Before we drop what’s probably considered to be the ultimate year-end list (ya know, albums), here are some of our favorite EPs of 2012. The only label to appear more than once on this list is, umm, Self-Released. Good job, guys.
Arca: Stretch 1
Truly Carrying
Vatican Shadow: September Cell
Cairo Is a Haunted City
Tropic of Cancer: I Feel Nothing / Permissions of Love
The One Left
Fatima Al Qadiri: Desert Strike
Ghost Raid
Nguzunguzu: Warm Pulse
Smoke Alarm
King Felix: Spring
Spring 01
Wife: Stoic
Trials
Twigs: Twigs
Hide
Kool Thing: Light Games
This Is the Place
Rachel Haircut: Reserve
Make U Move
Charli XCX: You’re the One
You’re the One
Anna Meredith: Black Prince Fury
Nautilus
Burial: Kindred / Truant/Rough Sleeper
Loner
LA Vampires by Octo Octa: Freedom 2K
Freedom 2K
Nightmare Fortress: Until the Air Runs Out
Visionquest
Deathface: From Beneath
Body Count (feat. Star Eyes)
Water Borders: Each Dream a Scheme
Each Dream a Scheme Part I (Excerpt)
ManMachine: I Hate Human Race / 2 Songs About Death
I Hate Human Race
Ritualz / Funerals: Hypermotion X/B
Rhythmic Release
Blawan: His He She & She
Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage?
Last spring, Ritualz released a short instrumental EP called Outworld Music I, the first in the series of EPs that find the producer exploring new experimental sounds, different than those heard on the regular Ritualz releases. Now, Outworld Music II is just around the corner: we have the first track off it right here, and the whole thing will be out next week on Ritualz Bandcamp. Volume 3 should follow soon, with the fourth and final one arriving in the summer. A proper Ritualz full-length is also in the works. Listen to “Pisces”:
