John Fernandes's Best of 2003
musician (Circulatory System), record label owner (Cloud Recordings), record store clerk (Wuxtry)

Favorite New CDs 2003:
Conrad Bauer / Peter Kowald / Gunter Sommer- Between Heaven and Earth [Intakt]
Cooper-Moore / Tom Abbs / Chad Taylor- Triptych Myth [Hopscotch]
Globe Unity Orchestra- Globe Unity 2002 [Intakt]
Fennesz- Live in Japan [Headz]
John Tilbury / Keith Rowe- Duos for Doris [Erstwhile]
Broadcast- Ha Ha Sound [Warp]
Marshmallow Coast- Antistar [Misra]
The Sea & Cake- One Bedroom [Thrill Jockey]
Peter Brotzmann / William Parker / Hamid Drake- Never Too Late But Always Too Early [Eremite]
Steve Swell's Unified Theory of Sound- This Now! [Cadence]
Philip Samartzis- Mort Aux Vaches [Staalplaat]
Super Furry Animals- Phantom Power [Beggars/XL]

Favorite reissues:
Grachan Moncur III- New Africa [BYG/Actuel]
Moholo / Stabbins / Tippett- Tern [SAJ/UMS]
Tod Dockstader- 8 Electronic Pieces [Folkways/Locust]
Tod Dockstader & James Reichert- Omniphony [ReR]
Alexander Von Schilppenbach- Pakistani Pomade [FMP/UMS]
Sonny Simmons- Burning Spirits [Contemporary]
Luc Ferrari- Tautologos and Other Early Electronic Works [EMF]
Henry Grimes Trio- The Call [ESP]
Brotzmann / Van Hove / Bennink- s/t [FMP 130]
Tangerine Dream- Zeit [Sanctuary/Castle]
Cecil Taylor- Student Studies [Varese Records]
Eddie Gale- Ghetto Music & Black Rhythm Happening [Blue Note/Water]
Kevin Ayers- Joy of A Toy & Shooting at the Moon [Harvest/EMI]
Jorge Antunes- Savage Songs [Pogus]
Trad Gras och Stenar- Djungelns Lag [1/2 Special]
Sam Rivers- Fuchsia Swing Song [Blue Note]
Neil Young- On The Beach [Reprise]
Steve Lacy / Roswell Rudd Quartet- School Days [hatOLOGY]
James Tenney- Selected Works 1961-1969 [New World]
Andrew Hill- Passing Ships [Blue Note]
Robert Wyatt- Solar Flares Burn for You [Cuneiform]

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