Best 10 Releases of 2011

1) Michael Pisaro - Hearing Metal 3 (gw 006)

1) Jürg Frey / Nick Hennies - Metal, Stone, Skin, Foliage, Air (L’innomable, 2011)

3) Michael Pisaro - Hearing Metal 2 (gw 005)

4) Michael Pisaro - asleep, street, pipes, tones (gw 004)

5) Michael Pisaro - Close constellations and a drum on the ground (gw 003)

6) Lucio Capece / Radu Malfatti - Explorational (b-boim 025)

7) Dominic Lash / Patrick Farmer / Sarah Hughes - Droplets (at45)

8) Taku Unami / Takahiro Kawaguchi - Teatro Assente (erst 062)

9) Greg Kelley / Olivia Block - Resolution (erst 063)

10) Radu Malfatti / Keith Rowe - Φ (erst 060-3)

10) Graham Stephenson - Defiantly Not (PT15)

■ My Top 10 Highlights of 2011

Live concert of Manfred Werder (stück 1998), Mark So (hedges of understanding [readings 38]), Sam Sfirri (little by little), Jason Brogan (ensemble) at Presents Gallery in Brooklyn NYC (4/20)

Live concert of Radu Malfatti and Taku Unami (improvisation) at The Stone, NYC (9/11)

Live concert of Michael Pisaro and Katie Porter (asleep, street, pipes, tones) at The Stone, NYC (9/15)

Greg Stuart playing percussion at The Stone, NYC (9/14-15)

David Kirby and his sound system at AMPLIFY 2011 in NYC

Making 9 cover designs for Gravity Wave and Erstwhile CDs

Making a chart of 'Hearing Metal 3' (Michael Pisaro)

Learning macaron making from Pierre Hermé's recipes

Oswald Egger 'Die ganze Zeit' (gift from Christoph Amann)

Studio Ghibli box set (gift from Jon)