Musically 2017 was a year of incredible releases, with a surge in new musical directions, producer alias’s and ultimate creative freedom.
As we do every year we have compiled a list of top 5 albums from each of our stage hosts as well as a more in depth top 20 selection from ourselves. These are all displayed below in album artwork form but also compiled as Spotify playlists for those that want them digitally.
Please take some time to dig through these lists and thank you to everyone who has helped compile them.
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GOTTWOOD TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2017

King Krule - The OOZ

Mac Demarco - This Old Dog

Lord Echo - Harmonies

Tornado Wallace - Lonely Planet

Dark Sky - Othona

Kevin Morby - City Music

Baxter Drury - Prince Of Tears

Dauwd - Theory Of Colours

Timber Timbre - Sincerely, Future Pollution

Four Tet - New Energy

Aris Kindt - Swann And Odette

Ariwo - Ariwo

Gaussian Curve - The Distance

V/A - Jan Schulte Compiles Tropcial Drums of Deutschland

Mogwai - Every Country's Sun

Golden Teacher - No Luscious Life

Golden Retriever - Capablanca

Bjorn Torske & Prins Thomas - Square One

Marvin Pontiac - The Asylum Tapes

The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
BACK TO BASICS

Bonobo - Migration

Maya Jane Coles - Take Flight

Lusine - Sensorimotor

Fujiya & Miyagi - Different Blades From The Same Pair Of Scissors

Hello Skinny - Watermelon Sun
BROTHERHOOD SOUNDSYSTEM

Wu-Tang Clan - The Saga Continues

Calibre - The Deep

V/A - Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat Of Cameroon 1976 - 1984

Sudan Archives - Sudan Archives

MANIK MC - Midnight Express
BUTTERSIDE UP

Primary Perception - Evidence Of A Primary Perception

Call Super - Arpo

Claro Intelecto - Exhilarator

Dego & Kaidi - A So We Gwarn

Calibre - The Deep
FUTUREBOOGIE

Idles - Brutalism

Moonboots - First Landing

Octo Octa - Where Are We Going

Thundercat - Drunk

Playgroup - Previously Unreleased 1
HALF BAKED

Alex & Digby - For My Process

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Kid

V/A - Superlongevity Six

Kelly Lee Owens - Kelly Lee Owens

Mac Demarco - This Old Dog
HYPERCOLOUR

DMX Krew - Strange Directions

Special Request - Belief System

Pessimist - Pessimist

Turinn - 18 1/2 Minute Gaps

The Cyclist - Sapa Inca Delirium
JIGSAW

Claro Intelecto - Exhilarator

Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet - Ladilikan

Unknown Me - Subtropics

Patrick Cowley - Afternooners

Talaboman - The Night Land
ONE RECORDS

Legowelt - Legendary Freaks In The Trash Of Time

DMX Krew - Strange Directions

Golden Teacher - No Luscious Life

CN - The Expedition Beyond

Bigenrix - The Compilation
PERCOLATE

Bicep - Bicep

Msafiri Zawose – Uhamiaji

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

Kendrick Lamar - Damn

Daphni - Joli Mai
RUF KUTZ

Garrett - Private Life

DJ Sports - Modern Species

Benedek - Bene’s World

Seekers International Meets MX7 - Inna Dancehall Showdown

DJ Lycox - Sonhos & Pesadelos
STUDIO 89

GAS - Narkopop

Idles - Brutalism

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

Arca - Arca

Alice Coltrane - World Spirituality Classics 1
TIEF

Damiano Von Erckert - In Case You Don’t Know What To Play

V/A - Francis Inferno Orchestra pres Veranda Culture

Juju & Jordash - Sis-boom-bah!

Nabihah Iqbal - Weighing Of The Heart

John Gomez - Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992
WIGFLEX

James Holden - The Animal Spirits

Smagghe & Cross - Ma

Errorsmith - Superlative Fatigue

Fever Ray - Plunge

Nathan Fake - Providence
STAMP THE WAX

Hanna - Bounce EP

Ill-Considered - Ill-Considered

Tornado Wallace - Lonely Planet

V/A - Jan Schulte Compiles Tropcial Drums of Deutschland

Raymond Castoldi - X-Ray Records 1992-1994
BANOFFEE PIES

Felicia Atkinson - Hand In Hand

Patrick Cowley - Afternooners

Captain Ganja And The Space Patrol - Tradition

Marenn Sukie - Malinal

Cedric Dekowski & Felix Reifenberg - L’Album
JAUNT

Calibre - The Deep

Various - La Torre Ibiza Volume Dos

Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Ambient Black Magic

Acronym - Malm

John Beltran - Everything At Once