Best Electronic / Ambient / Techno released in 2017:
- William Basinski, A Shadown in Time (2062, Cat #20621701)
- GAS, Narkopop (Kompakt 136)
- As If, Presence (Binemusic 036)
- Kritzkom, Void Minus Matter (Seagrave SR044)
- Richard Chartier, Removed (Ash International 12.5)
- S.E.T.I, Interim Report from Worm Boundary Five (Self Released)
- Deepchord, Auratones (Soma 117)
- Conforce, Autonomous (Delsin 124dsr)
- Claro Intelecto, Exhilarator (Delsin 127dsr)
- V/A, Pop Ambient 2018 (Kompakt 377)
- Martin Schulte, Seasons (Lantern 021)
- Edit Select, The Bridge EP (Soma 501)
Best Indie / Rock released in 2017:
- Roger Waters, Is This The Life We Really Want (Columbia 43648/9)
- Gary Clark, Jr., Live North America 2016 (Warner Brothers 558885)
- Karima Walker, Hands in Our Names (Orindal 27)
Here are the best electronic / ambient releases in 2016:
- Fluxion, Vibrant Forms II and III (Subwax FX 01 and 02)
- Gulls, Internal Rhythm (PDXINDUBTING! – TING06)
- Loscil, Monument Builders (Kranky 204)
- Lustmord, Dark Matter (Touch 102)
- Max Wurden, Transit (Binemusic 034)
- Mikkel Metal, Resemblance (echocord 068)
- Pantha Du Prince, The Triad (Rough Trade 793)
- Rod Modell, Mediterranea (Echospace [detroit])
- Salz, Telrae Mix Volume 5 (Telrae)
- Silent Harbour, Hinterland (Deep Sound Channel 01)
- Stars and Dust, Yaga (Delsin 118)
- V/A, 15 Years with Echocord (echocord 071)
- V/A, Soundscape Versions #1 and #2 [EP] (Soundscape Versions 01/02)
Here are the best indie / rock releases in 2016:
- Bon Iver, 22, A Million (Jagjaguwar 300)
- Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial (Matador OLE-1091)
- David Bowie, Backstar (ISO Records)
- Wilco, Schmilco (dBpm Records 7259)
Here are ITFAIS’s list of top electronic and ambient releases from 2015:
- Biosphere & Deathprod – Stator (Touch TO-99)
- Deepchord – Ultraviolet Music (Soma SOMADA-111)
- Exos – My Home Is Sonic (Delsin-DSRX9)
- Kid606 – Recollected Ambient Works [Vol 1 and Vol2] (Tigerbeat6 meow209-210)
- Lars Leonhard – Passenger At Night (Binemusic BINE-033)
- Mikkel Metal – Brone and Wait (Echochord 023)
- Percussions – 2011 Until 2014 (Self Released)
- Pole – Wald (Pole PL-23)
- Richie Hawtin – From My Mind To Yours (Plus 8 PLUS-825)
- Steinbruchel – Parallel Landscapes (12k 12k2034)
- STL – Message Of Sound [Part 1 and Part 2] (Echochord 066/067)
- Triac – Days (Line Line_071)
- V/A – Echocord Remix Compilation (Vol 1 and Vol 2)
- Wolfgang Voigt – Ruckverzauberung 10 / National Park (Profan CD16)
- V/A – Pop Ambient 2015 (Kompakt 120)
Here are ITFAIS’s list of top electronic and ambient releases from 2014:
- Aksutique – Notch Fields EP (Diametric 16-diam.)
- Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers (Modern Love LOVE-098)
- Conforce – Depth Over Distance (Delsin 107)
- cv313 – Dimensional Space (Echospace [detroit] 313-4)
- Deepbass – Sequence 1 & 2 (Edit Select Records 16)
- Deepchord – Luxury (Soma 394)
- Desove – Profound Organics (Entropy Records EF0123)
- Donato Dozzy – K [Re-Release] (Further Records FUR-018)
- Efdemin – Decay (Dial #30)
- Ezekiel Honig – Paragraphs (Other People OP008)
- Federsen – Point Reyes / 50 Hz (Fifth Interval FIFTH-001)
- Fluxion – Broadwalk Tales (Echocord cd013/LP060)
- Freund der Familie – Freundlich (Telrae 024)
- Johann Johansson & BJNilsen – I Am Here (Ash International 11.1)
- Marconi Union – Weightless (Ambient Transmissions Vol.2) (Just Music TAO-049)
- Martin Schulte – Forest (Lantern LANT016)
- Plastikman – EX (Minus 121)
- S.E.T.I. – Final Trajectory (Power & Steel PAS 35)
- STL – At Disconnected Moments (Smallville CD/LP-08)
- Vladislav Delay – Visa (Ripatti 09)
- Yagya – Sleepygirls (Delsin 106)
- Yagya & Deepchord – Will I Dream During the Process (Subwax 01/02)