This chart contains music albums that were new (premiere) in 2019 (or at the end of 2018).
It is the result of an attempt to map the musical production of countries around the world. The choice and placement of the albums were not influenced by: popularity, advertising, fashion, mass opinion, genre limbo, nationality. Each album name is followed by the name of the state where its creators come from, and then by the music genres that dominate it.
- Laid Back – Healing Feeeling (Denmark) Synthpop, balearic, reggae
2. Orville Peck – Pony (Canada) Gothic country, americana
3. Karpatt – Valparaiso (France) Cumbia, java, chanson, manouche
4. DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson – Aimez ces airs (France) Chanson afropéenne, funk
5. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Traversées (International) African, turkish, european music
6. Hectorine – Hectorine (USA) Folk, chamber pop
7. Puerto Candelaria – Cinema Trópico (Colombia) Cumbia rebelde, vallenato, jazz
8. Youthie & Macca Dread – Nomad skank (France) Orchestral reggae
9. Kishi Bashi – Omoiyari (USA-Japan) Orchestral indie pop, folk
10. Reverend Beat-Man And Izobel Garcia – Baile bruja muerto (Switzerland-USA) Punk blues, gothic country
11. Rome – Le Ceneri di Heliodoro (Luxembourg) Neofolk, post punk
12. Habib Koite – Kharifa (Mali) Mande music, afro pop, blues, folk
13. Lagartijeando – Jallalla (Argentina) Digital cumbia, novo dub, folklore
14. Vendredi Sur Mer – Premiers émois (Switzerland-France) Ambient pop, space disco
15. Jerkcurb – Air Con Eden (England) Ambient pop, hypnagogic pop
16. Sundara Karma – Ulfilas’ Alphabet (England) Indie rock, indie pop
17. Howe Gelb – Gathered (USA) Alt-country, americana, jazz, blues
18. Kelsey Lu – Blood (USA) Art pop, chamber pop
19. Club Des Belugas – Strange Things Beyond the Sunny Side (Germany) Nu jazz
20. Pierre Daven-Keller – Kino Music (France) Chanson, film music
21. Helena Noguerra – Nue (Belgium) Nouvelle chanson française, lounge
22. Claude Fontaine – Claude Fontaine (USA) Pop, reggae, bossa nova
23. Aziza Brahim – Sahari (West Sahara) Saharawi music, desert blues
24. Purple Pilgrims – Perfumed Earth (New Zealand) Dream pop, ambient pop
25. Sinsémilia – A l’échelle d’une vie (France) Reggae, rap, chanson
26. Hugo Race Fatalists – Taken By The Dream (Australia) Gothic country, experimental rock
27. Alice Phoebe Lou – Paper Castles (South Africa – Germany) Art pop, dream pop
28. Tim Bowness – Flowers at the Scene (England) Ambient pop, progressive rock
29. Jessica Pratt – Quiet Signs (USA) Psychedelic folk
30. Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 – Joia! (Brazilia-Wales) Alternative, tropicalia, lounge
31. Danitse – De la Tierra al Sol (Peru) Folk
32. The Deer – Do No Harm (USA) Indie folk, americana
33. Beth Gibbons & Krzysztof Penderecki – Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3
(England-Poland) Modern classical
34. Radiodervish & Oles – Classica (Italy) Mediterranean folk,
classical music
35. Rachid Taha – Je suis Africain (France-Algeria) Raï, rock, chanson
36. Oduchu – The Healer (Tuva-Russia) Tuvan folklore, ambient
37. Vanishing Twin – The Age Of Immunology (England) Art pop, dream pop
38. Fémina – Perlas & Conchas (Argentina) Art pop, rap, fol
39. Eleftheria Arvanitaki – Ta megala taxidia (Greek) Rembetika, folk, ambient pop
40. ILe – Almadura (Portoriko) Latin alternative, art pop
Miroslav Potoček
