garten Der Unberwusstheit
17. Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder
18. Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - Re: ECM
19. Anti G - Presents 'Kentje'sz Beatsz'
20. Thomas Ankersmit & Valerio Tricoli - Forma II
21. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
22. Cornelius Cardew - The Great Learning
23. Thundercat - The Golden Age of Apocalypse
24. Hecker - Speculative Solution
25. Andy Stott - We Stay Together
26. Rinse 16: Mixed By Ben UFO
27. Radiohead - The King Of Limbs
28. Margaret Dygas - Margaret Dygas
29. Jim O'Rourke - Old News #5
30. Bangs And Works Vol 2: The Best of Chicago Footwork
31. Ekoplekz - Intrusive Incidentalz Vol 1
32. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
33. The Advisory Circle - As The Crow Flies
34. Miles Davis - Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol 1
35. Alexander Tucker - Dorwytch
36. Helm - Cryptography
37. John Chantler - The Luminous Ground
38. Ectoplasm Girls - TxN
39. Cindytalk - Hold Everything Dear
40. Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
41. Kuedo - Severant
42. Structure - Toad Blinker
43. The Fall - Ersatz GB
44. Leyland Kirby - Intrigue & Stuff Vol 1
45. Patrice & Friends - Cashmere Sheets
46. Zomby - Dedication
47. Music For Merce (1952-2009)
48. Peter Evans Quintet - Ghosts
49. Rrose x Bob Ostertag - Motormouth Variations
50. Michael Chapman - Trainsongs: Guitar Compositions 1967-2010

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Wire Magazine Records of the Year 2011 - Avant Rock A–Z

Matt Baldwin - Night In The Triangle (American Dust)
Barn Owl & The Infinite Strings Ensemble - The Headlands (Important)
Ex-Easter Island Head - Mallet Guitars One (Low Point)
Expo 70 - Inaudible Bicoastal Trajectory (Aguirre)
Iceage - New Brigade (Dais)
C Joynes - Congo (Bo’Weavil)
Liturgy - Aesthethica (Thrill Jockey)
The Men - Leave Home (Sacred Bones)
Noveller - Glacial Glow (Weird Forest)
Angel Olson - Strange Cacti (Bathetic)
Peaking Lights - 936 (Not Not Fun/Domino)
Skullflower - Fucked On A Pile Of Corpses (Cold Spring)
Staccato Du Mal - Sin Destino (Wierd)
Alexander Tucker - Dorwytch (Thrill Jockey)
Village Of Spaces - Alchemy And Trust (Corleone)

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Wire Magazine Records of the Year 2011 - Electronica A–Z

Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder (Tri Angle)
Ursula Bogner - Sonne = Blackbox (Faitiche)
Borden/Ferraro/Godin/Halo/Lopatin - FRKWYS 7 (FRKWYS)
Margaret Dygas - Margaret Dygas (Perlon)
Ekoclef - Tapeswap (Magic & Dreams)
Lawrence English - The Peregrine (Experimedia)
Mark Fell - Manitutshu (Editions Mego)
Steve Hauschildt - Tragedy & Geometry (Kranky)
Kangding Ray - OR (Raster-Noton)
Kuedo - Severant (Planet Mu)
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica (Software/Mexican Summer)
Roll The Dice - In Dust (Leaf)
Pinch & Shackleton - Pinch & Shackleton (Honest Jon’s)
Andy Stott - Passed Me By (Modern Love)
Cristian Vogel - Black Swan (Sub Rosa)

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Wire Magazine Records of the Year 2011 - Modern Composition A–Z

John Cage - The Works For Percussion 1 (Mode)
Friedrich Cerha - Bruchstuck, Getraumt/Neun Bagatellen/ Instants (Kairos)
Alvin Curran - Solo Works: The 70s (New World)
Luc Ferrari - Piano And Percussion Works (Hat HUT)
Hans G Helms - Fa:m’ Ahniesgwow (Wergo)
Ben Johnston - String Quartets (New World)
David Lumsdaine - Big Meeting (NMC)
Roger Reynolds - Sanctuary (Mode)
Richard Skelton - The Complete Landings (Sustain-Release)
Christian Wolff - Kompositionen 1950–72 (Edition RZ)

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Wire Magazine Records of the Year 2011 - Jazz & Improv A–Z

Derek Bailey - Concert In Milwaukee (Incus)
Billy Bang’s Survival Ensemble - Black Man’s Blues (NoBusiness)
Michel Doneda / Jonas Kocher / Christoph Schiller - ///Grape Skin (Another Timbre)
Dörner / Dafeldecker / Johansson - Der Kreis Des Gegenstandes (Monotype)
Bertrand Denzler - Tenor (Potlach)
Klaus Filip & Nikos Veliotis - Slugabed (Hibari)
Flow Trio - Set Theory, Live At The Stone (Ayler)
Hession / Wilkinson / Fell - Two Falls & A Submission (Bo’Weavil)
Charlotte Hug - Slipways To Galaxies (Emanem)
Eli Keszler - Oxtirn (ESP)
Mural - Live At The Rothko Chapel (Rothko Chapel)
William Parker - Crumbling In The Shadows Is Fraulein Miller’s Stale Cake (Centering)
Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi - Live At Hungry Brain (Family Vineyard)
Sheriffs Of Nothingness - A Summer’s Night At The Crooked Forest (Sofa)
David S Ware / Cooper-Moore / William Parker / Muhammad Ali - Planetary Unknown (AUM Fidelity)

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Wire Magazine Records of the Year 2011 - Outer Limits A–Z

Bee Mask - Canzoni Dal Laboratorio Del Silenzio Cosmico (Spectrum Spools)
Frieder Butzmann - Wie Zeit Vergeht (PAN)
Caboladies - Renewable Destination (Students Of Decay)
Cut Hands - Afro Noise I (Very Friendly/Susan Lawly)
Head Boggle - Unsounds And Domo Live (NNA Tapes)
Hecker - Speculative Solution (Editions Mego)
Idea Fire Company - Music From The Impossible Salon (Kye)
Thomas Lehn & Marcus Schmickler - Live Double Séance [Antaa Kalojen Vida] (Editions Mego)
John Mannion - Slice Through Or/In Glassmetal (Hanson)
Francisco Meirino - Recordings Of Voltage Errors, Magnetic Fields, On-Site Testimonies & Tape Tension (Misanthropic Agenda)
Jim O’Rourke & Christoph Heemann - Plastic Palace People Vol 1 (Streamline)
Peterlicker - Nicht (Editions Mego)
Raionbashi / Krube - Split (Hrönir)
Rodger Stella / Kites - Interior Moon (Mutter Wild)
Werewolf Jerusalem - Confessions Of A Sex Maniac (Second Layer)