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2017 Music

Pitchfork: Sasha Geffen: The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2017

15 December 2017

Arca - Arca

Sasha Geffen: The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2017, as published by Pitchfork

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2018]

  1. Arca
    Arca
  2. The Kid
    Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
  3. Mono No Aware
    various artists
  4. async
    Ryuichi Sakamoto
  5. Narkopop
    Gas
  6. World Eater
    Blanck Mass
  7. A Shadow in Time
    William Basinski
  8. Selfless
    Joni Void
  9. Asking/Bearing
    Lushloss
  10. Fantasii
    Mhysa
  11. Compassion
    Forest Swords
  12. Luciferian Towers
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  13. On the Echoing Green
    Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
  14. The Centre Cannot Hold
    Ben Frost
  15. Experiencing the Deposit of Faith
    Yves Tumor
  16. Shuffle Drones
    Eluvium
  17. L'Rain
    L'Rain
  18. AS Truth
    Amnesia Scanner
  19. Tommy
    Klein
  20. Contact
    Pharmakon

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